2005 July 03 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

PELHAM, N.H. — Paul Mannetta parlayed a pair of sevens in a recent Internet poker game into an $11,000 jackpot. Then he rolled the winnings over to buy a seat at the “main event” in the World Series

Eight Texas road gamblers were all who dared enter the World Series of Poker in 1972. That was the event’s third year but the first time the buy-in reached $10,000. Thirty-three years later the buy-in

Poker: More than 6,000 players are expected to ante up $10,000 each for a chance to win $7.4 million at the World Series of Poker’s main event.

For 20-year-old Roger Dona, the poker craze has been a mixed blessing.Dona, who started playing 7-card stud with his friends at Kaiser High School about five years ago, admits he’s a little irked at h

In a vast, glitzy gaming room in Las Vegas, two poker players will soon be steeling themselves for a marathon card game. One will be struggling to conceal his nerves, all the more so because he knows his opponent will have none. For this will be …