Month: October 2009

Orlando Jai-Alai, unable to reach a deal with city or county officials that would allow it to open a poker room, told employees on Thursday

Lucky’s Card Room at Tampa Greyhound Track will host a special Halloweent at 1 p.m. The $100 buy-in will get you 12K chips and 30-minute

The Poker Room at Orange Park Kennel Club is hosting the November to Remember megastack tournament Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. The $225 buy-in gets

Miami Jai-Alai’s Crystal Card Room has plenty of reasons to play poker there in November, starting with its long list of promotions. • Straight flushes win $100. • Four aces win $100. • High hand every hour wins $100. • Win three high hands in one day and receive $500. • Rolling quads progressive jackpots […]

Gov. Charlie Crist attended the United South & Eastern Tribes 2009 annual Board of Directors meeting at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood on Monday (Oct. 26). <em>Sun Sentinel</em> reporter (and Action blogger) Nick Sortal pressed the governor about splitting the no-limit poker and lowered slot taxes legislation from the Seminole Compact and pushing it […]

Two elections on Nov. 3 may play a large role in the Central Florida area acquiring real poker. • The Longwood City Commission has two seats up for grabs. In District 3, Bob Cortes is challenging incumbent Mike Holt. Holt has voted favorably in past discussions of poker expansion in that area. In District 5, […]

Poker pro Vanessa Rousso, the Hobe Sound resident, is bringing her Big Slick Boot Camp to the Daytona Beach Kennel Club on Nov. 10. The boot camp, which is being held during the Daytona Beach Kennel Club’s International Tournament Series (Nov 2-15), will run from noon till 6 and costs $399. For more information on […]

An Ante Up Poker Cruise for two is one of the prizes in this week’s Derby Lane Poker Run. Events are scheduled from Monday through Sunday, and players earn points based on their finish in each event and how many entries there were. Top point-getter at the end of the run wins a Tag Heuer […]