2008 August 08 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The third stop on the PokerStars.net Latin America Poker Tour kicked off yesterday in Punta del Este, Uruguay, with 351 players from around the world heading to the seaside resort to enjoy neither sun nor surf, but a shot at a prize pool…

Technology Week in Review: Robo-poker, supermagnets

The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour has announced several recent developments, including the addition of a stop at Budapest, Hungary, October 28 – November 1, 2008. The €4,350, four-day NLHE event will be capped at 500 players…

Anna Wroblewski doesn’t know when her birthday is. Not the month, the day or the year, though she estimates she’s about 22 years old. Orphaned at age four in her native Vietnam, Wroblewski and her younger sister lived with a slew…

The pressure exerted by local church officials has prompted San Juan Mayor Joseph Victor JV Ejercito and the city council to revoke a permit he earlier issued for a poker club to operate at the Greenhills shopping center.

BEACHWOOD: The Beachwood Volunteer Fire Company’s 2008 Poker Run and Community BBQ will be held Aug. 23, organizers said.

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