2008 September 24 Poker News, Events and Happenings

University of Washington graduate Vivek Rajkumar is a whiz kid turned poker phenom.

The winner of the main event of the World Series of Poker Europe, which started last week and which players pay £10,000 to enter, will not be a poker bot. Even if one could enter, no-limit Texas Hold’em at this level is beyond current levels of processing power and research. But in July, programs developed by the University of Alberta’s Computer Poker Research Group, just about licked a team …

Complete event details have now been released for the upcoming Bodog Poker Open II, scheduled for September 28 – October 5, 2008. This second BPO series at Bodog Poker offers 14 events over the series’ eight-day run and will include…

The court hearing for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe’s suit against non-tribal poker clubs in Tucson and elsewhere in Arizona has been continued to Dec. 15.

UltimateBet.com bares hole card The former operator of a popular online poker site faces a $75m claim after internet sleuths presented evidence that for more than three years it offered rigged games that allowed cheaters to win hands at astronomically unlikely odds.

The World Poker Store, Inc., an international entertainment company, announces the expansion of The Bar Poker League to The Netherlands. The World Poker Store has entered into an agreement with Play It Simpel, creator of the popular poker reality TV show “Poker Kampioen Van Nederland.” Under the agreement, an existing Play It Simpel poker league in The Netherlands will convert to The Bar Poker …

Hundreds of bikers are expected to take to the streets Saturday for an annual poker run in support of a worthy cause.