Now hear this: Headphone-wearing players may lose game Published: 2005-12-31 By: Steve Roaenbloom - Poker is a game of incomplete information, Howard Lederer is fond of saying. So many unseen cards, so much to be deduced from your opponents' betting patterns.
So much to be read into their physical look and actions, too.
Which is why the "Professor of Poker" believes you lose out by wearing sunglasses or headphones. With that weapons-grade stare of his, Lederer gives away none of the tells that players wearing sunglasses fear they show.
But he reserves special scorn for pl...
Poker Has High Appeal For Teens Published: 2005-12-31 It takes more than luck to win at Texas hold 'em, Eric Rothman says, which is why the 18-year-old high school senior enjoys putting his poker-playing skills to the test. For classmate Buzzy Adriatico, 17, poker's appeal is "the adrenaline ... of [having] a big hand."
Seven teenage friends gathered at Rothman's Batavia, Ohio, home on a recent Sunday afternoon and plunked down $10 apiece to play the popular poker game. Such scenes have become common, and there are few regulations that prohibit such frien...
Police, Texas Rangers Raid Poker Club Published: 2005-12-31 Reported by Martha Benavides
A high stakes game of Texas Hold'em ends not with a jackpot, but with 18 players and the owner hauled off in handcuffs.
In the middle of the night Thursday Texas Rangers, DPS, a swat team, San Benito police and the district attorney's office swarmed a popular night spot in San Benito called Diamond "C".
One by one men and women were hauled off in handcuffs.
"We closed down a gambling establishment a Texas hold ' em card shop .. a place they would come in and gamble,"...
Atlantic City's new attitude draws younger gamblers Published: 2005-12-31 By John CurranThe Associated Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- LL Cool J was playing the House of Blues. A few blocks away, rapper Jay-Z's new nightclub was rocking. Fredericka Jones, 42, out on the town for a Friday night with her girlfriends, was determined to hit both, then try her luck at a casino.
She used to make the one-hour trip from her Philadelphia home once every couple of years. Now, she goes several times a year. And she has noticed some changes.
"The crowd is getting younger," she said. "You don...
Poker promoter files lawsuit Published: 2005-12-31 By Eric Collins
Staff Writer
GREENSBORO -- When it comes to public poker tournaments in Guilford County, you might say the dealin's done.
A highly publicized bust of a poker tournament at a Greensboro restaurant last spring essentially put an end to promoting the events here, law enforcement officials say.
But the company that organized the tournament hasn't folded. Charlotte-based 5th Street Entertainment filed a lawsuit in Guilford County Superior Court in November asking a judge to clarify that...
With pocket pairs, call _ you want to draw a bigger field Published: 2005-12-31 Chicago TribuneYou are dealt pocket 4s. You raise because you are hoping to eliminate the many hands with overcards that can beat you. At least that's what many poker books and many big-name professionals tell you to do.
But not Phil Gordon.
With pocket pairs, especially small ones, you just want to call because you have the chance to make a lot of money if the field is bigger, said the author of "Phil Gordon's Little Green Book."
"Before, I might've raised to limit the field," Gordon said, "but what I r...
Drawing pocket jacks is no walk in the park Published: 2005-12-31 By DANIEL NEGREANU
Many Texas Hold 'em players hate getting dealt two jacks because they feel they're unlucky with them. Well, chances are it isn't that they're unlucky with these cards. They're simply overvaluing the hand and misplaying it.
In Hold 'em, the best hands you can get are A-A, K-K, Q-Q, and then J-J. However, there is a significant difference between the strength of the jacks and the queens.
With queens, there are only two overcards — cards higher than a queen — that could hit on the...
How to Win at Poker Published: 2005-12-31 by Landon Howell
There are several excellent books on poker strategy, and this article will only attempt to deal with the basics that must be mastered by the beginner. A list of articles on the material summarized here appears below.
Hand strength:
Once a player has mastered the rank of hands, it is more important to realize their relative strength at a poker table. Approximately half the five-card hands in any given game will be less than a pair of twos, but only about one-fourth of five-card hands ...
POKER: LEARN HOW TO HANDLE THE BLINDS Published: 2005-12-31 By Fred Done
AS the blinds are a forced bet you need to learn how to play when you have posted, otherwise you will find a proportion of your bankroll is wasted.
I follow some simple rules and they have always stood me in good stead.
The most common way to lose when you have posted the big blind is to call an opponent's raise with a bad set of cards, because you have already contributed to the pot and you don't want to lose those chips.
In most cases however you will end up losing a lot more than j...
Web gambler stole to repay £26,000 loss Published: 2005-12-31 · Couple threw away money on online poker tables
· Fears that easy access is plunging more into debt
Steven Morris
Saturday December 31, 2005
The Guardian
A clerk at a bureau de change was jailed yesterday for stealing more than £26,000 in just four weeks to meet debts she and her boyfriend ran up by gambling on the internet. Cindy Streets fiddled computer records to try to hide the theft.
She and her boyfriend, Paul Hocking, described at Exeter crown court as a gambling addict, spent hours p...
Head of Hilton Group to earn £9m from deal Published: 2005-12-31 By Dominic Walsh
DAVID MICHELS, the chief executive of Hilton Group, will pocket almost £9 million over the next three years after the sale of the company’s hotel division to Hilton Hotels Corporation (HHC) of America for £3.3 billion.
Mr Michels, who has worked in the hotel industry for 40 years, will quit Hilton Group once the deal goes through, but is being taken on by HHC under a three-year consultancy-style contract paying him £239,806 a month.
IF HHC ends the contract early, he will receive...
Casinos Betting 2006 Is Year For Table Games Published: 2005-12-30 If the third time's the charm, 2006 could be the year West Virginia lawmakers open the doors to poker, blackjack and other table games at four racetrack casinos. The president of Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center isn't betting on it just yet, but he will wager this: If they don't let the four host counties vote soon, jobs will start to disappear.
Robert D. Marshall Jr. says the state will lose at least $30 million from its tax base when Pennsylvania's 61,000 slot machines come online unl...
Online Poker: Is it fair? Published: 2005-12-30 by Landon Howell
Online Poker: Is it fair?
As with other forms of online gambling, many critics question whether the operators of such games - especially those located in jurisdictions separate from most of their players - might be engaging in fraud themselves.
Internet discussion forums are rife with unproven allegations of non-random card dealing, possibly to favour house-employed players or “bots” (poker playing software disguised as a human opponent), or to give multiple players good hands thus...
How to play Poker Published: 2005-12-30 by Landon Howell
How to play Poker
The game of poker is played in hundreds of variations, but the following overview of game play applies to most of them.
Depending on the game rules, one or more players may be required to place an initial amount of money into the pot before the cards are dealt. These are called forced bets and come in three forms: antes, blinds, and bring-ins.
Like most card games, the dealer shuffles the deck of cards. The deck is then cut, and the appropriate number of cards ...
Charitable gambling group says smoking ban hurts Published: 2005-12-30 Associated PressMINOT, N.D. - The North Dakota Association for the Disabled says its charitable gambling proceeds have been cut in half and it has been forced to eliminate 10 staff positions since a statewide smoking ban took effect in August.
The association's president, Ron Gibbens of Grand Forks, said the organization had to cut $500,000 from its programming budget. Much of its gambling income comes from bingo, and the smoking ban includes bingo halls.
The association is looking at options to present t...
Prima Network and The Hendon Mob: Mission Accomplished! Published: 2005-12-30 ISLE OF MAN, Dec. 30, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Prima Network, the world's leading online poker network, and The Hendon Mob will conclude their third and final sponsorship deal this month. In 2003, the initial Prima tour teamed the emerging poker network with Europe's foremost poker professionals in poker's first major sponsorship deal. The success of that tour led to more ambitious and fruitful deals in 2004 and 2005. During that time, the network grew to its current leading position in the industry. Moving ...
Badugi Has Arrived Published: 2005-12-30 by Diane McHaffie
A new and exciting form of poker has come to town. Doyle Brunson has chosen-surprise!- doylesroom.com to be the first online site to make the game available. Well, actually, other sites in the Doyle Brunson Poker Network also offer it, but all contribute to the same virtual poker tables. The new game in town is called Badugi. Beginnings. I'm not sure how this strange form of draw lowball started. Some say it began in Korea and was called Paduki. Badugi has become a hit in several of Cal...
Futuristic Poker Published: 2005-12-30 ...Twas the night before Christmas and all through the hall, everything was crowded, the casinos, the malls. ---Cut! Well, you get the picture. Welcome to futuristic poker. The time is approximately, 9:00 p.m. in the year 3010. Casino gaming has really changed in 1000 years plus, in addition, the Christmas promotional bonanza in now in effect. The litany of gigantic neon placards placed intrusively close to the highway is beckoning for your patronage. "Twenty-four gaming, we never sleep, even when you are, ...
Legislators say table games proposal is dicey Published: 2005-12-30 by DAVE McMILLION
charlestown@herald-mail.com
CHARLES TOWN, W.VA. - The idea of legalizing table games like poker and blackjack for Charles Town Races & Slots and other racing facilities in the state is getting cool reception from local lawmakers who say the area does not need the expanded gambling.
Lawmakers say legislation allowing table games at the local track and three other racing facilities is likely to get another look in the Legislature, which begins its regular session Jan. 11.
...
UKPN Feature: Derek Baxter Published: 2005-12-30 Tony Bromham
In a recent interview with Inside Edge magazine, David "Devilfish" Ulliott was asked to name some examples of non-USA poker players that he admired for their all-round game. He cited Marcel Luske, Ram Vaswani and Derek Baxter.
With so much television exposure of poker, some names appear frequently on our screens. Two of these are undoubtedly the singing Dutchman Luske and Crazy Horse Vaswani. However, not everyone who relies on TV coverage knows the name or the face of Derek Baxter. If o...
Stakes soar with guests on Flynt's jet Published: 2005-12-30 ON THE WAY HOME from Monte Carlo, I paid for a one-way seat on Larry Flynt's private jet. With one quick stop scheduled in Bangor, Maine, for fuel and pizza, it was to be pretty much a 12-hour straight shot to Las Vegas. Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow and I were scheduled to play $400- to $800-limit poker all the way home. What's not to like? We were flying high, playing high-stakes poker (so the time would pass more quickly), and perhaps I could win $50,000 on the flight home.
Even before...
Matthew Miller On Digital Entertainment Published: 2005-12-30 The Big Trend
The debate over online gambling will intensify. Worldwide online gambling revenue topped $10 billion in 2005, with at least 80% of those bets placed in the U.S. The problem, of course, is that online gambling is illegal in the U.S. Though U.S. laws go largely unenforced, they have forced big online casino providers to list on the London Stock Exchange--as SportingBet, PartyGaming and BetOnSports.com have done and operate from shadowy tax-havens like Costa Rica and Gibraltar, effectively darin...
Fans dealt bad hand in '05 Published: 2005-12-30 No NHL, lots of poker, too much gab
Dec. 30, 2005. 01:00 AM
CHRIS ZELKOVICH
The sports media world will remember 2005 for many things, most of them bad.
It was a year that started with the cancellation of the Canadian sports world's version of mother's milk: the NHL season. That led to the emergence of poker on sports channels, a development that produced more pasty-faced, out-of-shape performers than classic curling broadcasts.
Despite this blow to sanity, the sports world survived and by the ...
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=405959&in_page_id=2 Published: 2005-12-30 Tessa Thorniley, Daily Mail
30 December 2005
WHILE Hilton Hotel guests have been guzzling turkey and downing mulled wine over the festive period the group's bosses have been tucked away with its posse of advisers wrapping up the industry deal of 2005.
Their efforts paid off last night as the British chain unveiled the £3.7bn sale of its 416-strong hotels and health clubs business to its US counterpart, Hilton Hotels Corporation.
The British group will enter 2006 as a pared-down business, consisti...
Online Casino Poker Affiliate Programs Published: 2005-12-30 In our previous articles, we discussed some of the differences between the various online casino affiliate programs in terms of payment structures. Today´s article focuses on two of the most common types of online casino affiliate programs. Most affiliates these days either chose to promote online casinos or poker rooms. What´s the difference you ask? Well, when you promote online casino sites you earn a commission regardless of which online casino game your referral decides to play. By the same token, poke...
Online Poker Gambling - The Year That Was - 12-30-05 Published: 2005-12-30 December 30 - 2005 marked the busiest and most lucrative year for the online poker gambling industry to date. The online poker industry was highlighted by huge corporate activity, new entrants and some very controversial stories...
Party Gaming without any doubt created the most news in the online poker industry. After a somewhat shaky start of its public debut, the online poker monster kicked into action. It first rejected an offer from Empire Online, its biggest "skin" to buy them out. A couple of week...
eCOGRA Named Top Poker Watchdog Published: 2005-12-30 Earl Burton
The voluntary online gaming regulatory agency eCOGRA (eCommerce Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance) has been named the Top Watchdog of the online gaming industry by the readers of Gambling Online Magazine.
27,000 Gambling Online Magazine readers responded overwhelmingly in naming eCOGRA the best for a variety of reasons. "Throughout the year, eCOGRA has set admirable benchmark standards for player protection and operational efficiency at its "Play It Safe" seal casinos and poker rooms...
Greece's New Year Gambling Tradition Bolsters Casinos' Earnings Published: 2005-12-30 Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- New Yorkers will flood Times Square to see the ball drop, Londoners will crowd Trafalgar Square to hear Big Ben chime, and most of Greece's 11 million people will welcome the New Year in their traditional way: gambling.
Constantinos Antonopoulos, chief executive officer of Athens-based bookmaker Intralot SA, said he will gather his family and friends at home on New Year's Eve to play 31, the Greek version of blackjack.
Celebrating the start of 2006 by gambling has more to do w...
U.S. Gambling Culture Spreads to Wall Street Published: 2005-12-30 In 1995 we saw the emergence of internet casino gambling, which includes playing games of
chance such as poker, blackjack, and roulette as well as betting on sports events. By the
year 2000, nearly 300 companies around the world operated almost 2,000 internet gambling
websites. And in 2005, worldwide online gambling revenue is expected to be over $US10
billion for such operators while a total of $US 200 billion is expected to have been
wagered.
Widely an issue of intense debate since its incep...
Chuck Blount: Poker: Pocket aces provide excitement but can hit you in the pocket Published: 2005-12-29 San Antonio Express-News
Pocket aces are the best starting hand in Texas Hold 'Em and will go on to win the pot roughly 50 percent of the time without needing improvement versus multiple opponents for the lucky player holding them.
You get them roughly once every 220 hands — the same odds for any specific pocket pair — and it's most players' favorite hand for obvious reasons. Often called "Bullets," "Pocket Rockets" and "American Airlines," A-A has more nicknames than Puff Daddy.
The old saying...
A Six-Pack in the Casino? Published: 2005-12-29 By Elliot Frome
29 December 2005
How can you not like a game called Six-Pack Poker? It must be a game created for the average Joe. When you take a look at the game, you begin to realize that it IS a game for the average Player. Many of the newer games require a much higher bankroll than Six-Pack Poker, because they require the Player to frequently bet 3, 4 or even 5 units per hand. Six-Pack Poker plays a little more like Three Card Poker, but better yet for the Player. In this game, the Player makes a...
Missing Out On The Online Casino Gambling Boom Published: 2005-12-29 The United States in many ways is losing out on the online gambling boom. Banks, investors, and online casino operators in countries like the United Kingdom are cashing in, while their US counterparts can only sit back and wonder about what could have been...
During my annual office clean out (it's not a pretty sight I tell you), I came across a story that was printed in Time magazine earlier this year. Needless to say, the story leads with the fortunes made by individuals like the directors of Party Gam...
Cindy Margolis and Cyndy Violette Are Teaming Up Published: 2005-12-29 The Two Are Launching a Poker Site
by Bob Pajich
There’s a new dynamic duo on the block.
Cindy Margolis, the self-titled “Most Downloaded Woman,” has teamed up with poker great Cyndy Violette to launch a website that will show off Violette’s teaching skills and Margolis’s marketing savvy.
CindyMargolisPoker.com will be launched sometime in January.
The website will be designed to harness the celebrity powers of both the blondes. Violette will be teaching the amateur poker player M...
Mobile Phone Gaming To Lead The Way Published: 2005-12-29 Paul Sandells
By 2009, experts are predicting mobile phone casinos and poker rooms will be making in excess of $4 Billion per year. But, you don't have to wait that long to start playing.
Poker on your mobile. Is it really possible? Well, apparently so. Back in November we revealed The Poker Channel had teamed up with Stream Group PLC to provide and promote mobile poker and other gaming products. Now 7WIN7 have entered the market place with their own mobile casino and poker room.
Juniper Research...
Cigars Bust Out as Poker Sees the End of an Era Published: 2005-12-29 In the days of smoky back-room poker, cigars were the perfect accessory for every hard-boiled poker buff. From the stogie-chomping pros in “The Cincinnati Kid” to C.M. Coolidge's famous poker playing dogs, cigars were a integral component in any given game. The tough-guy game of yesteryear, however, has undergone something of a domestication, and with it, cigars seem to be going up in smoke, so to speak. Poker's newfound legitimacy, having become the new All-American pastime, has also translated into a chan...
Survey Finds Online Gaming Increases Over Christmas Due to Players Escaping the In-Laws and Family Published: 2005-12-29 LONDON, December 29 /PRNewswire/ -- InterCasino, one of the oldest and Europe's largest online casino, noted a 12% increase in activity over Christmas and Boxing Day, compared to any other Sunday and Monday and also compared to last year, primarily due to players escaping the in-laws and family. The UK online casino market has over 1.5 million visitors per month(x).
Carrying out research amongst its customers InterCasino found that there were many different reasons for this growth. Some of the most popu...
Dream cards amount to a nightmare in Monte Carlo Published: 2005-12-29 I talked about playing in a $120,000 buy-in tournament in Monte Carlo, a seven-player affair carried live on Fox Spots Net and Sky Sports. We flew over there for just two tournaments, the first of which I covered in recent columns.
The second tournament was the $25,000 buy-in Monte Carlo Millions, to be shown on FSN and Sky Sports at a later date, with a sell-out field of 120 players and a first-place win of $1 million.
Because we started with $50,000 in chips, and the blinds were moved up slowly and incr...
Advice by Daniel Negreanu : Learn seven-card stud to strengthen skills Published: 2005-12-29 Advice by Daniel Negreanu
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 12.29.2005
advertisementWhile Texas Hold'em is clearly the most popular poker game in the world today, most people don't realize that it's actually a variation of another game: seven-card stud.
As anyone with a television knows, in Texas Hold'em, each player is dealt two cards, face down. Players then share five community cards that are eventually placed in the middle of the table.
In seven-card stud, everyone gets his or her own personal seven...
http://kyw.com/specialreports/local_story_362213005.html Published: 2005-12-28 (CBS 3) PHILADELPHIA An 18-An 18-year-old high school dropout does not often have a bright future, but one local teenager, featured in this month's Philadelphia Magazine , has left school behind for a lucrative career in on-line gambling.
“I buy a lot of watches, jewelry, clothes, earrings, cars,” said Jordan Berkowitz.
The Marple Township teenager is no actor or rap star, he is an online poker champ.
“I've won probably a dozen tournaments for $50,000 or more,” he said.
Berkowitz’s story is fe...
Business bets on poker popularity Published: 2005-12-27 By Katie Robinson
The Progress
Dec 27 2005
Poker is huge.
The game of luck, skill, and people has become such the crazy roller coaster ride that everybody now seems to want to jump aboard.
“There is no other skilled game in the world that has such emotional swings. There are highs, lows, ups and downs,” said Roanan Hawes, owner of Roanan’s Home Game Services, Chilliwack’s new poker supply store.
“It’s a true roller coaster ride and all you can do is get in, hang on tight, and go.”
That’s what Haw...
Poker's hot streak fading Published: 2005-12-25 There are signs that interest is waning in the $150 million industry.
December 25, 2005: 10:06 AM EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The worldwide poker industry appears to have hit every possible inside straight, flush and full house that it could, accumulating a large pot of cash in the process.
But as this holiday season nears an end, the industry's luck seems to be running out as boxed sets of cards and chips are discounted, ratings fade for some poker-themed television shows and shares of a poker-linke...
Poker- Just Another Fleeting Fad? Say It Ain't So Published: 2005-12-25 Since the beginning of the poker boom, skeptics have been quick to say that this was one game that just wouldn't last. But weeks became months, and months turned into years (well, at least a few of them), and poker is still the talk of the nation, if not the world. According to an article published recently by Reuters ('Poker's lucky streak seen fading in US shops', December 22), however, the poker craze is indeed nearing its end. The evidence: waning interest in poker merchandise, poker programming and, la...
ONGAME DEAL TO AFFECT UK ONLINE CASINO AND POKER GROUP CORAL EUROBET? Published: 2005-12-25 Will Brit online casino gambling group's online poker network membership be affected?
Just one of the possible consequences of Ongame's acquisition by Australian Bet And Win concerns the vast Ongame Poker Network... specifically the continued membership of UK online casino and gambling group Coral Eurobet.
Coral Eurobet only joined the Ongame network in November after Party Poker distanced itself from its "poker skins", leaving Coral out in the cold. As one of Bet and Win’s main competitors in the Eur...
Poker Strategy II - Analyzing Results Published: 2005-12-25 Today, let's talk about what we do with our results. Most dedicated players keep
meticulous records but aside from determining whether you're winning or losing, analyzing
what they mean can be a tricky business. Don't jump to invalid conclusions just because
they seem to fit. There are just so many variables at work that short term results can be
misleading as to their genesis. Regular readers of the Improving Performance series may
recall a column several months ago wherein I described my friend ...
Instead of raising, call with pocket pairs for bigger pay Published: 2005-12-25 You are dealt pocket 4s. You raise because you are hoping to eliminate the many hands with overcards that can beat you. At least that's what many poker books and many big-name professionals tell you to do.
But not Phil Gordon.
With pocket pairs, especially small ones, you just want to call because you have the chance to make a lot of money if the field is bigger, said the author of Phil Gordon's Little Green Book.
"Before, I might've raised to limit the field," Gordon said, "but what I realized th...
Nudie Poker Reigns- But Sex? No Thank You Published: 2005-12-24 Online poker is full of newbies, but did you know it was full of nudies as well? Well, it's true, at least according to PaddyPowerPoker.com, the poker wing of Irish betting company Paddy Power. Paddy Power Poker just released this interesting tidbit, along with several others, as a prelude to the official publication of its “Poker 2006: The State of Play” report next month. Accordingly, the study found that more than half of surveyed poker players saying that they had played poker in nothing but their drawe...
Caesars Palace opens poker room after sitting out for 16 years Published: 2005-12-24 Caesars Palace is betting 12 million dollars on the popularity of poker.
That's the cost of a plush new 30-table poker room the Las Vegas Strip resort just opened.
The resort's return to poker after 16 years comes complete with 11 original LeRoy Neiman art works depicting almost 40 years of Caesars Palace history.
Caesars is now owned by World Series of Poker owner Harrah's Entertainment -- which held most of that marquee tournament this year at the Rio hotel-casino.
The Caesars Palace room ...
Video Guy: Poker game deals mediocre hand Published: 2005-12-23
World Poker Tour
For PlayStation 2, Xbox and Game Boy Advance
Of all the poker shows on TV, "World Poker Tour" is the one I watch at least semi-regularly.
It really has nothing to do with the game itself. It's all about Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten, the show's hosts. If you think about what poker on TV really is, it's not much more than six guys sitting at a table looking like statues. Yet Mike and Vince are somehow able to turn this into high drama.
I think it's because of Van...
Greatest Poker Players receive their own website Published: 2005-12-23 The greatest poker players the world has ever seen have been rewarded with their own website. It is a fitting gesture for their amazing achievements.
/24-7PressRelease/ - BEVERLY HILLS, CA, December 23, 2005 - The Greatest Poker Playersare household names which roll off the tongue.
Doyle Brunson, Amarillo Slim, Johnny Moss, Phil Ivey and Stu Ungar just to name a few.
All in all there are 15 players on the website. While these people are all very differnt and individuals in their own right - t...
All bets off as poker craze seems to be fading Published: 2005-12-23 Retailers set deep discounts for once-hot chip sets; TV ratings weaken
NEW YORK - The worldwide poker industry appears to have hit every possible inside straight, long-shot flush and unlikely full house that it could, accumulating a large pot of cash in the process.
But as the holiday season nears an end, the industry’s luck seems to be running out as boxed sets of cards and chips are discounted, ratings fade for some poker-themed television shows and shares of a poker-linked stock slump.
From tele...
CelebPoker.com Opens Online Poker Store for Players and Fans Published: 2005-12-23 CelebPoker.com has opened a poker store online for all players and followers of the site. There will be an assortment of merchandise available from poker clothes to table tops and celebrity signed items.
(PRWEB) December 23, 2005 -- Opening its store to the world in 2006 CelebPoker.com launches a place to get truly unique poker items and celebrity signed merchandise exclusive to the shop. There will always be great gifts and collectable items to available to anyone.
Going to the local casino and play...
'The Master' Takes Poker Player of the Year Title Published: 2005-12-23 Earl Burton
It came down to the final tournament of the year, but Men "The Master" Nguyen rode a late season charge to first unseat Californian John Phan from the first place slot and then ultimately to take the Poker Player of the Year championship.
Most of the concentration by poker fans worldwide was the battle at the Bellagio in the Five Diamond Poker Classic. An astounding twenty five men had a chance at capturing one of the top accolades in the poker world, but only the top fifteen of them had ...
Sailor here is online poker champ Published: 2005-12-23 By Christie Wilson
Advertiser Neighbor Island Editor
A pair of 8s was worth $1 million to a Pearl Harbor man who emerged from a field of nearly 5,000 players to win a free online poker tournament.
Navy Ensign Santino Sgambelluri, 32, returned to Hawai'i this week after dominating a 10-player, "No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em" final Sunday in the Bahamas.
"It hasn't sunk in yet. It's quite a feat," he said yesterday. "I don't even know how to describe it."
Because ParadisePoker.com's annual Million Doll...
World Championship Poker 2 Featuring Howard Lederer [video game review] Published: 2005-12-22 By Eric Schomburg
Poker has always been a game of skill and luck. Depending on how a player is depicts whether or not a person can play the game of poker. I am a huge fan of poker and have played poker myself on a number of occasions.
Poker’s popularity is as high as reality television, and it shows with television shows, video games, and the internet.
If you’re a fan of poker, and you have your own personal video game console then World Championship Poker 2: Featuring Howard Lederer is your game...
In 2005 It is Estimated That Gambling on Online Poker Websites Was Worth More Than USD 60 Billion Published: 2005-12-22 DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 2005--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c19515) has announced the addition of Online Poker - Driving Gambling To New Heights to their offering.
Online poker is the perfect symbiosis of two mega trends in the gambling industry: online gambling and poker. What began as a radical innovation in the industry in the US is now a massive internet phenomenon with tremendous revenue and growth potential. The amount gambled on poker website...
BetCRIS.com: Poker Players Edge Out Bush and Usher in The Pope Published: 2005-12-22 BetCRIS Poker Survey Sees the Pope Become Favorite Over George W. Bush; Which World Leader Poker Players Most Want to Play Against
December 22, New York – It’s a perfect world, and you’re given the opportunity to line up against any world leader of your choice, so who do you choose to check raise in a game of poker?
This is precisely the question executives at BetCRIS Poker asked their players. In the first release issued by BetCRIS, our fearless leader George W. Bush held the lead with 27% of the v...
POKER GRAND SLAM SET TO ROLL Published: 2005-12-22 Playing for reward and national honour
Top European poker players will battle it out in the Poker Grand Slam tournament (see previous Online-Casinos.com & InfoPowa reports) scheduled to take place in January at the Casino Star City in Birmingham - and representative players from the nations involved give the tournament added excitement as they battle it out to assert national poker dominance.
42 players from France, Northern Ireland, Sweden, Ireland, Scotland, England, and Wales will fight it out for...
Poker's lucky streak seen fading in US shops Published: 2005-12-22 By Christian Plumb and Paritosh Bansal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The worldwide poker industry appears to have hit every possible inside straight, flush and full house that it could accumulating a large pot of cash in the process.
But as this holiday season nears an end, the industry's luck seems to be running out as boxed sets of cards and chips are discounted, ratings fade for some poker-themed television shows and shares of a poker-linked stock slump.
From televised celebrity poker tournaments to Inte...
It's always poker night on campus Published: 2005-12-22 By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY
Every Sunday at 6 p.m., coast to coast, more than a thousand college students go online to compete for scholarship money in the qualifying rounds of a national poker tournament.
Others play the hot poker game Texas Hold'em in all-night tournaments, at campus fundraisers, in dorm rooms with friends, or increasingly, on the Internet.
Poker, once a pastime for cowboys in Wild West saloons but now a cash cow for cable TV, is at the forefront of a gambling craze that has swept co...
Australian poker champion trumps tax collector Published: 2005-12-22 SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian world poker champion has played the perfect hand -- against the tax collector.
Mortgage broker Joe Hachem won US$7.5 million (4.3 million pounds) in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas in July this year, setting up a high-stakes showdown with the Australian Taxation Office.
In Australia, a professional gambler is liable to pay tax on offshore winnings, but Hachem's lawyer said poker was his hobby, not his profession.
"He was a full-time mortgage-broker and poker ...
Online poker captures nation Published: 2005-12-22 by sarah walters
BRITAIN has perfected its poker face this year and helped the sport to explode outside its native USA.
Online poker has captured the public interest in 2005 - three companies successfully floated on the London stock market after poker players spent £1.2bn on internet gaming, and a raft of games and books have hit the shops just in time for Christmas.
The biggest winner was PartyGaming, taking around £500m in revenues and floating for around £4.6bn.
But the company has also h...
Columnist Jeff Haney: On learning that a poker experts's advice at a weekend seminar on aggressive heads-up play is worth its weight in gold Published: 2005-12-22 Poker expert Mike Sexton was trying to make the point that winners of big tournaments are afforded fame, fortune and glory while second-place finishers are relegated to the discard tray of history.
"Who can tell me who the runner-up was in the World Series of Poker?" Sexton asked students at the World Poker Tour Boot Camp at the Mirage last weekend.
The students, seated around a couple of poker tables in a small conference room, paused for perhaps half a second before chanting in unison, "Steve Dannen...
Another Online Poker Millionaire is Made - 12-22-05 Published: 2005-12-22 December 22 - Paradise Poker has crowned its second Million Dollar Free Roll millionaire at the final table in Nassau - Bahamas. A naval officer walked away with the prize, becoming only the second online poker gambling millionaire...
Santino Sgambelluria was flown out to the Bahamas along with 9 other players who reached the final table in Paradise Poker's Million Dollar Free roll. Santino, a naval officer,beat out nearly 4,000 other players in this online poker. Once ten contestants were reached, the t...
Online Poker Room Launches An Online Casino - 12-22-05 Published: 2005-12-22 December 22 - Online poker operator PokerRoom.com has launched its own online casino. Following huge success for its poker offering, achieved through excellent software, quality service and great promotions, the online casino is destined to attract many players...
The site will feature a variety of casino game that are already available via PokerRoom.com, as well as two brand new games. CasinoRoom.com will accommodate most casino players with card games like blackjack, baccarat, Caribbean Pirate Poker, P...
CelebPoker.com: On the Road to Becoming One of the Top 5 Poker Rooms in the World in 2006 Published: 2005-12-21 CelebPoker.com has seen growth in traffic and players towards the upwards of 600 percent in the past 5 months alone. CelebPoker.com is the most realistic, vastly growing and ambitious poker room online.
(PRWEB) December 21, 2005 -- CelebPoker.com opened its tables in April of 2004. On that day the poker world was introduced to a celebrity based, interactive poker room where they could log on and play games with stars they would never have the opportunity to mingle with anywhere else. While this was premi...
Gambling Online Magazine's Annual Readers Poll Awards 2005 Announced Published: 2005-12-21 SOURCE: Bluff
Atlanta, GA - Poker is a game of power: The power to be courageous, the power to win with nothing in your hand but a fistful of determination and the power to turn rags into royal flushes. Bluff Magazine polled a panel of industry heavyweights and poker pundits to identify the most powerful and influential names at the final table of the poker industry – ‘The Poker Power 20’. This definitive list ranks individuals and organizations based on their demonstrated ability and willingness to be a...
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2005/12_21-12/TOP Published: 2005-12-21 By JEFF HORSEMAN, Staff Writer
Driven by the immense popularity of poker, bars and restaurants and private clubs increasingly have asked the county liquor board in recent months for permission to cash in by offering free or charity tournaments for patrons.
But wary of opening the door to illegal gambling, the Board of Liquor License Commissioners is forcing them to fold.
"It just seemed to the board that it's not worth it," said Chairman Richard C. Bittner. "We're just concerned about opening a Pando...
Player Profile... Joe Hachem 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Published: 2005-12-21 by Phil Hevener
"It still has not hit home," World Series of Poker Champion Joe Hachem says about this business of becoming an instant celebrity.
One minute he's a reasonably successful but unknown Australian, a former chiropractor who fancied himself a pretty good gambler.
And then within a matter of days, he is the winner of the World Series of Poker's main event, a man who outplayed 5,619 other wanna-be champs, gets a $7.5 million first prize and then jets off to LA for some late night con...
State-of-the-art poker room opens Published: 2005-12-21 Jill Cohen
The Desert Sun
December 21, 2005
We have casino poker from Coachella to Cabazon, but since the old Spa closed its room back in '01, Palm Springs has gone without. All that changed last Friday night with the grand opening of the Spa Casino's much anticipated state-of-the-art poker room.
Just before the 5 p.m. opening, there was a large crowd of eager players standing outside the doors waiting to rush in. The dealers, resplendent in their fresh blue uniforms, anticipated dealing the first ha...
(PZ) Royal Vegas Poker Gives Players Cause to Celebrate Their Bad Beats Published: 2005-12-21 BELIZE CITY, Belize, Dec. 21, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Most players don't remember being dealt the great hands in poker; they just remember winning. However, ask a player about their bad beats and they can tell you every card and suit on the flop, the turn and the river. Now, for the first time, Royal Vegas Poker (www.royalvegaspoker.com) is giving players who suffer bad beats a cause to celebrate. Unfortunate victims of gut-wrenching losses can ease their pain with Royal Vegas Poker's new progressive Bad Beat J...
PartyGaming looks to fuel poker explosion Published: 2005-12-21 By Pete Harrison
LONDON (Reuters) - Thanks to the Internet and television, poker exploded outside its U.S. homeland in 2005, and PartyGaming Chief Executive Richard Segal sees technology boosting that boom further in 2006.
