2008 July 04 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

PokerStars has announced its seventh annual World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), annually the online poker world’s largest championship series. The 2008 edition, scheduled to begin on September 5th, 2008, represents…

Over 50 poker players will go down in history as bracelet winners at the 2008 WSOP. No matter what happens to them in life, the fact that they won a bracelet is a major accomplishment. In fact, winning a WSOP event might be one of the many…

Today is Independence Day in the United States, an issue that is relevant on many levels, including the right to play poker online. One online poker store is celebrating the day with sales of their poker tables, a trend that savvy poker players will find in many other online poker venues. Buy Poker Tables Online is the store, and poker players don’t have to live in the US to take advantage of the American Holiday, thanks to the power of the internet…

The World Series of Poker for 2008 is currently running in Las Vegas and players that couldn’t make it from Europe are in for some good news - the schedule for the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe has been announced. Taking place in September, the WSOPE will be nine days of poker with four events, including the GBP 10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem event won by Annette Obrestad last year, the first woman and youngest player ever to win a WSOP main event. The other events include a cheaper NLHE, a Pot Limit Omaha and a H.O.R.S.E…

The online poker software company CryptoLogic recently announced two new features that will have online poker players excited. The first is the ability for poker players to set up and host their own tournaments. The second is a filtering and sorting tool that allows players to customize their own preferences…

A local professional poker player sent straight to jail and accused of selling teenage girls for sex.

CENTRAL POINT Police are warning local poker players to be mindful of state laws outlining the rules of hosting gambling games in private homes.