2008 August 22 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Poker chips get advertised as Father’s Day gifts in sporting goods stores. TV shows with play-by-play tournaments are beamed into living rooms. Nationally, the poker craze is everywhere. But in South Carolina, hosting a kitchen-table card game might still bring the police knocking on your front door with a warrant.

More than three weeks of Legends of Poker events at the Bicycle Casino have led to the tournament everyone waits for — the World Poker Tour $10,000 Legends of Poker No-Limit Hold’em main event.

Always looking to expand the game of poker and conquer new lands, PokerStars last year launched their Asia Pacific Poker Tour in Manila. 255 players saddled up to play in the Philippines…

Colorado’s gambling law has put a damper on a star-studded charity poker tournament planned for next week during the Democratic National Convention.

It was national pride that gave him the nickname. Max Pescatori was tired of people not realizing he was Italian, so one day he decided to wrap his head in a bandana bearing the red, white and green of his home country’s flag. Almost instantly…

There are two ways to make money at poker sticking to the tournament scene or grinding it out in cash games. You’ll need to learn a vastly different skill set to consistent ly grow your bankroll in each environment because each venue tends to attract a specific kind of player.

MACAU, Aug. 22, 2008 — PokerStars , the world’s largest online poker site, today announced an unprecedented line-up of 20 top poker champions who will be hitting the felt for the launch of Season 2 of the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour at Macau in the People’s Republic of China.