2008 November 02 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Even though Brandon Cantu is becoming a familiar face on the poker circuit, he continues to be a blur for most Americans. Oh, how we feel his pain.

Ylon Schwartz is one of nine finalists in the World Series of Poker Main Event, which is considered the unofficial world championship.

Several big names remained near the top of the leader board as Day 2 kicked off of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at the Horseshoe Hammond, including Dustin ‘Neverwin’ Woolf and Steve ‘MrSmokey1′ Billirakis…

November 3 - Players have from now until mid January to compete in twice weekly satellite events to win a lucrative prize package and attend the Asian Poker Tour in Manila.

Most traveling poker players tend to stay on the beaten path of well-known poker rooms, finding themselves in the likes of the Bellagio, Binions, Commerces, and Foxwoods. Other players, myself included, get a thrill from playing…

A man held up a northwest Corvallis video poker parlor at gunpoint this morning, and police are asking the public for tips to help them catch the robber, described as a white male with a distinctive scar on his face.

POKER looks like it is here to stay. At the newly opened poker house in Davao City called Metro Card Club Davao, which is under Pagcor supervision, such fun game appeared to have become very popular, particularly among yuppies, with players increasing by the day.