2008 December 26 Poker News, Events and Happenings

As Antonio Esfandiari acquired a massive stack early in the 2008 EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, a buzz started traveling through the room. With a win in this event, Esfandiari would become only the second player in history…

The prospect of a delayed final table for the WSOP Main Event left the poker world in an anticlimactic mood, even as the final bracelets in 2008 WSOP preliminary events were awarded in early July. The immense ME field…

A man who was kicked out of a poker game, got into a fight, smashed a front room window and then robbed a pharmacy, according to police, has been arrested.

Playtech , the international designer, developer and licensor of software for the online, mobile and land-based gaming industry, is pleased to announce the successful launch of a “play for real money” poker network in the rapidly expanding Italian poker market, after a period in which it provided software only in a “play for fun” mode.

iPoker has, following discussions with Tain, decided to remove Carlos Poker and NoIQ Poker from the iPoker Network. The said cardrooms will be removed from the iPoker network liquidity by January 24th 2009. (PRWeb Dec 26, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1792534.htm

One of my biggest faults in life and in poker is lack of focus. Like many other women, I always have a zillion things going through my head all at once. I forever balance family and crazy sports/dancing schedules, work, poker…