Poker Launch

DEH YAK, Afghanistan – Seven U.S. Army soldiers gather around a wood stove for a few hands of Texas Hold 'Em. In another barracks 50 yards away, about a dozen Afghan police are dozing.

Mardi Gras Party - Live music by an '80s cover band, prize drawings, and a Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament. Hosted by the Phoenix Club of Memphis. Sat., Feb. 16, 8 p.m. $40 advance/$50 door http://phoenixclub.org.

Calendar Friday, Feb. 15 Texas Hold 'Em tournament: 8 p.m., War Memorial Building. American Legion Post 183 hosts this event, from which the proceeds benefit our troops in Iraq this holiday season.

Poker and casino games would be legal in churches under a bill that was approved by a S.C. Senate panel Thursday. The legislation would let churches and other nonprofit groups host card and other casino gambling to raise money, exempting them from South Carolina's 200-year-old law that prohibits dice and card games. The bill discussed Thursday specifically says five-card draw, Texas Hold'em, and ...

Until the start of the current poker boom that dates back to 2003, you couldn't find a No Limit Texas Hold'em cash game if you tried. Limit Hold'em ruled. But that all changed once No Limit tournaments started to air on television.

You can't legally get together with your buddies for poker night, but you could bet on a game of Texas Hold 'em at church under a bill approved by a state Senate panel.

Draw poker and Stud poker have pretty much gone the way of the Dodo bird in giving way to "flop style" poker. Texas Hold'em is king lately, with Omaha poker running a distant second.

FAIRHAVEN — A Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament will be held Feb. 16, 2008 to benefit St. Joseph's School. The event will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Route 6, Mattapoisett.

A well-known Corbin businessman and property developer, accused of driving under the influence of alcohol last year after playing in a Texas Hold Em' in London, was exonerated Monday as a district judge agreed to drop all charges against him.

A unique Texas Hold 'em poker game, played using a text interface which describes the action to you.

The Cal Poly Wheelchair Foundation, in conjunction with the San Luis Obispo Rotary Club, will host the “Deals for Wheels” Texas Hold ’Em Tournament to help provide needy people with wheelchairs in Africa.

The Cal Poly Wheelchair Foundation, in conjunction with the San Luis Obispo Rotary Club, will host the “Deals for Wheels” Texas Hold ’Em Tournament to help provide needy people with wheelchairs in Africa.

[ Poker players take note - on Saturday, Feb. 23, you will have an opportunity to win up to $1,000 in a Texas hold'em tournament, while rasing funds for several charities at the same time.

FOX LAKE – Without a puff of smoke in the air, residents enjoyed an evening of blackjack, Texas hold 'em, big wheel and other casino-like activities Jan. 11 at Fox Lake American Legion Hall.

COVINGTON - A Texas Hold-Em tournament scheduled later this month at the Point Pavilion in Covington will benefit Rising Star Studios for autistic children and families.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas----Affordable housing is the state's ace in the hole in the predicted future high-stakes real estate version of Texas hold 'em. In fact, the state's leading expert on residential real estate is betting housing affordability will be the "most significant growth stimulant" for Texas over the next 25 years.

A Canadian teen brought home a seven-figure prize during an international high-stakes Texas hold 'em poker tournament in Germany, reports the Star's Greg Mercer.

IT'S game on in the ball park, with Don Argus and Marius Kloppers kicking off the Rio Tinto gambit with a real curve ball.

A second man has been placed on probation for his role in a plot to use rattlesnakes to kill a Texas hold 'em operator over a $60,000 debt.

Until the start of the current poker boom that dates back to 2003, you couldn't find a No Limit Texas Hold 'em cash game if you tried.