2009 June 02 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

When you’ve already won poker’s biggest prize and you get a chance to play against nine other players who’ve won…

With 760 players returning for Day 2 of Event #4, $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em, the plan was to play down to the final…

LAS VEGAS A 37-year-old Russian poker professional turned a $40,000 buy-in into $1.89 million at the World Series of Poker on Monday, earning his second gold bracelet after topping a field of 201 of the world’s toughest players over four days.

The European Masters of Poker makes the third stop of its increasingly popular tour in Prague, Czech Republic, between June 25 and 28, 2009 having attracted 311 players to the second tournament in Varna, Bulgaria in April.

June 2 - One player stands to win the lifestyle that most poker players could only dream of obtaining.

Being a poker legend in Las Vegas at this time of year means having your picture taken with a lot of different people. A lot of them have the same question for Doyle Brunson just before the click of the camera.

Poker After Dark is a hit show on NBC airing six days per week at 2:00 a.m. I enjoy the broadcast because the producers show most of the hands that are played in any given session. Some people prefer to watch “highlight poker” where only the biggest and most meaningful pots are shown.