2008 November 12 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The brother of “Texas Hold ‘Em” giant Dennis Phillips says he’d retire if he won $4.5-million in the World Series of Poker. But, Don Phillips says he and his winning brother are two very different people. FOX 2s John Auble talks to the Illinois family that produced a card playing legend about why he’s keeping his day job.

LAS VEGAS — Peter Eastgate became the youngest winner in the history of the World Series of Poker, outplaying Ivan Denidov in the tournament that ended at 2:38 a.m. Tuesday.

The tenth Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) continued on Tuesday with a tripleheader of event action. Event #12, a $200+16 "HA" (half PL Hold’em, half PL Omaha) tourney, attracted 936 entrants to create a total prize pool…

Video poker machines themselves aren’t illegal in Pennsylvania, but paying off winners is. KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin went inside the illegal gaming business as police across the state prepare for an unprecedented crackdown.

If poker’s in decline, you wouldn’t know it by the goings-on at southeastern Connecticut’s casinos. In fact, in the last couple of days, you’d be hard-pressed

Here’s the problem: The game is so popular now that everyone is playing it. So much so that if you watch the World Series of Poker on TV, which I occasionally do, you don’t know who any of the people are.

The Master Classics of Poker in the Netherlands is one of the continents most prestigious poker tournaments of the year. It started on Tuesday the 11th of November marking the first day of the Lido Poker €6,000 no-limit hold’em main event.