Internet poker took a firm hold in 2005, sparking three big London stock market flotations, generating revenues of around $2 billion (1.14 billion pounds) and launching games and books that are now topping Christmas lists around Europe.
PartyGaming takes about half of that $2 bil...
Online Poker Forums: Another Tool to Improve Your Game Published: 2005-12-21 Press Release by: Poker Reviews
Published on openPR 12-21-2005 03:07 pm - CET
(openPR) - Almost any activity one can think of has an online forum dedicated solely for the discussion and exchange of information on that particular topic and Poker is no exception. Poker forums are a magnet for the novice as well as the seasoned poker professional and provide much needed information in all aspects of poker play, types of poker and the latest news.
Poker related forums can also be game type specific...
Caesars Now Primed for Poker Published: 2005-12-21 Las Vegas Gaming Wire
Hoping to ride the current wave of poker popularity, Caesars Palace will open a $12
million poker room today, the casino's first poker room in 16 years.
Caesars Palace, now operated by World Series of Poker owner Harrah's Entertainment, will
offer a permanent 30-table poker room next to the resort's race and sports book.
Eleven original LeRoy Neiman paintings showcasing nearly 40 years of Caesars Palace
history decorate the entrance to the poker room.
Caesars Palace f...
NYC transit strike means boom for poker Published: 2005-12-21 NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- It was no coincidence that record numbers of people played online Texas Hold'em poker on the same day New York City's transit system was shut down by a strike.
Marty Wallace, chief operating officer for DoylesRoom.com, told the Chicago Tribune the site usually has 3,000 to 3,500 people playing during business hours, but Tuesday, the count jumped as high as 6,500 players.
"At first we didn't know what was going on with the flood of players we were getting from New York City...
Games on the Green: WGL and Mandalay to Bring Poker and Golf Pros Together for Competition on the Home 'Green' Published: 2005-12-21 Poker Felt and Putting Green to Challenge Pros in Golf & Poker Invitational
ORLANDO, FL and LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/21/2005 -- The World Golf League, Inc. (OTC BB: WGFL) has teamed with Mandalay Sports Action Entertainment (MSAE, part of the Mandalay Entertainment Group) to produce The Golf & Poker Invitational. The made-for-television event will include six PGA tour players and six professional poker players in a crossover competition with a winner take all prize.
Poker and golf are tw...
HOT NEW POKER TOURNAMENT IN IRELAND Published: 2005-12-20 500 players to take a shot at Euro 500 000 prize pool
UK poker fans will be able to watch the finals of a major Irish poker tournament on TV towards the end of January next year.
The Boyle Poker Irish Poker Championships will take place between January 6-8 at City West Hotel Dublin, and will be one of the largest such events held in the UK and Ireland with over 500 competitors and an estimated prize pool of 500,000 Euros.
The final will be televised on the January 27 on RTE, Ireland’s national bro...
Behind The Scenes Of New 'King Of Vegas' Reality Show Published: 2005-12-20 An amateur gambler is competing heads-up against a professional bettor. Who feels more pressure? And who is more likely to let the pressure affect him (or her)? That's the conflict at the heart of the TV series "King of Vegas," which debuts next month on Spike. It concluded production last week in a temporary studio constructed in the parking lot behind Bally's.
"Just because someone is an amateur, or an 'unknown' as I like to call them, doesn't mean he's not a skilled gambler," Henderson-based TV spo...
SEC Investigating Poker Star's Bid To Take Over Company Published: 2005-12-19 The Securities and Exchange Commission said last week it is investigating poker star Doyle Brunson's $700 million bid earlier this year to take over World Poker Tour operator WPT Enterprises. The SEC said that it is conducting a formal investigation into whether Brunson's offer and a decision to publicize the offer violated federal securities laws.
WPT shares had surged 49 percent on July 8 after the offer was publicized, closing that day at $26.50 a share. The stock price later declined amid ques...
Charities capitalize on poker boom Published: 2005-12-18 By ISAAC GUERRERO, Rockford Register Star
ROCKFORD — Poker is the new bingo.
At least, that’s how a growing number of charities in the Rock River Valley feel.
Just ask John Guth, director of Ken-Rock Community Center. Like many other nonprofit groups, Ken-Rock has watched charitable donations dry up in recent years. Budget shortfalls have forced the neighborhood center to lay off two full-time employees since 2002. And revenue from weekly bingo games is slipping.
So Guth organized a Texas Hold ’...
Poker Strategy I - Tuning Your Raise in Tournaments Published: 2005-12-18 In tournament poker the question often arises, "What is a standard raise?" Conventional
wisdom suggests as standard a raise of three times the big blind or, if there are antes
involved, the exact sum of the antes and blinds. Rather than yield to conventional wisdom
(a product of conventional minds) I would instead ask two questions: "What are you trying
to do with your raise?" and "What bet gets that job done?"
Assuming you want to pick up the blinds and antes without a fight, you need to tune y...
US watchdog probes $700m poker bid Published: 2005-12-17 By Amy Yee in New York
Updated: 3:12 a.m. ET Dec. 17, 2005
US regulators are investigating a $700m bid for World Poker Tour Enterprises launched by Doyle Brunson, one of the game's best-known players.
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday said it is formally investigating whether Mr Brunson's unsolicited offer and its publication violated anti-fraud laws.
Shares in WPTE, parent of the World Poker Tour television series, rose more than 50 per cent when the offer from Mr Brunson and unnam...
Learning from an expert best bet for poker newbies Published: 2005-12-17 You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk away and know when to run. You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table. There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done. — Kenny Rogers, The Gambler
Niagara Falls, Ont.— Bruce Redwood looks nothing like Kenny Rogers. He's shorter, has no beard and not once during our time together at The Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort did he break into song.
Kenny may know the simple rules of gambling, but if you're...
Founders of Swedish poker site hit the jackpot Published: 2005-12-16 By Paivi Munter in Stockholm
Updated: 4:40 p.m. ET Dec. 16, 2005
Christmas came early for a handful of Swedish IT entrepreneurs who will pocket billions of Swedish kroner in a €473m (SKr4.9bn) deal to sell Ongame, the operator of the gaming website PokerRoom.com, to BETandWIN.com of Austria.
Erik Hornell and his three sons Oskar, Karl and Johan - who own 53 per cent of Ongame - are set to earn nearly SKr2.6bn if the deal is executed at the terms announced on Friday. In addition, Claes Lidell, co-foun...
Absolute Poker Selects Skins Contest Winner -- Announces Special Tables for the Holidays Published: 2005-12-16 New Table 'Skins' Now Available Online -- Lucky Designer Paid $500 for Winning Contest Entry!
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Players at Absolute Poker have learned that they can add a touch of personality to their poker game with the launch of Absolute Poker "Skins". Absolute Poker has opened to its players the ability to personalize their own poker table with new and improved graphics and a user-friendly setup. Players can visit http://absolutepoker.com/tableskins/ , where they will fi...
Online Poker Staredown: Poker Host Live Published: 2005-12-16 Michael Friedman
One of the things missing from online poker is the ability to read another person's reactions and mannerisms while playing. This key part of "live" games is an essential talent necessary to have success, but in online play things are different. Well, at least it used to be that way.
Thanks to RIAM and partner PokerHost.com, the "visibility" factor is no longer an issue. Players on the PokerHost.com site will be able to talk to other players as well as observe them during play. That's...
Poker shows success comes to those who get the breaks Published: 2005-12-16 By Sam Braids
The recent crackdown on local poker tournaments makes me wonder why the vice squad has not gone after the organizers of local chess tournaments.
As in a poker tournament, each participant in a chess tournament must pay an entry fee on registration. The money collected is used to pay for the cost of the event, its organizers and to form a prize award for the winners.
The stock response to my seemingly absurd question is that poker is gambling because it involves luck while chess is n...
FullTiltPoker.net and Matchroom Sports Announce the Global Poker Challenge Published: 2005-12-15 The U.S. versus the world in the first of its kind television spectacular.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 15, 2005 -- Get ready to rumble with the first Global Poker Challenge. On December 15th at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, history will be made as the best poker players in America team up to take on the best poker players around the globe in a white knuckled event.
Partnering with UK producer Barry Hearn and Matchroom Sports, FullTiltPoker.net will pull out all of the stops for this international...
CELL PHONE COMPANY TO SPONSOR ALL STAR POKER SHOWDOWN Published: 2005-12-15 Learn from poker champs Johnny Chan and Chris Moneymaker
The cell phone division of global electronics giant LG has agreed to sponsor the first annual LG All-Star Poker Showdown, hosted by Jenny McCarthy.
The event will feature professional poker stars Johnny Chan and Chris Moneymaker providing poker lessons for and playing against the finest poker enthusiasts Hollywood has to offer, and will give them an intimate look at a new and function-rich LG phone, The 'V'.
The No Limit Texas Hold 'Em even...
NEW DVD HELPS YOU NAIL THE POKER CHEATERS Published: 2005-12-15 New instructional DVD tells you how to nail the poker cheaters
Understanding how poker cheats work is an important step to identifying and blocking cheaters if you have the misfortune to encounter them at the poker table, and a new 90 minute DVD seeks to clue players up on the scams used in the game of Texas Hold’em.
Cheating at Hold’em (The Essentials) from the Double George company in the States teaches viewers how to properly shuffle, cut, and deal the cards, learn about Peeking (learning the iden...
Chuck Blount: Keep gifts practical for poker devotees Published: 2005-12-15 San Antonio Express-News
Since we still have time between now and Christmas, I have some advice for all spouses, friends and relatives of poker players: Just because we play the game doesn't mean we desire every product imaginable associated it.
This holiday shopping season, shoppers are bombarded by the major department stores with poker-themed items that range from functional poker tables to ludicrous chocolate poker chips and even a stainless steel set of cards that could double as ninja weaponr...
DiceHoldem Game Released - Next Evolution in Poker Play and Perfect Holiday Gift Published: 2005-12-15 WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 2005--The evolution of Poker continues with the release of DiceHoldem. The Poker craze has been sweeping the US and shows no sign of slowing down. DiceHoldem adds fuel to the fire with fast, addictive game play for the casual player and strategic depth to keep even the most advanced player challenged.
"We are proud to release DiceHoldem just in time for Christmas," according to Cheryl Campbell, SecurePlay President. "Our pocket version is as portable as a deck of ...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-robber14dec14,1,7125296.story?coll=la-headlines-nation Published: 2005-12-14 The college sophomore needed to cover $5,000 in gambling losses, his attorney says. The son of a Baptist minister faces 20 years in prison.
By Matt Assad, The Morning Call
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Somewhere in a hectic schedule that included being president of his Lehigh University sophomore class, playing second-chair cello in the university orchestra and working at the chaplain's office, Greg Hogan developed a secret habit.
For 14 months the polite, energetic finance and accounting double major from an...
Forget the charades, poker gets biggest hand this Christmas Published: 2005-12-14 It's 5pm on Christmas Day, the Queen's speech is a distant memory and the children are becoming restless.
In past years this would have been the moment for dusting down the Monopoly set, digging out the Pictionary or rounding up aunts for a game of charades.
But in these rapacious times, the simple pleasure of an innocent board or parlour game is no longer enough. This Christmas, families increasingly will be huddled around the card table, playing poker.
Sales figures from department stores and sup...
Online Poker Room Introduces Leader Board Published: 2005-12-14 December 14 - Online poker room Bodog.com have introduced another fantastic feature to their online poker tournaments with the addition of a new online poker Leader Board and a host of new promotions and cash prizes...
Every week and month, the top players at Bodog.com will be posted. Weekly winners will also receive a $1000 heads up, Sit-N-Go against the pros Josh Arieh or David Williams. All other players who are listed in the top 10, will receive credits towards the World Series of Poker/WPT tour or a...
The First Poker Grand Slam In Europe To Be Organized Published: 2005-12-14 The first Poker Grand Slam in history will be held this month in Casino Star City in Birmingham. 42 players will participate in the event, and they will also win points for the team of their own countries.
This exclusive competence, will have teams with six participants each, representing seven European nations. The 42 players from France, Northern Ireland, Sweden, Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales will play Texas Hold’Em no-limit for two days. Sky Sports chain will broadcast the event in March next...
World Poker Tour Now Has Casino Game Published: 2005-12-13 Now people who don’t even play poker but are fans of the World Poker Tour can walk into a casino and say the words “all in” like they mean it.
After a field trial at Bellagio, the Nevada Gaming Commission approved the “World Poker Tour All-In Hold’em” table game. The game was developed by a Minnesota-based casino operator and gaming company that owns more than half of World Poker Tour Enterprise’s stock.
The pit game looks a like a blackjack table. The action of the game is very similar to the versio...
Poker Climbs the Ranks of Top Online Search Terms Published: 2005-12-13 Poker aficionados and newbies alike can rejoice because the Lycos search engine has recently provided further evidence that the poker trend in on the up-and-up. Yes, it's that time of the year again, time for “The Lycos 50,” a list of the site's most popular search terms of the year. The list is a handy indication of what's on the screens of Web surfers around the globe. Confirming the status of poker in mainstream online culture, poker has made it to the top 10 for the second year in a row, joining the lik...
Metaphysical Poker & Life Published: 2005-12-13 by Charlie Shoten
In poker and life people find it very difficult to focus for long periods of time. I once overheard Phil Ivey giving someone advice where he emphasized focus, focus, focus. Like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, what separates Phil Ivey from the rest of the field is his ability to focus at the highest level while playing. We all have watched many play, whether in poker, basketball or golf, focus at the highest level.
But, few of them can maintain their focus day in and day out, mont...
Stud Poker Strategy - Chasing, Part One Published: 2005-12-13 When I was first starting to learn about how to play poker, I learned the importance of
playing what was referred to as tight/aggressive poker. In a nutshell this meant betting
when you had the goods and folding when you didn't. It was considered a mistake to chase -
that is to play from behind, hoping to catch up to someone who was betting and in the lead
with a better hand. It was, in fact, the sign of a weak player - someone who didn't have
the self control or discipline to get away from their ...
$80m poker prize up for grabs Published: 2005-12-12 By Nick Papps
13dec05
THE world's richest poker game, with a staggering $80 million winner-take-all prize, will be held at Melbourne's Crown Casino next year.
Aussie poker king Joe Hachem is expected to be among the six players who will each pay $13.3 million to enter the tournament.
The four-hour event in July will carry the richest prize in Australian history.
The tournament, to be launched in Los Angeles today, has already signed up one of the world's leading players, American Phil Ivey.
...
FSN to televise richest poker tournament ever Published: 2005-12-12 FSN and Mansionpoker.net will partner to telecast a new "PokerDome" series of tournaments, including a "Mega Event" that will introduce the single richest winner-take-all purse in poker and sports history.
The MansionPoker.net PokerDome Series will premiere on Sunday, May 15, 2006 on FSN and continue for 43 consecutive weeks. Players will be encased in a high-tech cone of silence overlooking the Las Vegas Strip. The one-way mirrored glass will allow fans to see in, without the players seeing out, and mic...
'Big Ron' Hargrove Trains With Poker Academy Texas Holdem Software, Wins $133,760 at Caesars Indiana Circuit Championship Event Published: 2005-12-12 Poker Academy, the leading Texas Holdem poker software developer with world renowned artificial intelligence, today announced that “Big Ron” Hargrove won $133,760 by making the final table and finishing third place at the Caesars Palace Casino Circuit Champ Tournament. Big Ron attributes a big part of his success to training diligently with Poker Academy Texas Holdem software (www.poker-academy.com). The tournament took place on October 30 through November 2, 2005, in Elizabeth, Indiana.
(PRWEB) December...
What if you are being cheated...how do you know...how do you stop it? Published: 2005-12-12 This release announces a new instructional DVD called Cheating at Hold’em (The Essentials). It illustrates and explains how recreational, semi-professional and professional poker players can take simple counter measures to protect themselves from being scammed by card cheats.
(PRWEB) December 15, 2005 -– Texas Hold’em, like all card games, has rules to keep the play honest, fair and fun. Unfortunately the reality is that 99% of all games can easily be cheated. Double George, LLC has developed a DVD progr...
Driven to Win: Atlantic City Poker Pro Chris Reslock Defeats John Juanda at the WSOPC Published: 2005-12-12 by Nolan Dalla
Back in 1998, Chris Reslock was in his mid-40s and was working what many would consider to be a dead-end job. Reslock was driving a taxi in Atlantic City. Reslock wanted more. He started playing poker part-time to make extra money. Then one day, Reslock decided to take a chance. He made an investment in himself.
Reslock parked his taxi inside a casino parking garage and started playing poker professionally. He vowed that he could always go back to the garage, hop in the cab, return t...
In poker, a reputation can mean everything Published: 2005-12-11 By Steve Rosenbloom
Chicago Tribune
You make a bad move, you lose your chips, you beat yourself up about it.
Been there, played that.
But wait. You might be surprised to learn that good things can come out of bad plays.
So says Barry Shulman, the publisher and chairman of Card Player magazine and author of "52 Tips," a sharp book on hold 'em. Shulman has won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet, but says he has made plenty of bad plays and has found a way to make them pay off.
His thinking co...
Elements Of Poker Etiquette Published: 2005-12-11 Acting in Turn
Although you may see others fold or call out of turn, don't do it yourself. It is considered rude because it gives an unfair advantage to the players before you who have yet to act. This is especially important at the showdown when only three players are left. If players after you are acting out of turn while you decide what to do, say "Time!" to make it clear that you have not yet acted.
Handling Cards
You may find it awkward at first to peek at your own cards without exposing them ...
TV poker about to reach new heights Published: 2005-12-11 In retrospect, it seems inevitable that the popularity of TV poker would lead to the erection of a Pokerdome for a new poker series in which cards will carry computer chips and the marquee event offers the winner $60 million — a payday billed as the biggest ever in sports.
Sounds like satire. But Fox Sports Net will announce Monday the creation of the Mansionpoker.net Pokerdome Series, a sort of case study in wretched excess that also seems like a promising TV property.
Take the so-called Pokerdome, whi...
Doyle Brunson Creates Buzz at the Recently Concluded Poker Industry Expo Held in Beautiful Costa Rica Published: 2005-12-10 Doyle Brunson creates buzz at the recently concluded Poker Industry Expo held in beautiful Costa Rica.
San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) December 10, 2005 -- Costa Rica boasts so much rich and exotic scenery, that one might easily forget there is poker too!
With the inception of poker tournaments televised to main stream America, poker has rapidly become a multi-billion dollar industry. An industry so diverse, that its revenue originates from an array of services – such as poker cruises, poker chip manufa...
Can Shane Patreau make a million bucks playing poker? Published: 2005-12-10 By David Helwig
SooToday.com
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Shane Patreau is a Saultbie who works for Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. at the Thousand Islands Charity Casino in Gananoque.
A week from now, on December 18, Patreau will be one of ten elite players competing in a televised poker tournament at Crystal Palace Casino, Wyndham Nassau Resort (shown) in Nassau, Bahamas.
He won an all-expenses-paid trip and $10,000 after placing third out of 4,781 players in a online tournament at ParadisePok...
Poker Can Be an Addiction or a Character Builder Published: 2005-12-10 By Fred Renzey
10 December 2005
I'm over 60 years old. Three years ago when I walked into a local poker room, I knew most of the players. Their average age was probably forty-something and three or four kinds of poker were being played throughout the room.
Today when I walk into the room I don't recognize anybody. Most of the faces are younger than my own kids and only one game is usually being played – Texas Hold'em.
I'm mentioning this because of some recent articles in the newspapers about yo...
Texas Hold 'Em Bonus Poker Licensed to Use WSOP Brand Name Published: 2005-12-09 Texas Hold 'Em Bonus(TM), a game developed by Progressive Gaming International Corporation, is being released in an upgraded version boasting the World Series of Poker brand name. Texas Hold 'Em Bonus is benefiting from the WSOP brand following a licensing deal inked between Progressive Gaming International and Harrah's Licensing Company, LLC, which owns the rights to the WSOP.
Texas Hold 'Em Bonus differs from classic hold 'em in that Progressive Gaming's version is essentially played against the deale...
Students ‘All-In’ For Poker Published: 2005-12-09 Will you be bold, or will you fold?” That is the slogan for the All-In Poker Club at Oakland University, where students come to master their skills in one of the most popular card games in the country. Up to 25 students meet every Wednesday night in the Oakland Center for pizza, pop and a no-limit Texas Hold’ em tournament.
Six players are assigned to each table where they bet and bluff to accumulate the most chips possible. Players say they use their own personal strategies to outsmart the compet...
The Big Poker Gamble Published: 2005-12-08 By Phillip Kemp
BBC Money Programme
The business of online poker is booming, giving players the chance to win a fortune from the comfort of their own front room.
More than $1m (£575,000) are staked every minute by enthusiasts like Jane Foster, or Ms Fortune, as she's known online.
"It's grown and grown, and it's done very well for me," says Ms Foster, a single mother of three from Manchester who is studying for a degree in IT.
"That $30 that I put in two-and-a-half years ago has grown into t...
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA120805.3C.COLblount.poker.17c15d3c.html Published: 2005-12-08 San Antonio Express-News
Last week, we talked about the promotion. Now it's time to talk about the poker in the inventive "Extreme Poker" event played 30 feet underwater on the floor of the ocean.
Sponsored by Interpoker.com and taking place in the waters bordering the Caribbean island of St. Kitts, joining the game required an insurance waiver and a diving certification.
Professionals Phil "Unabomber" Laak (who even wore his signature charcoal-hooded sweatshirt), Kenna James and Juha Helppi jo...
Helpful Hints and Tips for all abilities Published: 2005-12-08 Helpful Hints and Tips for all abilities
By: Jason Fang
Hello again and welcome back. This week I would like to discuss the art of playing pot odds.
Many people I know claim to have heard of pot odds, but few really understand it. Essentially, the concept of pot odds refers to the probability you will win a hand in relation to the amount of money you would profit. Most of the time, this is used to determine whether you should stay in the hand with a flush or straight draw.
Not to sound like your ...
Lucia is cut above star talent in poker stakes Published: 2005-12-07 MICHAEL BLACKLEY
THE Edinburgh hair salon owner who won a place in one of the world's biggest poker tournaments has seen off the challenge of a top Hollywood actress.
Lucia Barrett, whose salon is in Ratcliffe Terrace, was stunned when Bullets Over Broadway star Jennifer Tilly sat down opposite her while she was playing in the prestigious Caribbean Poker Classic on the paradise island of St Kitts.
Ms Barrett, who lives with her husband Ian and 13-year-old daughter Antonia in The Grange, was ev...
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/06/03/cooper-sexton.php Published: 2005-12-07 by MARC COOPER
Before the spring of 2003, watching poker on TV was a bit like watching flies fornicate. There was nothing to see. Not until L.A. entrepreneur Steve Lipscomb put the World Poker Tour series on the Travel Channel.
Lipscomb figured out that if you could show viewers the two “hole cards” that each player had face down on the table, you could build real drama. Add to that “hole cam” maybe 16 cameras, elaborate lighting and digital music á la Who Wants to be a Millionaire and you might have...
All In With the Bad Boy of Poker Published: 2005-12-07 He’s the tantrum-throwing card shark who’s taking the Texas Hold ’Em craze from Vegas to your cell phone. A no-limits weekend with Phil Hellmuth Jr.
by MARC COOPER
LAS VEGAS — No one seems surprised that world-class poker champ Phil Hellmuth Jr. has shown up late to his own kickoff seminar at his recent three-day Fantasy Poker Camp at Caesars Palace. This is part of Phil’s shtick. Bursting with confident arrogance, he can be counted on to be defiantly tardy even to multimillion-dollar tournaments, let...
'HIGH STAKES POKER' Featuring a $100,000 Minimum Buy-in Premieres on GSN Published: 2005-12-07 Millions of Dollars of the Player's Own Money Are at Stake as the First 'CASH GAME' on Television Debuts
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- GSN is bringing viewers the first true cash game of poker on television with a $100,000 minimum buy-in. Unlike other poker shows where the most players can lose is their initial buy-in of up to $10,000, the stars on GSN's newest series, HIGH STAKES POKER, have millions of their own cash at stake and will win and lose several hundred thousand dollars. HIGH S...
Daniel Negreanu Mentoring Opportunity up for Grabs for Online Poker Tournament Winner Published: 2005-12-07 Daniel Negreanu, one of the best known and most accessible professional poker players around, announced last night that he was in search of a protege upon whom to lay his pearls of poker wisdom. The protege search is part of a promotion launched jointly by Negreanu and online poker room www.fullcontactpoker.com.
The protege opportunity will be offered on a four to five-month basis, with a new protege being named at the end of every mentoring period. Since not just anyone can learn one-on-one with the pr...
EMPIRE POKER FIGHTS BACK Published: 2005-12-06 Dispute with Party Gaming now destined for the courts
After some pretty dismissive comments on the prospect of litigation by Empire Online from Party Gaming spokesmen last week, Empire Online came back strongly Tuesday with an emphatic announcement that it is launching litigation against Party Gaming with a claim of "several hundred million dollars" that will probably be decided in the law courts of Gibraltar.
Empire spokesmen said that the company has been assured by a top British Queens Counsel in L...
Titan Poker and Noble Poker Team Up to Offer $100 Million Jackpot Freeroll Published: 2005-12-06 Titan Poker and Noble Poker will offer a $100 Million Jackpot prize, the largest prize ever awarded in any sporting event, at the Final Table of what promises to be the world's most exciting freeroll tournament.
(PRWEB) December 6, 2005 -- In what is being billed as the World's Best Freeroll ever, a $100 Million Jackpot Tournament will be staged in April, 2006, jointly by Titan Poker (http://www.titanpoker.com) and Noble Poker (http://www.noblepoker.com), two of the fastest growing online poker rooms on ...
Bodog.com Comes Up Aces With Launch of Poker Tournament Leader Board Published: 2005-12-06 Bodog.com, a favorite site for online poker players, announced the launch of its Tournament Leader Board, a feature that allows players in all Bodog tournaments to win weekly and monthly prizes when they come out on top. Bodog.com poker players will compete against each other to be the king of the board.
The player who has the most points for the week will win a weekly prize of a $1,000 heads up, Sit-N-Go against either Josh Arieh or David Williams, the Team Bodog poker pros. The others who finish in the...
Online poker titans to clash in Gibraltar court Published: 2005-12-06 By Pete Harrison
LONDON (Reuters) - Gaming group Empire Online said on Tuesday it had begun legal proceedings in Gibraltar's High Court against former partner PartyGaming, claiming a breach of contract.
"The company seeks substantial damages and injunctive relief from PartyGaming," Empire said.
Empire gave no further details, but a source close to the company said Empire was claiming that PartyGaming had breached contracts by marketing to Empire's best customers after breaking up their previous all...
Future unveils plans for World Poker Tour title Published: 2005-12-05 Future Publishing has finally revealed details of its widely rumoured plans for a new poker title to tap into the growing gambling market.
World Poker Tour: The Official Magazine will be the first magazine sanctioned by the World Poker Tour brand, which has built a major following in recent months in the UK after securing a high profile slot on the newly launched ITV4 digital channel.
The magazine will launch in February 2005 and join Future's Online Gambling magazine, a monthly title distributed to ...
Getminted Poker Invites Virgin Poker Players Published: 2005-12-05
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Its not just Virgin players joining which has pushed the growth on Getminted Poker. Mav, the getminted site professional commented "We launched a £300 monthly loyalty bonus at the start of November and this is causing a stir in the UK market attracting strong cash players - some have already clocked up winnings over £10,000 this month, on top of their loyalty bonus."
Getminted Poker has offered an invitation to players of the old Virgin Poker network who wish to resume playing, they...
Tycoon offers full house to a poker ace Published: 2005-12-05 Tyson given chance to win back his Vegas mansion
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David Parkin
Business Editor
THE Yorkshireman who bought Mike Tyson's house is planning to give it away in a multi-million dollar poker tournament in which the former world heavyweight boxing champion will be given the chance to win it back.
Self-made businessman Dominic Marrocco, 32, who paid $4m (£2.3m) for Tyson's former Las Vegas estate last year, wants to make the poker game the centre of a reality television show in which hundreds will ba...
World Series of Poker victory changes winner's life Published: 2005-12-04 By JEFF HANEY
Las Vegas Sun
04-DEC-05
LAS VEGAS -- Not much has changed for Aussie Joseph Hachem since he jockeyed his way through a field of 5,619 to win the 2005 World Series of Poker at Binion's in July.
Well, except for the fact he's richer by $7.5 million _ the top prize for winning poker's most prestigious competition and the biggest tournament in the history of the game.
Oh, and now every time he joins a poker game, a funny thing happens. All of the other players sit up a little straight...
When 'Devilfish' spots a weakness, he swims in Published: 2005-12-04 Find a weakness and exploit it.
The plan works in any sport, in any game. In poker, many pros have said that they are more likely to play to an opponent's weakness than emphasize their greatest strength, and here's why: Poker is a game of mistakes, so you are better off by trying to put your opponent into a position to make a big mistake.
David "Devilfish" Ulliott, the daring poker pro from England, attempted to do exactly that when he was one of 22 players remaining in the $5,000-buy-in pot-limit hol...
Two of a Kind Wins in Fargo Published: 2005-12-03 A couple of buddies succeed with a poker show that features regular Joes
By Ben Grossman -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/5/2005
The news that the televised poker craze is slowing down apparently hasn’t reached Fargo, N.D. That is where two friends, Todd Anderson and Greg Lang, decided that, while other televised poker shows try to trump each other with escalating payouts and more celebrities, they should go in another direction.
So the duo, one a former TV-station exec and the other an entrepreneur...
Poker-Story, a Holdem Lesson Published: 2005-12-03 I was playing in a 10-handed $20-$40 hold’em game at The Mirage in Las Vegas when the following hand came up. Since the hand involved actual players, I have changed their names to protect their identities. Adam was in the small blind with the Ah-Th.
Sitting in the cutoff seat was Ward. Ward is one of those instinctive players who seem to have a good feel for the game once the flop arrives. His major weakness is his preflop play. He plays lots of strange hands preflop and has no conception of hand values....
Hendry will never fold Published: 2005-12-03 TOM ENGLISH
SO THERE he was, sitting at the poker table in Vegas and concealing a smile that would have stretched across the room and touched the walls had he allowed it to. In his hand he held a pair of aces; two bullets for the opposition. Stephen Hendry's heart was racing but on the outside he had his game face on. No sweat. Hiding emotion is what he's done his whole career. Nobody's done it better in the history of snooker but this ain't the Crucible he's in now and none of the guys he's facing or c...
Veteran Poker Pro 'Action' Dan Harrington Shows the Young Bloods Who's Boss by Winning 'POKER ROYALE: BATTLE OF THE AGES' Published: 2005-12-03 SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- In a fierce heads up match
between "Action" Dan Harrington and Michael "The Kid" Gracz, time and
experience was on the veteran's side as he schooled the young blood on poker.
After playing in three previous matches and the finale, Harrington took home
the grand prize of $50,000, and the POKER ROYALE: BATTLE OF THE AGES crown.
Known for his "action" at the table, Harrington is one of the most
recognized players on the poker circuit today. Gracz has also...
US calls as poker king cashes in Published: 2005-12-02 By Nick Papps in Los Angeles
AUSSIE poker king Joe Hachem has done it again, this time pocketing $120,000 in a Las Vegas poker tournament.
Just months after winning $10 million, the former chiropractor is now even richer after finishing fifth in a world series event at Bally's Paris casino.
"It was nice to know that the other win was not a fluke," Mr Hachem said.
"It's given me another boost of confidence."
Flushed by his poker success at last week's tournament, Mr Hachem says he plans to mo...
PokerHost.com and RIAM bring online gamers face to face for the first time ever. Published: 2005-12-02 Under an exclusive contract RIAM's "Live" Interactive Poker will bring PokerHost.com to the top of the online gaming industry. For the first time online gamers sitting at home will be able to see and speak to their opponents.
/24-7PressRelease/ - COSTA RICA, December 02, 2005 - Gaming is the fastest growing industry on the internet today. Millions of people pay tons to gamble online from the comfort of their own homes. One thing that has been missing from online poker is the poker face and the abil...
Small Town Poker Tour To Be Featured On Radio Network Published: 2005-12-02 Small Town Poker Tour (STPT) will be feartured on the radio this weekend. Mark Fracalossi creator and executive producer will be interviewed about the tour on the Michigan Gaming and Casino Show. Host Ron Pritchard discussed various aspects of the tour and Mark releases some new and exciting information about the upcoming event. The show can be heard on the Michigan Talk Radio Network live this Sunday from 4:35-5P EST and then repeated at 8:35.
The STPT will tour all 50 United States in search of ...
Everest Poker Players Compete in the Master Classics of Poker & Lido International Poker Tournament Published: 2005-12-02 Edited by Carly Zander
Staff Writer, Send2Press.com
Everest Poker Satellite Winners From France And The Netherlands Conclude All-Expenses-Paid Trip To Amsterdam, The Netherlands For Prestigious Poker Event
MONTREAL, Quebec (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Everest Poker players raie50 and RDke represented Everest Poker at the Master Classics of Poker & Lido International poker tournament in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on November 9-11. Both players competed extremely well and demonstrated their skill in live ...
Ian Frazer wins £300,000 in UK Poker Open triumph Published: 2005-12-02 A Croydon man is £300,000 richer after battling the world's top professional poker players to win the UK Open Championship.
Ian Frazer, 46, competed against five others in the final, including World Bracelet winner, Brian Wilson and Julian Gardner the youngest ever world poker champion.
He eventually saw them all off with a winning hand of two sixes to scoop the massive cash pot.
In the competition's semi-finals Ian kicked out veteran West Ham United striker Teddy Sheringham.
The money was prese...
New Poker Tour to Travel Europe Published: 2005-12-02 The Small Town Poker Tour, has announced a new venue, Europe.
Denver, CO, USA, December 2, 2005 (XTVWorld.Com) -- "The amazing interest in the upcoming USA Tour has lead us to push up the date for the European Small Town Poker Tour Championships," said Mark Fracalossi Executive Producer. "The format will be the same as the US Tour, raise money for charity along the way and crown one champion. We are working on a few European sponsors and a television deal, as soon as we finalize the details we will ...
Harrah's Hosts World Series of Poker MBA Championship Published: 2005-12-02
LAS VEGAS -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET) and Jungle Media Group, publisher of Jungle Magazine, today announced plans to host the World Series of Poker MBA Championship at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas January 13-15, 2006.
