2008 September 10 Poker News, Events and Happenings

ATLANTIC CITY - Just how much the casinos here are wagering on table games for their survival is evident with the start of this month’s Borgata Poker Open.

A “poker run” fundraiser to benefit Disabled American Veterans and the Corpsmen Memorial Fund will be held this weekend. Registration forthe poker run, organized by Rolling Thunder NC-5, will start at 8 a.m. Saturday at New River Harley-Davidson in Jacksonville. The first bike is out at 10 a.m.

ELKTON The Elkton Emergency Squad (EES) needs a new vehicle to replace its worn out 1995 Ford square-box ambulance with over 160,000 hard-driven miles on it.The price of a new, up-to-date ambulance is $160,000, and to help raise the money, the squad is holding a car and truck cruise-in together with a motorcycle poker run and cruis

Macau seems just like the bustling underseam of any American city. The scramble for placement, real estate, and building is high, with each trying to upscale and out-scale the last. The Venetian was mostly built here and is the third…

There will be a Benefit Poker Run for Vinny Gardner noon to 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 27 at the Sportsman Club.

RAEFORD Two Raeford men were cited Friday when law enforcement officers confiscated seven video poker machines and $7,000 in a raid on two houses, said Hoke County Sheriff Hubert Peterkin.

After a grueling Day 2, the nine survivors in the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour High Rollers tournament gathered around the final table on Tuesday to decide this elite title. Eight players started the day chasing chip leader…