Las Vegas hotel and casino operator, Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. today announced details of the 5th annual MBA Poker Championship taking place from January 15-17th at Caesars Palace Las Vegas . Harrah’s will host MBA students from across the country for their chance to win thousands of dollars in prizes

Officials of the World Poker Tour (WPT) and Regent Casino announced today the launch of a new international event on the 2010 WPT schedule: the WPT Bucharest. The event will run from March 27 – April 2, 2010, in Bucharest, Romania, and will offer poker fans a variety of side events and a main event featuring a €3,000 + €300 buy-in. The first WPT Bucharest will be held at the Regent Casino located in the Novotel Hotel

The PokerStars.net Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) has announced the schedule of events for its second season, set to kick off on February 9  in Adelaide, Australia.

Commerce Casino recently announced that poker players registering for the L.A. Poker Open No-limit Hold’em championship event #19 will get a special $100 discount for entry to the Annie Duke Celebrity Poker Night (CPN) sponsored by ClubWPT.com, a charity poker tournament featuring dozens of Hollywood celebrities, professional poker players , and more than $50,000 in prizes and giveaways.

HeadsUp Entertainment Inc, owner of the Canadian Poker Tour and soon the World Poker Showdown, has completed an agreement with CI Travel to a week long poker tournament on board of Royal Caribbean’s “Freedom of the Seas” cruise ship. The “Poker Super Cruise” event is organized in collaboration with the World Poker Showdown, and will take place from April 25th to May 2nd, 2010. Players will have the chance to enter a series of tournaments with buy ins ranging from $340 to the $2700 Main Event, and enjoy a week in several locations in the Caribbean including Bahamas, St.