More than 500 MBA students are expected to play in the tournament in 2006, the first year the competition will carry the World Series of Poker brand and offer the winner a seat in the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event.
"The World Series of Poker b...
YOUTH/POKER ADDICTION, Treatment and Casino Executive Training Published: 2005-12-02 Bradley Beach, NJ 07720 December 2 2005
In the next three weeks, Arnie Wexler, one of the nations' leading expert on compulsive gambling, will be traveling the country to do workshops.
His first stop will be C.A.R.E. Florida treatment center where he will talk to clients who are in treatment for compulsive gambling.
On December 5th, Arnie and Sheila Wexler will be doing a workshop for the Problem Gamblers Help Network of West Virginia called: "Minor Bettors, Major Problems".
On Decemb...
TV, Internet adding fuel to America's poker craze Published: 2005-12-01 Jeff Coda was bit by the poker bug two years ago while watching the World Series of Poker on ESPN.
Fascinated by the intricacies of the game and the high stakes involved, he bought a deck of cards and started teaching himself. Soon he and a group of friends started a regular Thursday night game of no-limit Texas Hold 'Em.
In an attempt to perfect his play, the 27-year-old Redlands man began playing poker online about a year ago. He made the rounds on the free sites for six months before upping the ante...
Poker TV Network Launches Online Video Network Published: 2005-12-01 LAS VEGAS, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Poker TV Network, Inc.
(Pink Sheets: PKTV), the Internet's first and only poker broadcasting company,
announced today the launch of their new online video network. Located at
http://www.pokerTVnetwork.com, the new site offers poker related videos ranging from
short news clips to full length poker TV shows.
"Poker on TV has exploded over the last couple of years. Our site is
designed to bring that TV watching experience straight to your computer," said
...
Chuck Blount: Online poker rooms need good hook to land players Published: 2005-12-01 San Antonio Express-News
The battle for poker-playing customers is intense among the online card rooms, and every day a promotion for a new site pops up to either recruit new players or bring in existing ones from another site.
Traffic determines the value of an online poker room, and a healthy site with thousands of players in a variety of limits has more to offer than a fledgling site with hundreds of players. The strong grow stronger and the weak die out because more players bring increased profi...
Harrah's Announces World Series of Poker(R) MBA Championship Published: 2005-12-01 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 2005--Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET) and Jungle Media Group, publisher of Jungle Magazine, today announced plans to host the World Series of Poker MBA Championship at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas January 13-15, 2006.
More than 500 MBA students are expected to play in the tournament in 2006, the first year the competition will carry the World Series of Poker brand and offer the winner a seat in the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event.
"The World Series ...
Poker player flushed with success Published: 2005-12-01 POKER player David Lee knows when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em - as any good gambler should.
Just to prove it he has beaten 150 other card sharps in a game of online poker to win a family holiday to the USA for himself, his wife Lucy and their two daughters, Amy, aged five, and Jessica two-and-a-half.
David, aged 31, a mobile phone business analyst, of Vicarage Gardens, Flamstead, was holding two jacks in his hand the night he won the tournament played on WPTonline.com
He said: "It wasn't a bad...
Virgin Enters Online Poker Market Published: 2005-12-01 Michael Freidman
Virgin is one of the world's biggest companies and like many new challengers in the online poker arena, the company has a lot of time to make up if it wishes to challenge the big players in the poker marketplace.
However, unlike many of the groups trying to cash in on online poker's dramatic growth, Virgin is a global empire whose resources are almost unmatched and should help to propel the company to possibly a lead role in the marketplace.
"Virgin Poker will use the resources o...
Professor, graduate collaborate in biggest poker payout Published: 2005-12-01 Dustin Todd
It may be common for a professor to receive calls from former students, but rarely do students need help knowing what to do with $52 million.
Such a case presented itself when Jack Effel, a 2004 graduate of Ole Miss with a degree in real estate, was challenged with arranging the biggest tournament poker payout in history. He turned to Adam Schwartz, assistant professor of finance at the Ole Miss School of Business Administration.
Effel was named assistant tournament director for the 200...
Tilt: The Business of Poker Published: 2005-12-01 Helpful Hints and Tips for all abilities
By: Jason Fang
Hello again and welcome back. This week I would like to discuss how to read tells from your opponents.
In order to be a successful poker player, you need to be able to read the other players at the table. This sounds easy, but it is actually quite difficult to get any useful tells out of an experienced poker player.
The first tip I would give is to pay close attention to how different players play different hands throughout a tournament. How...
Call Your Bluff - Poker's popularity reaches new heights Published: 2005-12-01 By Geoffrey Anderson Jr. / Staff Writer
Poker has recently received an enormous amount of attention from media outlets and players nationwide. According to industry estimates, anywhere from 50 million to 80 million Americans play poker. This statistic should come as no surprise due to the Internet and television stations being flooded with poker coverage, and players of all skill levels honing their poker strategies to increase their chances of winning money.
Three versions of poker are commonly play...
Poker Perspectives: Heads up play Published: 2005-12-01 By: Matthew Costello
Issue date: 12/1/05 Section: Sports
Recently during a trek through Pacific Poker's sit-and-go tournament section, I came back to an old friend. The heads up tournaments that they offer can be a quick and quietly profitable way to spend your online poker money.
Heads up poker is an interesting aspect that often gets overlooked in many books that are popular today. Perhaps this is because when it comes to a heads up match, whether it be online, or at the end of a tournament, you ca...
TEAM PLAY ONLINE POKER Published: 2005-12-01 Poker Room introduces a new idea to online poker play
Internet poker website PokerRoom.com scored an industry first this week with the announcement that parent and software provider Ongame has developed a team play format for poker rooms, making it possible for friends, co-workers, frats, and others to team up and play other teams.
This team play allows members to join an existing team or set up a team of their own. The player who registers a team is considered the team manager and handles setting up...
Winner Emerges from First Extreme Poker Tournament Published: 2005-11-30
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Juha Helppi risked life and limb yesterday and made poker history, as he emerged from the briny deep off the coast of St. Kitts the first InterPoker.com Extreme Poker Champion, having outwitted his opponents at 30 feet below sea level in the first ever underwater poker tournament. Helppi made short work of his competitors, including seasoned tournament professionals Phil Laak and Kenna James, as well as Internet qualifier Louise H. from Denmark and InterPoker.com...
Poker Advertising Catches the Attention of Uncle Sam Published: 2005-11-30 Online poker sites are garnering attention from the US government in what’s being seen as a flagrant display of defiance against advertising restrictions imposed on the online poker industry.
San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) November 30, 2005 -- Online poker sites are garnering attention from the US government in what’s being seen as a flagrant display of defiance against advertising restrictions imposed on the online poker industry. The promotion of online poker sites in plain view of the U.S. public has ca...
PokerPro Gains Quick Adoption in Casinos Published: 2005-11-30
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Riding the huge wave of poker popularity, PokerTek, Inc. (Nasdaq: PTEK) has installed its PokerPro(TM) tables at four additional casinos in the months of October and November.
After installing tables at its Hollywood, Fla., Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino earlier this year, the Seminole Tribe installed PokerPro tables at a second facility, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa, Fla.
In addition to the four PokerPro tables at its Winstar...
Columnist Jeff Haney: On Lebanese-born Joseph Hachem's celebrity after winning $7.5 million in the World Series of Poker this year Published: 2005-11-30 Jeff Haney's sports betting column appears Monday, Friday (gaming) and Wednesday (poker). Reach him at (702) 259-4041 or haney@lasvegassun.com.
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Not much has changed for Aussie Joseph Hachem since he jockeyed his way through a field of 5,619 to win the 2005 World Series of Poker at Binion's in July.
Well, except for the fact he's richer by $7.5 million -- the top prize for winning poker's most prestigious competition and the biggest tournament in the history of the game.
Oh, and now every time ...
Sportingbet posts surge in Q1 earnings - UPDATE Published: 2005-11-30 (Adds CFO and analyst comment, other detail)
LONDON (AFX) - Online gaming group Sportingbet PLC reported a surge in first quarter earnings, boosted by last year's acquisition of Paradise Poker and an ongoing poker boom.
The company reiterated that it remains on the lookout for potential acquisition targets but played down the chance of a fresh approach for Empire Online PLC despite a recent sharp slide in its rival's share price.
Operating profit before tax, goodwill amortisation and a share-opt...
The Fallacy of the 'Poker Face' Published: 2005-11-29 by John Carlisle
Take a moment to think about your best poker face. We hear people throw around this term quite often, like when someone was using their poker face in the courtroom, the boardroom, and in the living room with a suspicious wife. We are conditioned to think of a poker face as one that intentionally displays no emotions. It is empty, cold, and almost stonelike.
Similarly, body language is expected to follow suit with no emotional motivations. Movements and facial expressions are to be ...
NORTH DAKOTA POKER COULD STILL BE ON Published: 2005-11-29 Internet poker companies asked to stump up for new campaign
Many industry people have been under the impression that the attempt to legalise and regulate Internet poker in the state of North Dakota was a dead duck, but this week moves were afoot to revitalise the campaign, according to a report from Associated Press.
Chief political proponent Jim Kasper is asking gambling companies to help finance a ballot measure that would make North Dakota the first state to license and regulate Internet poker busi...
Poker Lessons Test 'Boston Rob'' Published: 2005-11-29 (CBS) "Boston Rob" Mariano was the great manipulator from "Survivor: All Stars." He placed second in the TV competition and married the winner, Amber Brkich. The couple later competed together and nearly won "The Amazing Race."
Now the former reality star will help viewers of the The Early Show deal with real-life dilemmas in a new series called "Rob to the Rescue."
Rob headed to New Jersey to help a group of suburban housewives who were desperate for a night out and a game of Texas Hold 'Em poker. ...
PartyGaming regains float price after poker scare Published: 2005-11-29 LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in the world's biggest online poker operator PartyGaming regained their float price on Tuesday, 13 weeks after its warning on poker growth knocked over 3 billion pounds from its market value.
Shares in the company were up 6.9 percent at 117 pence at 3:19 British time, having floated at 116p.
After a high-profile 4.6 billion pounds London flotation in June, the owner of PartyPoker and StarluckCasino saw its market value soar to over 7 billion pounds.
At this point, analys...
New Software Gives Online Players the "Poker Advantage". Published: 2005-11-28 How to gain an "unfair advantage" when playing online poker. The Poker Advantage, stealth software, makes winning at online poker easier and alot more fun.
CMM Enterprises, www.pokeradvantageonline.com, has just released a brand new software package for online poker players. Aptly named The Poker Advantage, this specially designed software makes playing online poker both more fun and profitable.
The Poker Advantage is a highly sophisticated odds calculator, hand strength indicator and learning tool. I...
We put poker bots to the test... Published: 2005-11-28 COMPUTER programmers claim they can win every time at the online poker table by using robots - or bots - to play against humans. Could that be true? The Mail on Sunday's Live Night & Day decided there was only one way to really find out - and brought bot-runner 'Dave' into the office to show us.
He set up his two computers and had them wired together in about ten minutes. Then they simply crunched away. No fireworks, no razzmatazz; just the quiet, steady accumulation of cash. The program made £40 over t...
FSN Live Poker Broadcast A Smashing Success Published: 2005-11-28 November 28, 2005
Earl Burton
As everyone settled back after gorging themselves on Thanksgiving in America, poker took center stage on Fox Sports Network. Gathering together seven of the best players in the world, the FullTiltPoker.net Invitational Live from Monaco was a tremendous success for all those involved and should be something that other networks should think about giving a try.
First off, the setting was a truly spectacular one! The players settled into the exclusive high rollers' room (th...
CryptoLogic Develops First Multi-Language Internet Poker Offering for William Hill Published: 2005-11-28 CryptoLogic Develops First Multi-Language Internet Poker Offering for William Hill
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - Nov. 28, 2005) -
Internet poker growth, strong customer relationship extend European reach for CryptoLogic software
CryptoLogic Inc. (TSX:CRY)(NASDAQ:CRYP)(LSE:CRP), a leading software developer for the global Internet gaming industry, has launched a new Greek-language Internet poker site for William Hill Poker under exclusive license from WagerLogic Limited, CryptoLogic's wholly-...
Ex-footballer makes comeback ...as a poker player Published: 2005-11-28 FORMER Celtic player Tony Cascarino is hoping to scoop a fortune at his new career - playing professional poker.
And the big striker, a record signing for the Hoops back in the 1990s, is backing plans to build a super casino at Ibrox.
Cascarino jetted off to the sun-kissed island of St Kitts with Scotland's only sponsored poker professional, Greenock's Tony Chessa.
Mr Chessa is known across Inverclyde for his family's restaurant, Aldo's in Greenock.
Although the 32-year-old worked there for many yea...
Online Poker in North Dakota: The sequel Published: 2005-11-28 North Dakota State Representative Jim Kasper is far from giving up the fight for online poker. Although, earlier this year, the state Senate shot down Kasper's online poker licensing bill and accompanying constitutional amendment in a dramatic 44-3 vote, the tenacious legislator has waited not even a year to try again.
Although he has expressed an interest in continuing the legislative battle for online poker, Kasper has been somewhat cautious in response to media inquiries, saying that he is merely wei...
POKER PLAYER WINS US $ 1.6 MILLION IN TWO DAYS Published: 2005-11-28 Phil Ivey truimphs again
Hardly has the previous day's excitement over his million dollar win in the Prima Monte Carlo Millions died down at the weekend, when consummate poker champ Phil Ivey was in the news with another big win - this one in the Full Tilt Poker Invitational in Monte Carlo.
Televised live by Fox News, the seven champion players sat down to business at midnight local time to make the US evening live TV shows, with comperes Howard "The Professor" Lederer and Barry Tompkins.
Advanced ...
Demand Grows for the eCOGRA Online Casino and Poker Room "Play It Safe" Seal of Approval Published: 2005-11-28 Growing Numbers of Online Casinos and Poker Rooms Will Soon Have Top Player Protection Seal
LONDON, November 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The online gaming independent standards authority eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA) announced today that a significant number of online casinos and poker rooms are currently nearing the end of the organisation's inspection process and will soon be authorised to display the eCOGRA "Play It Safe" seal.
CEO Andrew Beveridge said it was likely that ...
From porn to poker: 1 woman's road to top Published: 2005-11-28 Ruth Parasol saw trends of technology, stayed ahead of law's limits
Los Angeles Times
Ruth Parasol is described as perennially happy and even bubbly, a licensed pilot with an instinct for getting in early and profiting from what one of her legal advisers calls "gray-market opportunities" before the rules of the game change. She has never been accused of a crime or questioned by law enforcement.
That Parasol would become one of the wealthiest women in the world at $1.8 billion -- ranking 164th on ...
Third Annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure to Be Held at the Atlantis Casino-Resort in January 2006 Published: 2005-11-28 World's Largest Tournament Poker Site to Host Televised World Poker Tour Spectacular Featuring the Game's Biggest Names
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The new year will begin with the first major poker tournament of 2006, held at one of the world's most luxurious casinos, attended by the biggest names in poker. PokerStars.com, the world's largest tournament poker website, will host the third annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) at the Atlantis Casino-Resort, Jan. 5-11, 2006.
The PCA wi...
Cherokee & Scotty Nguyen Sign Agreement Published: 2005-11-28 by Donna Blevins
TULSA, Okla. - Corporate sponsorship of poker players is now a reality as Scotty Nguyen, 1998 World Series of Poker Champion, signs an agreement with the Cherokee Casino. The agreement positions Nguyen as a representative of the casino at home and abroad.
Earlier this year in a Poker Player interview, David Stewart, CEO, explained that Cherokee is the "leader of Oklahoma gaming . . . the first resort destination, the first to offer poker, and the first to host poker tournaments in ...
Murky law makes Poker website a legal gamble and bars US residents Published: 2005-11-28 (Courtesy of LawFuel - The Law News Network)
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The LA Times reports today that while American players drive the $2.4-billion online poker market, but the profits they generate flow overseas to the foreign companies that dominate the business.
Now, Los Angeles-based WPT Enterprises Inc., whose televised World Poker Tour helped touch off the poker craze, wants a piece of that pot - and to get it the company has ventured into uncharted legal territory. From its Wilshir...
You'll never beat poker robots Published: 2005-11-28 Phil Robinson, Mail on Sunday
28 November 2005
THE time is 5am. A watery dawn light is bringing a new day into my study; I'm reaching the weary end of a bottle of brandy and a gruelling six-hour internet session on Paradisepoker.com. And I've just haemorrhaged a packet.
GAMES UP? Most players are habitual losers called 'fish' but would they still play if they knew they couldn't win?
WANT TO KNOW MORE?MARKET DATA: Gaming companies
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Internet poker licensing advocate exploring ballot initiative Published: 2005-11-27 DALE WETZEL
Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. - Fargo state Rep. Jim Kasper is asking gambling companies to help finance a ballot measure that would make North Dakota the first state to license and regulate Internet poker businesses.
Kasper aggressively pushed the idea in the Legislature early this year, only to have the North Dakota Senate defeat a licensing bill and a constitutional amendment that would have given lawmakers authority to regulate Internet poker.
Kasper believes North Dakotans m...
Poker in the Big Sky Published: 2005-11-27 by Byron Liggett
Montana folks don't give a damn what happens in Las Vegas; what's more, they hope it stays there. Here, you're more likely to see only bear breasts.
"Big Sky Country" is wide open spaces, long distances, breath-taking scenery, and few people. It's small towns... and not a lot of them.
Unlike other states, in Montana you don't find big casinos and huge herds of players prowling the premises. In a state that has so few people, a full Hold'em game is considered a crowd.
Po...
Crackdown raises the ante for underground poker clubs Published: 2005-11-27 By Tom Hays, Associated Press
NEW YORK -- On a busy night at the New York Players Club in upper Manhattan, vice squad officers wearing bulletproof vests dealt the underground poker scene a losing hand.
The team entered unannounced at 11 p.m., detaining dealers, snatching up piles of cash, and sending dozens of card players home with empty pockets. Downtown, another popular card club, Playstation, also was shuttered. In all, police arrested 39 employees and confiscated $100,000.
The raids on May 2...
Inside Poker Published: 2005-11-27 The Lowell Sun
One of the things that separates great players from average players, or even good ones, is the ability to play after the flop.
Pros believe they can take a chunk of their less skilled opponents' chips based on their ability to read the texture of the board and bet it accordingly, whether it's limit or nolimit hold ‘em, cash games or tournaments.
Even if they are playing 2-4 offsuit. No lie. That's the hand that aggressive pro Chip Jett showed down during a limit hold ‘em ev...
Empire Poker to Sue PartyGaming Published: 2005-11-27 In what might possibly be the most interesting story of the year in poker so far, Empire
Online, the former 'skin' of Party Poker, has decided to take legal action against Party's
parent company, PartyGaming.
According to a recent report from Ruetuers, Empire Online is preparing legal action
because of the breakdown of recent negotiations for PartyGaming's acquisition of Empire
Online.
According to Empire's head of mergers and acquisitions, Andrew Burnett, Empire is
posturing itself for a ...
Empire knew of threat to Party Gaming link Published: 2005-11-27 Matthew Goodman
EMPIRE ONLINE received a written warning that its vital relationship with fellow gaming group Party Gaming might be changed — but did not tell investors about the letter in the prospectus for a float earlier this year.
In its prospectus, the group raised the possibility of such a move, but said it “will not materially affect the revenues of the group”. It also said the directors were unaware of any intention by Party to terminate the companies’ partnership agreement.
Th...
Pham Has Proven To Be A Poker Professional Published: 2005-11-26 Thang "Kido" Pham, a native of Vietnam who has kept his profession a secret from his parents because they don't approve of gambling, won the top prize of $453,456 in the World Series of Poker Circuit tournament that concluded Tuesday at Bally's. Including this week's victory, Pham has advanced to the final table in four big poker tournaments in the past 15 months. "My parents didn't like gambling," Pham, who now lives in Dallas, said. "They didn't want me to be a professional gambler."
But with hi...
Full Tilt Poker’s Phil Ivey is on Fire, Winning the Fulltiltpoker.Net Invitational Live From Monaco Published: 2005-11-26 Only 24 hours after his $1 million victory at the Monte Carlo Millions, Phil Ivey beat out seven of the world’s best players taking the top prize of $600,000.
Monte Carlo, Monaco (PRWEB) November 26, 2005 -- Phil Ivey gave new meaning to Thanksgiving Day, taking the top prize at the FullTiltPoker.Net Invitational Live from Monaco on November 24th, only 24 hours after winning the $1 Million top prize at the Monte Carlo Millions. During the first, live, televised tournament held at the legendary and opulen...
Caribbean test for poker player Published: 2005-11-26 A dream holiday was not on the cards for Tony Chessa when he flew out to the Caribbean island of St Kitts on Friday.
Instead the 32-year-old from Greenock has been facing an intense work schedule, taking on some of the world's best poker players.
"I know from previous trips abroad for tournaments that I'll be lucky to even see the swimming pool," he said.
"Not that I'm complaining - I love travelling all over the world to play poker, even if I never see much of the exotic places I visit.
"If y...
The best way to cheat at poker Published: 2005-11-26 You won't find it online
By Stuart Gorman
THE POPULARITY of poker has flourished in the past couple of years. Viewers are mesmerized by their omniscient seat during tournaments on cable. The fuzzy spy cam showing all the blinds makes them feel like God.
To further account for its recent glamor, is the fact that cowboys play poker. You can't argue with a lawless man holding a pair of six-shooters. Also, "cowboy" is one of the archetypes in Jungian typology. Its purity is magnetic.
Texas Hold'em is ...
CelebPoker.com Goes Inside Celebrity Poker Game at 33rd Annual American Music Awards Published: 2005-11-26 CelebPoker.com was in attendance at the 2005 American Music Awards show providing the Texas Hold’em action. The cards and chips were dealt backstage with celebrities and entertainers online and at the CelebPoker tables.
(PRWEB) November 26, 2005 -- What happens when today’s hottest celebrities and entertainers decide to take some time off and let their cards do the talking? Well the answers were found in all sorts of fashions at the 2005 American Music Awards show in Los Angeles. CelebPoker.com, as alway...
THE SWEDISH ONLINE POKER MARKET Published: 2005-11-26 Swedish online poker market worth $124 million
Further to our recent Online-Casinos.com & InfoPowa report on the approval of the Swedish government for state-owned Svenska Spel to enter the online poker sector powered by Boss Media, further details are now to hand.
The Scandinavian press report that the decision to approve Svenska Spel instead of a private company to introduce online poker operations was based on an opinion that Svenska would be less likely to be driven by excessive profit motives and...
Do stars know when to hold 'em? Published: 2005-11-26 (The Desert Sun)Dick Van Patten leads inaugural celeb poker tourney at desert casino
By Maggie Downs
The Desert Sun
Poker is a longtime family tradition in the Van Patten family.
Actor and avid card player Dick Van Patten said he taught his son, Vince, to play - and deal the cards - at an early age.
"At my weekly card games, Vince would say, `Can I go to bed yet?' And I'd say, `Shut up and deal!' " Van Patten joked.
Van Patten, beloved for his role as Tom Bradford on the comedy "Eight is E...
Pros are still in the game after the flop Published: 2005-11-26
By Steve Rosenbloom
Chicago Tribune
POKER
One of the things that separates great players from average players, or even good ones, is the ability to play after the flop.
Pros believe they can take a chunk of their less skilled opponents' chips based on their ability to read the texture of the board and bet it accordingly, whether it's limit or no-limit hold 'em, cash games or tournaments.
Even if they are playing 2-4 offsuit. No lie. That's the hand that aggressive pro Chip Jett showed do...
SUNDAY PUNCH: TV casts deceptive light on this high-stakes game Published: 2005-11-26 PAUL WOODY
POINT OF VIEW
On almost any weeknight, beautiful women and handsome men can be seen on television gathered around a card table, engaged in the latest craze - Texas hold'em poker.
These beautiful people produce witty repartee, seem to be enjoying themselves and earn tens of thousands of dollars for charities.
The message? Poker is fun, people who play poker are funny and everyone benefits in the end.
On a number of other cable channels, adults are playing cards as well. For most of th...
Billionaire Plays Her Cards Right in Online 'Gray Market' Published: 2005-11-26 By Joseph Menn, Times Staff Writer
Ruth Parasol has made a fortune selling vice to the masses.
Through phone sex, then Web porn and most recently online poker, the 38-year-old lawyer has leveraged a succession of new technologies to become a self-made billionaire whose net worth rivals those of Internet entrepreneur Mark Cuban and Las Vegas mogul Steve Wynn.
Like Cuban, Parasol was quick to recognize the Internet's power to transform daily life. And like Wynn, she understood the financial upside ...
Top rookie mistakes Published: 2005-11-25 Here is my list of the top 10 mistakes rookie players make at the poker table. If you see yourself represented here, it's time to make some changes to your game.
Bluffing too much
Most rookies have watched too many Hollywood movies and have convinced themselves that poker is all about bluffing. Somehow, they think that if they just keep betting, everyone will get out of their way.
That's unlikely, because a habitual bluffer is easily identified by his opponents early on.
Lack of patience...
Tourneys hold winning hand Published: 2005-11-25 By CHRIS TISCH, Times Staff Writer
Published November 25, 2005
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ST. PETERSBURG - Tournament poker is back at Derby Lane.
Two weeks ago, the state's Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering suspended poker tournaments at Derby Lane and other Florida venues because of a legal tangle over state rules.
Gamblers could only play regular or live poker tables, not the daily tournaments that have been featured on television and ha...
Satisfaction in ousting Chan at TOC Published: 2005-11-25 LAST WEEK, I talked about Harrah's Tournament of Champions, and the fact poker legend Doyle Brunson finished in 10th place. With 110 players, a $1 million first prize, $1 million more for the rest of the final
table, a Christmas Eve show on
ESPN, and poker history hanging in the balance, winning this one would be a nice feather in someone's cap. Especially for me, in light of the fact I finished second, quite famously - for the Poker Brat tirade I threw afterward - to Annie Duke in the 2004 TOC.
Le...
My Sportsman Choice: Joseph Hachem Published: 2005-11-25 By Daniel G. Habib
The unexamined life, as the Greek said, not being worth living, it was left to me, last Friday morning, to ponder:
Why was I sitting hunched over green baize at Casino Arizona on the Salt River reservation, just off the metro-Phoenix grid a little before three in the morning? Why was I riffling two stacks of five-dollar chips with my right hand while a film of black grime accumulated under my fingernails? Why wedged between two indifferently bathed men, the one on my left a former h...
Virgin's poker phase Published: 2005-11-25 As news reaches us that Richard Branson is joining the card table, Mark Tran asks Virgin Poker to show its hand
Friday November 25, 2005
If internet gambling is like the wild west, then Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Poker is the latest cowboy to swagger into the saloon.
Virgin Poker, relaunched this week - complete with a poker party at Sir Richard Branson's home in Holland Park - admits it is a latecomer to internet gaming. But it is banking on the full resources of the Branson business empire to...
World’s leading poker players head to St Kitts for Caribbean tournament Published: 2005-11-25 BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Over 400 of the world’s leading poker players descend on St. Kitts this weekend for the 2005 Caribbean Poker Classic Tournament.
The tournament at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort and Royal Beach Casino not only allows players to soak up the sun, but take home the estimated prize pool of US$2 million during the November 26 to December 4 event.
A Royal Beach Casino official said Thursday night that 200 poker players will arrive here by charter from the United Kingdom on Friday. 150 ...
Pham has proven to be a poker professional Published: 2005-11-25 By Jeff Haney
Las Vegas Sun
"Kido" rocks.
Thang "Kido" Pham, a native of Vietnam who has kept his profession a secret from his parents because they don't approve of gambling, won the top prize of $453,456 in the World Series of Poker Circuit tournament that concluded Tuesday at Bally's.
Including this week's victory, Pham has advanced to the final table in four big poker tournaments in the past 15 months.
"My parents didn't like gambling," Pham, who now lives in Dallas, sa...
Gray Areas in Colorado Poker Laws Published: 2005-11-25
COLORADO – As reported by the Colorado Springs Gazette: "The Colorado attorney general says poker games played in bars and restaurants statewide are illegal, but 4th Judicial District Attorney John Newsome, like other district attorneys, doesn't plan a massive crackdown on poker nights.
"State gaming authorities allow Newsome that latitude. They say enforcement of Colorado's gambling laws is subject to broad interpretation — a matter for individual district attorneys to decide.
"…Gambling enforcem...
Poker Is Back At Track Published: 2005-11-25 With only minor changes to the playing rules, poker tournaments returned to Derby Lane on Tuesday -- and so did the crowds that frequent the track's card room. Derby Lane had stopped hosting tournaments Nov. 9. That was the day the Florida Division of Parimutuel Wagering repealed its rules for tournament play with an emergency order that called "statutorily unauthorized poker tournaments" a threat to public safety.
The state's actions were in response to a recent court ruling that said the state l...
Police Raid China Grove Poker Game Published: 2005-11-25 SBI agents and local law enforcement officers raided a poker game two weeks ago on Stirewalt Road where the buy-in fee for players was $500 each. The Texas hold 'em poker game promised a 90 percent payoff, with the "house" keeping 10 percent. With a $7,500 pot in the mix Nov. 9, the winner would have received 55 percent, or $4,125.
But officers raided the game halfway through the night's first hand. A pair of armed, undercover officers were among the night's 15 players. Lt. Kevin Auten, head of th...
With A Chip And A Chair, Anything's Possible Published: 2005-11-25 When playing in a poker tournament, you'll often find yourself in situations where you're short-stacked in relation to the blinds. This can happen for a number of reasons. Maybe you've lost a big hand, or perhaps the cards just haven't been coming for you. Whatever the cause, you have limited options, but you do have options. Essentially giving up because they are short-stacked.
Well, would you believe that World Series of Poker champion Jack Strauss actually came back to win the main event after ...
When a pastime turns problem Published: 2005-11-24 By Tan Vinh
Seattle Times staff reporter
He pulled all-nighters during freshman year at his dorm — hosting poker parties.
He lost thousands of dollars at casinos, even draining a savings account he'd established for his now-2-year-old son.
And despite going to Gamblers Anonymous meetings and promising his father he'd never gamble again, 20-year-old Dustin Waggoner of Puyallup drove to Chips Casino in Lakewood, Pierce County, one night last month and blew the entire $1,500 in his checking account...
Chuck Blount: Even online poker opens door for tells Published: 2005-11-24 San Antonio Express-News
One of the ingredients to online poker that makes it so appealing to beginning players is the absence of physical tells.
In your standard brick-and-mortar casino, you could be dead in the water if your poker face exposed a nervous facial tick or you cleared the lump in your throat with a desperate gulp — a clear sign of weakness.
Your shaking hands can provide one of the classic tells in poker: You are holding such a powerful hand that even the great Johnny Chan couldn'...
The poker face - and how to read it Published: 2005-11-24 You have read it often in this column, and you will read it again. In fact, you will read it now.
Poker is more about people than cards and chips. It's about sizing up your opponent based on his betting patterns and whatever physical tells you can discover. you need to be able to determine what your opponent's bets mean in relation to his holding, factoring in position at the table and whether it's an open-raise or a reraise, among other things.
You also need to be able to know your opponent's mannerism...
Charity Poker Laws at Issue in California Published: 2005-11-24 Michael Friedman
California is a difficult place to find balance, at least when it comes to legality surrounding state charity poker laws. Even state-based newspapers can't agree on the subject, with media coverage varying from the good being done by poker players and fundraiser tournaments, to the fact that in California charity fundraisers are officially illegal throughout the state.
According to a recent LA Daily News article, organizations ranging from churches to school boosters are joining rank...
The Hand of the Year: Kido Pham pulls off stunning WSOP upset victory Published: 2005-11-23 One single poker hand can change a life. One poker hand can create a new star out of someone previously unknown. One poker hand can validate a deeply personal decision made years earlier, against the well-intended advice of parents and peers. One poker hand can be riveting to behold, and even more extraordinary to analyze.
The poker hand of all poker hands took place precisely at 4:20 pm PST on a Tuesday afternoon in Las Vegas. The loser of the hand was destined to walk away shell shocked in frustrati...
World Poker Tour operator may be sold Published: 2005-11-23 Lakes Entertainment might sell all or part of its stake in WPT Enterprises Inc. to raise funds to keep operating.
Casey Common, Star Tribune
Last update: November 23, 2005 at 10:45 PM
Casino developer Lakes Entertainment Inc. of Minnetonka said Wednesday that it is considering selling all or part of its majority stake in World Poker Tour operator WPT Enterprises Inc. to raise cash.
In a prepared statement released late Wednesday, Lakes said it needs $10 million in financing by Dec. 31 and another...
Full Tilt Poker’s Allen Cunningham Finishes in the Money at Foxwoods World Poker Finals Published: 2005-11-23 Cunningham collects $483,000 for his fourth-place finish and brings yearly winnings to more than $1.6 million.
Ledyard, CT (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) November 23, 2005 -- Full Tilt Poker’s Allen Cunningham continued his strong play in 2005, finishing fourth at last week’s Foxwoods World Poker Finals. Cunningham earned $483,000 for his performance, bringing his total 2005 winnings to more than $1.6 Million.
Foxwoods marks the twelfth time Cunningham has finished in the money in 2005, and the eighth time...
World Poker Tour creating networking site Published: 2005-11-23 The parent company of the World Poker Tour is building a huge table of players.
WPT Enterprises Inc. and Chipleaders Inc. are teaming up to create an online social network specifically for poker enthusiasts. The network, which will be accessible from www.worldpokertour.com, will allow users to find and interact with other poker players from around the world.
The site will be powered by Chipleaders technology, and will allow users to create profiles, upload photos, communicate with friends, make new f...
Ongame links poker network with Coral Eurobet Published: 2005-11-23 Online poker company Ongame has linked up with Coral Eurobet’s two poker websites to expand its player network, taking the business away from rival PartyGaming.
The deal sees Coralpoker.com and Eurobetpoker.com now running on Ongame’s software and sharing their customer base with the more than dozen other affiliate members on Ongame Network.
Ongame said it won Coral Eurobet’s business from PartyGaming.
Coral Eurobet operates two online poker brands: Coralpoker.com, which focuses on the UK market, ...
It's way too cool to be Googled Published: 2005-11-23 Jill Cohen
The Desert Sun
Thumbing through Card Player Magazine, I came upon a full-page ad for an organization called Poker Players Alliance. It is a poker advocacy group that is dedicated to keeping poker legal. Their creed is "Help us preserve this American tradition."
