2008 September 02 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Day 1b of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event saw a larger field with more big names and more big grins, most notably the face of Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, who arrived to the event in full ‘Joker’ makeup, complete with green…

PokerTek, Inc. , the industry pioneer and worldwide leader in automated poker tables and related software, is pleased to announce that it has installed PokerPro at French Lick Resort Casino in French Lick, Indiana.

Last week PartyGaming, the online gaming firm, announced first-half year results that were well above analysts’ expectations. The company’s EBIDTA (earnings before interest, depreciation, taxes and amortization) came in at $64.9 million…

Regular readers of this column know that I am a proponent of small ball poker which is characterized by low pre-flop raises and restrained betting on the flop. In small ball poker, the investment before the flop is minimal compared to the size of the average chipstack.

If you’re into basketball and online poker, you might like this new game from Raid Bet called Can You Basket.

Registration is at 9 a.m. at the Port Huron Motorcycle Club, 3376 Griswold Road, Port Huron Township. Cost is $15 a person. The Poker Run will end at the Seaway Terminal in Port Huron where there will be a classic bike show and entertainment starting at 1 p.m.

Joseph Walsh’s ‘Gambler on the Loose’ is a highly enjoyable, incisive look into the complicated world of the full-time gambler. Probably best known to the poker world as the scriptwriter and co-producer of the 1974 film ‘California Split’…