2009 June 03 Poker News, Events and Happenings

A poker run for Donald Block Allen will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at Jokers on Neelys Creek Road in Rock Hill. Allen is having his leg amputated due to complications from his diabetes, but he does not have health insurance. All proceeds benefit his family.

Nikolay Evdakov shattered records in 2008 when he posted ten cashes during the World Series of Poker. In 2007, it was Michael Binger…

PokerNews’ own Tony G is one of several famous poker pros who will regularly share their thoughts and experiences throughout the 2009 World Series of Poker…

Over the weekend, Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius logged a surprise mid-WSOP session in the ongoing online poker high-stakes ‘durrrr Challenge’…

Event #8, No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw, also kicked off on Tuesday evening. It is the second event…

Eleven people were robbed during a poker game late Tuesday night in the affluent Garden District. While police would only say cash was taken a person with knowledge of the robbery claims about $8,000 in cash and cell phones were stolen.

Canadian Victor Greeley, an online poker specialist, emerged as the top dog with 195,300 in chips as Day 1…