2009 May 31 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The machines are supposed to be for entertainment purposes only - if you win, you’re not supposed to get any money back. But gamblers and industry representatives say many bars do indeed pay cash to winners, sometimes in back rooms or even restrooms.

The World Series of Poker got underway this week and the online action predictably slowed, with even the most active players (Tom Dwan, ‘DIN_FRU’ and ‘Zugwat’)…

Day 2 of Event #3, Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-Better ended with Thang Luu’s quest to take the bracelet for the second consecutive…

Baltimore officials are looking at taking a bigger cut from the illegal video poker machines that proliferate in city bars.

When the World Series of Poker released its 2009 schedule of events in February, the goal of Event #4…

Twenty-three players returned to the Rio for the biggest buy-in no-limit hold’em event in WSOP history…

Baltimore officials eye new tax system to help close budget gap Gamblers sipping beer at the East Baltimore bar have plenty of options. There’s a Keno monitor in one corner. A vending machine offers scratch-off lottery tickets in another. Screens show horses running in another. And against one wall stands a bank of four video poker machines.