Curious, I visited their Web site (www.pokerplayersalliance.org). It contains a whole lot of information related to the legal issues surrounding poker. It says, "The government is threatening to take away your right to play poker onli...
Midwesterners launch TV poker tour Published: 2005-11-22 Todd Anderson and Greg Lang love to do two things while sitting down: watch TV and play poker. Then Lang had a brainstorm: Why not combine them? With that, the Heartland Poker Tour was born.
Michael Rand, Star Tribune
Last update: November 22, 2005 at 11:06 PM
Todd Anderson and Greg Lang were driving home from playing poker one night when Lang trotted out this idea: The two of them should produce their own home improvement TV show.
Ridiculous, Anderson said.
A couple of days later, same scena...
Police fold New York's underground poker clubs Published: 2005-11-22 BY TOM HAYS
NEW YORK -- On a busy night at the New York Players Club in Manhattan, vice cops dealt the underground poker scene a losing hand.
The officers entered unannounced at 11 p.m., detaining dealers, snatching up piles of cash and sending dozens of card players home with empty pockets. Another popular card club, Playstation, also was shuttered. In all, police arrested 39 and confiscated $100,000.
The raids on May 26 -- dubbed ''Black Thursday'' by one poker Web site -- and two more last mont...
Stars' poker hits the town Published: 2005-11-22 22.11.05
By Stuart Dye
The gambling game of the stars has arrived in New Zealand, amid warnings that young people could be seduced by the glamour of Texas Holdem poker.
The global phenomenon has taken the US and Britain by storm. Ben Affleck is among Hollywood stars known to love the game.
SkyCity Auckland last night launched its Poker Zone, and plans to open similar rooms at its Queenstown and Hamilton casinos.
"Demand for poker is huge - our customers want it here," said gaming general ...
Poker's Great White Shark Published: 2005-11-22 (CBS) This report by Ken Adams is part of a series for CBSNews.com offering commentary on the world of poker.
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Remember when the great white shark ate its first victim, how the Mayor of Amityville hushed it up for fear of hurting the tourism business on which the town's economic prosperity depended?
Well, that is what the leadership of the tournament poker community is doing with regard to the risk of scandal posed by u...
Show Me Your Poker Face Published: 2005-11-22 Play Technologies announces Poker Face -- read your opponents body language for the most realistic videogame poker experience ever.
Glasgow, UK (PRWEB) November 22, 2005 -- Poker Face, a brand new videogame from Play Technologies, promises to bring all of the excitement, skill and challenges of real world poker to the interactive world for the very first time.
Unlike the vast majority of poker games, which focus purely on the cards, Poker Face features other players, all of whom have their own unique ...
Poker Industry Conference to be Held December 3-4, 2005 in Costa Rica at San Jose Palacio Hotel Published: 2005-11-22 Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces a Poker Industry Convention and Expo that will be held the weekend of December 3-4, 2005 in Costa Rica at the Barcelo San Jose Palacio.
New York, NY (PRWEB) November 22, 2005 -- Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces a Poker Industry Convention and Expo that will be held the weekend of December 3-4, 2005 in Costa Rica at the Barcelo San Jose Palacio.
The Poker Industry Expo ( http://www.PokerIndustryExpo.com ) is a business conference that will cover the poker indust...
FIRST iTV MULTI PLAYER TEXAS HOLD'EM POKER LAUNCHES Published: 2005-11-22 Tune in to Five in the UK to see the latest technology
British poker fans can take a look at some ground-breaking new iTV technology on the UK's fifth largest land casino channel, Five, this week.
Technology developer Zone4Play has just announced the live launch of the first ever Interactive TV Multi Player Texas Hold'em Poker, which has been uniquely developed for Five by Zone4play and is the first live deployment of an iTV multi player Texas Hold'em Poker in the world.
This is just the start, it...
No dice Published: 2005-11-22 Poker expo with fake money gets busted
So let's get this straight: Southern Californians can legally squander their entire paychecks every week on the state-sponsored lottery, lay huge bets on horses at any number of racetracks, play bingo and other card games at all-night clubs until they collapse from exhaustion, and of course, drive an hour or two for Indian casinos that nearly replicate the Las Vegas experience.
But gaming demonstrations with fake money are verboten?
Incredibly, it appea...
PartyGaming dismisses Empire's threat to sue as takeover talks fail Published: 2005-11-22 Nils Pratley
Tuesday November 22, 2005
The Guardian
Empire Online, the internet poker firm whose shares have slumped almost 60% below June's flotation price, announced yesterday the collapse of its second set of takeover talks in three months.
Empire, led by Noam Lanir - a 38-year-old Israeli entrepreneur once known "the king of Tel Aviv's nightclubs" - immediately vowed to sue PartyGaming, its latest potential suitor to walk away. The legal action relates not to the failed takeover talks but to th...
BenefitPoker.org, a One-of-a-Kind Charity Site, Launches Its First Online Poker Tournament to Benefit a Young Australian Cancer Patient Published: 2005-11-22 TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 2005--BenefitPoker.org, a not-for-profit organization and the first online poker site dedicated to becoming a major fundraising resource for charities, is pleased to announce its inaugural charity tournament. On November 29th, 2005 at 8 p.m. EST Operation OZ Kids USA will be holding a charity tournament through BenefitPoker.org to raise funds for a young Australian cancer patient.
By providing charities, like Operation Oz Kids USA, with the resources to hold and supp...
Leonardo DiCaprio puts in a plug for online poker room Published: 2005-11-22 Hollywood actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, was photographed wearing a blue hat reading ‘Doyles Room,’ the name of an online casino, whilst attending a Los Angeles Lakers basketball game earlier this month. The website is endorsed by DiCaprio’s friend and poker champion Doyle Brunson.
Bob Greer from DoylesRoom.com’s says; “Hollywood and poker have come together like never before. Having an A-list movie star such as Leonardo DiCaprio attending social gatherings wearing DoylesRoom apparel is proof of Hollywood’s a...
Internet Gaming Portrayed Well On '60 Minutes' Published: 2005-11-22 November 22, 2005
Earl Burton
The long-running American television news program, CBS's "60 Minutes", ran a story on November 20th regarding the growth of the online gaming and poker industry. The advertisements and drop-ins that were done gave me great concern that they were going to rip the Internet poker rooms and casinos. After watching the segment, however, Internet gaming came off looking very good and perhaps gave many something to think about in the political mainstream and the legal realm as wel...
Are poker ‘bots’ raking online pots? Published: 2005-11-21 By Mike Brunker
Reporter
MSNBC
Updated: 11:35 p.m. ET Sept. 21, 2004
Pull up a chair at a friendly poker game in a buddy’s den and you probably know the other players and have some idea of their card-playing weaknesses – like Big Al's habit of fingering his chips when he's itching to raise. But take a seat at a table in one of the rapidly multiplying online card rooms and there's no telling who’s sitting to your right – or if the player is even human.
Concern is growing in online chat rooms and news ...
High Stakes: Teens' Party Poker Raises Concern Published: 2005-11-21 By Scott Sander
24-Hour News 8
It's estimated that 50 million Americans play poker. So if there's not a game in your basement tonight, odds are there's one somewhere down the block. Because of the current poker boom, there's often a teenager or two, or ten, at the table.
In a basement on Indy's east side, seven friends play nickle-ante poker. On a computer in an apartment in Castleton, another young Hoosier passes time between big-dollar live games. "My mom actually cried when I told her I was a ...
Online poker firms at daggers drawn Published: 2005-11-21 Empire Online is considering legal action against PartyGaming after takeover talks between the two fell through.
The online poker firm said it had terminated talks because PartyGaming's revised valuation was far too low. The original offer would have valued Empire Online at ten per cent of the total share capital of the merged company. Empire Online has seen its share price fall by half since the approach was first made in early November.
Part of the dispute relates to PartyGaming's decision to block ...
Poker Has Arrived at SKYCITY Published: 2005-11-21 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
21 November 2005
Poker Has Arrived at SKYCITY
The king of card games, poker, is arriving at SKYCITY Auckland from today (21 November 2005).
The Poker Zone (level 3, SKYCITY Auckland) starts up today, featuring the internationally renowned ‘Texas Holdem’ poker game.
SKYCITY Auckland’s introduction of poker follows an international resurgence in the game of skill, fuelled by blockbuster movies and televised poker tournaments.
“Around the world, poker’s popularity has ta...
U.S. and European Poker Idols Go Head-To-Head in Day One of Monte Carlo Millions 2005 Published: 2005-11-21 Players Join Monte Carlo Gold for a Second Chance at $1 Million
MONTE CARLO, Monaco, Nov. 21, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- After 12 hours of intense tournament play on Sunday, poker titans vied for a shot at becoming an overnight millionaire at the Monte Carlo Millions. The $25,000 buy-in, invitation only event started promptly at 12:00 p.m., each player stacked with $50,000 in chips. Today, the international field begins with 60 of the world's most renowned poker players and skilled amateurs.
The $3 million...
I would have never bet that poker with million-dollar pots would be on television Published: 2005-11-21 BY Otis Gardner
Freedom ENC
Money has ruined team sports in my view. Apparently dollars fertilize egos, and, oh, how they've grown. On-field posturing and ridiculous simple-minded arrogance fills courts and fields to the bursting point, leaving very little room for games. I have no interest whatsoever in them nowadays.
But, after years of my indifference, here comes an unlikely competition's popularity rising through the roof. Who could've imagined poker as a spectator sport?
Well, obviously som...
World Championship Poker 2 Featuring Howard Lederer Published: 2005-11-21 Not the game you think it is.
by Ivan Sulic
November 21, 2005 - Strangely, 2K Sports' World Poker Tour is more like World Championship Poker 2 than World Championship Poker 2. This is because WPT features technology similar to WCP the first, an identical character creation system, comparable AI routines, and even the same basic online functionality. On the other hand, WCP2 is unlike its predecessor because of a different engine, a revamped singleplayer career, a new AI system, and a few online to singl...
Yee-haw, he's a poker king Published: 2005-11-21 By CARY CASTAGNA, EDMONTON SUN
David Yee's new hobby has earned him a new ride. And the 30-year-old Edmontonian says he has the NHL lockout to thank.
Yee earned himself a brand-new 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse yesterday after winning the Edmonton Sun's Texas hold'em Poker tournament at Palace Casino in West Edmonton Mall.
The electrical engineer said that with no NHL hockey to watch last season, he found himself watching poker on the sports channels. Next thing he knew, he became an avid poker player....
College-Age Gamblers Find Poker Games Bring High Stakes Published: 2005-11-21 Poker is one of the hottest games on television right now. But, look beyond the TV-made millionaires, and you'll find a new generation of gambling addicts. "I was living in a dream world. I thought if I could just get that one big hit, I'd be alright," recalled a former gambling addict that we'll call 'Ed.' Ed gambled with his college tuition and lost. Now 20, Ed was a compulsive gambler at 18, in debt, and selling dope to pay for his action. His situation is not unusual.
"I think it's the way my ...
Want to play some poker? Published: 2005-11-21 Local restaurant and bar offers tournament for poker junkies
By William Fouts | Staff writer
For some, it's just a friendly game. For others, it's serious business. Texas hold 'em poker is hot. Local players can find an outlet at Claude & Annie's at 141st Street and State Road 37.
The restaurant and bar hosts a tournament each Saturday night at 9:30 p.m. Organized by Indypokerpromotions.com, players from nine locations in the greater Indianapolis area compete for points, not money.
There is more...
How the U.S. Is Getting Beat in Online Gambling Published: 2005-11-20 Wildly popular, yet still illegal in the U.S., Internet gaming has earned vast sums for its creators. Meanwhile, a wave of IPOs in Britain has left American banks out of the action
By PETER GUMBEL / LONDON
Posted Sunday, Nov. 20, 2005
Gambling lore is filled with tales of the lucky novice who walks into a casino and breaks the bank. This year it really happened. The fortunate neophyte is Vikrant Bhargava, who is from Rajasthan, India, and admits that he had never set foot in a casino until recently and...
Poker more about sizing up opponent than cards Published: 2005-11-20 By Steve Rosenbloom Tribune Media Services
You have read it often in this column, and you will read it again.
Poker is more about people than cards and chips. It’s about sizing up your opponent based on his betting patterns and whatever physical tells you can discover. You need to be able to determine what you opponent’s bets mean in relation to his holdings, factoring in position at the table and whether it’s an open-raise or a reraise, among other things.
You also need to be able to know your o...
Poker play is about people Published: 2005-11-20 By Steve Rosenbloom
Chicago Tribune
You have read it often in this column, and you will read it again. In fact, you will read it now:
Poker is more about people than cards and chips. It's about sizing up your opponent based on his betting patterns and whatever physical tells you can discover. You need to be able to determine what your opponent's bets mean in relation to his holdings, factoring in position at the table and whether it's an open-raise or a reraise, among other things.
You also ne...
Stud Poker Strategy - Death Spirals (part 2) Published: 2005-11-20 Let's continue down the death spiral we started. You remember the beginning don't you? You had a
long run of bad cards after being down $200 in a $10/20 game. You had a hand that you tried to win
on a bluff, you pushed it hard all the way through and you lost. You turned your losing one small
bet gambit into an eight small bet loss by not stopping when your ante steal didn't work.
Well here's what happened after this hand was over.
You didn't go on tilt and just blow the $300's worth of chips ...
The Chips Are Stacked At Monte-Carlo Millions Poker Tournament Published: 2005-11-20 The world's best poker players have landed in Monaco for Monte-Carlo Millions, the world's most exclusive poker tournament. Phil Ivey, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Patrick Bruel, Jennifer Tilly and The Hendon Mob are just a few of the big names vying for a share of the largest prize pool in European poker tournament history.
The Prima Network guaranteed $3 million, with a $1 million first prize. The tournament will broadcast to a worldwide television audience on FSN and its broadcast partners beginning in ...
Court deals a new blow to pricey poker Published: 2005-11-20 Parimutuels lost an emergency appeal to allow high-stakes poker tournaments, but at least one Broward facility is continuing to offer those games.
By EVAN S. BENN
ebenn@herald.com
A federal appeals court has ruled that parimutuels cannot get an emergency injunction to allow poker tournaments at their facilities.
Despite the Tallahassee court's decision Friday, at least one South Florida site continues to run $45 tournaments.
Poker players at Dania Jai-Alai in Dania Beach can still enter sin...
Another poker tournament Published: 2005-11-19 Kim Hynes
KWCH 12 Eyewitness News
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Area poker players get another chance to ante up in a nationwide tournament. The Amateur Poker League will host a nine month tour, starting in Wichita next month. The tournament is an effort to raise money for wounded soldiers coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan.
You probably remember the Park City Poker Tournament, an event that drew 18,000 poker players to the area. Organizers decided to expand that idea to 12 cities acro...
ANALYSTS TAKE A BRIGHTER VIEW OF PARTY POKER Published: 2005-11-19 30 percent upside on share price possible says HSBC
Analysts at HSBC this week took a brighter view of poker giant Party Gaming, lifting the share price target to 122 p and revealing that there is a strong potential upside of 30 percent on the share price at the 94p level.
Analysts noted that although the PartyGaming share price has retreated considerable from its July high of 179p, the fall has been overdone and some adjustment can be expected.
“We expect continued growth from its current core mar...
Computers Determine Best Video Poker Playing Strategy Published: 2005-11-19 By Linda Mabry
19 November 2005
Ever wonder how the video poker experts decide on the best playing strategy for any particular game? Yeah, I know, they use computer-derived strategies, but haven't you ever wondered how a programmer tells the computer to go about deriving that strategy?
When I first learned to play video poker, I had never heard of Bob Dancer or Dan Paymar or John Grochowski, but I did have a subscription to Casino Player Magazine. And buried within that magazine every month was a o...
Carnegie Mellon student wins tuition in poker tournament Published: 2005-11-18 By Michael Agostino
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, November 18, 2005
College students and their families are always seeking out new sources for financial aid, but online poker?
Jeremy Olisar, 21, a Carnegie Mellon University student from Naperville, Ill., will receive a check this month covering his fall tuition from AbsolutePoker.com after winning the "Win Your Tuition" online poker tournament in October. Olisar outplayed students from more than 300 colleges in the free No Limit Texas Hold'em tournament ...
Marketing Lessons from Big Gamblers Published: 2005-11-18 By Ben Macklin
eMarketer looks at the online gambling industry's creative marketing efforts, which are subject to a host of regulations.
Imagine a situation where your company is in a very competitive industry, your primary target market lives in a country where your business is outlawed, you are unable to advertise on TV or in print, the leading search engines won't take your paid search listings, and credit card companies and Pay Pal will deny all the transactions that your customers wish to make...
Hachem signs with William Morris Agency Published: 2005-11-18 Joe Hachem, the 2005 World Series of Poker champion, has signed with the esteemed William Morris Agency, which also represents sports stars, musicians, actors and directors.
Darren Rovell
ESPN.com
Nov. 18 Joe Hachem, the 2005 World Series of Poker champion, will now join the ranks of Eminem, Neil Simon and Michelle Wie.
That's because the 39-year-old from Melbourne, Australia, has signed with the William Morris Agency, a 107-year-old management firm that also represents sports stars, musicians, act...
Final Six Players Battle it Out for More Than $5 Million in Final Table Published: 2005-11-18 Final Six Players Battle it Out for More Than $5 Million in Final Table
Prize Money
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- When Foxwood's World Poker
Finals concludes tonight, it will mark the largest prize pool in the history
of a WORLD POKER TOUR(R) regular season event. With a record 783 players
competing in the $10,000 buy-in event, $5 million of the nearly $8 million
prize pool will be awarded to the six final table players, with more than
$2 mill...
Absolute Poker Slips Into Its New Skin Published: 2005-11-18 New Table Design "Skins" Now Available Online or Create Your Own and Absolute Poker Will Pay the Winning Designer $500.00.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (PRWEB) November 18, 2005 -- Effective today, players at Absolute Poker can add a touch of personality to their game with the launch of Absolute Poker "Skins". Absolute Poker is offering its players the ability to personalize their own table with new and improved graphics and a user friendly setup. Players can visit http://absolutepoker.com/tableskins/ where they...
Bodog.com Poker Announces New Tournament Structure Published: 2005-11-18 Bodog.com has upped the ante with its latest online poker offering.
With its enhanced version of the online poker tournament, Bodog.com Poker is giving even more value to its players. Along with $1.8 million in guaranteed winnings each month, tournament players will be dealt a substantially larger starting chip stack and more time between blind levels.
Where starting chip stacks are typically around 1,000 chips, Bodog.com players will now start with stacks ranging from 1,200 to 2,500 chips. The time b...
Inside the World Poker Finals Published: 2005-11-18 (WTNH, Nov. 18, 2005 1:05 PM ) _ It's the deal of a lifetime and the table is set. The World Poker Finals are at Foxwoods.
by News Channel 8's Matt Scott
The room is quiet now, but soon the cameras will go on, the lights go down, and the tension will go up.
"It does get tense, people are playing for millions of dollars -- life-changing money," says Mike Sexton.
Over $7 million in life-changing money is up for grabs at the World Poker Tour. A this final table $2.1 million goes to the winner in th...
Pot Odds Are Important in Any Kind of Poker Published: 2005-11-18 You're in a Texas Hold'em hand with a pair of 10s in the pocket. You raised before the flop and got re-raised by a player on your left. Everybody else folds and the flop comes down:
A – K – 5
You test the waters with another bet and your opponent pops you again. You know this guy. You've played with him before and he doesn't fool around. He simply has to have a pair of Aces – minimum! Your pocket 10s are positively no good. But if you hit a third 10 on the turn, your trip 10s will probably win. So sho...
Stud Poker Strategy - Death Spirals (part 1) Published: 2005-11-18 You've been there, I know it. If you're a serious player who plays in serious games with
strangers, on line or in card rooms, you've been there. It's the bottom of the death spiral. And
it isn't a pretty place.
There are all sorts of death spirals. Here's one.
After an hour or two of tight, thoughtful play, you're down to about $300 after staring with $500.
You've done your best, focused your attention, tried to take advantage of situations as they've
been presented to you. But the cards jus...
The New Deal's not about poker Published: 2005-11-18 BY STEVE TUCKER STAFF REPORTER
An informal and very unscientific survey of some area high school athletes revealed that about four times as many boys could identify 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg "Fossilman'' Raymer than Dick Cheney.
The girls surveyed were much more well informed about our vice president.
It really shouldn't surprise me. A number of years ago, about 100 basketball players, boys and girls, filled out questionnaires at summer leagues. Two could identify Nel...
Poker Winnings Helping To Reverse His Fortunes Published: 2005-11-18 Tom Sartori was the classic struggling musician, complete with a creaky old van that carried his amps from his hometown of Buffalo to gigs in East Coast college towns. Then, a year and a half ago, the singer-songwriter with black spiky hair learned to play poker. More important, he learned how to win.
Now, after winning $305,000 in ESPN's "World Series of Poker" last summer in Las Vegas, he is attempting to make himself into his very own "American Idol." The money he won has paid for a reliable ca...
Poker the real deal Published: 2005-11-17 Want more table action? It's on the cards, says Nicole Brady.
IT MAY sound like the televisual equivalent of watching paint dry but poker on TV is winning fans.
While it is tempting to be cynical about the cross-promotional opportunities that seem to be driving local productions such as Ten's Joker Poker - its two main sponsors are the casino group that owns the venue in which it is filmed and a liquor company - there is no denying that in the US and Britain poker television is huge.
Coverage of th...
Poker expert Phil Gordon cashes in on Texas hold 'em craze Published: 2005-11-17 By KELLY WILSON
GET OUT
As co-host of Bravo’s widely popular “Celebrity Poker Showdown,” Phil Gordon knows you can’t escape the Texas hold ’em craze unless you live under a rock.
“It’s the only (poker) game that’s really shown much on television,” the 35-year-old world-class poker player says. “It’s the game that we’ve played in the world championship since the early ’70s. It’s the game that’s shown on the ‘World Poker Tour’ on the Travel Channel, ESPN’s ‘World Series of Poker’ and Bravo’s ‘Celebrit...
CelebPoker.com Will Provide the Poker Action Exclusively at this Year's American Music Awards in Los Angeles Published: 2005-11-17 CelebPoker.com is upping the ante by providing the Poker at this years American Music Awards show in Los Angeles November 22nd. Exclusive poker action and celebrity interaction from the finest card room online.
(PRWEB) November 17, 2005 -- November 22nd the world will be watching this years 33rd Annual American Music Awards live from Los Angeles. The show will feature over 21 musical acts from all genres and styles.
The star studded event will feature top musical acts such as Bow Wow, Mariah Carey, ...
MAJOR LATIN MARKET FOR ONGAME'S POKER LOCO Published: 2005-11-17 MAJOR LATIN MARKET FOR ONGAME'S POKER LOCO
More searches than the Swedes...and a big population
Ongame-powered Spanish language poker room Poker Loco.com says that the boom in online poker is spreading rapidly and has now reached Spain. Claiming to be the first Hispanic online poker site, the company is optimistic about the game in Spain and other Latin countries.
According to recently released stats from Overture, the number of poker related Internet searches from Spain increased by more than 500...
Indians could begin live poker Published: 2005-11-17 By Jannell McGrew
Montgomery Advertiser
By the start of the new year, thousands of in-state and out-of-state gamblers could be taking part in live poker games on Indian lands in Alabama.
Eddie Tullis, council member and former tribe chairman for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, said the National Indian Gaming Commission could decide by the end of December whether poker games at the tribe's Alabama gaming facilities would be considered Class II gaming, which is legal in the state, or Class III gami...
Chuck Blount on poker: When you're winning big, you never should walk away Published: 2005-11-17 San Antonio Express-News
Ted Forrest, one of the most feared poker players and proposition gamblers in Las Vegas, once sat at the same 7-card stud table for 72 consecutive hours before calling it quits. Hall of Famer Johnny Moss played in a juicy Dallas game for four consecutive days, and legend has it he made multi-day sessions a frequent practice.
While those examples are extreme, long playing sessions are commonplace and can mean one of two things: Either a player is sunk and desperately trying ...
Student makes living from poker Published: 2005-11-17 Jonathan Meza spends about 40 hours per week playing card game
Nanelle Fellows, Staff Writer
Jonathan Meza, a junior business major, lounged in his dorm room relaxing from a long day of work.
"I go to class until 2 p.m., and then I'll work from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.," Meza said.
On weekends his schedule is just as demanding. "Thursday through Saturday I put in, on average, 30-35 hours," Meza said. That is about 48-plus hours a week.
"I play cards," Meza said.
Meza recently transferred to UNLV f...
Online Poker Site Launched For Russian, Polish Players Published: 2005-11-17 LONDON (SPT) — Ongame, the world’s third-largest online poker network, has launched its real-money poker website in Poland and Russia, a company press-release said Tuesday.
Ongame is the first of the major online gambling operators to make poker, in the form of its Europoker.com site, available online to Polish and Russian players in their native languages.
The million-dollar campaign to accompany the Russian launch will run until the end of 2005, when limits come into force governing the promotion ...
Tilt: The Business of Poker Published: 2005-11-17 By: Jason Fang
Hello again and welcome back. This week I would like to discuss the straight and flush.
A straight, as most of you know, is comprised of five cards in numerical order disregarding suit, while a flush is five unordered cards of the same suit. These are commonly referred to as drawing hands, since a player usually has to wait until the turn, or the river, before their flush or straight is made.
As with any other pre-flop hand, you should vary the way you play it throughout a tournament...
The Sound Guy Sounds Off: Celebrity Poker Blowoff Published: 2005-11-16
By Jerrod "The Sound Guy" Kingery
SpursZONE.com
When you consider all of the stuff that floats by on the river of popular culture, finding out what sticks in the public consciousness and what ends up meandering on downstream, collecting at the base of a dam somewhere for the pop culture beavers to build their homes with, is pretty fascinating. For every iPod in the world, there is a whole pile of Tiger Hit Clips players infested with semi-aquatic rodents. Why does one thing hit big while something fun...
Tribeca Tables Adds Badugi Poker to Online Game Variations Published: 2005-11-16 Tribeca Tables, an online poker network and software developer, announced that it has added a new poker game to its offerings. The new game, called badugi poker, represents an effort by the company to set itself apart from the plethora of competing online poker rooms on the Web. Although not a staple of mainstream poker, adding badugi poker puts Tribeca in a unique position in the industry, being that it's the first online poker network to offer the game.
Commenting on Tribeca's efforts to add unique ga...
Mobile move for Poker Channel Published: 2005-11-16 The UK's Poker Channel has launched a range of poker and other gaming products to mobile phone users, after a deal with premium-rate telephony outfit Stream Group.
The first product launched today and will be promoted by The Poker Channel under the online brand Poker Heaven.
"Poker is the most popular internet-based game and therefore it is the perfect game to launch on mobile," said Stream exec chairman Gordon Robson. "The Poker Channel is enjoying huge success as the world's first television channel...
Champs can flaunt their poker gold Published: 2005-11-16 The Desert Sun
November 16, 2005
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Ask me if I want a loving cup. No. Ask me if I want a blue ribbon. No. A medal? No. But ask me if a want a gold bracelet yes! yes! yes!
It's just another marvelous aspect of poker that its champions are awarded gold bracelets. I don't know how the tradition got started (had no luck researching that tidbit), but that's not important right now. What is important is that these babies are mad...
Poker Industry Showdown in LondonGOOD CHARITY DEEDS FROM HOLLYWOOD POKER Published: 2005-11-16 US$ 50 000 raised in celebrity charity tournament
Kudos to Hollywood Poker, which this week showed that poker players have plenty of heart in a celebrity tournament that raised US $ 50 000 for charity.
It was a full house at the poker site's one year anniversary party held at the Montmartre Lounge in Hollywood, CA. Hollywood Poker's Vince Van Patten welcomed celebrity guests and other VIPs, which included a star studded roll of top movie and poker stars too numerous to itemise in this news report.
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15 poker tips you won't learn from Kenny Rogers Published: 2005-11-16 BY RICHARD ROEPER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST
Second of two parts.
On first blush, Hold 'em seems like a ridiculously simple game. Everybody gets two cards down, and then five "community cards" are rolled out. Three, then one, then one more. Whoever can make the best five-card hand out of their two "hole cards" and the five community cards wins the pot.
Ah, but that's like saying chess is simple because all you have to do is capture your opponent's king and you win. Hold 'em require...
Poker's Popularity Means More Teen Gambling Addicts Published: 2005-11-16 Poker's Popularity Means More Teen Gambling Addicts
Nov. 16, 2005 — Whether it's Texas Hold'em, 7-Card Stud or Let it Ride, poker has been experiencing a major revival in recent years, and also reaching a younger audience that sometimes doesn't know when to walk away.
"Gambling brought me to a place where I never want to be again," said one teen recovering from a gambling addiction, who asked not to be identified. "It actually brought me to a place where I was actually considering ending my life as o...
My $61K Poker Payday Published: 2005-11-16 (CBS) This report by Ken Adams is part of a series for CBSNews.com offering commentary on the world of poker.
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November 2 was my grandson’s first birthday. I celebrated by placing second out of a record field of 1,245 in the $500 No Limit Hold'Em event at the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods (Connecticut). I collected $61,821 in prize money, and in the process broke the hex of the “dinner break curse.”
While of course I w...
Columnist Jeff Haney: How poker player and inventor Henry Orenstein's miniature cameras made the card game a growing spectator sport Published: 2005-11-16 Jeff Haney's sports betting column appears Monday, Friday (gaming) and Wednesday (poker). Reach him at (702) 259-4041 or haney@lasvegassun.com.
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When Henry Orenstein first envisioned a miniature camera that could be installed in a poker table to show a player's hidden, or "hole," cards to the audience, televised poker games were little more than a novelty act.
Sure, you could find poker on cable TV in the mid-1990s, but it was usually relegated to a time slot in the middle of the night, alongside ...
Bet on Gordon to add class at poker table Published: 2005-11-15 Kerry Lengel
The Arizona Republic
Nov. 15, 2005 12:00 AM
It's easy to envy Phil Gordon, but it's hard not to like him.
Best known as the co-host of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown, the professional card shark made his first million dollars in the high-tech industry. When the company he helped to found sold out to Cisco Systems, he grabbed a backpack and became an adventure traveler, climbing mountains, swimming with sharks and snowboarding down sand dunes.
Back in the States, Gordon quickly ma...
Poker Takes Top Hand with Web Users; Poker Roulette, Hottest Game Published: 2005-11-15 WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lycos, Inc. (http://www.lycos.com/), a media content destination for creators and consumers of quality content, today announced the following information from The Lycos 50(TM), the 50 most popular Internet search results for the week ending Nov. 12, 2005. For a complete list of The Lycos 50(TM) and for in-depth text of The Lycos 50 Daily Report, go to http://50.lycos.com/. Readers of The Lycos 50 can also share their thoughts on Internet trends and pop cultu...
Poker face: Old chair, new chip Published: 2005-11-15 By: James Sweeney
Over the last few weeks, you've learned how to play different hands in different situations. Today we'll talk about tournament poker. One of the most glorified tournaments is the World Series of Poker, which is a $10,000 buy-in. Other tournaments have popped up since, such as the World Poker Tour and United States Poker Championship, which are televised and show fans how the professionals play tournament poker. To being with a tournament you first pay a buy-in, ranging from small limit,...
Nonprofits Raise Money Through Illegal Poker Tournaments Published: 2005-11-14 LOS ANGELES -- Churches, school boosters and other nonprofit groups are calling the government's bluff, raising big money through Texas Hold'em poker tournaments that state officials say are illegal, it was reported Monday.
Two years into the nation's no-limit poker craze, organizations have found that tournaments are easy and more profitable than bake sales, carwashes or other types of fundraisers, the Daily News reported.
The baseball team from West Ranch High School in Stevenson Ranch made $12,000 ...
Poker game addicts students Published: 2005-11-14 Nanelle Fellows, Staff Writer
The popularity of televised poker tournaments has influenced new forms of gambling via the Internet, and most recently, on cell phones.
"Now you can whip out your cell phone and dial into a new service that lets people around the world play poker against one another, for real money," according to Zone4Play.com. The flaw to the plan is that the game eats up minutes and battery power, not to mention, having to play on a screen that's approximately the size of a Wheat Thin...
Poker in Carson City - the Nevada State Capitol Published: 2005-11-14 by Byron Liggett filed under Card Room's
Carson City, the capitol of Nevada, was named after Christopher "Kit" Carson, famous frontiersman and scout in the 1840s. When gold and silver was discovered around Virginia City, in the mountains high above the capitol, Carson City became a freight center for the mines and miners. Poker has been a popular pastime in the state capitol ever since.
Draw Poker was a popular pastime in the towns and mining camps of the West. One player who came to Nevada to stri...
Poker is not prime-time material Published: 2005-11-14 Ah, the World Series of Poker. It's not bad enough that this thing was over in July, but the Worldwide Leader will be broadcasting the finale on Tuesday. What's worse is that this non-event will draw a decent share of the TV-watching world.
Never mind that poker's not a sport. I'm OK with treating other leisure activities as sports: billiards, bowling, pretty much anything else you can think of that you can actually play better while drinking. What I have a problem with is glorifying an activity that ca...
Poker as a legitimate sport Published: 2005-11-14 ESPN, Travel Channel coverage has increased popularity
By: David Cho, MBA2
Poker has recently had a meteoric rise in popularity. For all practical purposes, people treat it like a real sport. This Tuesday night during primetime, ESPN will broadcast the ending of the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event. In case you're not familiar with the World Series, this year 5,619 individuals paid $10,000 each to play in a gigantic game of no-limit Texas Hold'em where the winner walked away with $7.5 million.
M...
Best Poker Operator of the Year: PokerStars.com Published: 2005-11-14 LONDON, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- PokerStars.com was dealt the winning hand
at this year's industry-recognized eGaming Awards. According to Scott
Longley, Editor of eGaming Review, PokerStars.com is "without question the
online poker room to watch at the moment." PokerStars.com is pushed to front
of the rank because of "its diversity of games and uptime stability,"
accompanied by exclusive ambassador programs with the last three World Series
of Poker Champions.
The short list of companies nominat...
Poker tournament ban hits Melbourne dog track hard Published: 2005-11-14 BY J.D. GALLOP
FLORIDA TODAY
MELBOURNE - On some days, Florida Tech aerospace engineering student Paul Garza keeps busy with the books.
