Poker news from 2008-08-18

Here are some archived poker news articles.

Houston man wins 21 million frequent flier miles

It was part of Continental Airlines OnePass 21st Birthday Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament held at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas. Shiver, who has been playing poker for approximately four years as a hobby, already has some vacation scheduled with a Mediterranean cruise, a trip to Italy and road foot... Read more...

Deep Stack Extravaganza IV announced for November

The Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza IV will take place Nov. 1-25 with a total of 25 No-Limit Hold'em events with buy-ins ranging from $330 up to $2,500 for the three-day championship final. The draw is, of course, the enormous amount of starting chips. Even the $330 events offer an astounding $10,... 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 Machine Ban Effort a Bust

In Australia Russell Crowe wanted to ban poker machines, along with a few others, but his efforts have come back a losing hand, thanks to the votes of the South Sydney Leagues club. The club held a vote to see if banning poker machines was the right thing to do, but only three members out of more th... Read more...

H.O.R.S.E. WSOP Event on ESPN Tomorrow

Tuesday nights are poker nights these days on ESPN, the station that filmed and is now broadcasting the World Series of Poker events for this year. This Tuesday the event will be the biggest tournament in the WSOP season outside of the Main Event, the $50,000 HORSE. The show will be aired at 8 PM ea... 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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