2009 January 06 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The Canadian Affiliate Management Company - CanAffco.com - and online poker site ReeferPoker.com announced today that the U.S. player-friendly poker site will host one of the largest forum Challenge events in recent history, the Online Forum Challenge’s “Really Really Big $5,000 Freeroll”.

Boing Boing points us to this interesting art installation by Chinese artist Liu Jianhua who recreated the Shanghai skyline from dice and poker-chips. This was exhibited at the Galleria Continua in San Gimignano, Italy. A close-up shot follows after the jump. [Photos by Cinghialino ]

January 7 - Tom "Durrrr" Dwan will put up $1.5 million to the player’s $500,000 in a poker challenge that will see the best of the two take home the pot.

The ladies will take their seats after hearing "Shuffle up and deal!" in Event #11 of the Gulf Coast Poker Championship, which is the next event on the LIPSTour schedule as well. The ladies-only no-limit hold’em event…

GamblingPlanet.org denies that the online gambling industry was experiencing hard times, despite iPoker’s break with NoIQ and Carlos Poker.

Today’s question: Compared to the 2008 WSOP Main Event, will there be more or fewer participants in this year’s Main Event, and why? I think it will be less just because of the economic climate. Personally, I think the economic…

NASSAU, Bahamas There is something unique about the atmosphere at a major poker tournament.