2009 February 21 Poker News, Events and Happenings

While U.S. troop supplies ride the Kremlin?s rails, a key air base in Kyrgyzstan may be shut to America.

The first session in the much-ballyhooed "durrrr Challenge" kicked off Wednesday morning with Tom "durrrr" Dwan taking on Patrik Antonius. The rules of the challenge require each of Dwan’s opponents to play…

Several area poker players donned SCUBA gear for the 5th annual Underwater Poker Tournament at the Aquasports SCUBA Center.

Forty players returned on Friday for Day 3 action in the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour stop in Copenhagen, Denmark. Norwegian Anders Langsat led all players as the first cards were dealt, and parlayed…

North Carolina’s brief foray into video poker brought on charges of corruption and influence-peddling, years of acrid debate and culminated in machines being banned and a sheriff landing in prison. Now, after many thought the gambling issue had finally faded away, it’s emerging again amid legal uncertainty. A judge’s decision this week to strike down North Carolina’s ban on video poker machines …

PokerStars has officially released the schedule for April’s All-Stakes Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) series. The SCOOP, in the works for several months, will span 11 days, April 2-12, 2009…

The voices of rational reason overcame emotional appeals to bring poker card rooms to Pensacola Greyhound Track.