2008 July 25 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The growing chorus of voices calling for an end to the ban on internet gambling has just added two unexpected members – associate professors Kathryn LaTour, from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and June Cotte, from the University…

If there’s an image out there of today’s young poker professionals — brash, cocky, aggressive to a fault — Michael DeMichele turns that notion on its ear. Clad in sweater-vests and neatly pressed button-down shirts, the…

The World Series of Poker Europe is set to begin this September, and poker player are scrambling to find qualifiers and super satellites to get in. One player found a unique contest, where Betfair Poker players were asked to guess how many poker chips filled up a Mini Cooper. When the Swedish poker pro, Marcus Gustafson, sent in his guess, he was only three chips off of the accurate count: 127,644 chips…

CEREUS poker will be the newest poker platform on the net soon, but they are not starting from scratch. That poker room will get their customer base from two other leading poker rooms, UltimateBet and Absolute Poker, to create the third largest online poker network. CEREUS will not only incorporate the player base from AP and UB, but also many of the features…

In an effort to strengthen and unite the poker industry worldwide, professional poker players Marcel Luske and Michelle Lau have established the Federation Internationale de Poker Association (FIDPA) and the International Poker Rules…