But on Sunday, the 22-year-old was studying his hand. He was one of about 100 people -- half the usual crowd -- playing nontournament poker at the Melbourne Greyhound Park.
Last week, the 21 tables in the betting hall were packed, but that was before poker tournaments at pari-mutuels statewide were suspended as a result of a legal dispute over rules limiting w...
IRISH TV CRITICISED FOR ACCEPTING ONLINE CASINO AND INTERNET POKER ADVERTISING Published: 2005-11-14 Church minister brands casino and poker advertising acceptance "reprehensible"
The Belfast Telegraph reported over the weekend that Ulster TV in Ireland has been lambasted for displaying online casino and poker gambling advertisements on its website.
David McIlveen, a high profile Free Presbyterian minister said that UTV's actions in accepting the gambling site advertising were " reprehensible" and suggested that the executives responsible re-think the decision.
The Rev McIlveen has previously com...
The real deal Published: 2005-11-13 The world's gone poker crazy. Every day, £40m is gambled globally on the game; one internet site is now worth more than British Airways, and even Oxford University and The Archers are hooked on Texas Hold 'Em. Victoria Coren reports from Las Vegas on the game's winning streak
Sunday November 13, 2005
The Observer
The room is vast, bright, clean and buzzing with business talk. Smartly dressed men and women are manning stalls on every side. Cash registers tinkle. Eager, fresh-faced young people are...
Here’s betting santa’s packing some poker chips Published: 2005-11-13 Sunday, November 13, 2005 LOOKING AT LIFE GARY BROWN
I’m betting there are going to be quite a few people getting poker chips as gifts this Christmas.
The popularity of poker is mushrooming, specifically Texas Hold’em, but generally any game that you can ante up for. You can’t turn on the television without finding yourself in a poker tournament. Friends invite you over to poker parties, and etiquette calls for you to bring “buy-in” money instead of a bottle of wine.
And now the poker gifts are be...
Texas Hold 'em hobby becomes poker windfall Published: 2005-11-13 Naperville man rakes in $14,000 for tuition
By Kate Houlihan
STAFF WRITER
When Naperville's Jeremy Olisar was a child, playing classic card games like blackjack and Old Maid with his siblings was a common occurrence. They would play "just for fun" and eventually found computer versions of the games to entertain them. Now Olisar has turned a favorite pastime into some serious cash — a semester's worth of college tuition, to be exact.
Olisar entered AbsolutePoker.com's "Win Your Tuition" fall tourn...
State curbs poker action Published: 2005-11-13 Poker was still a popular weekend activity in South Florida even after state officials banned high-stakes tournament play.
Herald Staff and Wire Report
Poker tournaments at Florida parimutuel facilities have been shut down after a legal struggle over state rules that limited wagering and entry fees.
But officials at some of the South Florida card rooms said the change was having little impact.
Dania Jai-Alai General Manager John Knox said it has always followed ''the spirit of the rules'' even...
ESPN hits jackpot with 'plausibly live' poker finale Published: 2005-11-13 Tuesday night, ESPN will grab some pretty good ratings for an event that ended July 16.
But producer Bob Chesterman, overseeing ESPN's 32-episode World Series of Poker coverage, including the winner getting $7.5 million in Tuesday's finale, sees parallels between TV poker and Olympic TV to explain why viewers will tune in for taped card games.
Chesterman says the idea is to cover the shuffling as if it's "plausibly live" — a term that's been applied to taped Olympic coverage — as 2,500 hours of footage...
POKER FACES Published: 2005-11-13 Matt Whittaker
The Monitor
Game gaining fame in Valley
As the band playing at McAllen’s Gaslight Club struck up their inspired version of Pink Floyd’s "Comfortably Numb," Ron Rodriguez — architect of a novel business model in the Valley that allows for poker tournaments in bars — brought decks of cards around to tables where more than 60 players waited to begin the night’s second session of Texas Hold ’em.
The pub was dimly lit, but that didn’t stop some of the players from wearing dark glasse...
TV poker helps bring tables to life Published: 2005-11-13 By JENNIFER McKEE - IR State Bureau - 11/13/05
HELENA — Tony Hernandez goes by “Mr. Taco,’’ or, more casually, “Taco.’’ Taco has been playing poker at Helena’s Motherlode Sports Bar & Casino for years, and he owns the place, so to speak.
Tonight, the conversation is easy as Taco and a group of Motherlode regulars pull their black vinyl chairs around the kidney-shaped, green card table.
“We’re playing Texas Hold ’Em, guys,’’ said dealer Bev “Pudgie’’ Finstad, as she adroitly slung cards.
“How do...
BIG IDEAS FROM ONLINE POKER ROOM Published: 2005-11-13 New online poker technologies promised
The folks behind Stack Poker Online have been conducting an effective publicity campaign on their upcoming launch, using what they promise is revolutionary poker software technology as an attraction.
This week the companys PR person published an interview he had conducted with the companys CEO, Thomas Newton who started playing poker back in 1998 whjilst at college and became so interested in the game that he moved into the industry.
Newton claims he has devel...
The Players Network Channel: Poker TV on demand Published: 2005-11-12 Poker aficionados now have even more to watch on TV, thanks to this week's launch of The Players Network channel, a video on demand (VOD) option for Comcast Digital Cable subscribers. The Players Network is all poker, all the time, except for the odd segment on sportsbetting, blackjack, and the like. Although the company is marketing The Players Network as a “gaming lifestyle” channel, the actual programming is heavy on the poker.
Eight million homes with access to Comcast will be able to tune in to The...
State pulls felt from under poker tournaments Published: 2005-11-12 No-limit competitions at South Florida parimutuels led Derby Lane and others to fold the TV-inspired games.
By THOMAS C. TOBIN, Times Staff Writer
Published November 12, 2005
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ST. PETERSBURG - Poker tournaments have been suspended at Derby Lane and other Florida parimutuel venues because of a legal tangle over state rules.
Local gamblers who wager at the historic greyhound track were left with fewer options Friday. ...
Poker continues to hold its own in TV ratings Published: 2005-11-11 Friday, November 11, 2005
By Brian Vanochten
The Grand Rapids Press
It's time to shuffle up and deal when ESPN concludes its exclusive coverage of the 2005 World Series of Poker with a pair of one-hour telecasts Tuesday night.
Yes, the champ already has been crowned.
I won't spoil it, though, so poker fans who plan to watch the final episodes featuring the final table at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Lon McEachern and Norman Chad team up for the call of both taped telecasts from Binion's Casino in Las Veg...
Government may crack down on online casino and poker ads Published: 2005-11-11 LONDON: Online casino and poker operators who release advertisements that violate law will be prosecuted. Secretary of state for culture, media and sport Tessa Jowell told the British Casino Association's annual general meeting that action will be taken if the advertisements break existing laws. She said there will be a crack down on advertisers and publishers who knowingly break the law.
Jowell said subject to consultation, no more applications for certificates of consent to run new casinos will be ent...
Haplessly Turning the Tables on a Poker Ace Published: 2005-11-11 By MAX GROSS
November 11, 2005
The Hapless Jewish Writer once lost $50 in less than five minutes, playing Texas Hold'em.
The loss occurred at a somewhat sketchy underground poker room that was run by Orthodox Jews in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn and featured free punch and Hydrox cookies. The HJW asked for $50 in poker chips (the lowest amount they were willing to give him), sat down and played two hands before another player put all his chips on the table and declared, "I'm going all in."
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Time to put poker where it belongs Published: 2005-11-11 Sports of Sorts
By Jason Farber
November 11, 2005
Generally, I put nothing but the utmost faith in the fine people in charge of programming at ESPN. I'll watch anything they put on TV. I watched almost all of Four Minutes, even though it was terrible. I watch Around the Horn, even though I still don't really understand how it works.
Let's just say that if the Worldwide Leader ever decides to broadcast the five-hour version of Pride and Prejudice, I would probably watch it -- especially if they had St...
PartyGaming to merge with two poker partners Published: 2005-11-11 LONDON (Reuters) - Online poker room PartyGaming said on Friday it was merging with two of its four partners and ending its relationship with a third.
PartyGaming (PRTY.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said it had agreed to pay $14.5 million (8.3 million pounds) for Multipoker and was buying the player database of IntertopsPoker.
A third partner, Coral EurobetPoker, is due to leave PartyGaming's online poker platform, it added.
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PartyGaming to take over two poker partners Published: 2005-11-11
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LONDON (Reuters) - Online poker operation PartyGaming said on Friday it was taking over two of its four partners and ending its relationship with a third.
Analysts said that was further bad news for Empire Online, the fourth partner, which PartyGaming is also in talks to buy.
PartyGaming said it had agreed to pay $14.5 million (8.3 million pounds) for Multipoker and was ...
Empire Poker Still Proving Popular Amongst Players Published: 2005-11-11 Figures released by Whichpoker.com - the Internet’s leading poker information and statistics provider – show that despite a looming takeover by PartyGaming and reported profit warnings, Empire Poker is still proving popular amongst the players.
(PRWEB) November 11, 2005 – Whichpoker.com – a leading poker and information statistics provider – released figures showing Empire Poker is still a very popular choice for online poker players. This news comes despite repeated profit warnings and the specter of ta...
Online poker Published: 2005-11-10 Playing the odds in the computer age
Tanya Procyshyn
Any way you cut it, poker is hot.
Over the last year, poker’s presence in the popular media has ballooned from a near absence to absolute unavoidability. On television, sports channels such as TSN are now including poker tournaments among their regular programming. The series Celebrity Poker features Hollywood personalities competing in a high-stakes game of no-limit Texas hold ’em. And advertisements for how to improve your poker skills have move...
The Top Ten Poker 'Must Have' Christmas Wish List Published: 2005-11-10 LONDON, November 10 /PRNewswire/ -- It's official! Poker minds everywhere are preparing their Christmas wish lists for Santa Claus and top of every Poker slick's list, is a 'Jacob & co watch'. It's the ultimate 'must have' item, with celebrities from Jennifer Lopez, Lenny Kravitz, to Posh & Becks' wearing them, that's according to a recent survey by www.vcpoker.com.
Such is the fever that in a survey of VC Poker customers 41% [i] voted it their number 1 item, to be seen with at the poker table.
A ho...
Prosecutors Drop Charges in Md. Poker Raid Published: 2005-11-10 Prosecutors Dropping Charges Against Poker Players Arrested in Big Baltimore Gambling Raid
BALTIMORE Nov 10, 2005 — Prosecutors said they will drop charges against 80 poker players arrested after what police called the biggest gambling raid in the city since Prohibition.
Prosecutors said police quoted the wrong statute when charging the players, and if all the cases went to trial, it could overburden an already stressed court system.
"That's great news," said Michael Ruyter, 37, of Crofton, who w...
Full Tilt Poker’s Mike Matusow Finishes First at World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions Published: 2005-11-10 Full Tilt Poker’s Mike Matusow Finishes First at World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions
Mike Matusow collects second $1 million payday of 2005.
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) November 10, 2005 -- Poker veteran Mike “The Mouth” Matusow turned in a gutsy and often-times brilliant performance before finishing first at the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Matusow’s victory comes less than four months after he finished ninth at the WSOP Main Event, and marks his...
Chuck Blount on poker: Analyze your play before jumping to higher limits Published: 2005-11-10 When David "Chip" Reese was asked, during a recently televised poker show, why he plays poker for such high limits, his answer had me scratching my head but wasn't short on logic.
One of the best high-stakes players in the world and the youngest person inducted into poker's hall of fame, Reese said, "I like to play games that have a little sting to them if you have a bad night."
My initial thoughts were that Reese, who has commas in his bank account that most will never see, should stash his good fo...
Sportsbook.com Plays Poker with Dr. J and Moses Malone Published: 2005-11-09 NBA basketball legends Julius Irving and Moses Malone were among dozens of former NBA and ABA greats to play poker with Sportsbook.com at the annual National Basketball Retired Players Association’s (NBRPA) Legends of Basketball meetings in Trelawney, Jamaica.
Sportsbook.com sponsored the poker tournament that featured 30 former professional basketball superstars. Former Houston Rocket, Cliff Meely won the tournament.
“Sportsbook.com is thrilled to have sponsored this event with the NBRPA,” said Al...
Read ’em and weep; poker’s the new cool Published: 2005-11-09 No Limit Texas Hold ‘em has erupted in popularity, with amateurs across the globe looking to go all in
By Philip Ossie Bladine
Freelance Reporter
November 09, 2005
There is no denying that Chris Moneymaker is one of the most renowned names in the world of poker. In 2003, poker enthusiasts watched Moneymaker, who paid the $10,000 entry fee by winning a $40 online game, win the World Series of Poker’s Main Event on ESPN2. The cash prize of the No Limit Texas Hold’em tournament: $2.5 million dollars.
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Small Stakes Poker Tournaments: Making Moves Part 2 Published: 2005-11-09 by Jeremiah Smith filed under Strategy
In the last article, I discussed some of the more common moves you see in small-stakes tournaments. Hopefully you are incorporating those into your overall game-plan. It will take some trial-and-error before you find that comfort zone where you can use them effectively. Not forgetting that selective aggression is the key to winning, here are a few more moves for you to try out:
The Orphan Pot. If I have position, I like to see a lot of flops in the early stage...
Have a Good Poker Story, It May Get You on Television Published: 2005-11-09 The Small town Poker Tour is searching America for the number one amateur poker player and looking for unique stories. Send us your poker story and have it featured on our television show.
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) November 9, 2005 -- The Small Town Poker Tour(STPT) is a unique new poker show to hit the air soon. The STPT is traveling the highways and byways of America setting up Texas Hold'em games in some of the nations most unique locations searching for the best non pro poker player out there. Along the ...
Poker players in their own league Published: 2005-11-09 The Desert Sun
November 9, 2005
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Bowlers have leagues. Dart throwers have leagues. And I have just discovered, much to my surprise and delight, that poker players also have leagues.
This past Saturday night, Soboba Casino launched the Soboba Poker League. The game is no-limit Texas Hold 'Em. There are nine teams, each team consisting of 10 players. The prizes are awarded on both an individual and team basis. The players c...
The British to take over Danish IT and poker companies Published: 2005-11-09 IT and high tech industries:
Copenhagen IT company Aglet Technologies together with poker company PokerChamps have been sold to British Betfair for more than EUR13 million.
PokerChamps was founded and owned by several poker players with the Danish poker star Gus Hansen as front figure. The company is located in Malta but its technical platform has been developed by Danish Aglet Technologies.
Two and a half years ago Aglet deliberately chose to drop its focus on the development of interactive TV for t...
Poker: the downfall of a social life Published: 2005-11-09 By Nick Belanger, Collegian staff member
November 09, 2005
While war, national disasters, economic instability and educational inequality all besmirch our nation's reputation, none of those will bring this country to its knees harder and faster than poker. What started off as a game, usually the focal point to some sort of ritualistic guy's night, has grown to become a national obsession. I cannot think of anything more pathetic.
I think it happened last year. Every night a certain group of indi...
WPT Enterprises, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2005 Financial Results Published: 2005-11-08 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WPT Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: WPTE - News) today announced results for the three months ended October 2, 2005. Business highlights for the quarter included strong product licensing revenues, continued expansion of the international distribution of our television show, and the commencement of operations of our online gaming site, www.WPTonline.com.
Revenues for the third quarter of 2005 were $2.1 million, compared to $3.0 million in the 2004 period, a 28.5% d...
CelebPoker.com Deals Out the Best Omaha Poker Action Online with New Updated Poker Room Published: 2005-11-08 Omaha Poker is one of the fastest growing games being played online and in card tables all over the world. CelebPoker.com is ahead of the curve and has released a fast paced and exciting addition to their poker room -- Omaha Poker at all levels and limits.
(PRWEB) November 8, 2005 -- The new and improved CelebPoker.com is offering players the option of getting in on a game of Omaha at many different levels of play. Omaha is a derivative of the ever popular game Texas Hold’em only with two extra cards bei...
Sportsbook.com plays poker with Dr. J and Moses Malone Published: 2005-11-08 B-ball greats among those to take part in historic poker tournament
NEW YORK, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ - NBA basketball legends Julius Irving and Moses Malone were among dozens of former NBA and ABA greats to play poker with Sportsbook.com at the annual National Basketball Retired Players Association's (NBRPA) Legends of Basketball meetings in Trelawney, Jamaica.
Sportsbook.com, the world's largest online sportsbook and casino, sponsored the poker tournament that featured 30 former professional basketba...
Bodog.com's New Ad Spots Give Poker Players An Ace Up Their Sleeve Published: 2005-11-08 Online gamblíng site Bodog.com today announced it will unveil four new TV spots that focus on common types of poker hustlers. The slick, colorful ads categorize and identify poker “predators” so players can be better prepared for their next poker game. The first two of the four ads debuted on November 7, 2005. The spots are the latest part of Bodog.com’s multimillion-dollar integrated advertising campaign in the U.S. that encompasses print, radio, television and guerilla marketing.
Driven by a dramatic ...
Not Yet a Full House, But Poker Striking Gold on Russian Internet Published: 2005-11-08 MOSCOW — Kirill Gerasimov alternately wiped his sunglasses and checked his watch as midnight approached, fidgety behavior for a guy who makes his living by staying cool.
Finally, Gerasimov, who bears an uncanny resemblance to U.S. actor Matt Damon, pushed the remainder of his dwindling chips to the center of the table, sliding them past his pair of 10s resting face up on the red felt.
Onlookers began muttering “all in,” a reference to Gerasimov’s do-or-die bet, prompting players from neighboring tab...
World War II was a Great Training Ground for... poker! Published: 2005-11-08 by Oklahoma Johnny Hale
When I was 17, (yes, it was a very good year) I could play poker in the card barns in San Diego, California-But I could not take a drink. I was old enough to die for my country and to play poker with my uniform on-but I could not go in a bar and order a drink.I could and did just sit right down and play poker with the old boys.
I won all of the money on the ship and became the ship's banker-which reminds me of the story about why I do not drink-but that is a story for anothe...
Two New 'Poker' Movies Published: 2005-11-08 I've said it before and I'll say it again. Whenever something is "in", Hollywood is sure to be all over it like stink on a monkey. Take poker for example. Today, we've got announcements of two new movies that aren't even about poker, but have just thrown poker into the title...
The first movie, a thriller titled Poker Night, stars Hayden Christensen as a rookie detective who wakes to find himself strapped to a chair in a dim and filthy basement. The cop's faceless abductor is a vicious serial killer who ...
BLIND MAN'S ONLINE POKER Published: 2005-11-08 An ingenious answer to an online poker problem
University of Massachusetts undergrads Jeremie Spitzer and Paul Silva, motivated by a blind friend have devised a way in which blind or sight impaired folks can enjoy online poker, and readers can check it out at their site Allin Play.
Braille decks of cards have been around for a some time, but clearly are not helpful online and so the physics and computer science majors put their heads together in an attempt to create online card games that blind and si...
Poker Tip: Four Simple Rules for a Cash Game Published: 2005-11-08 By Dale Blasingame
VegasInsider@woai.com
One of the great things about poker is the constant change. There are new wrinkles you can always throw in. Like raising the buy-in, changing the blind structure, adding a bounty, etc.
Chances are your weekly, Friday night game is played tournament style...meaning everyone buys in for a certain amount of chips and all start off with the same amount. Last man or woman standing wins. But as your games get better, you might start to think about hosting a cash g...
Online Casino Software Cryptologic Delivers Record Revenue Published: 2005-11-07 CryptoLogic has announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2005. CryptoLogic’s record revenue, near record earnings and positive operating cash flow reflected strong organic growth from existing customers in the company’s primary Internet casino and Internet poker markets, even in the traditionally soft summer season for Internet gaming.
“CryptoLogic remains a model of consistent performance, even in fast-changing times for the industry,” said Lewis Rose, Cr...
World Poker Tour Adds 17th Event For Season IV Published: 2005-11-07 LOS ANGELES, California -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- The World Poker Tour announced today the addition of a 17th Tour stop for Season IV with the inclusion of a second event at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City on January 29-February 1. The Borgata Poker Classic will cap the hotel's 11-day Borgata Winter Poker Open.
The tournament marks a return this year to the Atlantic City hotel and casino, considered one of the finest properties on the East Coast and sure to be the largest poker room on the Atlan...
WPT Enterprises Relaunches Worldpokertour.com Site and Store Published: 2005-11-07 - WPT Fans Will Find a New Look, More Tournament Information, Exclusive
Player Profiles and more WPT Merchandise
- The Creator of The WORLD POKER TOUR(R) Broadens and Enhances Its Internet
Strategy
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WPT Enterprises, Inc.
(Nasdaq: WPTE), the creator of the WORLD POKER TOUR(R) (WPT), today unveiled
its redesigned http://www.worldpokertour.com website and online store
(http://store.worldpokertour....
Hail Caesar! Published: 2005-11-07 Ceasars Palace Las Vegas Hosts the 2005 Tournament of Champions by Nolan Dalla
After Day One, Phil Hellmuth is the chip leader,
Mike Matusow is close second
Caesar's Palace has accommodated many epic events over the years. From Evel Knievel's daredevil motorcycle jump over the imperial fountains back in 1968 to numerous heavyweight championship prizefights spanning four decades, Caesars Palace has long been associated with gargantuan sporting spectacles. Now, add poker to Caesar's carte du jour...
New Titan Poker Gets Rave Review In Categories of Bonus and Graphics Published: 2005-11-07 The newest online poker room, Titan Poker, is getting good reviews among Titan poker players. Players review the graphics, bonus, and overall quality.
(PRWEB) November 7, 2005 -- Titan poker, which launched only a few months ago, is already winning loyalty from online poker room players. Players are giving good reviews on the graphics, bonus, and the way the site is run. (www.TitanPokerroom.com)
Titan poker room was built with quality graphics in mind. Players say that Titan Poker has the highest qual...
Titan Poker Guarantees Over $1,000,000 in Prizes Every Month Published: 2005-11-07 Titan Poker has increased the guaranteed prize pools of its scheduled tournaments and stages jackpot tournaments with prizes as high as $100,000.
(PRWEB) November 7, 2005 -- Titan Poker (http://www.titanpoker.com), one of the fastest growing online poker rooms, now guarantees over $1,000,000 in monthly tournament prizes. Players are drawn to Titan Poker's popular daily, weekly and monthly huge cash tournaments, and to Titan Poker's special jackpot sit 'n' go tournaments with progressive prizes and jackpo...
HollywoodPoker.com Sees 1-Year and Raises an Anniversary Party Published: 2005-11-07 Star-Studded Event & Auction to Benefit American Red Cross Gulf Relief & International Hospital for Children
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HollywoodPoker.com (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com), where the stars come to play, will be hosting the website's first-anniversary party on Wednesday, November 9, 2005 in Hollywood. Hollywood Poker's James Woods and Vince Van Patten will be joined by a full house of celebrity guests and other VIPs. This one of a kind event will include a silent auction...
PLAYSTATION POKER Published: 2005-11-07 WPT opens up another avenue of interest
World Poker Tour and 2K Sports have launched a fascinating new poker-related entertainment using the very popular Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2) and Microsoft Xbox as the medium.
As a video game, World Poker Tour presents all the attributes for which it has become globally successful - big names, glitsy venues and exciting camerawork - with the huge attraction that of the player being able to directly participate, choosing his or her own playing avatar.
There's a g...
TV poker's got nothing on Low Ball in a dive bar Published: 2005-11-07 It is a little disturbing that high-stakes poker has become such a big part of television lately.
Almost any hour of the day or night you can watch various celebrities, or those shady characters alleging to be professional poker players, betting thousands of dollars (presumably of other people's money) on the turn of each card. Suddenly Texas Hold 'em has become something of a way of life for the business casual set.
People who might otherwise be chatting about a clearance at Restoration Hardware, or ...
Soprano's Bad Boy, Robert Iler Takes His Poker Game Online at BetCRIS.com Published: 2005-11-07 BetCRIS Poker Executives Help Iler Avoid Illegal New York Poker Rooms
November 7, New York – In an effort to stay out of trouble, Soprano bad-boy Robert Iler will play poker exclusively on BetCRIS Poker (www.betcris.com) and no longer in illegal New York poker rooms. A free account was created for him in exchange for the use of his name & image. Iler will endorse the site www.betcris.com
As reported a few weeks back, Sopranos star Iler came close to being arrested again for visiting an illegal poker...
So kiss my ace... Published: 2005-11-07 By Nicola Davenport, Sun Online
SLEAZY smoke-filled rooms and tough guys chomping on thick cigars - is that what you think poker is all about?
Well, think again. Since online poker took the world by storm, Cool Hand Luke is almost as likely to be Cool Hand Lucy.
Statistics are thin on the ground, but internet poker sites report increasing numbers of female players laying their cards on the virtual table.
The number of women gambling at EmpirePoker.com has soared from 3 percent of players thre...
Empire crumbles but is PartyGaming rise over? Published: 2005-11-06 By : Adam Durchslag November 06, 2005
ONLINE gambling grabbed headlines in the City of London last week.Two significant events took place: the Gibraltar-based gaming company 888, which owns such brands as Pacific Poker and Casino-on-Net, released better than expected figures. And PartyGaming, its larger competitor, announced its intention to buy much smaller outfit Empire Online, worth £330m (E485m, $587m).
PartyGaming’s decision last month to ban Empire Online’s poker players from playing on the...
Poker Strategy 101 Published: 2005-11-06 There are several excellent books on poker strategy, and this article will only attempt to deal with the basics that must be mastered by the beginner. A list of articles on the material summarized here appears below.
Hand strength:
Once a player has mastered the rank of hands, it is more important to realize their relative strength at a poker table. Approximately half the five-card hands in any given game will be less than a pair of twos, but only about one-fourth of five-card hands in the long ...
Should A-Rod steer clear of poker houses? Published: 2005-11-06 YES
Alex Rodriguez isn't stupid. That's precisely what makes his frequenting of illegal poker houses all the more maddening.
Keep in mind Rodriguez is doing nothing illegal, and these poker houses aren't breaking the law unless the house takes a profit. Therein lies the problem - does A-Rod know which house does what before he starts playing? Police frequently raid these places, and it would be a huge black eye for Rodriguez, the New York Yankees and Major League Baseball if his mug shot appeared on...
Turn the poker table on big raisers Published: 2005-11-06 By Steve Rosenbloom
Chicago Tribune
One of the toughest opponents you'll face is a maniac -- a player who seems to raise almost every hand from almost every position.
The two best strategies against a serial raiser are either to wait for a quality hand to trap him, or to make the big move to put pressure on him, because you need a better hand to call a raise than to actually make the raise.
Allen Cunningham, a respected young pro, faced Gus Hansen, a maniac if there ever was one, at a table on...
The History of Poker Published: 2005-11-06 The history of poker is a matter of some debate. The name of the game likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen ('to knock'), but it is not clear whether the origins of poker itself lie with the games bearing those names. It closely resembles the Persian game of as nas, and may have been taught to French settlers in New Orleans by Persian sailors. It is commonly regarded as sharing ancestry with the Renaissance game of primero and the French brelan. The English game brag...
Online Poker: Is it fair? Published: 2005-11-06 As with other forms of online gambling, many critics question whether the operators of such games - especially those located in jurisdictions separate from most of their players - might be engaging in fraud themselves.
Internet discussion forums are rife with unproven allegations of non-random card dealing, possibly to favour house-employed players or "bots" (poker playing software disguised as a human opponent), or to give multiple players good hands thus increasing the bets and the rake, or sim...
Party Poker to Deal 3 hand number 3 billion Published: 2005-11-06 (PRLEAP.COM) Any minute now, the 3 billionth hand will be played at PartyPoker!
To celebrate this landmark, we’re rewarding many players with special jackpots and the chance to become a millionaire.
These will be followed by amazing $20,000 freeroll tournaments played an hour after the jackpots have been awarded. All real money players are eligible for the freeroll. Be fast since registration will be on a first come first served basis
To win the jackpots, all you have to do is play the following luck...
Don't show, don't tell Published: 2005-11-05 Poker players disagree over whether sunglasses, hats should be worn at the table
CAROL MCALICE CURRIE
Statesman Journal
November 5, 2005
Call it deception or strategy, but as poker grows in popularity, so does the controversy about what's appropriate attire at the felt tabletops.
Here in Oregon, where state law prohibits betting at poker events and people 21 and older are playing for points and prizes, the controversy is riling serious and sport players alike.
Cesar Leon, a Dallas resident w...
Success remains Moneymaker's calling card in poker Published: 2005-11-05 By David Fox
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Saturday, November 05, 2005
WEST PALM BEACH — Two years ago, Chris Moneymaker was an unknown Nashville accountant.
Around the same time, card-room operators at the Palm Beach Kennel Club feared they would have to give up on poker.
On Friday, Moneymaker sat in the recently expanded Kennel Club poker room surrounded by flashbulbs and autograph seekers and sent a few Texas Hold 'em tournament participants home short $45 but happy.
Moneymaker eventuall...
Tables got game Published: 2005-11-05 By GANNETT NEWS SERVICE
If you’re looking to impress your friends at the next Texas Hold ‘Em party, it’s a safe bet you can find poker furniture to suit your budget and taste. Poker’s rising popularity has fueled a surge of options, from $75 folding tables to $3,000 professional tables.
Bob Morrison, vice president of sales and marketing for the 106-year-old furniture maker, says Old Hickory introduced game tables three years ago.
“It’s one of our best-selling items,” Morrison says. “With every...
http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/gambling/0,3800010160,39153953,00.htm Published: 2005-11-04 Notorious casino cheat claims 99 per cent of players will one day be cheating...
By Will Sturgeon
Published: Friday 4 November 2005
The boom in internet gambling may be about to hit its greatest hurdle with one of the world's most famous casino cheats claiming the online world is far more at risk from cheating than the casinos in which he made millions.
Richard Marcus is among an elite of casino cheats and during a 25-year reign he and a small team took casinos in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Londo...
Poker site poised to skin rival Empire Published: 2005-11-04 By Alistair Osborne Associate City Editor (Filed: 04/11/2005)
PartyGaming, the world's biggest poker site operator, has made a takeover approach to its rival Empire Online.
The bid, which envisages a largely share-based deal, comes less than a month after PartyGaming decided to exclude Empire's players from its new poker platform.
PartyGaming's decision, on October 10, slashed Empire's share price by a third in a single day's trading to 121p and it has since hit a low of 83½p.
PartyGaming is ...
Police pounce on poker game in Baltimore's largest raid since Prohibition Published: 2005-11-04 BALTIMORE – Police broke up a poker game at a private club, arrested 95 people and seized $25,000 in what they called the city's biggest gambling raid since Prohibition.
The nighttime raid at the Owl's Nest also netted 16,020 poker chips, 141 decks of cards, and liquor, wine and beer that police said were being sold without a license.
Police charged 80 players, nine dealers and four managers with gambling and two waitresses with selling liquor without a license at the club, set up in a warehouse.
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KNOW WHEN TO HOLD 'EM Published: 2005-11-04 Pub poker tournaments have locals dreaming about the big time.
By BECKY PIEDEL
fredericksburg.com
Date published: 11/4/2005
Laura Talbert sat on a stool in the soft-lit, smoky room.
She stared down at her pocket aces. They pulled and tugged at her will.
She nudged her chip stack closer to the pot. Cards like that aren't dealt often--one out of every 220 hands, to be exact. It must be her lucky night.
It seemed like a sure thing, so she bet it all.
Oh, but very little is sure in p...
Everest Poker Announces Satellite Tournaments To The World Poker Tour Championship Published: 2005-11-04 Everest Poker Qualifiers To Receive $25,000 Buy-in Plus All-Expenses-Paid Trip To Las Vegas.
Montreal, Quebec (PRWEB) November 4, 2005 -- Everest Poker has launched a series of online satellite tournaments for the final championship event of the World Poker Tour. The winner(s) of Everest Poker's WPT Championship Direct Entry Tournament on March 25, 2006 will have the $25,000 buy-in paid for by Everest Poker, and have a reserved seat to the World Poker Tour WPT Championship, taking place April 18-24, 2006...
Half a million dollar$ win for poker champ Published: 2005-11-04 By Emily Attwood
A BUILDER from Croydon who started playing poker just two years ago has won $500,000 in a massive competition
Ian Frazer only got into the game after messing around on the internet and picking up a few tips.
And when he took on his mates in friendly tournaments he lost every time.
But now the dad-of-three has seen his dreams come true with a massive payout, equivalent to £280,000, as he scooped first place in the televised 888.com UK Poker Open Championship which saw him pi...
World class poker player returns to roots Published: 2005-11-04 By Sabrina Willmer
Published: Friday, November 4, 2005
He walked inconspicuously in the dark with no throngs of fans or camera flashes to penetrate the silence, retracing his footsteps to the familiar building that rung the same as it did when he was an undergraduate in computer science and a graduate student in mathematics.
In the past few decades former University graduate, Barry Greenstein became one of the best poker players in the world and the "Robin Hood of Poker" with his generous donations...
Playing poker for charity shouldn't be a crime Published: 2005-11-04 Mercury News Editorial
So, let's get this straight.
Californians are OK with the prospect of eventually becoming the nation's largest gambling venue, with millions of dollars wagered every day at casinos throughout the state.
But if a non-profit, charitable organization wants to hold a small-stakes game in which participants are essentially making a donation to benefit a worthy cause, that's illegal because . . . well . . . someone must have a good reason. It's just that one hasn't surfaced.
T...
Decline and fall of a poker Empire Published: 2005-11-03 When it comes to management style, Richard Segal appears to have learned his trade from listening to Kenny Rogers' The Gambler. The chief executive of PartyGaming has played the threat of Empire Online by using some expert holding and folding.
But will he know when to walk away, and know when to run?
After being instrumental in lowering Empire's stockmarket value by more than half over the past two months, PartyGaming said today it is considering buying its partner-turned-rival. This approach may not ...
Chuck Blount on poker: World Series plans heavy on Hold 'Em but light on variety Published: 2005-11-03 San Antonio Express-News
The ESPN cameras have yet to air the footage of Joseph Hachem's 2005 Main Event victory at the World Series of Poker, but Harrah's recently announced plans for 2006 already have opened the doors for debate.
Because of convention bookings at the Rio's facilities in Las Vegas, the first event of the World Series will be pushed back almost a month to June 26 (this year's was June 2) and won't end until Aug. 10 with the crowning of the 2006 world champion and 43 other bracelet win...
Poker: Worldwide satellite tournaments held for 2006 WSOP Published: 2005-11-03 (US).- Harrah’s Entertainment informed that casinos in Europe, Latin America and Australia are
awarding tournament winners seats in the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event, whose prize pool
is expected to exceed us$ 70 million. The most recent operator to sign an agreement with Harrah’s
Licensing Company, is Holland Casino for their Master Classics of Poker.
