2008 July 22 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The Venetian is bringing poker and entertainment together as never before with the launch of the first ever live, interactive poker-themed stage show, ‘The Real Deal!’ Opening this fall, the show will bring to the Venetian…

A delegation of European Union trade officials will conduct talks with US officials at the end of this month over prosecutions and market restrictions concerning online gambling that appear to European interests to be restrictive…

July 22 - The 2008 WSOP Final Table Event to be held in November this year, will see no less than six PokerStars players walk away with at least $1 million each.

It’s the young guns of the Internet against the established lions of the game in ‘Nets vs. Vets’ week on NBC’s popular late-night show ‘Poker After Dark.’ Representing the online world are three players who made their mark as online…

The World Series of Poker is wrapped up until the final table resumes in November, and the ESPN coverage of the WSOP is about to be showcased on TV, and the fans of the poker world can’t wait. In addition to the excitement of the poker being played there is the drama - such as Phil Hellmuth’s infamous berating of his table mates late in the tournament series - and the fun. A rumor is circulating that pro player Phil “The Unabomber” Laak went through make up and disguise efforts to hide his identity in one tournament, and that is just the sort of thing ESPN will capture…

A new show is coming to the Venetian Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas, and it involves poker and a few big name poker pros. The Real Deal is the name of the show and it will have live poker on stage with an interactive element involving the audience. Wireless devices on the seats of the audience members will allow them to play against and alongside the pro poker players on stage…

The hit NBC poker show Poker After Dark debuts with a new theme week tonight, the Nets versus the Vets, a showdown of six poker pros for a winner take all prize of $120,000. The Nets are the internet pros who have made good, such as Brian Townsend, Tom “Durrr” Dwan, and Andrew Robl. The Vets are long time poker pros, some of whom have been playing the game longer than the Nets have been alive…