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The second “Macau Cup” charity poker event sought to raised funds for coal charity Caritas.
Held at Pokerstars Macau on the CotaiStrip, each of the 59 participants was required to donate HK$1,500 to the charity, which resulted in a total contribution of HKD $88,500 for social services use in Macau.

Kim Lee from Hong Kong beat player Christopher Kai-Shin’s single pair of 8s with two pairs of 8s and 10s. He won the entry to the second season of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour, which will be held in September in Macau.

Other events of the Macau Cup weekend included a HKD $1,000 buy-in Deep-Stack event, a HKD $10,000 buy-in Red Dragon event and a $500 Challenge event.

Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, is preparing to send a delegation of its finest poker players to the Asian Poker Tour in Macau (APT Macau) this August. Nine players have already qualified for this exciting event and, with Super Satellites awarding seats to China twice weekly, this exclusive poker team is expected to grow considerably before the Main Event starts next month.

Players from across the globe have been competing for the chance to play poker in this exciting and exotic location. The current team of qualified players will be flying from countries all over the world, including Germany, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, France, Japan and the Czech Republic.

Bodog Poker is once again giving its online poker players the chance to freeroll their way to poker stardom and riches while traveling to exotic locations in total Bodog style. The Asian Poker Tour event in Macau, held Aug. 26-31, is guaranteeing $1.5 million in prize money, and Bodog Poker is now running freeroll qualifier tournaments where the winner receives entry to the APT Macau plus an all-expenses paid trip to the exciting gaming destination situated along the Pearl River Delta in China.

Hevad Rain Khan kept his mouth shut as he walked away from his seat at the No Limit Hold’em World Championship at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Known among poker circles as the most animated and excitable player on the World Series of Poker circuit, Khan would shout some kind of nonsense and put a chair on his head, play invisible basketball, or just run around screaming each time he won a sizable pot.

Last weekend, there would be no screaming, no chair on the head, no invisible basketball, no running around — and ultimately, no sizable pot.

All he could do was quietly walk away as all of his remaining chips were passed to Tiffany Michelle.

The nine finalists have been selected in the World Series of Poker at Rio. Now comes an extended break. The event's conclusion doesn't happen until November and will be broadcast on ESPN. In fact, the change in the game from a relatively straight marathon to this suspenseful bridge was created for ESPN, according to the Review-Journal, "so ESPN can televise the results in a two-hour prime time special on a same-day taped coverage basis." In other words, a  gambling tradition was changed because of the obscure demands of cable television. That is fine; the tradition was designed to promote gambling, and ESPN is helping the cause.

He didn’t win the championship, but a Nova Scotia man will be bringing home a hefty cheque from the World Series of Poker. Dartmouth’s Owen Crowe placed 15th at the annual no-limit Texas hold’em in Las Vegas Monday night. He’ll take home more than $463,000.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) just announced the official schedule for its 2008-2009 season of circuit events, which are played the year at casinos that Harrah's owns throughout the United States.

The high-stakes poker tournaments provide poker enthusiasts of all levels the opportunity to compete on a regional basis in a variety of events that include the opportunity to win a seat in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas.