2009 July 26 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Saturday gave us the perfect example examples, sorry. Both were poker runs, which for those without motorcycles or boats means driving or boating from place to place dock to dock, bar to bar, whatever to draw a card to form a single poker hand. Best hand wins.
National Poker Week attracted 33 State Directors from the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) plus a throng of the game’s elite to Washington, DC. In the end, over 100 meetings were held on Capitol Hill. Poker News Daily was on-hand for the festivities and reviews several of the surprises of National Poker Week.
By CHRIS SMITH THE PRESS DEMOCRAT College student Ian Tavellis grandfather and poker buddy is a smart guy.
At the recent Poker Players Alliance (PPA) charity tournament benefiting the USO of Metropolitan Washington, talk show host Montel Williams was among those in attendance. A former chip leader of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in years past, Williams has a wealth of poker experience under his belt on the world’s biggest stage.
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 26 (UPI) — A professional online poker player says it’s time to overturn a law that prevents U.S. gamblers from using their credit cards at gaming Web sites.
In online poker’s version of Iron Chef, Face the Ace will premier on NBC on August 1st. The show will air in the 9:00pm to 10:00pm ET time slot and is hosted by The Sopranos’ Steve Schirripa. It features pros from Full Tilt Poker.
On Monday, Costigan Media, the parent company of Gambling911, will present its case as part of a hearing to determine whether the warrants and affidavits used to seize over $30 million in online poker player funds should be unsealed.
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