Poker news from 2008-08-16

Here are some archived poker news articles.

Fox Club big draw at Poker in the Park

The festival, held in the North and East quadrants of Leicester Square in London and sponsored by online poker site PKR, features all things poker and is free to the public. Chris North, Director of Fox Club, says Poker in the Park is the perfect venue for the public to get to know the club. "Not ... Read more...

David Chiu comes close at FTOPS IX

Full Tilt pro Max Pescatori made a little history of his own, however, as he was the first host to make the money in his own event at FTOPS IX. Pescatori didn't short-stack his way into the money either. The Italian Pirate overcame 900 players in Event 13, Half Pot-Limit Hold'em Half Pot-Limit Omah... Read more...

Press Release: WSOP Europe Schedule Announced

The second annual World Series of Poker Europe presented by Betfair.com has solidified its ...
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World Poker Tour Inks Deal with Fox Sports Net

After the Game Show Network declined to pick up ...
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Poker Players Alliance to Raid the DNC

When the Democratic National Convention for 2008 takes place around August 25th, the grassroots organization known as the Poker Players Alliance plans on being there. The PPA will hit the DNC on August 26th, and plans on bringing some big name firepower to have its message of poker for all players h... Read more...

Deep Stack Poker Payout Quadruples Guarantee

When the recent Deep Stack Tournament at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City announced a guaranteed prize pool of $500,000, it drew nearly a thousand players. The 956 players that each paid $2000 + $150 to play meant a final payout of nearly two million, almost quadrupling the guarantee. N... Read more...

15th of August

With less than a month to go until Pokerstars’ 2008 World Championship Of Online Poker starts, the controversy surrounding the winner of 2007’s main event is now finally over. The account which finished first in that event was disqualified amid allegations of unfair play, and the past fe... Read more...

Ancient Wisdom Still Going Strong in 2008

One of the most famous sayings of the legendary military genius Sun Tzu reads “if you know yourself and your opponent then you needn’t fear the result of a thousand battles”. How great those words were...and still are to this day. But over the years, poker players have done numerou... Read more...

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