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EPT Visits San Remo in Italy
March 31, 2008 - No Comments The European Poker Tour is flying out of Warsaw and into San Remo, Italy, for another sold out European poker event. There are plenty of notables attending this event, including Daniel Negreanu, Luca Pagano, Dario Minieri, Katja Thater… you name it, they’re there. A ton of the young internet players have qualified online to attend this event in beautiful Italy. This is the first European Poker Tour event to be held in Italy. The event.... Read More
Andy Bloch Chronicled in The Movie 21
March 31, 2008 - No Comments Professional poker player Andy Bloch holds two engineering degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a law degree from Harvard University. His real education, however, took place miles from the classroom. Bloch, 38, a Summerlin resident who is a fixture on the tournament poker circuit, teamed up with several of his MIT classmates in the 1990s and took casinos in Las Vegas and around the country for millions of dollars through a systematic.... Read More
Japanese Billionaire Perhaps
March 29, 2008 - No Comments An unemployed man in Japan had an unexpected windfall in his mailbox when he found one million yen (10,000 dollars) in cash from an anonymous benefactor, police said Friday. The 61-year-old man discovered the wad of cash last week along with a slip of paper with the message, "Please make use of this in your everyday life," written with a black ballpoint pen. But instead of following the advice, the jobless man in the ancient capital.... Read More
Poker Pro Among Clients in Spitzer Scandal
March 29, 2008 - No Comments A well known poker professional is on the same client list that brought down New York governor Elliot Spitzer, the Daily News reported. "For one high-stakes poker star, $26,450 can amount to one raise at the table - or a few romps in the sack with high-class call girls. The well-known pro card player is among the high rollers who dropped mega-money on the lovelies in Kristin Davis’ stable of high-priced call girls at Wicked Models. Records.... Read More
World cities to go dark for Earth Hour
March 29, 2008 - No Comments SYDNEY, Australia (AP) ” From Rome’s Colosseum to the Sydney Opera House, floodlit icons of civilization went dark Saturday for Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to highlight the threat of climate change. The environmental group WWF urged governments, businesses and households to turn back to candle power for at least 60 minutes starting at 8 p.m. wherever they were. The campaign began last year in Australia, and traveled this year from the.... Read More
Wedding bet prank
March 29, 2008 - No Comments Hideki Matsui chuckled Thursday while recounting his big week. Yes, the Yankees slugger really did get married and win a bet with teammates Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu at the same time. Matsui made the wager at the start of spring training about who would wed first, then flew to New York on his off day Wednesday to get married. Matsui said Jeter, who claimed not to have a girlfriend, has one year to get married to win the bet. Yankees outfielder Bobby.... Read More
Lee Markholt Wins World Poker Challenge
March 29, 2008 - No Comments Lee Markholt made short work of the final table at the World Poker Tour’s World Poker Challenge in Reno, NV, taking home the first prize of $493,815, a $25,000 entry into the WPT championship, and a WPT title. Markholt defeated Bryan Devonshire heads up in just two hands to win the title, his two pair holding up against Devonshire’s hand. Here are the official results: 1) Lee Markholt - $493,815 2) Bryan Devonshire - $271,625 3) Zach Hyman.... Read More
Earth Hour to plunge millions into darkness
March 28, 2008 - No Comments By Madeleine Coorey Twenty-six major cities around the world are expected to turn off the lights on major landmarks, plunging millions of people into darkness to raise awareness about global warming, organisers said. ‘Earth Hour’ founder Andy Ridley said 371 cities, towns or local governments from Australia to Canada and even Fiji had signed up for the 60-minute shutdown at 0900 GMT on March 29. "There are definitely 26 (cities).... Read More
