2008 October 12 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The second installment of the PokerNews Cup at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia kicked off with 422 entrants easily combining to exceed the $75,000 guaranteed prize pool for the series’ opening event, a no-limit…

Virginia Beach, Va. (WAVY.com) — Today hundreds of bikers rode through Virginia Beach to raise money for Detective Mike Phillips’ family. In August, Phillips was shot and killed during an undercover drug operation.

Tonight Daniel Craker from Lower Hutt became the first ever SKYCITY Festival of Poker Champion, outplaying 305 rivals over four days to take home the 2008 SKYCITY Festival of Poker Championship trophy and $257,040.

The largest poker tournament in New Zealand history drew 306 players to the SKYCITY Hotel and Casino as Daniel Craker took down the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Main Event for NZD $257,040 plus an entry into the APPT…

The Fitzgeralds Casino and Hotel is one of five, slightly rundown, downtown casinos in Reno that offer poker. The Cal Neva, Harrahs, Eldorado, and Circus Circus are all within walking distance and all have decent low limit (and in…

Lower Hutt plasterer Daniel Craker last night became the first SkyCity festival of poker champion, outplaying 305 rivals over four days to take home the 2008 festival of poker championship trophy and $257,040.

The second season of the Latin American Poker Tour has recently been announced, and the action gets underway in early November. Next month poker players from around the world will flock to San Jose, Costa Rica, where the first LAPT kicks off on Nov 3-5. Players will pay $3,700 when they take their seats in the Ramada Plaza’s Herradura Conference Centre…