2009 September 18 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Video poker, with its whirring colorful graphics and its promise of big payouts, may be coming to your local tavern soon. Then again, maybe it won’t. CBS 2’s Mike Parker reports that the possibility is creating some drama in the southwest suburb of Crestwood.

It isn’t time to go “all in” just yet, but five poker players busted for gambling in Mount Pleasant three years ago apparently have scored an early appeals win.

A typical grey London day met the 295 international poker-playing folks who made it out of their respective houses and hotels for Day 1a of the £1,000 no-limit hold’em event that kicked off the World Series of Poker Europe, presented by Betfair…

Published: Friday, September 18, 2009 at 5:41 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, September 18, 2009 at 5:41 p.m. CHARLESTON A South Carolina judge will reverse the convictions of five Texas Hold ‘Em poker players convicted of violating state gambling law.

It’s finally Friday. You’ll get your news fill with The Nightly Turbo so you have something to talk about at the tables or while you’re sitting in front of the TV with some wings and beer watching your favorite team intercept the other team’s QB.

A man has caused a stir in Atlantic City after he entered an all-female poker championship and took home more than $20,000 for winning, beating a woman who planned to use the money to aid her recovery from breast cancer.

The action was still nowhere near where it was last month, but action in the high-stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker was kicked up a notch this week, with $500,000 pots, $400,000 “flips” and some heavy losses for Ilari “Ziigmund”…