2009 January 04 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The Grand Sierra is a beautifully appointed poker room in a luxury casino resort. There are nice high ceilings, extremely comfortable ‘extended play’ chairs, and large flat-screen televisions that surround the room…

Jackie Elliott loves her job. Behind the stool-studded bar counter at Baldini’s Sports Casino on Rock Boulevard, she wears a large smile on her face, serving up drinks as customers banter back and forth with her, the glow of poker machines illuminating their faces.

In the future there will be only five major online poker sites due to industry, according to Jim Ryan Party Gaming CEO.

Don’t forget - this is your last chance to get in on the action as 888 Poker hosts a unique Aussie Millions satellite, courtesy of ChipMeUp…

Today’s question: What group within the poker world do you believe to be most affected by the global financial crisis? The immediate answer would be the average, everyday player because it’s the average Joes that are really…

If you’re playing in a typical no-limit hold ‘em tournament at your local casino, you don’t have to worry about such peripheral things as cameras and boom mikes crowding the table. But if you play in the World Series of Poker, those things came become a factor, and wily pros such as Kirk Morrison will try to exploit them.

There was a time when betting on a horse was enough. You slid a $2 bill across the counter to the cashier at a racetrack and two minutes later you’d either collect on your bet or tear the ticket in half and let it fall under foot.