2008 August 15 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The second stop on the 2008 Asian Poker Tour (APT) is fast approaching. It’s APT Macau, scheduled for August 28-31, 2008, set to take place amid one of the world’s grandest gambling destinations. With a $1.5 million prize purse…

The Venetian has announced the last 2008 installment of its popular Deep Stack Extravaganza series. Deep Stack Extravaganza IV will run November 1-25, 2008, offering one no-limit hold’em event on each of 23 consecutive start days…

I know every1’s well into GTA4 at the mo but its nice to have a break on the poker. But no one can get on it since about 10pm last night anyone know whats going on with it? It keeps saying unable to connect with stats server.

Continental Airlines today announced that Bill Shiver, a Houston area resident and Continental frequent flier, took home 21 million frequent flier miles as the grand prize winner of its OnePass 21st Birthday Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

David Benyamine is one of those rare individuals who, perhaps by sheer will and drive, have found success in every professional endeavor he’s attempted. Born in Paris, Benyamine was a highly ranked tennis player in his youth. Though he was…

August 15, 2008 From NewsChannel 19: The Guntersville Fire Department will hold its 2nd Annual Poker Run to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The event will be held on August 16, 2008, at

Several names in the poker world have been etched as legendary: Brunson, Chan, Hellmuth, Ungar, Moss and Baldwin. They are the men who shaped poker as we know it today; without them, poker would not exist in its current form worldwide. This week, the PocketFives.com Podcast, the premier online poker podcast, welcomes Mike Caro. Known as “The Mad Genius of Poker,” Caro has shaped the minds of …