2009 March 02 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Even the usually poker-faced Graham Murray couldn’t hide his disappointment. He tried to put on a brave face as North Queensland CEO Peter Parr sat next to him and announced the NRL club would not be renewing his contract at the end of 2008 - a month before the season kicked off.
College students invited to take part in Absolute Poker College Challenge, a 12-week online poker competition that will award thousands of dollars in cash and prizes through a Main Event and two separate leaderboard competitions.
Leading Online Poker Network invites players to compete for $220,000 in free money.
March arrived with a busy Sunday of online poker action, including a four-way chop at the final table of the Stars Sunday Million and a run to victory by Jay ‘THE_GOLDMINE’ Kinkade in the Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee…
On Sunday night, the second season of NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice” debuted. The show featured eight men against eight women in a race to see who could raise the most money for charity by selling cupcakes in New York City. In the end, the all-female team emerged victorious. However, poker player Annie Duke, a contestant on the show, received staunch criticism from Project Manager and talk show host Joan Rivers, “Deal or No Deal” model Claudia Jordan, reality star Khloe Kardashian, and Playboy Playmate of the Year Brande Roderick. Duke revealed her reaction to Poker News Daily.
Counsel Financial Services, which loans money to law firms, was within its rights when it decided not to gamble on an attorney who used money he borrowed to play poker, a federal judge has ruled. Michael J. Melkersen had argued that his card-playing was not proscribed by documents he signed for obtaining the money. “His view was that playing poker was business,” Counsel Financial’s general …
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