FTOPS Events #16 & #17: Gametime1111 Shoots and Scores
Bluff
The prize pool of the early FTOPS event of the day paled in comparison to Event #17 but the $240 +$16 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha event did draw a sizeable field of 1,349 and have almost $270,000 in prize money on the line. The action just breez...
Premium Protein Products files for bankruptcy
Lincoln Journal Star
Premium Protein Products, the packer that has furloughed hundreds of its employees for months from jobs in Lincoln and Hastings as it sought a buyer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Berkshire to buy Burlington Northern
Lexington Clipper-Herald
In a move he said reflects his long-term faith in the nation's economic system, Omaha investor Warren Buffett plans to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. in a $44 billion transaction.
Class C-1: Scotus wins 14th title
Omaha World-Herald
The Crusaders swept the Shamrocks in their first two matches but the district final between the two schools was close, going the five-set limit. That was just the confidence booster Scotus needed to get the job done Saturday. "Going five se...
Joe Cada is lucky (there's no draft).
CardPlayer.com
His accomplishments include a World Series bracelet in the 2006 $10,000 pot-limit Omaha event and an eighth-place finish in the 2007 WSOP main event. Lee is a Full Tilt Pro and uses his poker winnings to help a chimpanzee rescue charity.
Same Hand, Different Game: Big Aces
Poker News Daily
The Big Ace can be a useful tool in Omaha, especially when it is played in its Pot Limit format. When it comes to High-Low, however, the Big Ace can lose a bit of its allure. One of the most useful holdings in Pot Limit Omaha is A-A-K-Q dou...
Lloyds to Cut Another 5,000 Jobs By End-2010
MalaysiaNews.net
] , 43 percent owned by the government, said on Tuesday it would take mitigating actions, including redeploying staff and releasing contractors and temporary employees, to limit the net reduction in p...
16-Year-Old Pushes For Change in Nebraska Laws After Drunk Driver Kills Father
KOLN Lincoln
A 16-year-old from Council Bluffs is pushing for change in Nebraska's law regarding drunk driving and the responsibility of alcohol serving establishments after he dad was killed by a drunk driver.
Poker News in Brief: Nov. 2-8, 2009
PokerListings.com
This summer Cantu won his second WSOP bracelet by taking down the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event for $228,867. The aggressive poker pro is up to over $3 million in lifetime tournament earnings as well as several hundred thousand earned online...
Athletic boosters tourney Nov. 25; At World Series, two players left
Pahrump Valley Times
The Pahrump Valley High School Athletics Boosters Club will benefit from a poker tournament, to be played Nov. 25 in the Pahrump Hotel and Casino convention center.
Athletic boosters tourney Nov. 25; At World Series, two players left
Pahrump Valley Times
Wednesdays -- No-limit hold'em, $40, 7 p.m. At Club MVC (At computer tables at Mountain View Casino) Sundays -- Omaha (pot limit, hi-low split, high), $30, 7 p.m. Wednesdays -- No-limit hold'em, $30, 7 p.m. Thursdays -- Ladies, $25, no-limi...
Boy says yes to adoption
Omaha World-Herald
The last of the Staton children — the nine children left by their father at Creighton University Medical Center on Sept. 24, 2008, under the state’s former safe haven law — was adopted on Friday.
School board continues long-range facilities discussion
Boone News Republican
Members of the Boone Community School District’s Board of Education shifted their attention to the future of Boone High School, during a long-range facilities planning discussion Tuesday night.
FTOPS XIV Event #6: An “Auspicious” Victory
Bluff
Event #6, a Pot Limit Omaha event with a $100 + $9 buy-in may have looked small scale compared to the millions of dollars on the line at the final table, but with rebuys and add-ons in the mix the prize pool ballooned to a respectable $371,...
Linda Johnson Recaps the California State Ladies Poker Championship
Poker News Daily
Sunday’s tournament was a tag team event that was Half Limit Omaha/8 and Half Limit Hold’em. Players were allowed to play either with a partner or without one since more money would be raised for Ivey Ranch (25% of the prize pool was design...
