March of Dimes Poker on Saturday
On Saturday, May 31st the Farmers Insurance Group will be helping out the March of Dimes with a poker event that will feature a lunch and live music. The event, a charity Texas Holdem event, is called “Bettin on Babies” and will run at the Cantina Los Tres Hombres in Nevada, with an entry fee of $30. Farmers Insurance has all the details and can be reached at 775-826-3500, and is counting on the hype from the 39th annual World Series of Poker, running now through mid-July, to bring in the players for this benefit event.
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The World Series of Poker starts today in Las Vegas, the 39th annual run of the event that brings poker players from around the world together to see who is the best, and who can walk away with the most cash. Last year the winner was Jerry Yang, a California psychologist and father of six who won millions in the main event. Today the first event is a $10k “championship” event, Pot Limit Holdem, which will likely run for three days…
Subscription Based Poker Room
Following the lead of the World Poker Tour Online, which opened up an online room for American players that is subscription based (as opposed to players betting money on their own) Bluff Magazine has launched what they call Club Bluff, a “risk free” online poker room. Over $100k in prizes will be offered up in monthly poker and blackjack tourneys; players only need to pay the monthly $19.95 subscription fee to participate. The first two weeks are free for new members to give them the chance to try out the new poker room, found at ClubBluff.com.
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