2009 April 26 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Shorr, 23, a business major who maintains a 3.5 GPA, worked his way to the World Poker Tour Championship Sunday. He finished fifth at a final table of six, according to Cardplayer.com.
April 27 - Players will find 26 different poker events in the biggest and most diverse Bodog Poker Open to date.
LAS VEGAS (AP) -Organizers of an amateur golf tournament with rules based loosely on poker have signed a deal with cable network WGN America to air the mid-May tournament in 13 one-hour episodes.
Some children in Chatham County will get to celebrate Christmas because of the 9th annual Chatham County Sheriff’s Poker Run.
April 26 - The Danish gambling group Danske Spil will end its monopoly on the market after sixty years.
The NBC National Heads-Up Championship at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas is quite an event. It has a $20,000 buy-in ($500,000 first place prize) and 64 players, including many of the top names in the world. The night prior to the start of the tournament, there is a big cocktail party where the drawing takes place. This is always a fun time, as there is an air of excitement and anxiety about who will be playing who.
The 1736 Family Crisis Center in Torrance is holding its largest fundraiser next month, a poker tournament featuring actor Jason Alexander.
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