2008 August 03 Poker News, Events and Happenings
The United States abruptly announced a postponement in scheduled trade talks with representatives of the European Union that were to discuss online gambling and the stance of the current US administration, which in the EU’s view…
The event is Angels of Hope Ride and Cruise-in Poker Run on Aug. 17, Ride a motorcycle or car and support the Domestic Violence Project, Inc. The event starts at the North Canton Eagles, 6979 Sunset Strip. The first group rides out a 10 a.m. and last one leaves at noon.
The Eglinton Card Room and Casino saw the cards in the air for the first stop on this year’s Party Poker Irish Poker Championship Tour. There will be seven more stops in Ireland to celebrate the events, and players still have a chance to qualify at the online site that sponsors the events, Party Poker. The first stop on the tour featured a lot of big name poker players, such as Marcel “the Flying Dutchman” Luske, Jon Kalmar, Padraig Parkinson, Noel Furlong, and Mike Sexton…
Online poker room Bodog Poker wants to send a bit of their Bodog Life to London this September, giving away a slew of seats to the second annual World Series of Poker Europe, trying to get the honor of having the winner of the WSOPE be a Bodog player. Last year’s champ Annette Obrestad was signed by a rival poker room, and now many online rooms are scrambling to get a lock on the next champion. Players can visit Bodog and play in satellites for as little as one dollar to win a VIP Prize Package valued at $24,000.
A top story from this week. Bo Bice will be hosting the 5th Annual Armed Forces Poker Run in Pelham, Alabama on August 2, 2008, benefiting the Readiness & Family Support Organization.
Ten cashes in a single year of the World Series of Poker is a new record, one set during this year’s WSOP by Nikolay Evdakov, and it looks like the online poker community is ready to capitalize. Evdakov was recently signed by online poker room Full Tilt Poker. Many poker players are curious about the signing of Evdakov - certainly ten cashes in a single WSOP is impressive, but in all ten events he missed making the final table…
There are many poker rooms in the greater Reno area, which includes Carson City and Lake Tahoe to the south and Sparks to the east. I played in 21 of them over a one-week span. I really enjoyed myself in this beautiful part…
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