Cards hit air at World Series of Poker main event (Covers.com)

LAS VEGAS (AP) -Cardplayers, celebrities and amateurs with deep pockets are back in Las Vegas and hoping for a handsome score as the World Series of Poker main event begins. More than 1,100 players packed a conference room at the Rio All-Suite Hote...

Poker League brings popular game to local players (Galveston County Daily News)

LA MARQUE The Snowman Poker League brings poker's popularity to local players for free with weekly tournaments in Galveston and Harris counties.

Cards fly as World Series of Poker Main Event begins (USA Today)

Cardplayers, celebrities and amateurs with deep pockets are back in Las Vegas and hoping for a handsome score as the World Series of Poker main event begins.

Jeff Lisandro and WSOP Main Event Survivors on the Penultimate Week of The Poker Show (redOrbit)

DUBLIN, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - As the World Series of Poker Main Event Gets Underway The Poker Show Talks to Triple Bracelet Winner Jeff Lisandro and Checks in on the Progress of its Friends at the Biggest Poker Game on Earth This week The Poker Show goes World Series crazy as the main event gets underway.

Poker Documentary All In: The Poker Movie (Online Casino Reports)

The poker craze that has taken the world by storm is the subject of a new documentary, "All In: The Poker Movie," that premiered in Las Vegas earlier in June.

Clatskanie River Poker Paddle set for Sunday (The Daily News)

The second annual Clatskanie River Poker Paddle to benefit Turning Point Community Services Center will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday in Clatskanie. Registration is $20.

Pokerpalooza kicks of massive poker weekend (Las Vegas Sun)

A mechanical bull, a teeth whitening station, several art galleries and plenty of buxom beauties shelling anything from t-shirts to customized poker tables do not often mesh well. But anything seems possible at the inaugural Pokepalooza inside the Rio Pavilion. Billed as the world's largest poker expo, Pokerpalooza runs Thursday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. in conjunction with the start ...

NZ poker star in court (BigPond News)

A top New Zealand poker player has been dragged through the courts by his closest card-playing mate.

Poker star in court after win (Adelaide Now)

A TOP New Zealand poker player has been dragged through the courts by his closest card-playing mate after a big cash haul at a Melbourne casino.

Distributor bets on Lori Petty's "Poker House" (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Actress Lori Petty's feature directorial debut, "The Poker House," a drama based on her teenage years, has been picked up for U.S. distribution.

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