2009 June 29 Poker News, Events and Happenings
LA MARQUE The Snowman Poker League brings poker’s popularity to local players for free with weekly tournaments in Galveston and Harris counties.
Poker, once stigmatized as sleazy, has become as American as apple pie.”It was a back-room game other than your little kitchen home games where people might play from time to time, said Norman Chad, a poker analyst for ESPN and syndicated columnist. &…
One of the most popular of all summer Vegas poker events not connected with the playing of poker itself is the annual World Series of Barbecue…
A Wichita, KS establishment’s effort to create a new ‘full skill’ version of poker has run afoul of that state’s officials…
A former royal protection officer accused of a £3 million betting and property scam claimed colleagues played poker and traded pornography while working at Buckingham Palace.
BEAVER DAM The cards were in Eric Baldwins favor as the Beaver Dam native won more than $250,000 in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas last week. Baldwin, a graduate of UW-Whitewater, finished third in the high stakes poker game. The overall winner took home more than $633,000. The 26-year-old left Wisconsin last year to dedicate his energy to be playing poker full time.
The petition organized by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) calling for the legalization of the great American pastime is at nearly 200,000 signatures. Overnight on Sunday, an additional 6,000 players lent their names.
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