Poker player Vitaly Lunkin is the champion of the 2008 WSOP No Limit Holdem Poker tournament. He defeated Brett Kimes in the heads-up showdown to win the $628,417.

The chip leader after the 2nd day of the Bodog Waterford Open is Mick G with 320,000 chips. The previous leaser was Simon McGechie who only has 90,000 chips.

Just recently, Bryn Mawr has produced 2 poker champions. Beth Shak won the no limit holdem event in the 2007 WSOP and Eric Brooks won the 7 card stud event in the 2008 WSOP.

The APT leg in Macau will offer an additional $500,000 guaranteed cash pool. David Saab from Australia won the APT Manila Leg.

Christopher Parker said that they hope that poker will attract more players in the Philippines. He said that they are wary of the Church but they just followed the lead of PAGCOR on the issue.

The $10,000 POT Limit Holdem event at the 2008 WSOP has only seventy players left. The current chip leader is Eli Elezra.

Some of the changes at the 2008 WSOP is that the final table will be held on November 2008. The main reason is that to give ESPN adequate time to televise the event.

The $10,000 POT Limit Holdem Event attracted around 352 participants. The first day chip leader was Eli Elezra followed by Amit Makhija.

The Semi-finals event for the NBC heads-up event will take place on May 28th, 2008. Some of the biggest names in the world poker like Gus Hansen are included in the event.

Poker Player Alexander Jung is the winner of the Party Poker Million VI tournament. He defeated Dominick Stopka in the heads-up showdown. Jung won $358,000.

The Seminole Casino will host the largest poker event in Florida.The event is a $3,000 buy-in poker event that is expected to attract 210 players.

Online casino Full Tilt Poker will be holding the Mini Series of Poker Event on May 30th, 2008. Winners will take home a Full Tilt Poker watch aside from the 1st place cash prize.

The 39th WSOP in Las Vegas will be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino Establishment. There will be 55 bracelet events at this year's edition. Jerry Yang is the defending WSOP champion.

A lot of poker players have attended the poker event for poker pro Devin Porters father cancer treatment. Some of the players that have attended the event are Kevin 'BeL0WaB0ve' Saul and others.

PKR.com held a charity poker event last March 13th, 2008. The main beneficiary for the event is the One to One Children's fund.

The 1st ever stop of the LAPT was held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil last May 2nd, 2008. The next stop of the LAPT will be held in Costa Rica on May 22nd, 2008.