2008 July 17 Poker News, Events and Happenings

A poker tournament held in late June at a New Mexico Indian casino unlicensed by that state, operated by Oklahoma’s Fort Sill Apache tribe, may, as planned for the tribe, result in a legal battle over the tribe’s stated casino plans…

July 18 - Poker players looking for a slice of superb online action can try out the thousands of tournaments happening this month and next at Full Tilt Poker.

There has to be a lot of equity in playing in events where the players are falling asleep at the table, showing cards, and falling out of their wheelchairs. Or so one would think. But I’ve played well over 30 senior events in poker and have…

Since the beginning of the year the German Interstate Lottery Treaty has been in force, which makes privately run online poker sites illegal in the European country. Only poker rooms under the German Federal State are illegal. This has brought about an attempt to redefine poker from a game of chance to a game of skill in order to circumvent the new law…

Online poker room Titan Poker recently announced that they have had their youngest ever winner for their $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament. Amateur player Michael Schwaiger from Austria is just 21 years old, but is showing poker wisdom in his plans for his winnings. Poker professionals often retain a large chunk of the money they win as “seed money” to be used in an attempt to win yet more tournaments…

Poker fans are already familiar with some music stars participating in the biggest poker game on the planet, the World Series of Poker: rock stars such as Sully Erna have proven that musicians can hold their own in a professional poker world, and country music has finally joined the game. Country music artist Andy Griggs played in the main event and did fairly well for his first time. He doubled his chips by the end of the first day and made it deep into day three as the last celebrity playing…

July 17 - Players will now be able to request payment at any time of the day, thanks to the daily updated rake stats available through RakebackSTAT.com.