In Holland Casino Amsterdam the winner of the us$ 6,000 Texas Hold’Em freezeout on November 9-11
will be awarded cash and a seat in the WS...
Dutch Poker Tournament: World Series of Poker European Stage Published: 2005-11-03 AMSTERDAM, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- From 4 to 12 November 2005 the Holland Casino Amsterdam is once again, for the fourteenth year, staging the biggest international poker tournament in Europe, the Master Classics of Poker. The best poker players from all around the world (including from the USA, France, Great Britain, Austria and Germany) will be trying to outperform each other over the course of the eight-day tournament. Last year during the tournament no less than EUR1,801,500 was paid out in prize mon...
PARTY GAMING OFFER FOR EMPIRE POKER NOW OFFICIAL Published: 2005-11-03 Company confirms speculation with news of a "preliminary approach"
For months now - since Party Gaming's IPO in June - there has been industry speculation that the world's biggest online poker site will make acquisition moves on what was at one time one of it's greatest player magnets - Empire Poker. This week Empire revitalised the conversation by confirming that PG had made a "preliminary approach".
In the wake of the announcement, UK press reports have suggested that PartyGaming could offer up to G...
LAS VEGAS FROM HOME IN POKER TOUR DEAL Published: 2005-11-03 Heartland Poker Tour sponsorship to last 52 weeks
Poker software provider Las Vegas From Home Entertainment Inc. ("LVFH") has announced that it has entered into an exclusive title sponsorship with the Heartland Poker Tour ("HPT") for 52 weeks.
The HPT is a weekly televised poker tour series that takes place at several casino venues in the Midwest United States and is currently being broadcast throughout the region.
Similar to other televised poker tour shows where the final table of each even...
ONLINE POKER ROOM POKERSHARE IN TROUBLE? Published: 2005-11-03 Reports that Excapsa network has closed accounts of new site
Pokershare, the online poker operation that promised to give players a share in its success and achieved wide publicity as a result appeared to be in trouble this week amid reports that Toronto based Excapsa, which controlled the network on which it operated had closed its accounts and was paying players out.
Pokershare had only been online for 2 months, and as we went to press the reason was not clear for the moves, although widespread rumo...
Columnist Jeff Haney: Old Pro Tony Grand, 81, lets the youngsters know that the poker tournament grind is nothing like television Published: 2005-11-02 Jeff Haney's sports betting column appears Monday, Friday (gaming) and Wednesday (poker). Reach him at (702) 259-4041 or haney@lasvegassun.com.
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Now 81 years old, poker pro Tony Grand has been playing the game at a high level of competition for three decades.
Since no-limit Texas hold 'em bullied its way into the public's consciousness in the past several years, Grand often finds himself the senior player at a given table -- sometimes by about 50 years.
But Grand will gladly put his experience ...
Born To Nguyen Published: 2005-11-02 By Mike Capshaw
The Morning News
FAYETTEVILLE -- Poker fanatics from Northwest Arkansas were "all-in" at Sugar Mountain Bar & Grill on Saturday afternoon for the arrival of Scotty Nguyen, the 1998 World Series of Poker champion.
The final hand in the main event that year made Nguyen famous. He told opponent Kevin McBride, "You call this one, and it's all over baby." Hoping the full house on the board would split the pot, McBride called. Nguyen flipped over a 9 for a higher full house to win $1 millio...
Press Release: Crave Ships World Championship Poker 2: Featuring Howard Lederer for PS2 and Xbox Published: 2005-11-02 Newport Beach, CA - November 2, 2005 - Crave Entertainment, a leading
publisher of console videogames, today announced that they have released
World Championship Poker 2: Featuring Howard Lederer for the PlayStationR2
computer entertainment system and XboxR video game and entertainment system
from Microsoft. World Championship Poker 2, the follow up to one of the best
selling titles for the first half of 2005, is also slated to ship next month
for the PSP(tm) (PlayStationR Portable) system.
"The f...
Poker All-Stars Square Off For 2005 Tournament Of Champions Published: 2005-11-02 Many of the biggest names in poker will descend on Caesars Palace next week to compete for $2 million in total prize money at the 2005 World Series of Poker® Tournament of Champions, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. said.
The free-roll tournament is expected to feature, among others, the nine millionaires from the 36th annual World Series of Poker's Main Event final table as they go for another seven-figure payday. A free-roll is an event in which none of the participants is required to pay a "buy-in" or ...
Poker Story: Greg Raymer - From Amateur To Champion Published: 2005-11-02 Many players who have picked up poker in the 21st century have done so through the convenient
route of the Internet. The predominance of seats at the 2005 World Series of Poker were won online
through the various satellite tournaments that many of the online cardrooms offer. Someone who
took full advantage of this relatively new phenomenon in poker was 2004 World Champion Greg
Raymer.
Raymer, born in June 1964 in Lansing, MI and now calling North Carolina home (after moving from
Stonington, CT...
Betfair acquires Poker Champs and Aglet Technolgies Published: 2005-11-02 A global poker platform and a Danish technology company respectively
(UK).- Betfair announced the acquisition of Aglet Technolgies, an innovative Danish-based software
company, and Poker Champs, a proven global poker platform. Operating as Betfair Development
Denmark, the new organisation will assist the further development of Betfair’s poker platforms and
provide new gaming opportunities for the company’s customers.
“We are delighted to have acquired a top class team of developers at Aglet and...
Leo DiCaprio making time for Las Vegas Published: 2005-11-02 BY PHILIP POTEMPA
ppotempa@nwitimes.com
219.852.4327
What a gamble
I chatted with Shelby Curry, mouthpiece for Jack Binion's Horseshoe Casino in Hammond.
She said the construction tape at Horseshoe's High Limit Table Room has been "ripped from the walls" and their revamped VIP room now features more elbow room and extra tables for baccarat and blackjack.
Last month, actor Leonardo DiCaprio rubbed elbows with Binion while trying his luck at a celebrity gambling event honoring card champ Doyle B...
888 results raise hopes for online gaming Published: 2005-11-02 Nils Pratley
Wednesday November 2, 2005
The Guardian
888 Holdings, the online casino and poker group, gave the internet gambling sector support yesterday by saying it enjoyed a "strong" October after a slow summer.
The company said its revenues from casino games such as blackjack and roulette were almost flat from the second quarter of 2005 into the third but that the lack of growth merely reflected the holiday season. "Last year it was the same, the year before that it was the same," chief executi...
888 is flush as web poker flourishes Published: 2005-11-02 INTERNET casino 888 Holdings gave encouragement to the online gaming sector as the number of regular players on its tables more than doubled in 12 months.
The number of people who gambled with 888 between July and September was up 118 per cent on the same period last year to 316,553, boosted by a huge increase in poker.
This led to a 56 per cent hike in gaming revenues to $70m (£39.5m) in the third quarter.
888, the world's largest online casino, said the final three months of this year had started...
The Tournament Poker Shift To No-Limit Hold 'Em Published: 2005-11-02 November 02, 2005
Earl Burton
If you look back at the history of the game of poker, there has been several subtle movements in the most popular forms of the game. Originally the game, played on the riverboats of the Mississippi and in the gaming houses of New Orleans, surprisingly had no draws at all! Twenty cards were used, the four suits of Aces through Jacks, and five cards were dealt out to the players. They wagered on who had the best hand through what they sat there and held or helped to populariz...
Online casino 888 says poker growth still strong Published: 2005-11-02 LONDON (Reuters) - Claims that internet poker's growth is tailing off are unjustified and the sector is still growing strongly, 888 said on Tuesday after reporting a 56 percent increase in overall third-quarter revenue.
The online casino and poker-room's roadshow for its flotation in September was dogged by comments from industry leader PartyGaming that poker growth was moderating, spooking investors.
But in his first interview since the company listed, chief executive John Anderson told Reuters that ...
2005 World Series of Poker Champion Joe Hachem Signs With PokerStars.com Published: 2005-11-01 Affiliation Gives the World's Top Tournament Poker Site the Triple Crown of World Champions
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Joe Hachem, the 2005 World Series of Poker champion, signed an agreement with PokerStars.com, the world's largest tournament poker site. Hachem, who won the record $7.5 million top prize at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas in July, will represent PokerStars.com as a sponsored player and ambassador.
The signing of Hachem gives PokerStars.com a triple crown. Cur...
Poker All-Stars Square Off for 2005 Tournament of Champions Published: 2005-11-01 ESPN Set to Telecast Special Event at Caesars Palace
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Many of the biggest names in poker will descend on Caesars Palace next week to compete for $2 million in total prize money at the 2005 World Series of Poker® Tournament of Champions, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET - News) said.
The free-roll tournament is expected to feature, among others, the nine millionaires from the 36th annual World Series of Poker's Main Event final table as they go for a...
Internet poker not needed, now, ever Published: 2005-11-01 There are enough ways to gamble in North Dakota. We don't need another. Any continuation of the effort to introduce regulated poker-playing on the Internet should simply fold its hand.
The pot is supposed to be hundreds of millions of dollars for the state Treasury. There are some reasons this play amounts to a busted hand:
3 First and most importantly, online poker gambling is illegal in the United States, according to the Justice Department. There is no indication that will change.
3 The consti...
ESPN.com to Feature BLUFF Magazine Poker Content Published: 2005-11-01 ESPN.com announced today that Bluff Magazine will bring a wide range of the magazine’s poker-related content and information to the ESPN Poker Club section of the sports site. The combined collection of content will join with ESPN.com’s free online poker game to offer poker fans a complete online destination.
“This agreement will allow ESPN.com to build on the hugely successful launch of ESPN Poker Club this past February and offer poker fans a full array of top-quality editorial content from two trusted...
Tournament poker quite a big step Published: 2005-11-01 Once a person commits to playing poker, it doesn’t take long before that player will decide to enter his first poker tournament.
Tournaments are the ultimate form of excitement in poker, where euphoria and terror are blended together to provide a different, more exhilarating experience than its cash-game cousin. It is important to recognize these differences before venturing out into the tournament scene.
In cash games, your blinds remain constant from the opening hour of play through your final hour,...
VIRGIN GAMING CHOOSES BOSS MEDIA POKER Published: 2005-11-01 Swedish software company will register with Malta licensing jurisdiction
Veteran Swedish gambling software provider Boss Media has signed up Virgin Poker, part of the Virgin Games Group to its platform, ending a long search by the latter to find the ideal partner for the relaunch of its Poker game.
Simon Burridge, Chairman of Virgin Games.
A condition of the agreement is that Boss will seek licensing from Malta to satisfy Virgin's requirement that its site be regulated in a white list jurisdic...
Police Raid Italian Poker Open Published: 2005-11-01 The legality of poker in Italy was brought into question again last weekend when the European
Ranking festival in Amalfi was raided by the police.
On day four of the festival, with the final table of the Pot Limit Omaha about to take place, the
Carabinieri (Italian police force) stormed Hotel Club Due Torri, the venue for the five day
festival, and demanded all play be stopped immediately. In a calm, almost surreal fashion players
moved away from tables and gathered in small groups around the la...
Lou Diamond Phillips Teaches How to Play Texas Hold’em on CelebPoker.com Free Video Link Published: 2005-11-01 (PRWEB) November 1, 2005 -- There are poker rooms all over the Internet that will take a bet and watch the players flood the rooms to play the ever popular game Texas Hold’em. While this is the premier entertainment event for over a million people worldwide every night only one site on the Internet is giving players the opportunity to learn the game and skill involved before settling down to wager. That secure, unrivaled poker room is CelebPoker.com.
Starting off early in the game CelebPoker.com quickly ...
Players betting on Texas Hold’em Published: 2005-11-01 A total of 321 poker players competed in the Heartland Poker Tour Tournament at the Seven Clans Casino, Hotel and Water Park near Thief River Falls Friday, Saturday and Sunday. When the last hand was played Sunday, Brett Kuznia of Stephen had won. With a total purse of nearly $80,000, Seven Clans paid out to the 30th place. Kuznia’s share amounted to $22,331.
Texas Hold’em has arrived in Thief River Falls. The high stakes game has people flocking to poker tables. Last weekend, players lined up to play ...
Operational Game Servers Takes Fortuna Gaming (UK) Limited to the Next Step of Pay-For-Play Poker on Cell Phones and Mobile Devices Published: 2005-11-01 LAS VEGAS, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fortuna Gaming Corp., (OTC Bulletin Board: FGAM - News), through its wholly owned subsidiary, Fortuna Gaming (UK) Limited (collectively, "Fortuna" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce it's Licensor, Mobile Gaming Now (MGN), is operating newly installed game servers through its Interactive Gaming License from the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, of the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake, Quebec. Fortuna will offer online and mobile Texas Hold'em through its licensing a...
Poker tourney is a hit Published: 2005-11-01 Drayton Valley Western Review — With 160 players bringing their best poker faces to the table four players split the $16,000 prize, but the real winner at the first Texas Hold ‘Em tournament was the multipurpose fieldhouse.
Organizer Hal Anker estimates that the tournament raised more than $30,000 for the multi-purpose fieldhouse through players’ entry fees ($100 of which went directly to the fieldhouse) and money raised after two poker tables, purchased by a local business, were auctioned off.
Anker and ...
AOL Launches New Las Vegas Interactive Travel Guide Published: 2005-11-01 Tapping the enormous popularity of Las Vegas, AOL today launched AOL Vegas (http://www.aol.com/vegas), a new online destination for those who are traveling to Las Vegas, as well as those who want to experience the city virtually from their home or office. More than just a travel site, it offers a comprehensive mix of free casino games, Las Vegas hotel and casino reviews, online travel guides, event and airline tickets, original behind-the-scenes video and much more. Available free on the Web, AOL Vegas is p...
New Games Revealed for PlayTech Online Casinos Published: 2005-11-01 PlayTech online casinos are now featuring some exciting new games that break with gambling convention and are not typically thought of as classic wagering games. Rather than coming up with a new version of a classic like poker or blackjack, PlayTech has decided to launch a set of new games for the online casino that are based on fun themes like dice rolling, rock paper scissors, coin toss, darts, soccer, bowling and more. In a bid to add some spice and variety to the online casino PlayTech is offering new g...
Poker: Slowplaying a big hand is a dangerous ploy Published: 2005-11-01 The nation has gone poker crazy, and Delaware County is no different.
You don't have to travel far down one of Delco's main pikes - Chester Pike, Baltimore Pike or West Chester Pike - before finding an establishment that runs a No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em tournament during the week.
And many area churches have packed up the Bingo balls and markers and traded them in for felt tables and playing cards for fundraisers.
In this column we'll discuss some of the strategies that can make you or break you ...
World Poker Tour - The First Poker Show to Air on Prime Time TV in UK Published: 2005-10-31 LONDON, October 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The cult US TV series, World Poker Tour (WPT), is the first poker show to be broadcast on prime time television in the UK. ITV4 has licensed series I and II of the World Poker Tour for prime time Friday night viewing, first airing on Friday 4 November 2005 at 10:00pm.
World Poker Tour is a massive hit show in the USA based on a series of 16 high-stakes international poker tournaments and is widely credited with bringing poker to the masses. Unlike other poker programme...
New British Network Targeting Men to Launch Featuring the WORLD POKER TOUR Published: 2005-10-31 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WPT Enterprises, Inc.
(Nasdaq: WPTE) announced today that it has inked an agreement for its WORLD
POKER TOUR(R) television series to be featured programming when the UK's
much-anticipated ITV4 network kicks off on November 1. ITV4 is the latest
addition to the powerful ITV family of networks broadcasting in the United
Kingdom. The new network is an "entertainment channel providing quality
programming to a discerning, up-market audience with a male bias....
Global Gaming Expo: Everybody Wants A Piece of Poker's Action Published: 2005-10-31 The Global Gaming Expo, the annual international gambling industry trade show was held at the LV Convention Center recently. Over 700 leading gaming vendors, including more than 100 international companies, showcased their products and services.
The world of gaming gathered for three days to stroke the sexy new slots, peek at the titillating new table games and fondle all the responsive new technology. But to this observer it was clear; Lady Poker was the Madame of the House.
The very latest slo...
The Popular Card Game Poker Published: 2005-10-31 Poker is a popular card game gaining popularity across the universe in both Casino and Online versions. There are various types of poker games like Pass the Trash, Five Card Draw, Texas Hold’em, Seven Card Stud, also Bing Bang Bong and Chase the Ace that attract more players everyday to its fold and once in, the players continue to play these games.
Every game has its own style with strategies varying in each of these games to be profitable. The dealer in a poker game determines the game and the hand....
Poker Rules You Need To Know Published: 2005-10-31 Poker rules follow definite patterns. However, you can have some amount of flexibility in them, which brings more action and excitement to the game. Poker is played with a deck of 52 cards. The players get five cards each. These cards are called hole cards and they come face down. Five other cards are placed on the table face up.
These are called community cards and any player can use them to form a poker hand. According to poker rules, the players bet in the community pot and you could win the pot if y...
Perks and Picks Published: 2005-10-31 "Pick" of the month: Finally, some big news from Atlantic City! Attention: "Average Joe" Poker Players! Here's your chance to play against other recreational poker players for a shot at the world's top poker pros and nearly $40 million in prize and bonus money in your own televised tournament series.
ProJo Poker and the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City will play host to 26 weekly tournaments running through January 18, 2006. Winners will advance to the ProJo Poker National Championships in...
Pathological gambling among the young is exaggerated, experts say Published: 2005-10-31 By DAVID MCKEE
BUSINESS PRESS
A well-documented upsurge in online poker appears to be fueling a corresponding growth in problem-gambling statistics among young people. According to the Annenberg Public Policy Center, the 2003-04 period saw an 84 percent growth in weekly poker play among male high school and college students and half of all college students gamble at least once a month.
Arnie Wexler, who advises major casino companies on disordered gambling and runs 1-888-LAST-BET, tells the Business...
ONLINE GAMBLING CONFERENCE CORNER Published: 2005-10-31 More mobile
It seems the industry cannot get enough when it comes to mobile gambling, and there are at least two major European conferences coming up to meet the demand.
Mobile Gambling 2005 intends to show delegates how to "Make Money form Mobile Casinos, Sports Betting and Lotteries" and will take place in Madrid, Spain between Tuesday, November 29, 2005 and Wednesday, November 30, 2005
The m-gambling market is forecast to generate revenues in the millions next year,and this is one of the first P...
World Poker Tour Game Published: 2005-10-31 Functional and fun. That's the best way to describe 2K Games' World Poker Tour for the Game Boy Advance. It doesn't feature a whole lot, but it works and it's enjoyable. For roughly 20 dollars American, purchasers of WPT on GBA will get a Limit Texas Hold 'Em, No Limit Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha and Pineapple poker game with a satisfying career mode, a few reasonable extras, and a halfhearted multiplayer component.
The multiplayer game is the weakest part of WPT, for it only allows a hotseat match to b...
State Puts Brakes On Casino Charity Events Published: 2005-10-31 (CBS 5) SAN JOSE Casino action is a popular way to raise big money for charities. Just ask the folks who put on a recent casino night in San Jose.
It was a huge benefit for EHC Lifebuilders - a non-profit that shelters the homeless.
"It raised about 40-thousand dollars last year," said Hilary Barroga of EHC Lifepartners. She says it not only raised money for the program, but people had fun doing it. "Poker is the in fun thing right now, and we wanted to capture what people were into, and bring a new d...
Poker's popularity grows Published: 2005-10-30 By JOHN MAJESKI
STAFF WRITER
jmajeski@thnt.com
On a night when other teens are anywhere but home, Kenny Totten is spending his Saturday inside in his socks, pajama pants and a T-shirt.
But he isn't alone. The 17-year-old Old Bridge High School student and a crew of close friends are gathered in the basement of his parents' house for poker night. They sip soda and munch on nachos as the cards are dealt on top of a pool table. Several players sport sunglasses as they attempt to bluff their way to victor...
Small Town Poker Tour to Help Sponsor Vince Neil’s “Off The Strip” Poker Event Published: 2005-10-30 The event will be held November 11, 2005 at Peter Morton’s Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Rocker Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe hosts the inaugural “Off the Strip” Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament benefiting the T. J. Martell Foundation.
(PRWEB) October 30, 2005 -- The Small Town Poker Tour (STPT) announced today they will be one of the participating sponsors of “Vince Neil’s Off The Strip Poker Tournament”, benefiting the T. J. Martell Foundation.
“We are happy to be associated with such a good cau...
All In -- Fascinating History Of Famous World Series Of Poker Published: 2005-10-30 There have been many questions about the origins of the World Series of Poker, which began at Binion's a generation ago; along with how the game of hold'em evolved from an idea to the most popular card game of the century.
Jonathan Grotenstein and co-author Storms Reback, have done a remarkable job of research in writing All In (The (Almost) Entirely True Story of the World Series of Poker (306 pages, hardbound, $24.95), using hundreds of resources, interviews and re-creations of hands and situations.
...
Upping the AnteMassive Frauds in the Casino Affiliate Programs! Published: 2005-10-30 Massive Frauds in the Casino Affiliate Programs!
This is a special report on the massive frauds that are taking place with the casino affiliate programs controlled by the crooked organized crime operators. This report is based on extensive research, real tests, reporting, a large number of complaints, investigations, compiled for the last 8 years. The source of this inside information comes from game developers, their own directors and officers, their management and accountants, their own programmers and...
It's not just a game, it's a commitment Published: 2005-10-30 After being eliminated from the World Poker Tour event in Aruba, I was contractually committed to stay another five days.
Normally, the minute I'm eliminated from a tournament, I'm looking to hop aboard the first flight home. But this was Aruba, and my wife was with me, so I was more than happy to hang out. Meanwhile, I decided to play some poker in the side games for a few hours a day, both at the Holiday Inn and at the Radisson.
Late one night, at about 3 a.m. when my high-limit, lowball game broke ...
Irish eyes fail to smile Published: 2005-10-30 A SEA of Guinness failed to cheer me up after I crashed out of the Irish Masters in the cruellest of circumstances on Saturday night.
I had been in the best shape of all my events — and for several hours looked as though I could make the money.
But then Lady Luck packed up her bags and walked out of the door, taking all my poker chips with her.
I had called with three others to see the flop — which matched my king AND queen. I had the top two pair and there was little chance of being beaten.
...
Carnegie Mellon University Student Wins Tuition in Absolute Poker's Free 'Win Your Tuition' Tournament Published: 2005-10-29 Next Tuition Tournament to Start in May.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, (PRWEB) October 29, 2005 -- Jeremy Olisar, a 21 year-old Carnegie Mellon University student has won Absolute Poker's free "Win Your Tuition" tournament. To compete in the online tournament, which ended mid October, students only needed proof of enrollment for fall 2005 semester, be in good standing with their school, and have access to a computer. The next free "Win Your Tuition" tournament begins in May 2006 and registration is now open at w...
Drawing To The 'Nut Low' In Omaha Hi/Lo Poker Published: 2005-10-29
About the only game besides Texas Hold'em that anybody plays in poker rooms anymore is Omaha Hi/Lo Split. Any kind of Stud poker has been just about trampled to death by the Hold'em stampede. Omaha, however, is similar to Hold'em with its three-card flop, turn card and river card. In Omaha Hi/Lo, though, the pot is split between the best high and best low hand – and you have four hole cards rather than just two. You must use exactly two cards from your hand and exactly three from the board to make either ...
Six split pot in weekly poker play Published: 2005-10-29 It might not have made them millionaires, but Sun readers who will take home a share of this week's Texas hold'em contest were celebrating nonetheless.
"It may not be $54 million but it's a nice consolation prize," joked Larry Balak, referring to Wednesday's record-break Lotto 6-49 pot. "It helps get over the sadness of losing the big one."
Balak, 42, is among six Edmontonians who opened their papers yesterday and discovered they had the winning hand in this week's edition of the eight-week Sun cont...
Phil 'The Unabomber' Laak Becomes Two-Time Champion in GSN's 'THE JAMES WOODS GANG VS. THE UNABOMBERS IN POKER ROYALE' Published: 2005-10-29 SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Phil "The Unabomber" Laak
has struck again in GSN's THE JAMES WOODS GANG VS. THE UNABOMBERS IN POKER
ROYALE. In a battle of strategy and luck, the hooded and sunglass wearing
captain of "The Unabombers" team went heads-up against top female poker player
Kathy Liebert for "The James Woods Gang" and took home the final grand prize
of $50,000.
This marks Laak's second win in POKER ROYALE. He previously placed first
in POKER ROYALE: COMEDIANS VS. PROS, ...
Poker's Biggest Names Gather at the Golden Nugget for Two Televised Events Published: 2005-10-28 Cameras Set to Roll on GSN and FOX SPORTS Series in November
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Television's hottest game returns to the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for two made-for-television poker games featuring some of the biggest names in poker.
The two televised events -- HIGH STAKES POKER, produced for GSN, and POKER SUPERSTARS III, produced for Fox Sports Net (FSN) -- mark the return of televised gaming to the legendary downtown resort. Earlier this year, the Golden Nugget w...
The World Series of Poker vs. the World Poker Tour: Video Game Review. Published: 2005-10-28 Poker has been a universal game that has been played for a very long time; however, it’s popularity was reduced to men playing it in their basements and playing it in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. That is until recently when poker’s popularity skyrocketed with two great shows, the World Poker Tour and of course the big one, the World Series of Poker. With two hit shows comes the video games of these shows.
I have and own both these games, and while I have spent countless hours playing them, there is a sl...
Losers' Poker Published: 2005-10-28 ON AUGUST 30, with the flood waters rising in New Orleans, Harrah's CEO Gary Loveman appeared on CNN to reassure a battered nation. "We hope to work with Gov. Barbour in Mississippi in particular to get at least temporary casinos open as quickly as possible and get everybody back to work," he said. When the chips were down, our gaming industry stood fast, ready to do whatever it took to keep America betting. Is this a great country or what?
Over the past 50 years, gambling has gone from sin to vice to gu...
Hollywood Poker Shuffles Upcoming Tournament Schedule and Deals Return of Freeroll Week Published: 2005-10-27 Players Have Chance to Earn Big with World Poker Tour Freeroll, $10,000
Freeroll Week II and Hollywood Poker Girls-Babes and Bounties Tournament
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Hollywood Poker
(http://www.hollywoodpoker.com) will keep poker fans busy this fall with three
new events: the World Poker Tour Bellagio Celebrity Shootout, $10,000 Freeroll
Week II and the Hollywood Poker Girls-Babes and Bounties Tournament. Each
tournament is destined to make everyone who plays a star.
...
Foxwoods embraces poker explosion Published: 2005-10-27 By JESSICA DURKIN
Norwich Bulletin
MASHANTUCKET--The American poker craze is far from over. Just ask Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Foxwoods officials announced Wednesday the casino will expand and upgrade its poker room with a nearly 50 percent increase in poker tables. The expansion, which will bring the table total to 114, is scheduled to open next spring.
The announcement comes as the casino begins hosting the World Poker Finals today, where diehard gamblers and hopeful players already have begun...
Pokulator LLC Develops a Customized Poker Odds Calculator for Bluff Magazine's Web Site Published: 2005-10-27 Pokulator LLC has created a variety of unique poker odds calculators and recently developed a customized version for Bluff Magazine's web site. Pokulator LLC has also launched Pokulator Pro, which assists online poker players by automatically reading the cards and calculating odds scenarios while people play. Pokulator and Pokulator Pro also feature interactive quiz games that are fun training tools for poker enthusiasts.
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) October 27, 2005 -- Pokulator LLC (http://www.pokulator.com),...
Chuck Blount on poker: Watch out for those scary suited boards Published: 2005-10-27 San Antonio Express-News
Since we are nearing that time where children dress up like ghouls, ghosts and Napolean Dynamite for Halloween, it seemed natural to focus on the most horrific sight in poker: a board with three suited cards.
The flush hits whenever a player holds five cards of the same suit, and in Texas Hold 'Em it's only possible to get one with three or more suited cards on the board. It's the most common "big hand" you'll run into as a player, whether you are drawing to it or defending ag...
CelebPoker.com set to host a $100k Guarantee Poker Tournament this December Published: 2005-10-27 CelebPoker.com is giving players a chance at turning a normal Sunday afternoon into an evening of excitement and cash. December 18th poker players from all over the world will be in big time for the hottest tournament before the New Year. Taking their seats at CelebPoker.com the chips will be pushed and the tension will be high as everyone from top celebrities to casual poker aficionado’s take their stake in the event.
(PRWEB) October 27, 2005 -- There are several options for entrance into the tournament...
Bloggers World Poker Championship Held at PokerStars.com Published: 2005-10-27 Los Angeles , CA -- PokerStars.com hosted the first-ever Bloggers World Poker Championship (BWPC). The world's leading tournament poker site invited bloggers from virtually every field to compete in a free invitational no-limit hold'em competition, which attracted a whopping 1,473 entries. Bloggers from a wide variety of trades -- including gaming, media, fashion, politics, entertainment, and other industries -- logged on to PokerStars.com and competed for prizes.
In addition to the poker tournament...
POKER ZONE MOVES TO SKY 843 Published: 2005-10-27 Viewing figures continue to climb...including Germany
Pokerzone is about to move to SKY Channel 843 to become part of the new Gaming and Dating section of the SKY programme guide.
A company spokeswoman said the recent increase in the popularity of gaming and casino television has prompted Sky to add this new dedicated area to their existing platform.
The changeover process has already started and a full channel move will take place on 29th November 2005, when pokerzone will be broadcast solely on...
Tilt: The Business of Poker Published: 2005-10-27 Helpful Hints and Tips for all abilities
By: Jason Fang
Hello again and welcome back. This week I would like to discuss one of my favorite hands in poker: the low pocket pair.
I classify low pocket pairs as any hand from 2-2 to 6-6. For the most part, I consider all of these hands to have the same overall value, as they all have the same potential to trip up on the flop. Most of the other cards held by your opponents are probably over-cards. Now obviously, a higher pocket pair would be of considerabl...
ASIAN POP All In Published: 2005-10-27 If you're a poker buff, you know that some of the biggest names on the money tour are Asians -- like legendary two-time World Series of Poker champ Johnny Chan and refugee-turned-rounder Scotty "The Prince" Nguyen. Meanwhile, a new generation of Asian American card sharks are beginning to deal themselves into the game. Jeff Yang checks in with some of the reigning Asian kings and queens of the pro poker circuit.
Las Vegas
Visit Vegas and the first thing you'll notice is that the city's strange interlu...
Is poker a game of luck or skill? Published: 2005-10-26 A landmark ruling on whether poker is a game of skill or merely chance will determine whether it will be played in private members clubs or only in licensed casinos. Experienced players employ sophisticated strategy and tactics in their game but there are obviously elements of luck involved. Is poker ultimately a game of chance or skill? Send us your views using the form below. Your replies will be posted here
The view of the veterans is that you should not go into a game hoping you will be luck...
Poker’s Extraordinary Show for the Ordinary Joe Published: 2005-10-26 The game of poker has become a national phenomenon, broadcast across the airwaves with the same intensity as a major sporting event. But what separates poker from a Super Bowl or the NBA Finals is the fact that anybody can play. There are no world-class athletes, just average Joes. And now that everyday player has a voice they can count on for the latest insight and information: The Joe Average Poker Show.
(PRWEB) October 26, 2005 -- The game of poker has become a national phenomenon, broadcast across th...
Poker’s Biggest Prize - $100 Million Could Be Won In A Single Hand Of Poker. Prize is Reinsured by National Indemnity Company, a Subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Published: 2005-10-26 Cinda Ltd. is producing the world's most exciting poker tournament, in which someone could walk away with a $100,000,000 Jackpot Prize.
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) October 26, 2005 -- In a move that will send shockwaves throughout the poker world, poker tournament producer Cinda Ltd. today unveiled its latest poker innovation - a poker tournament that will include huge jackpot prizes. This unique tournament will likely produce some of the most thrilling poker action ever seen. Entrants to the tournament – in a...
Poker whiz Sartori hopes to deal an ace in music Published: 2005-10-26 By Jerry Fink
Las Vegas Sun
The maverick musician from Buffalo, N.Y., travels the country singing his songs and raking in the chips.
Thirty-year-old Tom Sartori is using his fame at the poker table to boost his career onstage and in the recording business.
"The publicity has been helpful," Sartori said last week while in town competing with 450 other poker players in the Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship, a World Poker Tour event, at the Bellagio. He was ousted ...
GSN to air High Stakes Poker Published: 2005-10-26 October 26, 2005
Michael Friedman
With the gluttony of poker shows beginning to fill the airwaves here in the States, the competition is fierce for viewers and advertising dollars. One of the players in the television battle has upped the stakes with its new show.
GSN is hoping that its new show 'High Stakes Poker', will bring a revival of the television poker success found by shows like the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel and the World Series of Poker on ESPN. Both shows are having slightly ...
Dick Van Patten's poker party wins another go in the desert Published: 2005-10-26 Jill Cohen
The Desert Sun
October 26, 2005
Tournament poker in the Coachella Valley came of age this weekend with the inaugural Dick Van Patten Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. It was an absolutely fantastic event!
We had thrilling poker, wonderful celebrities, superb parties and an inspirational cause. Whether they were pros or beginners, participants or cheerleaders, local or from afar, everyone involved had a fabulous time. It was wall-to-wall excitement and goo...
World Poker Exchange Pairs Up with US Airways' In-Flight TV Published: 2005-10-26 The World Poker Exchange is partnering with US Airways to include poker tutorial spots on Overture, the airline's award-winning in-flight entertainment program. The 90-second instructional spots are taken directly from the World Poker Exchange's new tutorial DVD series, In the Minds of the Poker Pros.
The tutorial spots will run on all US Airways video-equipped flights that are two hours in length or more. US Airways offers 3,600 video entertainment-equipped flights that reach 400,000 passengers monthly....
Columnist Jeff Haney: How poker players use strategies learned in Dan Harrington's two popular books on Texas hold 'em Published: 2005-10-26 Jeff Haney can be reached at 259-4041 or haney@lasvegassun.com.
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Late in 2004 and earlier this year, an acclaimed two-volume set of books on how to play no-limit Texas hold 'em tournaments, titled "Harrington on Hold 'em," was released by Two Plus Two Publishing of Henderson.
Since then the level of play on the circuit of major poker tournaments, already pretty rugged, has become even tougher and more sophisticated, according to professional gambler Blair Rodman.
That's no coincidence, Rodm...
