On Labor Day, Dania Jai-Alai will hold a 1:30 p.m. "Aces Cracked" $105 Texas Hold’em tournament, and a 6:30 p.m. $100 hold’em tournament. Also, Louis Lippman hit the diamond royal flush on Aug. 28, winning $3,630.
Naples Mayor Bill Barnett, described as an "ace poker player," and his wife Chris made <a href="http://www.gulfshorelife.com/Articles/Gulfshore-Life/2008/09/The-Hot-100.asp">Gulfshore Life’s</a> Hot 100 list of "people who make the Gulfshore social scene to vibrant."
Lucky’s Card Room at Tampa Greyhound Track is running a "Splash the Pot" from 12:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Saturday through Monday this weekend. Every 30 minutes, a cash game table is selected and $50 is added to the next pot.
There are still nine seats left for the DeepStacks Poker Weekend Training coming to Gulfstream Park and Casino in Hallandale, Sept. 6-7. Call toll-free 1-866-752-7126 or email events@deepstacks.com to reserve your seat.
The boys return from a three-day barnstorming tour that took them from Tampa Bay to South Miami and then all the way up to Jacksonville, stopping at 16 card rooms along the way.
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Dania Jai-Alai has announced that you may re-enter any of its tournaments (except for the $10 10Star) in the first hour. Also, Andres Mercado hit a royal flush in spades on Aug. 21, winning $2,951.
Ocala Poker and Jai-Alai will kick off its grand opening of its poker room with a Gator Shootout on Sept. 5. Playing in the tournament will be Tampa’s Don Baruch, who won the 2007 WSOP Shootout bracelet. Also scheduled to attend are former University of Florida football greats Shane Matthews and Chris Doering, among others. […]
One of the first guests in Ante Up history returns, dealer Jena Phillips, and she was recently named WSOP Dealer of the Year.
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Jason Mercier, a Fort Lauderdale math teacher, is one of five finalists for the <a href="http://www.europeanpokertour.com/">PokerStars.Com European Poker Tour’s </a>"Newcomer of the Year" award. Mercier won the EPT San Remo event in April, earning 869,000 euros after qualifying on PokerStars. It was the first big tournament cash for Mercier, who went on to cash three […]
Former Cooper City resident David Rheem has been cleared by Hollywood Police to play the final table of the World Series of Poker’s Main Event on Nov. 9. Here is the <a href="http://www.gambling911.com/poker/david-rheem-officially-clear-play-2008-world-series-poker-final-082008.html" target="_blank">link</a> to the story on Gambling911.
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