2008 July 29 Poker News, Events and Happenings
July 30 -The Kahnawake Gaming Commission has appointed an independent investigator to oversee the investigation into Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker cheating scandals.
A poker player who took his winnings to a brothel, only to get robbed, Toronto Police stage multiple poker club raids, and PokerTek secures new financing - all today in this issue of Poker News Bytes…
Sunday was a really big day for PokerStars, as the online poker site made its million dollar guarantee for its Sunday Tournament – Twice, actually. The Sunday Million had its usual massive field, with over 8,000 players…
Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG, described as the proprietors of UltimateBet, issued a summary statement on Friday as it turned over to the Kahnawake Gaming Commission the results of its internal investigation…
Online poker room bwin poker is running a promo that can get players to a weekend trip on Poker Island, and the winners will get to mix and mingle with the girl band the Pussycat Dolls. Players who come to Poker Island will have to compete to stay, enjoying the vacation like atmosphere while playing poker for a chance to play in the Poker Island grand final event in October. Each week two players will be kicked off the island, and winners of the Grand Final event will get a year membership as part of bwin’s pro poker team.
The upcoming Macau leg of this year’s Asian Poker Tour (APT) will include a number of big name poker pros, including J.C. Tran and Nam Le. This is good news for the organizers of the event, who can count on the draw and attention the big name pros bring with them to help grow the brand of the APT…
The Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma has been issued a subpoena regarding the details of a poker tournament held in Akela by the tribe about a month ago. The July 15 subpoena is asking for a description of the event to include the names of those who played in the event and employees working at the event, as well as the total number of folks who were involved with the poker tournament. The letter comes from the National Indian Gaming Commission complete with a dire warning about what might happen if they ignored the subpoena…
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