2009 August 18 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The first stop on season six of the PokerStars European Poker Tour kicked off Aug. 18 in Kyiv at Palats Sportu. Ryan Lucchesi writes: The first stop on season six of the PokerStars European Poker Tour kicked off Aug. 18 in Kyiv and 129 players jumped into play for 5,000 each.

CARBONDALE, Ill.–Illinois will soon allow payouts on video poker machines. Revenue from an expanded gambling will help pay for the state’s $31 billion dollar capital bill.

Victoria’s gaming watchdog has warned that people who play illegal poker machines are not protected by state regulations.

A motorcycle poker run to benefit Alzheimers Services of Marshall County is Saturday starting at Big Ds Cycles, 330 Cullman Road, Arab. Riders depart at 10 a.m. and return at 3 p.m. There will be door prizes, food at every stop and a 50/50 drawing. The theme is “Ride Out Alzheimers” in Marshall County.

Play poker for a good cause at the Texas Hold em Poker fundraiser Aug. 26 at the Lake Sammamish Elks Lodge, 765 Rainier Blvd. N.The Issaquah Sister Cities Commission and the American Moroccan International Exchange is hosting the fundraiser to provide money to bring two artists from Issaquahs sister city, Chefchaouen, Morocco, to Issaquah during […]

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The first day of the first ever PokerStars.com European Poker Tour event in Kyiv, Ukraine is in the books. A total of 129 players came out for the first of the two scheduled Day 1 flights, 93 of whom survived to return for Thursday’s Day 2. At the…