Jan
13
2008
New York City will be the site of the Montel Williams MS Foundation Gala & Pro-Celebrity Poker Challenge, yet another charity poker event for the new year. This is the first such event for Montel Williams, a celebrity talk show host who showed his poker chops by attaining chip leader status for a day during the 2007 World Series of Poker main event championship. The event will be held on Thursday, March 13, 2008 and will begin with cocktails at six, followed by a dinner and a party with poker and “surprise entertainment.”Related Articles:Van Patten charity poker event to go to the dogsSports star to host charity poker event…
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Jan
13
2008
Online poker rooms often hold tournaments where the winner gets the buy in to a main event of tournaments like the World Poker Tour or European Poker Tour. The latest trend is to offer buy ins to multiple events, and Pacific Poker and parent company 888.com have gone so far to offer buy ins to four major events during 2008. Their Poker Pro for a Year contest recently came to a close with Englishman Luke “Resteal” Abolins as the winner…
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Jan
13
2008
There is something to be said about star power. In the world of poker being a celebrity might get you an invitation to a closed event, for example, or you might find the tab picked up when traveling to tourney out of the country, as long as you mention how much you like the casino. That was the chance offered to movie star turned poker pro Shannon Elizabeth recently when she arrived at the Aussie Millions poker event…
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