2008 October 16 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Day 2 of the 2008 PokerNews Cup Event #5, the $550 Tony G Celebrity Shootout with Bounties, kicked off with eight players remaining at the final table. Two of the bounty players were still in the hunt for the trophy, PokerNews CFO…

Casinos could look more like a neighborhood bowling alley if the forward thinkers at Dream Team Poker of Beverly Hills have their way.

The Spotswood VFW Post 4589 is hosting a poker run Oct. 18. Proceeds will assist the VFW in sending packages and phone cards to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The run starts and ends at Spotswood VFW, 33 Daniel Road, with sign in from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Donation is $20 per person and includes food, refreshments, music and awards for best paint, best bike and most unique.

A man who hosted a poker game in his home is suing one of the players for failing to pay most of the $29,000 worth of poker chips that he lost that night.

High-powered Washington lawyer by day, high-roller poker maniac . . . when he can squeeze it in.

A seasoned poker player — who has won a World Series of Poker event and regularly hosts games in his Denver home — is suing a Superior man for allegedly failing to pay most of the $29,000 debt he amassed at one gathering in March.

A man who hosted a poker game in his home is suing a Superior man for allegedly failing to pay most of the $29,000 worth of poker chips that he lost that night.