2008 November 26 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Brian ‘ZBTHorton’ and ‘IfIHadItAll’ were the winners in the biggest early-week online events, taking down the Full Tilt $1,000 Monday and the PokerStars Super Tuesday, respectively. The Full Tilt event also featured deep runs…

Newcomer JC Tran made it two-for-two in qualifying heats in the PartyPoker Premier League III on Wednesday, pushing his total to a maximum-possible 20 points and virtually assuring him of a seat in the six-player finals…

Held for the first time at the 5 star Chia Laguna Resort on the island of Sardinia is prestigious Everest Poker European cup finale.

The World Poker Tour has confirmed that the Borgata Poker Open, originally scheduled for late January of 2009, is no longer part of the WPT’s Season Seven schedule. Reports of the Borgata event being removed from the WPT…

The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is hosting their first annual “Poker Jingle at the Hard Rock Poker Lounge” on 12 December in Las Vegas. Professional and celebrity poker players Phil Hellmuth, Jamie Gold, Erick Lindgren, Beth Shak, Tiffany Michelle, Jennifer Harman, Todd Brunson, Brad Booth, Andy Bloch, Barry Greenstein, JJ Liu, Antonio Esfandiari, Layne Flack, Brandon Cantu, Jeff Madsen, Lee …

Online poker room PokerTime gives new players two opening offers to get them playing.

An amended bill seeking to legalize and regulate poker rooms has been introduced in the state legislature. Poker Gaming Act 2009 Democratic State Representative Jose Menendez re-launched HB222 in the House of Representatives after a previous attempt to introduce laws legalizing and regulating poker fell apart at the committee stage.