2009 January 14 Poker News, Events and Happenings

With a limit of eight players per table, the $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. tournament became the first event of the 2009 Aussie Millions to reach its maximum possible attendance. 96 players and two alternates spread across twelve…

MORRIS TWP. Authorities are offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to arrests in an Oct. 16, 2007, armed robbery of a midnight poker game.

After six months of construction and nearly $3 million to complete, Derby Lane’s newest Poker Room is now open for business.

As popular as the Aussie Millions Poker Championship has become, no one was quite prepared for the fanfare and enthusiasm surrounding the 2007 event. Leading up to the tournament, the online poker site and official Aussie Millions…

TORONTO (Jan 14, 2009) — Like any good mother, Zahra Bahmani was concerned when she heard her son was staying up late most nights playing online poker when he could have been studying toward his biochemistry degree at McMaster University. Now, she doesn’t nag so much. Poorya Nazari, 22, who got his degree last month, accepted an oversized cheque for $3 million US yesterday as the winner of the …

Just a few short hours after the early-morning conclusion to Event #3, the Crown Casino in Melbourne saw 140 players take to the felt for more fixed-limit poker festivities as Event #4, $1,100 Limit Hold’em, kicked off…

January 14 - Phil Helmuth and Annie Duke take to the air once more in search of new poker talent in this reality TV poker show.