Chips are down as poker clubs await court ruling Published: 2005-10-26 By Howard Swains and Adam Fresco
A LANDMARK ruling on whether poker is a game of skill or merely luck will decide the future of the growing number of gaming clubs across the country.
If poker is deemed to be one of skill, as are chess and bridge, it can remain available to players in members’ clubs. But if it is seen as one of chance, as are roulette and blackjack, it will legally be played only in licensed casinos. A year-long investigation into Gutshot, a prominent London club, by the Gamblin...
Heads Up NBC Poker event moves to Caesars Published: 2005-10-26 Last year, NBC made major waves with its broadcast of "The National Heads-Up Poker Championship."
The one-on-one tournament featured a college basketball-like, single elimination format and was
held at the famous Golden Nugget in Las Vegas.
Ratings were solid for the inaugural tournament and sponsors were pleased with the hotly contested
action on the felt. Although the six episodes were broadcast over the course of six weeks, there
was no shortage of viewers as the grueling elimination matches ...
Fountain of inspiration Published: 2005-10-25 Ly outlasts Harrington to win Brunson poker
By Jeff Haney
Las Vegas Sun
After midnight at the Bellagio, poker pro Minh Ly was sneaking a smoke on a balcony overlooking the resort's fountain show and the lights of the Strip.
Inside, the final table of the Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship, the latest stop on the lucrative made-for-TV World Poker Tour, was down to four players from a field of 420.
Ly, who competes regularly in Las Vegas' highest-stakes cash pok...
Serious Poker Advice from Phil Hellmuth Published: 2005-10-25 By Dale Blasingame
VegasInsider@woai.com
Wow.
Did you catch the show Phil Hellmuth put on at the World Series main event this year? ESPN aired Mount Hellmuth's eruption this past Tuesday. It was the "Poker Brat" at his finest. At one point, he even asked an opponent if he knew how to spell poker.
Not all that unusual if you've followed Hellmuth's career. Fortunately, I got a head's up to watch the episode from the man himself, just four days earlier.
Yes, I partied with Phil Hellmuth last F...
Forum editorial: Gambling trip reveals loopholes Published: 2005-10-25 When North Dakota legislators take an all expenses-paid trip from special interests that might have business before the Legislature, North Dakotans should know about it. When lawmakers characterize themselves as some sort of unofficial trade team on a visit to a foreign nation, North Dakotans should know about it.
And they should know about it before the trip, not after.
Alas, North Dakota law has no provisions for lawmakers to report such trips as long as no public money is spent. So when five Republ...
Is gambling making a comeback? Published: 2005-10-24 A Las Vegas-style casino has been approved for the Wind River Indian Reservation. Two nonprofit groups and a maker of electronic bingo machines, asked the Wyoming Supreme Court to overturn a judge's decision that electronic bingo is illegal gambling. Powerball, with jackpots topping $300 million, is making its way right up to Wyoming's border - literally right up to the border, in the case of one northern Colorado lottery vendor.
More than 100 years after Wyoming lawmakers outlawed gambling, is gambling ...
Poker in Great Falls Published: 2005-10-24 By STACY HASLEM
Tribune Staff Writer
Like the song says, you gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em and know when to walk away.
Tim McIntosh has walked away from a bar $500 richer after a good night of cards.
"The reason why I don't win more is that's enough," said the owner of Chinook Windows. "The longer you sit, the more you're gonna lose back."
Live poker has wandered out of people's living rooms and into bars all over Cascade County, which currently boasts more than 34 car...
World Poker Tour - Now with emotion. Published: 2005-10-24 October 24, 2005 - Poker is a game of numbers and personality. Success depends on how diligently a player can study others to determine what sort of moves their various personalities will be prone to making. That player must then catalog collected people information for eventual comparison against the raw numbers of the game. Chance to win, the relative position in a match as it pertains to the overall chance to win, the positive outlook for a single hand, and many other basics must be taken into considerat...
Rugby Players Bet On Poker Published: 2005-10-24 The stereotype of the “dumb jock” seems to stick around, despite many accounts that prove it to be false. Rugby players are possibly the quintessential jocks, playing a super-rough sport without the benefit of pads or helmets, and have a reputation for handing out as well as taking regular beatings. So when a team of rugby players grouped together to open a poker based business, it seemed to fly in the face of stereotypes.
Graham Stanton, Sam Rattue and Luke Sayer, chums since grammar school, took love ...
CelebPoker.com is Sending Players “Down Under” for the Opportunity of a Lifetime Published: 2005-10-24 The Australian Poker Championship is held at the world renowned Crown Casino in Australia. The 2005 main event pool was in excess of $2 Million Dollars, one of only a few tournaments outside the US to generate a seven figure prize pool.
(PRWEB) October 24, 2005 -- When the World Series of Poker replays have ended the world will look to Australia this January for the most exciting poker event to ever take place outside the US. The Aussie Millions is a tournament like no other. Players from all over the wo...
Harrah's Announces 2006 World Series of Poker Schedule Published: 2005-10-24 World's Top Poker Tournament to Run June 25 to August 10
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET - News) today announced the schedule for the 2006 World Series of Poker. Harrah's will stage the world's richest poker tournament at its Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for the second year in a row.
Satellites and live action begins June 25, 2006, and the $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'em World Championship Event starts July 28, 2006. In all, the 2006 World Series ...
Small Town Poker Tour to Help Sponsor Vince Neil's "Off The Strip" Poker Event Published: 2005-10-24 LAS VEGAS, NV -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/24/2005 -- The Small Town Poker Tour (STPT) announced today they will be one of the participating sponsors of "Vince Neil's Off The Strip Poker Tournament," benefiting the T. J. Martell Foundation.
"We are happy to be associated with such a good cause," stated Mark Fracalossi, executive producer of the STPT. "The STPT is all about giving back and this is a chance for everyone who has expressed interest in the tour to come out and play in this special event," Fracalos...
DEADWOOD - The Deadwood Shootout Citywide No Limit Hold 'Em Poker Tournament drew 194 players to Deadwood this past weekend. Published: 2005-10-24 The players were vying for a share of the prize pool of $94,090. The tournament was also filmed by a local production company, Route 98 Entertainment, for a possible airing on a national network. Tournament officials said with the amount of the prize pool the tournament stood a good chance of being aired.
"The tournament went very well," Marty Nelson chair of the Deadwood Tournament Directors Association said.
Nelson went on to say that although there were a few hurdles he was very happy with the way the...
World Poker Tour - A minimalist's card game. Published: 2005-10-24 by Ivan Sulic
October 24, 2005 - Functional and fun. That's the best way to describe 2K Games' World Poker Tour for the Game Boy Advance. It doesn't feature a whole lot, but it works and it's enjoyable.
For roughly 20 dollars American, purchasers of WPT on GBA will get a Limit Texas Hold 'Em, No Limit Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha and Pineapple poker game with a satisfying career mode, a few reasonable extras, and a halfhearted multiplayer component.
The multiplayer game is the weakest part of WPT, for ...
UPDATE 1-Cryptologic says poker licensee extends contract Published: 2005-10-24 TORONTO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Gaming software developer
Cryptologic Inc. (CRYP.O: Quote, Profile, Research) (CRY.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday that its
contract with Britain's Betfair will continue until at least
June, with an option to extend until January 2007.
Cryptologic said it expects this will have no effect on its
2005 or 2006 results. In August, the company warned that it
might lose Betfair, a poker-software customer, as a customer
and that its 2006 earnings could take a hit.
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Deal will last to June: CryptoLogic Published: 2005-10-24 CryptoLogic Inc., a major developer of on-line gambling software, says its lucrative licensing deal with Britain's Betfair won't end as early as previously feared.
The contract will continue until June at least and may be extended until January 2007, the Toronto-based firm said Monday.
As a result, “it is expected there will be no material effect on CryptoLogic's 2005 and 2006 results” from Betfair's previously announced plan to develop its own poker software and drop CryptoLogic's WagerLogic technolo...
Veteran Poker Kings and Young Aces Go Head-to-Head in GSN'S 'POKER ROYALE: BATTLE OF THE AGES' Published: 2005-10-24 Series Premieres Friday, November 4 at 10:00 PM ET/PT Featuring Top Six
Players Over 60 Against Top Six Players Under 30 Years Old
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The test of time and
experience goes heads up against the hottest young poker players when GSN's
POKER ROYALE: BATTLE OF THE AGES premieres with two back-to-back episodes on
Friday, November 4 at 10:00 PM ET/PT. Hoping to send the youngsters into an
early retirement, the veteran poker masters will showcase thei...
$250,000 Awarded Online at Titan Poker's Jackpot Tournaments Published: 2005-10-24 Any player who wins six consecutive Fort Knox tournaments -- Titan Poker's newest Jackpot Sit 'N' Go promotion -- will win a $100,000 Jackpot Prize.
(PRWEB) October 24, 2005 -- $250,000 in Jackpot Prize money has already been awarded to poker players at the Jackpot Sit 'N' Go Tournaments of Titan Poker (http://www.titanpoker.com)-- one of the newest and fastest growing online poker rooms. Winners of consecutive Titan Poker's Jackpot Sit 'N' Go Tournaments, staged in conjunction with the iPoker network, t...
NBC Poker event moves to Caesars Published: 2005-10-24 Last year, NBC made major waves with its broadcast of "The National Heads-Up Poker Championship." The one-on-one tournament featured a college basketball-like, single elimination format and was held at the famous Golden Nugget in Las Vegas.
Ratings were solid for the inaugural tournament and sponsors were pleased with the hotly contested action on the felt. Although the six episodes were broadcast over the course of six weeks, there was no shortage of viewers as the grueling elimination matches reached ...
Win at fundraiser sends man to World Series of Poker Published: 2005-10-24 RACINE - Joe Altenbach has conquered the best Texas Hold 'Em players Racine could assemble in one place. Next for him, it's on to Tunica, Miss., and the World Series of Poker.
After about eight grueling hours of poker, Altenbach, 35, of Racine was the last man standing in Sunday's local Texas Hold 'Em tournament. The fundraiser at Infusino's Banquet Hall was one of the largest tournaments of the year in Wisconsin, said organizer Rick Schue.
The event raised $3,650 for the zoo after paying out $3,000 i...
No Sprawling Poker Casinos For New Orleans Published: 2005-10-24 The official announcement came from the Mayor of New Orleans. Ray Nagin, who has pushed for a sprawling downtown casino complex for the beleaguered New Orleans, has said the project has been abandoned. When the antigambling Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco got behind the rest of the idea’s opponents, the end was in sight.
Ms. Blanco was very vocal in her opposition to the idea of a downtown New Orleans casino complex, and the Mayor acknowledged that it would have been impossible to get such a plan appr...
Poker’s Extraordinary Show for the Ordinary Joe Published: 2005-10-24 Mogadore, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/24/2005 -- The game of poker has become a national phenomenon, broadcast across the airwaves with the same intensity as a major sporting event. But what separates poker from a Super Bowl or the NBA Finals is the fact that anybody can play. There are no world-class athletes, just average Joes. And now that everyday player has a voice they can count on for the latest insight and information: The Joe Average Poker Show.
Launched in June of this year, The Joe Average Poker Sho...
Online Casino Industry Set For Financial Rebound Published: 2005-10-23 Like any sector in the market place, the online casino industry will see financial dips and peaks. Recent speculation about the IPO´s of several well known online casinos and software developers have also been the source of much reporting and activity revolving around the business. While stock values may appreciate and depreciate, it seems that player support is holding steady and there has been a steady growth in revenues at one online casino that reported a 32% increase in profits. This seems to indicate ...
Ante Up, Ladies Published: 2005-10-23 As poker mania grips the nation, more women are mastering the game, applying their own life lessons to poker and the lessons of poker to life
By FRANCINE RUSSO
Posted Sunday, Oct. 23, 2005
Dark, smoke-filled rooms and tough guys slouching around a table, playing for keeps--that's our image of poker from old movies. But in the past few years, as poker mania has taken hold of the nation--fueled by televised tournaments, celebrity players and a proliferation of online poker sites--the game's macho image h...
A nightmare in paradise Published: 2005-10-23 HELLMUTH'S HOLD 'EM
A nightmare in paradise
PHIL HELLMUTH
Here in Aruba at the UltimateBet.com World Poker Tour event, 125 players got paid. (To finish in position 126, and thus receive no money, is to finish on the ``bubble.'')
With 135 players remaining, I went down to the tournament area to root for my good friend Greg Pierson. Greg is the founder and CEO of Iovation, an Internet security company. I knew from the day I met him that Pierson would be a billionaire someday, but can he play p...
You could gamble without ever leaving the couch Published: 2005-10-23 Betty Greer knows that the problems that can come from legal gambling at the casinos in her home state of Mississippi can be formidable enough.
Her organization, the Mississippi Council on Problem Gambling, gets more than 100 calls a month from those players who admit they are out of control.
But people don't even have to get into their car to place a bet now. All they have to do is log onto their computer, find the Internet ... and Greer wonders how anyone can get a handle on that.
"It's going to ...
Backgammon server Play65 announces record number of registered online players Published: 2005-10-23 (I-Newswire) - Reflecting the phenomenal growth that has been seen in the online backgammon industry in the past six months, backgammon server Play65 has announced a new player record with a staggering 450,000 players now registered to the provider’s online game.
Already the world’s largest online backgammon community, these new figures indicate that the server is the chosen play site for over an estimated 80 per cent of the market share.
At the same time, Play65, www.p65.com also has a further record...
http://www.andpop.com/article/5072 Published: 2005-10-23 By: Joshua Heilpern
If you are a tight-aggressive player, you need to consider playing No-Limit Hold 'em if you aren't already. With proper play, not only can you expect to increase your hourly win rate, but you can make it much more difficult for your opponents to draw out on you.
First of all, let's explain the fundamental differences between Limit and No-Limit. In Limit Hold 'em, you can only raise the amount of the big blind and most cardrooms and online poker rooms will cap the betting at 3 rais...
Anthony Soprano Jr. Caught in Poker Raid Published: 2005-10-23 October 23, 2005
Michael Friedman
Another day, another raid for New York City's burgeoning underground poker community. Late last week, police continued their crackdown on the illegal venues as they raided the Ace Point Backgammon and Chess Studio located on the Upper East Side.
According to police, officers found the club after receiving a 911 call complaining about a "disorderly crowd" in the fifth-floor apartment at 328 E. 61st Street. Upon entrance to the apartment police found players getting a...
Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship (WPT): Mihn Ly wins Published: 2005-10-23 After four grueling days of poker at the Las Vegas Bellagio Resort's Casino in Las Vegas, the World Poker Tour crowned it's newest champion when Minh Ly beat Dan Harrington heads up to win $1 million in the Doyle Brunson North American Classic for the main and final event of the Festa al Lago IV poker tournament.
The final table was held in the prestigious Fontana Room overlooking the lake in front of the Bellagio where the spectacular water show could be seen every fifteen minutes. 420 players entere...
Kasper continues Internet poker push Published: 2005-10-23 Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. - A lawmaker who advocated making North Dakota the first state to license Internet poker companies has been in demand as a speaker on the issue, making trips to Las Vegas, Montreal and the Caribbean island of Antigua this year.
Rep. Jim Kasper, R-Fargo, and four other North Dakota legislators went to Antigua for four days earlier this month on what they described as an unofficial trade mission. Their trip was paid for by the Antiguan government, they said.
Antigua ...
GSN Ups Ante as Poker Fades Published: 2005-10-23 Professional Players, Amateurs to Risk Own Money as Part of New Show
By James Hibberd
Despite dwindling ratings in the category, GSN thinks it has the killer app of poker games.
It's what's known as a "cash game." Unlike the tournament-style shows that currently dominate cable networks, players will risk large amounts of their own money, and can cash out-or dig into their wallets for more funds-at any time.
"No one else has done cash-game poker on television," said GSN President and CEO Rich Cronin...
PARTY GAMING UPDATE Published: 2005-10-22 A good day for the group...and for confidence in the poker industry
Following up on our Online-Casinos.com & InfoPowa report on the positive Party Gaming results and share price yesterday there has been widespread positive comment across the UK media.
Shares of PartyGaming Plc, rose by the most since its June initial public offering after the company said business is recovering from a slowdown in the third quarter. Earlier pessimism had caused a dip of almost 40 percent in the share price since the ...
Drawing to the 'Nut Low' in Omaha Hi/Lo Poker Published: 2005-10-22 By Fred Renzey
22 October 2005
About the only game besides Texas Hold'em that anybody plays in poker rooms anymore is Omaha Hi/Lo Split. Any kind of Stud poker has been just about trampled to death by the Hold'em stampede.
Omaha, however, is similar to Hold'em with its three-card flop, turn card and river card. In Omaha Hi/Lo, though, the pot is split between the best high and best low hand – and you have four hole cards rather than just two. You must use exactly two cards from your hand and exactly ...
Some hands simply can't be won Published: 2005-10-22 By: STEVE ROSENBLOOM - Tribune Media Services
Hard Poker Truth: Sometimes you cannot get away from a hand, and you go broke no matter how you play it.
Those kinds of tough beats happen to players at all levels, whether you're playing $1-$2 limit games all the way up to the big $10,000 buy-in tournaments that pay out more than $1 million, whether you're a newbie or a former champion.
Ron Rose, who has captured the World Poker Tour's World Poker Open and the WPT Battle of Champions, saw a chance to...
PartyGaming plays a winning hand Published: 2005-10-21 ALASTAIR REED
INTERNET casino and poker room PartyGaming said a tactical split with partners this month had boosted poker growth, reassuring investors in its battered stock and lifting shares 10 per cent.
PartyGaming's highly volatile shares have more than halved in value since the company warned in September that its rapid growth was moderating.
But after PartyGaming said it was comfortable with analysts' forecasts for 2005 revenues, the shares clawed back 8p to close at 86p, having earlier t...
If you have top hand, bet like it
Published: 2005-10-21 Hard Poker Truth: If you believe you have the best hand, get all your chips in the middle.
Sure, that can be a dicey thing to do with a small pair, but that brings us to the next Hard Poker Truth: Put your opponent on a hand.
Thomas "Thunder" Keller, who represents ultimatebet.com and is interactive at thunderkeller.com, put all that together in a big way during the World Poker Tour's Mirage Poker Challenge in 2004.
With the blinds at $2,000-$4,000, Keller drew A-3 of spades in early position and m...
Sometimes the trick is luring them in Published: 2005-10-21 By STEVE ROSENBLOOM
Tribune Media Services
Daniel Negreanu had a terrific World Series of Poker in 2004, cashing six times and winning the $2,000-buy-in limit hold 'em event for his third career series bracelet.
But the personable Toronto-born pro, who has worn hockey jerseys at the table, had a miserable main event, done in by an amateur the way many of the best-known pros have been lately. It figured to happen, what with nearly 2,600 players drawn to the most prestigious poker game in the world, ab...
World Poker Tour Final Six for the Bellagio Doyle Brunson Tournament Published: 2005-10-21 Day 3 of the Doyle Brunson North American Classic continued at the Bellagio with 39 players with several top pros still remaining such as Dan Harrington, Gus Hansen, Young Phan, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Barry Greenstein, Gavin Smith, Mike Gracz, Jan Sorensen, Bob Feduniak, Eskimo Clark, and writer Jim McManus. The action was moved from the Fontana Room to the poker room where media and fans squeezed in to catch a glimpse of the final event of the Festa al Lago IV poker tournament. Ernie Scherer ended Day 2 a...
Videophiles: Mediocre poker a bad draw Published: 2005-10-21 By Nick Casillas
WORLD SERIES OF POKER For all systems Rated E for Everyone
Grade: C
Poker season is in full swing -- and by "in full swing" I mean that ESPN is showing the 2005 World Series -- and now even the immensely popular card game has joined the "video game tie-in" trend.
Activision's new World Series of Poker game is the closest you'll get to playing the real thing without risking all your cash.
The recent poker boom has brought about many Internet poker sites, but until now, there...
Coalition Forms to Protect Poker Playing Published: 2005-10-21 The United States Department of Justice has taken a clear stance asserting that on-line gambling violates the federal Wire Act, a 1961 statute which was passed long before the concept of the Internet was developed.
However, a careful review of the statute suggests that there are very strong arguments that the Act only applies to "bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest." A few years ago, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling which dismissed an action against a credit c...
Rookie mistakes lead to disappointing games Published: 2005-10-21 By DANIEL NEGREANU
Here is my list of the top 10 mistakes rookie players make at the poker table. If you see yourself represented here, it's time to make some changes to your game.
• Bluffing too much. Most rookies have watched too many Hollywood movies and have convinced themselves that poker is all about bluffing. Somehow, they think that if they just keep betting, everyone will get out of their way. That's unlikely, because a habitual bluffer is easily identified by his opponents early on.
• Lac...
Poker craze gives furniture makers a winning hand Published: 2005-10-21 ELLEN MILLER
The Indianapolis Star
If you're looking to impress your friends at the next Texas Hold 'Em party, it's a safe bet you can find poker furniture to suit your budget and taste. Poker's rising popularity has fueled a surge of options, from $75 folding tables to $3,000 professional tables.
Bob Morrison, vice president of sales and marketing for the 106-year-old furniture maker, says Old Hickory introduced game tables three years ago.
"It's one of our best-selling items," Morrison says. "Wit...
In poker, it never pays to be 'bubbly' Published: 2005-10-21 HERE IN ARUBA, at the UltimateBet.com World Poker Tour event, 125 players got paid. (By the way, to finish in position 126, and thus receive no money, is to finish on the "bubble.") With 135 players remaining, I went down to the tournament area to root for my good friend Greg Pierson. Greg is the founder and CEO of iovation,
an Internet security company, whose products are used by America Online and UltimateBet.com. I knew from the day I met him that Pierson would be a billionaire someday, but can he pla...
PartyGaming 3rd-Qtr Revenue Rises 32% on Poker, Casino Sales Published: 2005-10-21 Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- PartyGaming Plc, the online poker operator whose shares have slumped since June's initial public offering, said revenue increased 32 percent from its poker and online casino players.
Revenue for the three months ended Sept. 30 rose to $220 million from $166.1 million, the Gibraltar-based company said today in a Regulatory News Service statement. That compares with an 81 percent first-half gain. The number of days on which regular users played poker increased 53 percent, PartyGamin...
PartyGaming poker grows after split with partners Published: 2005-10-21 By Pete Harrison
LONDON (Reuters) - Internet casino and poker room PartyGaming said a tactical split with partners this month had boosted poker growth, reassuring investors in its battered stock.
PartyGaming's (PRTY.L: Quote, Profile, Research) highly volatile shares have more than halved in value since it warned in September its rapid growth was moderating.
But they gained 11.2 percent to reach 87 pence by 8:53 a.m., after PartyGaming said it was comfortable with analysts' forecasts of 2005 revenu...
Poker boost for online firm Published: 2005-10-21 THE UK's biggest online gaming group today reported a recent pick-up in trading as customers flocked to its poker and casino games.
PartyGaming said revenues for the three months to September 30 were 32% higher than last year at 220 million US dollars (£124 million) and that there had been a "material" uplift since then.
A flagship website launched exclusively for its nine million players contributed to an encouraging increase in poker revenues.
The group also said there had been a much stronger th...
Empire Online Releases Second Profit Warning, But Player Signups Still Strong Published: 2005-10-20 Since PartyGaming's announcement last week that it was taking steps to separate itself from marketing partners known as "skins," Empire Online, the most notable skin in the PartyGaming saga, yesterday issued its second profit warning. With Empire Online's online poker players no longer getting to share in the millions of players on the PartyGaming network, Empire admitted that it was seeing a slowdown in the rake created by its white label online poker site, Empire Poker.
This slowdown, Empire continued...
EXCLUSIVE TRAINING FOR THE FANTASY POKER LEAGUE Published: 2005-10-20 Poker Academy to sponsor league games
Although only launched earlier this month, Poker Academy's Texas Hold 'Em 2 training software has been recognised as the exclusive training software sponsor for the Fantasy Poker League.
Complementing Poker Academy Pro, the program has a ten year history of development behind it, utilises the acclaimed Poki poker artificial intelligence and features free online play and chat, limit, no limit, ring games, and multi-table tournaments, and a tournament clock.
Fan...
Brian flush with success Published: 2005-10-20 By SUN ONLINE REPORTER
BRIAN BRADLEY is the first qualifier for the Sun Poker Championships to be held at the Palm Beach Casino in London.
The 38-year old purchasing officer registered as PLBrael2 has only been playing for six months.
But he will be vying with six other online qualifiers for awards including our top prize of a Mini Cooper, a holiday for two to Las Vegas and a £1,000 spending money.
Bradley said: "I've had some great fun with Sun Poker.
"My favourite moment was playing head...
FLUSH FOR POKER Published: 2005-10-20 Whether you hold 'em or fold 'em, these people can draw to a good time
BY BRAD BARNES
Staff Writer
Sometimes it's hard to tell. You have to look under the fedora and through the dark sunglasses.
But oftentimes, poker players are full of bunk.
They want you to think they've got a pair of aces when they've got a pair of threes. They want you to think they've got a flush when they've got four hearts and a club. And those sunglasses, that goofy hat and the shirt collar that's wide enough to mak...
SPEEDING UP THE ACTION AT PACIFIC POKER Published: 2005-10-20 New turbo games are proving popular
Introduced earlier this month, the new turbo poker tables at Pacific Poker are proving popular, judging by posts on several fora and general player comments.
The turbo tables were introduced for poker players seeking fast-paced and speedier games, and Mike Herea, promotions department manager for Pacific Poker is very excited by the new feature. "We undertook extensive surveying of our player base and the number one concern was games dragging on too long. As a ...
New Online Poker Room with an Indian Twist Published: 2005-10-20 TeenPatti.com, an online poker site oriented for an Indian audience, has signed a contract with LoboGaming Corporation for use of its software. The new site will be aimed specifically at attracting Indian gamblers and is the first site to licence LoboGaming’s software.
The agreement is worth over $1,000,000, with LoboGaming also gaining a share of TeenPatti.com’s profits. The site is unique in its Indian orientation and as such is likely to capture the huge market India promises. LoboGaming, part of the ...
Area bars using poker tournaments as a draw, both legal and illegal Published: 2005-10-20 By RANDY ERICKSON Editor
Joe Whitbeck gives a slight smile as he reaches out to the center of the green felt table and pulls back a pile of poker chips. He stacks the black $100 chips on the already substantial pile and puts the green $500 chips and purple $1,000 chips in their respective stacks. He owed this addition to his stack to a pair of nines.
Whitbeck was the chip leader at his table, one of three tables Monday night at the Mirage Sports Bar on the South Side of La Crosse. Maybe his smile...
Check n Raise Poker.com moves to "The Ongame Network" (formerly The Poker Network) to Improve Player Experience Published: 2005-10-20 TORONTO, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Check n Raise Poker.com is
pleased to announce their move to The Ongame Network in order to improve the
game experience for their more than 35,000 registered players. Players will
now have a choice of table limits for ring games ranging from .05/.10 all the
way up to 500/1000 and a hundred different tournaments every day. Check n
Raise players will now be able to find the game of their choice at any given
time due to the established base of six million poker p...
'National Heads-Up Poker Championship' Moves to Caesars Palace in New Deal Published: 2005-10-20 World's Best to Vie for $1.5 Million in NBC Broadcast
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- "The National Heads-Up Poker
Championship," which brings together 64 of the world's best players competing
in a unique one-on-one, single-elimination, bracket-style format, will move to
Caesars Palace starting in 2006, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET)
announced today. NBC will broadcast 10 hours of tournament action over six
shows next April and May.
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May the force (of change) be with you! Published: 2005-10-19 by Peter Costa filed under Philosophy
In article after article, and forum post after forum post - the issue of 'bad beats' in online poker continues. On one hand, the conspiracy theorists throw out a variety of imaginative and intriguing suggestions as to why these occur. On the other; we have the counter arguments that focus on the actual odds of these so called 'bad beats'. The truth is, bad beats are part and parcel of the game.
As any regular player in b/m cardrooms would testify - strange thin...
Bodog.com To Pay Allen Iverson's Fines Published: 2005-10-19 Calvin Ayre to Match Payment to Charities
World's Most Comprehensive Online Sportsbook, Casíno and Poker Site Leads Trend for Wagering on Sporting Events
October 19, 2005 - Bodog.com offered today to cover any fines Allen Iverson receives for violating the NBA’s dress code this season. The online gaming and entertainment giant also plans to extend similar offers to all NBA players.
Even if Iverson pays his own fines, Bodog.com Founder and CEO Calvin Ayre will match any of the fines levied to the Ph...
Enjoy the welcome at Casino Morongo Published: 2005-10-19 Cabazon facility feels like home, offers plenty of amenities for visitors
The Desert Sun
October 19, 2005
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I love to play poker at Casino Morongo. While each of the other three nearby card rooms has something unique to offer, Morongo is my personal favorite.
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians, who have occupied the reservation in Cabazon since 1876, have been running gaming operations from the time they opened their ...
Harrah's and AOL Team-up for Free WSOP-Themed Poker Site Published: 2005-10-19 Harrah's License Company, LLC,the corporation's licensing arm, has embarked on a revolutionary partnership with AOL (America Online) to create a World Series of Poker (WSOP) and AOL- branded free online poker room. Although overall growth in the online poker industry has been dwindling as of late, cooperation between these major players will likely help revive mainstream interest in the game.
The joint AOL/WSOP poker site will feature free poker games for players of every skill level, also including pri...
Online Casino Software CYOP Completes Chinese Poker Published: 2005-10-19 CYOP Systems is pleased to announce that its Chinese versions of its licensed online Free Poker Game have been completed and may be viewed at www.crediplay.cn/poker.
CYOP is now in the final testing stages of the site with its main partner, and expects to begin marketing the portal in the very near future. The Company intends to sell advertising and sponsorships within the games and related site. As well, CYOP will be hosting and managing multiplayer free tournaments with prizes.
The games and con...
Columnist Jeff Haney: Teacher, student will collide at Bellagio Published: 2005-10-19 Jeff Haney can be reached at 259-4041 or haney@lasvegassun.com.
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Only two men have won both a World Series of Poker championship and a World Poker Tour title.
Their paths cross this week at the Bellagio, and it's not so much a simple intersection as a convergence of Spaghetti Bowl proportions.
Doyle Brunson became the first to turn the trick when he outlasted a field of 667 players to win the World Poker Tour's Legends of Poker tournament last year at the Bicycle Casino in Southern California....
Fine Line Separates Gambling from Investing Published: 2005-10-19 By John G. Brokopp
19 October 2005
Walter Clyde "Puggy" Pearson, a 76-year-old professional gambler, poker player and former World Series of Poker champion, once made this observation: "Ain't only three things to gambling – knowing the 60/40 end of the proposition, money management and knowin' yourself".
When Bill Miller, manager of the high profile Legg Mason Value Trust, heard the quote he commented: "It's all you need to know about investing".
Miller is recognized as one of the top money mana...
PartyGaming to reveal its hand in online poker war Published: 2005-10-19 By Pete Harrison
LONDON (Reuters) - When online poker-room PartyGaming warned on growth last month, its shares took one of the most dramatic dives in recent years.
Its warning that growth was "moderating" hardly counts as a severe profit-warning, yet investors recoiled from the language and its shares fell by a third, wiping 2 billion pounds off its market value.
When the company updates the market on third-quarter trading on Friday, investors will be scrutinising the choice of words of a leading p...
It's Time to Find the Best Poker Player on the Prima Network Published: 2005-10-19 'Tournament of Champions' Freeroll Will Send Winner from SKY TV to Monte Carlo Millions
ISLE OF MAN, U.K., Oct. 19, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Prima Network, the world's largest online poker network, unveiled plans today to send its best poker player to Monte Carlo Millions, the world's most exclusive poker tournament. Every player who has won a seat to a land-based tournament from Prima in 2004 or 2005 is eligible to play in the Tournament of Champions, a freeroll event whose final table will be televised on...
Chip and a chair: Player image Published: 2005-10-18 By Jonathan Sprung
Published: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Alright, I think I'm a bit on tilt this week. If you read the article and you play, you must have some inquiry about the mysterious game that is poker. How do you, my loyal readers, expect to have an interactive article when I give you my poker knowledge and you do not take advantage of it?
Maybe the problem is that you don't know enough about me as a poker player. My user name is CheckWat on an online poker site called Bodog. I have been playi...
BAD NEWS FROM EMPIRE ONLINE Published: 2005-10-18 Recently listed online poker and marketing firm warns 2005 profits will be down
The latest bad news from Empire Online received wide publicity this week, including mainstream comment in leading UK newspapers and on Sky News.
Having commented last month that its poker action had been flat over the past three months, the company has now warned that net profit for 2005 will be about 10 percent below the consensus market forecast as a result of recent radical operating changes in its relationship with Par...
New World Record Beaten For Pump And Dump Scams! Published: 2005-10-18 Billions of dollars lost by investors in the biggest pump and dump scams in the entire history of online gambling!
Party Gaming (Party Poker) and Empire Online (Tradal) managed to pump and dump their junk shares, and once again the poor naive investors were left to hold the bag. These are the biggest losses ever suffered by investors in the online gambling industry, and it's hard to imagine that anyone will ever manage to do a scam this big again.
Party Gaming (Party Poker) and Empire Online (Tradal) ...
The gambler: Robert Williamson III Published: 2005-10-18 Name: Robert Williamson III.
Age: 34.
Family: Wife, Catherine.
Residence: Dallas, but "we have homes in Phoenix and Vegas."
Day job: "I'm a professional poker player/gambler."
Poker-playing style: "Selectively aggressive. When I sit down to play a tournament, … I'm trying to win, not just to survive to Round 2. I always saw myself as a Sammy Sosa -- I'm swinging for the fence every time up."
Tough times at the table: "I think, in general, poker is not conducive for family because you...
WPT's Lipscomb to Headline Ground-Breaking Poker Conference Published: 2005-10-18 ST. LOUIS, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The need for an international conference focusing on the burgeoning interactive poker business has never been greater, and the I-gaming industry's leading event company, River City Group, is delivering with the second stop in its new "InDepth" series of topic-specific conferences. Scheduled to take place Dec. 8-9 in the Bahamas, I-Gaming InDepth: Poker will feature an unmatchable lineup of top-notch speakers anchored by World Poker Tour founder and CEO Steven Lipscomb.
