2009 June 25 Poker News, Events and Happenings
June 26 - Bluff Europe and eleven UK pubs will be sponsoring this August’s Poker in the Park III, Europe’s largest yearly poker tournament.
Even though poker was technically illegal, it wasn’t very hard to find a high-stakes game in Texas in the 1950s and 1960s as long as you…
June 25 - Centaurus, a membership based online entertainment provider, hosted a poker tournament for their second anniversary offering prizes of $1000.
Eric Baldwin, a 26-year-old poker pro who graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and played on the school’s 2005 Division III national championship baseball team, is at it again at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Jeff Lisandro became only the fifth player in World Series of Poker history to win three gold bracelets within a single year by winning the $2,500 Razz Event (#44) Wednesday evening. A large crowd assembled in the Amazon Room to watch the Italian collect $188,390 by defeating a field of 315 players to pick up his fourth career bracelet. He has now cashed six times at the 2009 WSOP for a total of $807,486.
Jill Arensdorf is hoping the third time’s the charm for the Ride for the Red motorcycle poker run Saturday. Arensdorf, a member of the executive board of the Ellis County Chapter of the American Red Cross, is hoping for fair weather for the third annual event.
Professional poker player and California native J.C. Tran is renowned for his success in the industry. The Asian Poker Tour (APT) sponsored player just added a new title to his long list of accomplishments, which already include a World Poker Tour (WPT) event win, a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet, and nearly $8 million in tournament winnings. Recently, Tran won his second career bracelet in the $2,500 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha Event. The win brings him an additional $235,685 and more bragging rights in his tight circle of accomplished friends that includes Amnon Filippi, Theo Tran, Steve Sung, and Nam Le.
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