2009 February 13 Poker News, Events and Happenings

MOUNT PLEASANT After seeing video of poker championships and hearing testimony from a professional poker player, a town judge said Friday that he believes Texas Hold em poker is a game of skill a decision that could affect how the card game is treated in South Carolina. South Carolina law outlaws gambling on games of chance played with cards or dice and Municipal Judge Larry Duffys …

Event #18 of the eleventh Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS XI), $200+16 PL Omaha Heads-Up, guaranteed $100,000. The prize pool totaled $160,600 after 803 players entered, with first place worth $27,944.40…

A limited number of sponsorships are available for the second annual Texas Hold Em Poker Tournament and Casino Night, a fundraiser for the Kiwanis of Thousand Oaks Foundation. The event will be the evening of Sun., April 19 at The Canyon Club, 28912 Roadside Drive, Agoura Hills.

A town judge in Mount Pleasant says Texas Hold Em poker is a game of skill - which could affect how the card game is treated in South Carolina.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) - A town judge in Mount Pleasant says Texas Hold Em poker is a game of skill - which could affect how the card game is treated in South Carolina.

The prominent European poker agency PokerIcons Ltd. this week announced it had merged with the Swedish agency Vegas Group AB to form a new ’super agency’ to represent professional poker players worldwide…

Scuba divers have a chance for a late winter dive that will help fundraising for the Joplin branch of the Red Cross during an underwater poker dive on March 7 at Calypso Scuba - The Dive Shop in Joplin.