Trials of a Poker Apprentice: 04/01/2007

Poker Headlines - Friday, April 27

Frank Introduces Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act - U.S. Congress press release

US Rep. Frank Calls For Regulation - Interactive Gaming News

Poker Players Alliance Applauds Chairman Frank on Introducing Sensible Internet Gambling Bill - PR Newswire

Wheat Ridge Office Of Amateur Poker Tour Raided - Casino Gambling Web

Ultimate Bet Updates Poker Room, Adds Roshambo - Gambling911.com

Yahoo Launches Real Money Poker Site - Poker King

Chuck Blount on poker: Tired of playing Hold 'Em? Take a trip to Omaha - San Antonio Express-News

Poker Headlines - Monday, April 16

Who is Pachabel on Full Tilt Poker? - Poker King

Lee Nelson Wins Poker Championships - Scoop.co.nz

Online Poker Room Joins Microgaming - Launchpoker.com

Online Poker: Republican Still Wants to Legalize it - Gambling911.com

Virginia Poker Tourney Shut Down - Launchpoker.com

Online Poker Bluffing - Gambling911.com

World Series of Poker Seat Goes Up for Auction - Launchpoker.com

Diabetes Research Benefits from Poker Tournament - Launchpoker.com

Hostile 'High Stakes Poker' Hosting - TV Week

Texas House Hears Testimony On Legalizing Poker - KXAN 36 Austin

Poker clubs bet on legal action - Casino City Times

UltimateBet & Absolute Poker Announce Pro Relations & International Plans - PRWeb via Yahoo! News

Win or lose, this is the real deal - Roanoke Times

PokerAffiliateWorld to Launch Integrated Affiliate Network at CAC Amsterdam - PR Web

Tonight's WPT - Legends of Poker

The fifth season of the World Poker Tour moves to Los Angeles tonight for the Legends of Poker tournament at the Bicycle Casino. Here's what the table looks like when the action gets started:

Seat: 4 - Joe Pelton, 1,010,000
Seat: 5 - Frankie O'Dell, 3,880,000
Seat: 2 - Hoyt Corkins, 1,030,000
Seat: 3 - Kevin O'Donnell, 2,335,000
Seat: 6 - Randy Holland, 615,000
Seat: 1 - Scotty Nguyen, 375,000

Also in WPT news, the World Poker Tour will move from the Travel Channel to GSN. See the full story in Poker Headlines, below.

Poker Headlines - Wednesday, April 11

World Poker Tour Moves to GSN Next Season - Bodog Beat

GSN Announces 4th Season of High Stakes Poker - Bodog Beat

Man accused of cheating at poker prosecuted - NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News

Anyone Could Get Busted At Poker - WXIA-TV Atlanta

Two Macon men charged in Roswell poker raid - Macon Telegraph

High rollers nabbed in poker raid - UPI

Macon man arrested in high-stakes poker game - Macon Telegraph

Josh Arieh Wins Fifth Straight Weekly TLB Heads-Up Poker Match - Bodog Beat

Poker champ forced to move house - Jackpot.co.uk

Marty Smyth Takes Irish Poker Open - Online-Casinos.com

“flex674″ Takes Down Bodog’s Sunday $100000 Guaranteed Online tournament - Bodog Beat

Danny takes the poker world by storm - Western People

Judge Arrested In Poker Raid - WSB-TV 2 Atlanta

World Poker Congress (WPC) - ATE On-line

Premiere night for WPT season 5

If you've been waiting for the World Poker Tour to come out of reruns, tonight's your night. An all new season kicks off tonight at 9 p.m. EDT on the Travel Channel.

Tonight's episode features the Mirage Poker Showdown and should have plenty of firepower, with names such as Harry Demetriou, David Williams, Devin Porter and Robert Mizrachi squaring off against an amateur with a big stack.

Tonight will also be the television debut new hostess Sabrina Gadecki.

Stepping away from TV land, in real life the Foxwoods Poker Classic final table takes place today at 5 p.m. Live updates will be available at the World Poker Tour website. That final table looks like this:

Seat 1: Raj Patel - T3,347,000
Seat 2: Paul Matteo - T570,000
Seat 3: Fred Goldberg - T1,044,000
Seat 4: Seth Berger - T1,505,000
Seat 5: Allen Kessler - T444,000
Seat 6: Antonio "Begels" Cavezza - T1,391,000