2008 September 17 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Tuesday saw two more events at the 2008 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) at PokerStars, as events with upscale buy-ins begin to dominate in the series’ second week of play. Both of Tuesday’s offerings were $500+30…

The family of Staff Sgt. Victor Cortes III will host a poker run Saturday to launch a new Erie County charity. The event will honor Cortes, an Erie native who served as a mechanic for the U.S. Army’s 703rd Forward Support Battalion. He died at a U.S. base in Baghdad on May 29, 2005. He was 29.

A golf cart poker run, sponsored by Twin City We Care, will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday starting at Gas City Park. Prizes will be awarded for best hand and best decorated golf cart.

U.S. Congressman Barney Frank’s second try at bringing about clarification and restriction to the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) jumped off to a better start than his first attempt when his new measure…

LAS VEGAS Poker, once nearly muscled off casino floors by gimmicky table games and flashy slot machines, is hotter than ever in Las Vegas, thanks to the game’s popularity on television.

As the oldest member of the celebrated ‘November Nine,’ the nine finalists in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event who will return this November to battle for the title, it’s a bit surprising to learn that Dennis Phillips has only…

The Joyner-Walker Foundation today announced that Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer Ed Moses is confirmed to play in the Par and Poker Celebrity Challenge for Charity during Super Bowl week on Thursday, January 29, 2009, in Tampa, Florida. The second annual tournament hosted by NFL Super Bowl Champion Seth Joyner and PGA Golfer Andy Walker, consists of two parts: an 18-hole golf tournament and a No …