2008 August 27 Poker News, Events and Happenings

It’s been a long time since I felt like the Olympics were a big deal to us Americans. Maybe the last Olympics that felt this ‘present’ in American culture was 1976. Bruce Jenner was winning decathlon Gold, Nadia Comeneci was cute as a button…

The Joyner-Walker Foundation today confirmed that Baseball Legend Ozzie Smith is returning to play in the Par and Poker Celebrity Challenge for Charity held during Super Bowl week on January 29, 2009 in Tampa, Florida. The second annual tournament hosted by Former NFL Super Bowl Champion Seth Joyner and NCAA Champion Andy Walker, consists of two parts: an 18-hole golf tournament and a No Limit …

KENESAW A poker run to benefit the family of Roger Alloway of Kenesaw will start in St. Paul Sept. 13.

My favorite source for definitions of words is Dictionary.com. The history of the word theater is as follows. … The theater in the west…

Win a package to PokerRoom’s televised Race Trophy Semi Final in Monza, Italy for a chance at the live televised Final Table in Vienna and a share in the $500,000 guaranteed prizepool…

Nearly two years ago at the Copenhagen European Poker Tour event I played at a table where a young man was the media favorite of passers-by. He was filmed and asked questions in several languages, always answering politely…

About a half-hour into Tuesday night’s charity poker tournament at Coors Field, actor Ben Affleck shoved all-in with a flop of Ace-Nine-King and two diamonds.