2008 September 21 Poker News, Events and Happenings
The final weekend of action in the 2008 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) at PokerStars meant the start of one of the series’ most anticipated offerings – the $10,000+300 buy-in Event #32, H.O.R.S.E. Big names abounded…
RESTRICTING poker machines to racetracks and casinos was one of the more radical recommendations of a draft bill tabled at a recent Senate inquiry.
Poker runs are a great way to raise money for almost anything, and to give motorcyclists the excuse to get out and ride with a bunch of like-minded enthusiasts. Such is the case with the 36th annual Key West Poker Run, taking place this weekend. There may be as many as 10k bikers coming to participate in this event, starting in Miami (where the registration takes place) and then moving down to Key West, where they will make regular stops to draw poker cards…
Online poker room CelebPoker is putting up a â¬150,000 freeroll poker series. A freeroll poker tournament is one that offers prizes and cash but does not cost any money to play. The Euro-centric poker site is putting up the prizes on its own, with no buy in required to play in the events…
When the 2008 Borgata Poker Open wound up it was young Vivek Rajkumar who walked away as the new champ and the newest poker millionaire. Vivek made short work of his heads up opponent, Sang Kim, overcoming his defenses and plowing through to the win in only six hands. Vivek made a $1.4 million payday, and the players in his way were not pushovers, with WSOP bracelet winner Dan Heimiller finishing in third and poker pro Mark Seif finishing in fifth…
The Silver Club in Sparks, Nevada is the epitome of a nice, small, locals-oriented casino. They have a great single-deck blackjack game with favorable rules, including blackjack that pays 3:2 and doubling down on anything. The table’s…
The field for Event #1 of the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe swelled considerably on Day 1b, with a final tally of players sitting at 410. 2007 WSOP-Europe Main Event Champion Annette Obrestad joined the field on Day 1b…
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