Event: The First Annual California Poker Players Conference To be Held at Hollywood Park

“The First Annual California Poker Players Conference — CPPC — will be held on Saturday, October 20, and Sunday, October 21 at the Hollywood Park Casino, Inglewood, California, in conjunction with the twelve-day National Championship of Poker Tournament. The theme for the two-day Conference is Gain a POSITIVE EXPECTATION! Learn to be a WINNING Poker player

According to Phyllis Caro, Director of Poker Operations at the Hollywood Park Casino: “Attendees will gain more solid information about winning poker during this two-day conference than they could ever hope for!” Helping to organize the event are Robert Turner, Poker Manager of the Normandie Casino, and George “The Engineer” Epstein, columnist for Poker Player newspaper, poker lecturer, and teacher of poker classes for senior citizens.

Politics: Schipske ups ante on city casinos (Long Beach, CA)

“Schipske could not be reached for comment on Sunday, but said on her blog at schipskedistrict5journal.com that recent mainstream coverage of gambling has caused her to change her mind on the subject.

“I would not have proposed this several years ago …,” she wrote. “The reason I have changed my mind about pursing this avenue is that poker has become mainstream through the televised games of the World Poker Tour (WPT) – which is based in Culver City and should be lured away to set up shop in Long Beach.”