2008 July 05 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Last years Danville Firefighters Local 429 poker run helped expand optical services for local youth and spread the word about Aunt Marthas Youth Service Center and Healthcare Network.
With changes to the tournament structure, professional poker players like their chances in this year’s main event.
Sat, Jul 5, 2008 (6:15 p.m.) DAY: 3 (Officially known as Day 1C). BIG NEWS: Several professional rounders at the World Series of Poker say they feel like this could be the year a professional wins the main event amid a crush of amateur and so-so online players.
Sat, Jul 5, 2008 (6:15 p.m.) Watch out, online poker whizzes and leisure players with deep pockets. The pros are coming, and they want their top crown back.
While most Americans were firing up their grills and gazing skyward at Independence Day fireworks, 1,158 players filtered into the Amazon Room for Day 1B of the WSOP Championship event. In honor of the occasion, country singer Andy…
Watch out, online poker whizzes and leisure players with deep pockets. The pros are coming, and they want their top crown back.
The charity event hosted and run by Annie Duke and Don Cheadle that raises money for Darfur has run its course, and the winner is John “Johnny World” Hennigan, a pro poker player. Like the winner of the event the year before, Hennigan donated 100% of his prize money to the cause, which sends the money to charities to help with Darfur. The final table held its fair share of stars, including Casey Affleck (whose brother Ben busted on the bubble) and Jerry Cantrell, as well as poker pros Hennigan and Phil Hellmuth, and last year’s winner Dan Shak.
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