http://www.pokernews.com/news/poker-legend/ Daily news from poker and online poker world Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:10:26 -0800 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/pokerstars-announces-latin-american-tour-stops-7466.htm Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/pokerstars-announces-latin-american-tour-stops-7466.htm PokerStars is once again gearing up to bring tournament poker to Latin America and recently announced the schedule for a new Latin American Poker Tour. PokerStars experienced a warm welcome from players across Latin America during previous events... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/pokerstars-asia-pacific-poker-tour-auckland-day-3-the-final-7406.htm Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:50:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/10/pokerstars-asia-pacific-poker-tour-auckland-day-3-the-final-7406.htm Day three of the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Auckland Main Event kicked off with 32 eager players returning to play down to a final table. Leading the way was Auckland resident Jason Brown who started with 632,000. Behind him were fellow... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/from-the-poker-vaults-aladdin-big-game-6994.htm Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:08:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/from-the-poker-vaults-aladdin-big-game-6994.htm When Syd Wyman started putting high-stakes poker players on display just inside the entrance to the Dunes Hotel in 1969, his publicity stunt... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/from-the-poker-vaults-ed-junior-whited-6973.htm Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:55:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/from-the-poker-vaults-ed-junior-whited-6973.htm Ed 'Junior' Whited came from the Walter Clyde 'Puggy' Pearson school of poker. A hefty man who maintained thick sideburns and kept his hair slicked... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/poker-and-pop-culture-space-exploration-6969.htm Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:49:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/poker-and-pop-culture-space-exploration-6969.htm Over the past few weeks, a lot of attention has been given to the fact that this summer marked the 40th year for the World Series of Poker... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/from-the-poker-vaults-poker-players-love-golf-6959.htm Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:28:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/from-the-poker-vaults-poker-players-love-golf-6959.htm What’s up with poker players and their fanatical obsession with golf? If professional golfers loved poker as much as professional poker... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/from-the-poker-vaults-betty-carey-6944.htm Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:45:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/from-the-poker-vaults-betty-carey-6944.htm Whatever happened to Betty Carey? In the late 1970s and early 1980s she was one of the most feared no-limit hold’em players on the planet... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/from-the-poker-vaults-the-dunes-6928.htm Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:55:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/from-the-poker-vaults-the-dunes-6928.htm Before there was the Bellagio, before there was the Horseshoe, even before there was the Aladdin, there was the Dunes. It was, quite simply... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/wsop-announces-top-ten-votegetters-poker-hall-of-fame-2009-6927.htm Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:13:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/wsop-announces-top-ten-votegetters-poker-hall-of-fame-2009-6927.htm The first stage of the revamped election process for the Poker of Hall of Fame, with Harrah’s Entertainment and the World Series of Poker... http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/from-the-poker-vaults-jimmy-casella-6885.htm Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:06:00 +0000 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/07/from-the-poker-vaults-jimmy-casella-6885.htm While Texans dominated the first several years of the World Series of Poker, a few outsiders did manage to work their way into the mix...