Poker Launch

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Seth Palansky, who for the past five years has overseen corporate communications efforts for the NFL Network, the league's owned and operated television channel, has been named Communications Director for the World Series of Poker(R) and the company's Sports & Entertainment division, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. said today.

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.

Harrah's Entertainment Inc. named Seth Palansky communications director for the World Series of Poker and the company's sports and entertainment division effective March 3.

The Northern Colorado Killer Bees youth 11 and under boys baseball team will host a Texas Hold'em tournament to raise money for the 2008 competitive travel-league season.

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.

PokerListings.com's exclusive high-value freeroll series at Pacific Poker has expanded even further this month, with $75,000 in 2008 World Series of Poker* Main Event freerolls now added to the schedule. Five $15k events in total will be played, starting Feb. 24, with $12,500 packages including buy-in, travel and accommodation to the 2008 WSOP* at stake. (PRWeb Feb 5, 2008) Post ...

PokerListings.com's exclusive high-value freeroll series at Pacific Poker has expanded even further this month, with $75,000 in 2008 World Series of Poker* Main Event freerolls now added to the schedule. Five $15k events in total will be played, starting Feb. 24, with $12,500 packages including buy-in, travel and accommodation to the 2008 WSOP* at stake.

The office of Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed today will release the list of people who had allegedly gambled illegally through an operation run by World Series of Poker winner Richard Lee.

The Student Activities Board will hold a Mardi Gras Celebration Tuesday from 6-9 p.m. in the Centennial Ballroom located in the Student Union. The celebration will include a Texas Hold 'em poker tournament, indoor laser tag, an oxygen bar, a live DJ, and a free concert featuring Arkansas State's own Pamela "Peazy Baby" Burnett.

TODAY DJ Rudy 6-11 p.m. today. Southern Pride Lodge No. 431, 907 Rosa L. Parks Ave. 263-4026. Millbrook Community Players auditions for "The Musical Lil' Abner" 7 p.m. today. WellSpring Community Church, 1881 I-65 Ac­cess Road. 782-7317. Parts open for about 58 people. Texas Hold'em 7 p.m. today. Blue Byrds, 6804 Atlanta Highway. 356-4690. Southern Filmmakers Tour pres­ents "Appiration of the ...

The Thousand Oaks High baseball program will hold a Texas Hold 'em Poker Tournament and Casino Fundraiser night on Feb. 16 at 6 p.m. at Dupar's Restaurant, 75 West Thousand Oaks Blvd.

PokerNews (http://www.pokernews.com/) are pleased to announce the renewal of a media pact with BLUFF media in regards to live reporting coverage of the World Series of Poker tournaments and events. The agreement also includes content for worldseriesofpoker.com, broadband and streaming services in addition to more traditional content. (PRWeb Feb 2, 2008)

S ometimes a hand plays out and you think you are making the right moves based on such things as an opponent's betting and the texture of the board. And sometimes those right moves still bring the wrong result. This seems particularly true when pros play a pot with unknowns in no-limit hold 'em tournaments with massive fields. At the 2007 World Series of Poker's $10,000-buy-in main event, ...

Texas Hold 'em poker is coming to Macau.

St. Mary’s Catholic School will host a Texas hold’em tournament at noon on Saturday. Entrants are allowed a $50 buy-in, $25 re-buy and $25 add-on. This is a licensed charity tournament to be held in the St. Mary’s School gym located on the corner of Fletcher and 12th streets.

Calendar Friday, Feb. 1 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.

or call Madeline at (219) 462-3702. The 2008 Nativity Home and School Super Saturday Texas Hold 'Em Tournament will be Feb. 2 at the school, 2949 Willowcreek Road. Doors open at noon, with the tournament at 1 p.m. The buy-in is $60. The buy-in for a side game is $20.