Nenad Medic wins the World Poker Finals main event held at Foxwoods on November 16, 2006. Medic pocketed $1.7 million for his win.

Stars will be coming out to play at the 2nd Annual Dick Van Pattern No-Limit Texas HoldEm Celebrity Poker Tournament. The tournament is being held for the benefit of the families of service men and women in the US Marines.

Titan Poker will be represented by Piers Shepperson at the World Poker Finals Nov. 11 and 14 at the Foxwoods Resord Casino. Shepperson won the seat at Titan Pokers World Poker Tour 'Pick Your Tournament' series.

A Malaysian man had disappointing luck at the Betfair Asian Poker Tour as he got eliminated the first day, after having doled out part of his life savings to enter the competition. Meanwhile, poker pro Liz Lieu is having better luck as she advances.

Betfair is offering an online poker tournament that will run parallel to the Betfair Asian Poker Tour being held in Singapore. Players will get the chance to win part of the $100,000 worth prize pool reserved for the tourney.

The Betfair Asian Poker tour had a warm reception in Singapore, with already over 370 players registered for the Main Event. The poker tourney is the very first poker tournament in Singapore.

Purple Lounge Poker and Casino introduces its newest tournament offering, the Swedish Poker Tour. The tour will take place in a number of locations around Sweden from June to August 2007.

Singapore hosts its very first Poker Tournament, the Betfair Asian Poker Tour. Entrants for the poker tournament will be vying for a prize pool worth $2 million.

Only three days remain for players to register for the Ongame Network Poker Classic, with a prize pool of over $1.2 million. The ONCP Online Final is scheduled to take place beginning Nov. 4 at 3 P.M. EST.

The APAT United Kingdom Amateur Poker Championship is set to take place Dec 2 and 3 at the Aspers Casino. The event, which is exclusive to APAT members, has a prize pool of GBP75,000.

Everest Poker sent 3 players to the Eupropean Poker Tour after they won in the satellite tournaments held at the site. One of the three, Julien Grosjean, placed an impressive 63rd out of 400 players in his first ever live tournament experience.

Eigh Is Enough star Dick Van Patten is set to host a celebrity poker tournament for the benefit of children of the US Marines. Van Patten says that he chose to donate to such a cause, as he has a soft spot for the Marines.

Many speculate that the number of entrants to 2007s World Series of Poker could dramatically decline. The fear is brought about by the recent passing of a new law in the US that seeks to ban online poker, a popular avenue for players to get into the WSOP.

The WPT poker boot camp teaches hands-on poker like no book can ever do. Instructor Crispin Leyser and company shows tough love, to drill into players the sacred rules of playing tournament poker.

A poker run will be held Sunday Oct. 29 to raise funds for rehabilitation services for military personnel, veterans, police officers, firefighters and other civil servants. The event will take place Oct 29 at Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation.