2010 February 16 Poker News, Events and Happenings
To tackle a rise of illegal video poker machines in Union County, District Attorney John Snyder said Tuesday he is giving business owners two weeks to remove the machines or face fines and seizure of the equipment.
OPERATORS of underground poker groups in private houses here are not losing sleep over the opening of Singapore’s first casino at Resorts World Sentosa, which welcomed its first customers over the Chinese New Year holiday.
We have a few confirmations for the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, some news about the PokerStars North American Poker Tour, and more. As always, you’ll have to read below to get the info.
The newly formed North American Poker Tour says it has reached an agreement with cable network ESPN2 to air 16 one-hour episodes of its tournaments. The tour, owned by poker event consultant Global Poker Tours Ltd., begins a six-day series of tournaments at the Venetian casino-resort on the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday.
In breaking news from Bristol, ESPN2 will carry the inaugural season of the PokerStars sponsored North American Poker Tour (NAPT). The festivities will kick off on April 19th on the cable station with the Venetian $25,000 High Roller Bounty Shootout.
Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series returned last week with its 15th installment. Ten tournaments are in the books and over six million dollars in prize-pool money has been awarded thus far. The biggest individual pieces so far have gone to Lance…
Railbirds rejoice! The mysterious high-stakes wunderkind known as Isildur1 is back at the tables on Full Tilt Poker having rebuilt his bankroll during the month of February. Starting as low as $5/$10, the Swede has gradually worked his way up as high as $300/$600, playing anyone who will take a shot at him.
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