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No More Floating Poker Games In Mississippi Published: 2005-10-18 Some of the hardest hit victims of Hurricane Katrina were Gulfport and Biloxi's casino barges. The real tragedy is that most of the damage could have been avoided with a little common sense. Nothing could stop the high winds. But the storm also sent a roaring wall of water 30 feet high from the Gulf of Mexico smashing into the Mississippi coast.
The floating part of Grand Casino Biloxi was torn off its moorings and carried half a mile, crashing onto U.S. Highway 90. Casino Magic was pushed even furthe...
Poker growing in popularity among teens Published: 2005-10-18 Some parents concerned gaming trend is not good for young people
By Sarah Zopfi
The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON -- Amidst the clanking of plastic chips, shuffling of crisp cards and blaring static of a Sunday NFL football game sit five middle-aged men. Cigars are lit, and a beer cracks open as the Steelers' quarterback crosses the 20-yard line.
Describes a typical poker game, right?
For Huntington High seniors Cory Sims and Corey Ballard, playing poker has nothing to do with smoking or drinkin...
Local poker player wins big at US championship Published: 2005-10-18 A local poker player gave some of the top names in the high stakes game a run for their chips when he made it to the final table of the US Poker Championships.
Bermuda Industrial Union vice-president Chris Furbert finished in sixth place in the No Limit Texas Hold’em event held in Atlantic City – winning a whopping $76,387.
He was one of nine players to survive from the starting field of 225 who were all playing for a first prize of $831,532.
Lady Luck seemed to be on Mr. Furbert’s side as he took seat n...
Caesars Indiana offers a seat at World Series of Poker table Published: 2005-10-18 By Angie Fenton
afenton@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
Teeing up next to Tiger Woods? Not an option.
Going head to head against Shaq? In your dreams.
Anteing up and throwing down with some of the biggest names in poker? So long as you can pay.
Caesars Indiana is the next tournament stop for the World Series of Poker. The circuit event, which starts today with a special media tournament and begins regular tournament play tomorrow, is an event of high-stakes action that's coming ...
Poker, Negreanu's Experience Published: 2005-10-18 Daniel Negreanu had a terrific World Series of Poker in 2004, cashing six times and winning the $2,000-buy-in limit hold 'em event for his third career WSOP bracelet. But the personable Toronto-born pro, who has worn hockey jerseys at the table, had a miserable main event, done in by an amateur the way many of the best-known pros have been lately.
It figured to happen, what with nearly 2,600 players drawn to the most prestigious poker game in the world, about triple the year before. And Negreanu's...
Mike Palm - Card Room Manager for the Tuscany Published: 2005-10-18 Mike Palm was born in Dubuque, Iowa in 1973. His introduction to poker began at a very early age when his father's friends would come to the house every Saturday to play, among other games, poker, spades, hearts, and euchre. Mike continued the family tradition, organizing card games on the weekends with his high school buddies.
Since Iowa allowed legal gaming at age 18, Mike began playing cards at the local riverboat, Dubuque's Diamond Jo. He continued his poker hobby in college at Mesquawki Casino, j...
Viewing the Cards; Do We Need a Paradigm Shift? Published: 2005-10-18 The other night, while seated at a hold'em table at the Bicycle Casino, an attractive older woman tapped me on the shoulder. "Can I talk to you?" she asked, with a big smile. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised. (Beautiful women don't tap me on the shoulder very often.) Lynne had a copy of my recent column in Poker Player in her hand, but she really wanted to ask me about the cards used in playing poker. It seems that the design of the cards has been essentially unchanged since invented by the Frenc...
Mac Poker Market Share Battle Published: 2005-10-18 Mac online poker rooms Pacific Poker and PokerRoom.com battle to gain the Mac poker market share. Mac poker players suggest which site earns them the most money and why.
(PRWEB) October 18, 2005 -- The recent advent of Macintosh poker compatibility software or “No Download” poker rooms has led to fierce competition between Pacific Poker (www.Mac-PacificPoker.com) and PokerRoom (www.P0KERRO0M.com) for control over the Mac poker market share.
Pacific Poker and PokerRoom are two of the largest online pok...
KUTCHER BIDS FOR POKER LESSON AT AUCTION Published: 2005-10-18 Newlywed ASHTON KUTCHER treated himself to a poker lesson with top player ANNIE DUKE as he and his new bride DEMI MOORE made their first official public appearance since their marriage (24SEP05) at a Las Vegas, Nevada auction.
The actor bid $14,000 (GBP7,700) for a private poker session with Duke at the uBid.com online celebrity auction, which took place at the Empire Ballroom.
Kutcher felt compelled to attend the event with his new wife when he learned all the proceeds from the auction was going to a...
Poker Industry Expo Coming to Costa Rica in December Published: 2005-10-18 Costa Rica, one of the prime bases of the internet gaming industry, is getting ready for the Poker Industry Expo, scheduled for December 3-4. The expo and conference will take place at the Barcelo San Jose Palacio in San Jose. Topics to be discussed will cover the areas of poker room management, new poker related technologies, marketing for poker, payment issues and customer service. The main goal of the conference is to improve poker player awareness, in order to increase both player conversions and player...
Doyle Brunson - The Godfather Of Poker Published: 2005-10-18
When you think of the world of sports, you can call out certain names and the sport is readily recognizable. If you mention Michael Jordan, you immediately think of basketball. If it is Pele, then the sport is what the world recognizes as football and what America calls soccer. When it comes to the world of poker, the one name that is synonymous with the game is that of Doyle Brunson.
If there was anyone in poker who was fitted for a life story, autobiography or movie, it would most definitely have ...
You must have the discipline to fold Published: 2005-10-17 By: Steve Rosenbloom - Wire Reports
Hard poker truth: You must have the discipline to fold, perhaps up to 80 percent of the time.
Harder poker truth: You must have the discipline to fold with pocket jacks. Jacks, you see, are just good enough to get you excited and just bad enough to get you wiped out, even when your jacks are an overpair to the board. So you have to be good to make a big laydown, because there is much to consider, as Scott Fischman displayed in a recent no-limit hold íem tournament....
Best chance to bluff is when you have a bully stack Published: 2005-10-17 By: Steve Rosenbloom - Wire Reports
Hard poker truth: You can reach the last couple tables of a no-limit hold íem tournamentby playing tight, but you have no chance to win without being able to bluff.
Next hard poker truth:Your stack needs to be at least five times the big blind to make it work. Anything less and you look desperate, so somebody will call you, which means your best chance to bluff is when you have a bully stack.
Perfect example is the one you see advertised on the Travel Channel f...
Knowing when to make the call Published: 2005-10-17 Knowing when to make the call
By: Steve Rosenbloom - Wire Reports
The biggest mistake that amateur players make is they call too much.
"If you watch the World Poker Tour and watch these great players, they're not calling," said Mike Sexton, the enthusiastic and knowledgeable host of the World Poker Tour broadcasts and a poker pro for more than 25 years. "They're betting their money. They may be bluffing, but they're betting."
And here's why: When you bet, you have two ...
Slow-playing a hand when you flop the nuts Published: 2005-10-17 By: Steve Rosenbloom - Wire Reports
Conventional poker wisdom says you should slow-play a hand when you flop the nuts, especially when you start with junk, because you're supposed to let opponents catch up.
Which is exactly why you should bet out when you flop a big hand.
Naturally, this kind of unconventional wisdom comes from one of poker's more aggressive players - Gus Hansen, the Danish maniac who never met two cards he didn't want to play, and play big. But Hansen offers this advice based on...
Amateur Poker Players Try Their Hand Against Seasoned Pro Kathy Liebert in Online Tournament Published: 2005-10-17
LONDON, UK -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Armchair poker champions across the country will get a chance to put their chips where their mouths are - literally - by going head-to-head against Kathy Liebert in an online No Limit Texas Hold 'em tournament. Considered one of the best tournament poker players today, Kathy will give players a run for their money as they compete for an all expenses paid trip for two to the 2nd Annual Caribbean Poker Classic in St. Kitts.
Players won the opportunity to test their skill...
Bellagio Festa al Lago Poker Tournament Event #8 Published: 2005-10-17 by Joseph Smith filed under Tournament Reports
The eighth event of the Festa al Lago IV was played on Sunday. The final day got under way with twelve players that decided to quit at 3:00am since they hadn't gotten down to the final table nine. The nine survivors from the starting field of 292 was reached and the final table begin and quickly began losing players. The heads up action began after Vadim Trineher was eliminated in the third slot and received $71,675 from the prize pool of $708,100.
Bry...
AOL, Harrah's Join Forces In World Series of Poker(R) Strategic Alliance Published: 2005-10-17 World's Richest Poker Tournament and AOL Offer Free-Play Poker Games and Chance to Win a Seat at Prestigious Tournaments
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harrah's License Company, LLC, an affiliate of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., , announced today it has joined forces with AOL to create a co-branded poker room for AOL users featuring a suite of World Series of Poker free-play games and special content.
As the exclusive online partner of the World Series of Poker, AOL.com (R), the AOL (R)...
Game takes more than luck to win Published: 2005-10-16 SAM GOREWITZ
With the fall semester under way, college students all across the country are quickly approaching their first measure of academic rigor: midterms. Hoping to perform well on the tests, students prepare by turning stereos down low, flipping textbooks open and, for some students,playing a few hands of Texas Hold 'Em.
How are some students using rounds of poker to prepare for midterms? Simple: They're part of a group of math students who are learning how mathematical concepts are applied in...
Player Profile: Mike Caro Published: 2005-10-16 by Phil Hevener filed under Profiles
So where did this "Mad Genius of Poker" thing originate?
Mike Caro appears to have given the question some careful thought.
The world has seen that look in countless print ads hyping the 61-year-old Caro's strategies for playing more effective poker . . .
Caro eyeing the camera with the slightly frantic air of a man who's suddenly remembered he's supposed to be somewhere else. Caro holding a couple cards extended, his vanishing hair going this way an...
Bust folds 'em at A-Rod poker spot Published: 2005-10-16 By CHRISTIAN RED and ROBERT F. MOORE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Cops have raided a high-stakes Manhattan poker club that has drawn the likes of Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and professional card shark Phil Hellmuth, police said yesterday.
The Daily News was the first to report that A-Rod and Hellmuth, the youngest player to win the World Series of Poker, attended the Broadway Club in Chelsea the night of Sept. 21. Police said neither of the big names is under criminal investigation.
"It's not il...
Vince Neil Set To Rock The Poker World Published: 2005-10-16 By Newsferatu, Writer
Sunday, October 16, 2005 @ 5:13 AM
From CardPlayer.com
Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil will be hosting a charity poker event at the Hard Rock Vegas next month.
The “Off the Strip” charity poker event will take place at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, Friday, November 11.
Players buying into the $540 No Limit Hold’em event will face a serious distraction from the all-star collection of dancers from the hottest Vegas clubs who will be in attendance.
If everything goes ...
GERMAN POKER TOUR A SUCCESS Published: 2005-10-16 German Poker Association shines
PR Newswire reports that over 200 German poker players from throughout Germany participated during September and October in the first German Poker Tour, sponsored by Ultra Internet Media's Everest Poker.
Everest Poker, which claims to be the first online poker room fully translated into German, sponsored 5 live tournaments across Germany featuring prizes worth over Euro 4,000. The finale was held in the Kalsruhe area last week, awarding the top 5 winners with prizes.
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POKER SUPERSTAR 'THE PROFESSOR' IS MOBILE Published: 2005-10-16 Summus - Cingular deal brings Texas Hold 'em to your cellphone
A major US wireless company and a mobile media technology specialist have joined forces with one of the top personalities in poker, Howard "The Professor" Lederer to coach mobile phone users in Texas Hold 'em.
"Secrets of Hold 'em" featuring The Professor is a project involving Cingular Wireless and Summus Inc., and a maiden venture by the wireless provider into poker-based mobile applications.
The product is said to combine exciting a...
Illinois: Bring your poker face to Chicago hotel Published: 2005-10-16 Buoyed in part by those televised tournaments, poker is enjoying a renaissance. In Chicago, the House of Blues Hotel has a Full House package that begins at $325 a night per person and includes accommodations in a suite, a snack platter, a private hourlong instruction session by a "poker coach," a full poker set, a private full bar with a bartender in the suite for three hours, a 3 a.m. turndown, and late checkout. And try your poker face on this, all you high rollers: The hotel has a more elaborate package...
New Poker Program Coming To The Air Published: 2005-10-15 October 15, 2005
Earl Burton
With all of the success of tournament poker programs on television today, one thing that has been lacking is programming that looks beyond the felt, so to speak. It's a topic that has been visited in "The Business of Poker" that there isn't a specific network that would cater to poker aficionados in America (England seems to have gotten ahead of us there with "The Poker Channel" on SkyTV). Soon there will be a specific poker program on the air that will look at the game and ...
The Glamour of Gammon: Backgammons Popularity Spreads to Television Published: 2005-10-14 As the A list of the social elite expands to absorb the wealth of rising gaming stars that events
such as WSOP have produced, the playing field is opening to a new circle of celebrity gamers.
The announcement therefore that UK digital channel, Pokerzone has commissioned TV production
company, 8mm Productions to produce a 4 hour series capturing the action at this year's World
Backgammon Championships in Monte Carlo has started an exciting chain of events to catapult
backgammon into the limelight. ...
Running A Major Poker Tournament Is Hard Work Published: 2005-10-14 Without a doubt, playing poker is a tough business. The long hours and mental strain can wreak havoc on the minds of even the best in the game, but poker players aren't the only ones on the floor who are trying to beat the energy-draining environment. Consider what it takes for a tournament director to work his or her magic. More specifically, a tournament director for one of the biggest, most lavish casinos in the United States who has to run a 12-day tournament series that includes a televised World Poker...
$100,000,000 Noble Poker Online Mega Tournament Published: 2005-10-14 Noble Poker is known for the $1 million dollar giveaway but now Noble Poker is hosting a $100 Million dollar Mega Tournament in April at Vegas. Qualifiers are now being played online at Noble Poker.
Noble Poker just announced that they will top the $1 Million dollar giveaway by having a $100 Million dollar Mega Tournament in April at Las Vegas with qualifiers being played online now. (www.NobleMillion.com)
While the Mega Tournament in Vegas has a direct entry fee of $10,000 with a $2 Million prize poo...
Full Tilt Poker's Steve Brecher and John Juanda Trump Competition at United States Poker Championship Published: 2005-10-14 Pros claim third place and fifth place in Atlantic City.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 14, 2005 -- Full Tilt Poker's professional representatives are continuing their fine performances in major tournaments, with Steve Brecher and John Juanda each making a final table appearance at last week's United States Poker Championship at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.
Brecher's third-place finish marks the fourth final-table appearance of his career, and his best overall showing in a major tournament. ...
Matthews poker startup begins trading Published: 2005-10-14 A local company that sells electronic poker tables to casinos and card clubs began public trading of its stock Friday.
PokerTek Inc. (NASDAQ:PTEK) markets tables at which up to 10 people can play Texas Hold 'Em.
Its stock closed Friday at $10.25 per share, down from an initial price of $11. Some 464,678 shares were traded Friday. The Matthews-based software-development company, founded two years ago, issued 2 million shares.
PokerTek's electronic system deals the cards, displays them on private ...
TV PROGRAM ON POKER PROS ALL SET TO GO Published: 2005-10-14 Bluff magazine involved in poker TV production
Pokerbeat, a fresh new U.S. television show, is in the final stages of production in Las Vegas according to an announcement this week.
More than two years in development and orchestrated by gaming content experts, Pokerbeat claims to offer a stylish and unique glimpse into the world of professional poker play.
The episodes showcase top competitors and industry insiders delivering up-to- the-minute news in a fast-paced, magazine-style 30-minute format...
'Celebrity' host well-suited for poker adventures Published: 2005-10-14 BY JOHN G. BROKOPP GAMING COLUMNIST
If you've ever wondered what there is about the game of poker that has captured the public's imagination, look no further than Phil Gordon for your answer.
Gordon, after making a name for himself as a top professional player, became the expert analyst and co-host of TV's "Celebrity Poker Showdown" on Bravo and has since emerged as the game's most articulate and universally recognized personality.
His background makes him an unlikely figure in the enigmatic worl...
Gralex Media Launches Get the Edge at Poker Published: 2005-10-14 GRALEX MEDIA LAUNCHES GET THE EDGE AT POKER MAGAZINE
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LOS ANGELES, CA (OCTOBER 14, 2005)—Get the Edge at Poker magazine, in stores now, boasts the largest paid circulation of any gambling or poker publication on the market. The new quarterly publication from Gralex Media, Inc. caters to the growing number of fans dedicated to this exciting game and lifestyle.
Texas Hold'em emerged from the kitchen card tables of America ...
Locals casinos aim for Asian gamblers Published: 2005-10-13 By Liz Benston
LAS VEGAS SUN
In Las Vegas' Chinatown, it's not unusual to find signs, bus-stop ads and other promotions in Chinese and other Asian languages.
For Coast Casinos, a billboard in Chinese promoting the company's Gold Coast casino is a new venture and the latest sign that the valley's growing Asian community is commanding attention.
Chinatown, the business district on Spring Mountain Road, is the hub for that community.
Asian gamblers have long been coveted at...
Away from 'Wives,' guys play Published: 2005-10-13 CELEBRITY POKER SHOWDOWN. Tonight at 9, Bravo.
The field of five players is all male, and pretty tough on tonight's opening round of the seventh cycle of Bravo's "Celebrity Poker Showdown."
It includes a fugitive, a corpse, a convict, an ex-convict and a househusband. Or, at least, the men who play them - as five supporting players on ABC's "Desperate Housewives."
Mark Moses (the missing Paul Young), Steven Culp (the late Rex Van De Kamp), Ricardo Antonio Chavira (the imprisoned Carlos Solis), James...
MORE SPORTSBOOK ACTION FROM CASSAVA Published: 2005-10-13 CEO says more focus likely on sports betting in the near future
Major online casino and poker group Cassava Enterprises (888.com) will be far more active in the sports betting sector in the near future as it seeks to broaden its business base, marketing across a massive database of millions of casino and poker room players.
In an interview with the British media the casino giant has revealed plans to ramp up the marketing of its previously low key sports betting operations. 888.com currently operates ...
Jeff Gordon, Chris Moneymaker and Harrah's World Series of Poker Go All-In For A Worthy Cause Published: 2005-10-13 Jeff Gordon, Chris Moneymaker and Harrah's World Series of Poker Go All-In For A Worthy Cause
Concord, N.C. (October 13, 2005) -- Chris Moneymaker is a regular at going "all-in" as the 2003 World Series of Poker champion (WSOP), and now he has joined with Jeff Gordon and Harrah's Operating Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Harrah's Entertainment (NYSE:HET), to utilize his skills to support The Jeff Gordon Foundation. Announced today at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Moneymaker has teamed with Gordon for a new ser...
Sportingbet trumps rivals with poker site Published: 2005-10-13 LONDON: Whoever had predicted that online gaming will not last long may have to eat their words. But then gaming firm Sportingbet is happy they weren’t listening when they bought the Paradise Poker site last November.
In a conference call, chief executive Nigel Payne said the poker site had beaten all expectations since it was bought and contributed one third to the firm’s record pretax profit of £40.8 million (almost five times £8.3 million earned last year) in the year to July 31.
Revenues from th...
Lanir's Empire Online loses half its value in four days Published: 2005-10-13 By Efrat Neuman and Agencies
In the past four trading days, Empire Online, the London-traded company that markets online gambling sites, has seen its shares lose half their value on the secondary AIM market.
In the week that PartyGaming announced it was effectively separating itself from Empire Online, its biggest affiliate partner, the latter has lost almost $500 million in value.
PartyGaming announced earlier this week that in the first half of next year, it will launch a new expanded pla...
Nine Time World Series of Poker Champion Phil Hellmuth to Headline TASER(TM) Foundation Poker Tournament Fundraiser Published: 2005-10-13 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty lucky people will have the opportunity to play poker against the best, Phil Hellmuth, at a poker tournament hosted by the TASER Foundation to raise money for the families of fallen law enforcement officers. One hundred other players will get a chance to learn from the nine-time World Series of Poker Champion and participate in the general tournament.
The TASER Foundation, a non-profit foundation to honor fallen law enforcement officers, will hold its Texa...
Phil Gordon’s poker pointers Published: 2005-10-13 World-class poker player and ‘Celebrity Poker’ co-host bets on ‘Little Green Book’
By Joe Lang
The cards have all been dealt. The pot has swelled to enormity. The player at the table’s other end counts out the rest of his stack and slowly slides it to the center of the table. Under his breath, he mutters two words: “All in.”
Is he bluffing? Or does he have it? You can memorize all the books’ charts, figures or percentages, but in the heat of battle, you had better know how to actively think...
Last Call Poker: A Full House? Published: 2005-10-13 I know, I know -- it's been forever since we last talked about Last Call Poker. It's definitely not because of lack of update information -- we'll speak to that in a few minutes. No, the problem is... I had to pry (that's right, pry) myself away from the poker tables at LCP to make this update happen. So many of us here at ARGN are so thoroughly enjoying the game, that we've been setting this update aside while we won monster pots from players the world over. If this means that we're all going to have to do...
Poker Champions to Internet Hopefuls Compete for $2 million Prize Pool Published: 2005-10-13 Toronto, ON -— Big poker excitement, big names and big cash prizes will be found at this year’s annual Caribbean Poker ClassicTM, which will take place on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts, from November 25th to December 4th, 2005. Players who play on poker software developed by CryptoLogic, and licensed through its WagerLogic subsidiary, are winning their way into this estimated $2 million land-based tournament, including a seat in the $6,300 main event.
“The Caribbean Poker ClassicTM is THE place to be...
The Investment Column: Sportingbet counting its winnings from online poker Published: 2005-10-13 Edited by Stephen Foley
Published: 13 October 2005
Followers of the fortunes of PartyGaming, the FTSE 100 online gambling business which issued a profits warning within weeks of flotation, might be forgiven for thinking that the internet poker phenomenon is collapsing as fast as it emerged. It is not.
Most of the rest of the industry professes itself mystified by the downbeat comments of the market leader. Results from its rival Sportingbet (owner of Paradise Poker) yesterday showed that growth in n...
Empire Online Earned Millions of Dollars the First Six Months of 2005 Published: 2005-10-13 Stocks Still Fall as Experts Predict a Stagnant Market
By Bob Pajich
Empire Online’s announcement that online poker growth has been flat for the last three months overshadowed the company’s strong showing for the third quarter this year. The announcement — along with PartyGaming’s decision to stop allowing Empire Online’s Empire Poker to run as a “skin” to PartyPoker.com — caused the company’s stock to drop from 183p (pence) on Friday, Oct. 7, to 111p at today's close.
In fact, Empire Online rec...
5 Poker Tips Published: 2005-10-13 By Ben Meyer-Abbott/ Correspondent
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Packed tightly around a card table in his Roslindale home, Ashley Adams furrows his brow and squeezes another peek at his cards.
The poker author faces a re-raise of $1,000 in chips after already pumping $400 in chips into the pot at a 10-player tournament he hosted on a recent Sunday night.
The game has attracted several Boston area card sharks, each with thoughts of massing an ocean of chips, whose very presence makes wa...
Pretty and petite, Annie Duke, the real Queen of Poker-Casinos (13.10.2005) Published: 2005-10-13 Former emotional cripple raised herself to the top of poker world
LA JOLLA – Pretty and petite, her jet-black hair contrasting smartly with an electric smile, Annie
Duke took control of the room, wielding her star power and charisma like a wand.
She dispensed poker advice: "That pot is too small for a $5,000 bet; you will only be called by a
hand that can beat you."
She revealed family secrets: "I grew up in an incredibly competitive household, and our father
never let us win at any game. I d...
Winning Online Casino Tips for Playing Video Poker Published: 2005-10-13 Video poker is a combination of two types of online casino games. On the one hand, the interface for playing the game is similar to any slot machine available at online casinos. On the other hand, the rules for playing video poker are based on 5-card draw poker, making it a game of skill instead of luck. In order to maximize your odds when playing video poker at the online casino, we have prepared a list of three video poker tips.
Tip number one is probably the most obvious of them all, but nonetheless ...
Sportingbet trumps rivals Published: 2005-10-13 Oct 13 2005
Western Mail
POKER firm Sportingbet thanked model Caprice for helping it to trump rivals in the online gaming sector yesterday after annual profits quadrupled.
While groups such as £3bn- valued PartyGaming have warned that growth in the poker market is slowing down, Sportingbet said the number of players joining its Paradise Poker arm since the end of July was "materially higher" than a year earlier.
This was attributed to a high-profile advertising campaign that feature...
Colts Aim to Stay Perfect, Ricky Returns And Bodog.com Posts Odds Published: 2005-10-13 World's Most Comprehensive Online Sportsbook, Casíno and Poker Site Leads Trend for Wagering on Sporting Events
October 14, 2005 - The NFL’s best defensive team – the Indianapolis Colts – look to tackle the offensive charge of the St Louis Rams on Monday Night Football while one of the game’s most enigmatic figures – Ricky Williams – returns to the field in what promises to be an eventful week on the gridiron.
The Colts (5-0) opened as 14-point favorites as Bodog.com gears up for Week 6 of the NFL sea...
Ladbrokes plans major expansion beyond Europe Published: 2005-10-12 JOHN BOWKER
DEPUTY CITY EDITOR
LADBROKES is set to unveil plans for a massive overseas expansion that will see it open betting shops outside Europe for the first time, The Scotsman has learnt.
The bookies chain - part of the Hilton Group - is in talks with a string of international governments keen to follow the UK's lead on gambling regulation. The aim is to set up joint ventures with local companies in overseas markets, and open shops under the Ladbrokes brand name.
Deputy chief executive ...
Columnist Jeff Haney: A long way since Puggy and the 'Shoe Published: 2005-10-12 Jeff Haney can be reached at 259-4041 or haney@lasvegassun.com
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In the latest chapter of televised poker's remarkable success story, coverage of the main event of the 2005 World Series of Poker began Tuesday night on ESPN (Cox cable channel 30).
Hourlong episodes featuring the seven-day championship tournament are scheduled to air each Tuesday through Nov. 15.
Count on plenty of people forgoing the Lightning-Capitals game -- or even "Emeril Live" -- to tune in to the WSOP. According to an M...
PartyGaming Sheds Skins; Empire Online Optimistic Published: 2005-10-12 PartyGaming, an online gaming company with a focus on poker, has announced that it will move its nine million players to a new operating platform. Players, who until now have accessed PartyGaming’s technology through the company's skins, such as Empire Online, which operates the white label site Empire Poker, are being "left behind" in the move. These players will not be able to play on the new platform, but will still be able to remain on the current platform. The move has caused great turbulence in the on...
Pokerzone Televises Backgammon Event Published: 2005-10-12 The first televised game of Backgammon was shown on Wednesday 7th October. The event was aired from a tournament staged in Fairmont, Monte Carlo in July 2005. The event involved over 500 players, all competing for the title of World Champion and the small matter of a $100,000 prize.
The 30th World Backgammon Championships boasted many of the world’s great players, such as the top American players, Mike Svobodny and Paul Magriel from Las Vegas and the Russian starlet Victoria Smirnoff.
The program w...
Sportingbet sees no sign of poker slowdown - UPDATE Published: 2005-10-12 (Adds CEO analyst comment, share price and other detail)
LONDON (AFX) - Sportingbet PLC posted a 190 pct leap in annual profit, buoyed by last year's acquisition of Paradise Poker, and the British online gaming group attempted to ease concerns industry growth rates may be flagging.
'I can only call it as I see it and right now I can't call a slowdown in any activity,' chief executive Nigel Payne told reporters on a call.
'I think there are a lot of operators out there who are very pleased wi...
Creator of the World Poker Tour Aims for Second International Hit Published: 2005-10-12 12 October 2005
LOS ANGELES, California -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- WPT Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: WPTE), the creator of the WORLD POKER TOUR® (WPT), will arrive at MIPCOM with a pair of aces. Not only will the company be marketing its worldwide hit series to international broadcasters, but WPTE will unveil its newest venture, the PROFESSIONAL POKER TOURSM (PPT)—a series that capitalizes on the global poker mania, but showcases only the top 250 players in the game. "All pros…all of the time."
Bringing to...
Protectors Of Poker Published: 2005-10-12 As poker continues to entrench itself in mainstream American culture, accompanying organizations are springing up to ensure the game -- whether played online, in casinos or at home -- maintains a steady increase in popularity.
The Poker Players Alliance, a Las Vegas-based nonprofit group, is attempting to become an advocate for the growing legion of poker players who lack collective representation. Founded earlier this year, the group is seeking members, has hired a Washington, D.C., lobbyist to follo...
Three Card Poker Popularity Illustrates Casino Economics Published: 2005-10-12 By John G. Brokopp
12 October 2005
Many times there's a lot more to playing casino games than meets the eye. Take the popular poker hybrid Three Card Poker as an example. When a casino decides to introduce this game, it has to go through its copyright holder, Las Vegas-based Shuffle Master, Inc., to either lease a table or purchase one outright.
"It's a very expensive game to bring into the casino," said Therrin Protze, Senior Director of Operations for the Majestic Star Casino in Gary. "That's the...
Poker Industry Expo to be Held December 3-4, 2005 in Costa Rica Published: 2005-10-12 NEW YORK, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces a
Poker Industry Conference and Exposition will be held the weekend of December
3-4, 2005 in Costa Rica at the Barcelo San Jose Palacio.
The Poker Industry Expo (http://www.PokerIndustryExpo.com) is an event
that will cover the business of poker, focusing on management, marketing and
technology. Poker room and online poker executives will be in attendance.
The event will also have a tournament in the evening for industry
...
Obsessed College Football Fans in 70 Cities Can Now Get Their Licks in Too, as Rivalry Slugfest Moves From Gridiron to Poker Table Published: 2005-10-12 PokerBlue.com and Card Player College Magazine to Co-Host 'College Football's 2005 SIDELINE BRAWL'
LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- PokerBlue.com will host "College Football's 2005 SIDELINE BRAWL", in which students, alumni and fans representing 70 of the nation's top colleges battle for bragging rights, tailgate cash, and tickets to 35 of the biggest NCAA college football rivalry games of the year.
"I grew up in the shadow of Ohio Stadium, and I can assure you that big-time college foot...
NAME CHANGE FOR INTERNET POKER NETWORK Published: 2005-10-12 And greater gaming diversity, too
Top Swedish gambling software provider Ongame has announced that it is introducing a new name and greater gaming diversity to its global Internet poker network. Formerly titled Poker Network, the operation hosts almost 4 million regular poker players, mainly under Ongame subsidiary Poker Room.com.
The network branding has been changed to Ongame Network, and with it a new range of non-poker games has been made available, including casino games like Craps, Roulette, Bla...
NEW ONLINE POKER ROOM OWNED BY UK NEWSPAPER Published: 2005-10-12 Poker freeroll tournament to celebrate the launch
The latest poker room to enter the online poker sector is owned by British newspaper The Sun and operated by veteran gambling group Victor Chandler (see earlier Online-Casinos.com & InfoPowa reports)
Formerly titled Caribbean Sun Poker, Sun Poker.com is powered by Cryptologic and launched a freeroll tournament designed to send the final top nine players to the Grand Final at London’s Palm Beach Casino in December, where finalists will battle it out to ...
Bluff calls its own bluff, gives up its poker face Published: 2005-10-12 It didn't really consider gambling site's offer
By Elaine Jarvik
Deseret Morning News
Bluff was bluffing all along, according to Town Council chairman Patrick McDermott.
The little hamlet in southeast Utah, population 285, never seriously considered changing its name to PokerShare.com, McDermott said Tuesday. Last week, the online poker company offered Bluff $100,000 in exchange for the new name.
McDermott sent an e-mail to the town's residents last week, telling them about the dea...
JOHN L. SMITH: Poker craze serving up endless school of fish to Vegas sharks Published: 2005-10-12 It might be the ultimate rope trick.
For years big-time poker's sharpest players have worked to generate the sort of enormous action that keeps their juices flowing and their bankrolls growing. You can't live by tournament play alone, and some of the Strip's marathon no-limit games have reached legend status.
Nick the Greek and Johnny Moss played historical marathon games. Doyle Brunson, Bobby Baldwin, Chip Reese, and Howard Lederer can boast of off-the-books games that lasted days and saw millions cr...
CYOP Targets Asia for Licensing of Chinese Poker; Online Poker to Be Licensed to Asian Portals and Gaming Sites Published: 2005-10-12 BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 2005--CYOP Systems International Inc. (OTCBB:CYOS), a leading provider of online gaming software and operator of games portals, announced that it will now embark upon its strategy of marketing its new Chinese poker software to large portals and online companies.
Further to our press release in March announcing the targeting of Asia, the Company is now in a position to expand its licensed online Chinese Poker software into the Asian markets by developing...
Betting On Poker A Risky Business Published: 2005-10-12 There is more than one way to wager on poker. Sitting at a table, either in a casino, a club, or virtually via the Internet, and placing chips in the pot, is one way. Another, increasingly popular way, is to invest in the companies that operate poker rooms. With poker still enjoying a rapid growth rate across casino, online and entertainment markets, more than one gambling concern has gone public to capitalize on poker’s popularity.
One such company, Empire Online, might be bluffing a bit on how success...
Cingular Wireless and Summus Reveal Secrets of Hold'em with Howard Lederer Published: 2005-10-12 The unique tutorial poker game for the mobile phone will be a sure bet with
Cingular Wireless customers
ATLANTA and RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless, the
nation's largest wireless carrier, and Summus, Inc.
(OTC Bulletin Board: SMMU), a leading provider of mobile media applications
that optimize the consumer wireless experience, announced today the launch of
a unique Texas Hold'em tutorial poker game, "Secrets of Hold'em with Howard
Lederer," avai...
A lesson in value betting Published: 2005-10-12 BY STEVE ROSENBLOOM
Chicago Tribune
Doesn't matter whether you're playing in a no-limit hold 'em tournament or a limit cash game, whether you're playing at a table full of maniacs or rocks, you need to maximize your winning hands.
That concept is known as value betting: You think you have the best hand, and you bet because you believe worse hands will call you.
It's a mistake that many novices make on the river. Same goes for pros, admits Karina Jett, the poker pro who's married to well-known ...
Chip and a Chair Published: 2005-10-11 Good morning, class, and welcome to the second edition of Chip and a Chair. I'm your poker host, Jonathan Sprung, and today we'll be going over the essentials for sitting down to play at a live cash game. Also, we'll cover some basic rules that you need to know in order to be prepared for battle at the tables. Pencils out? Let's begin.
So you resisted temptation, walked by the slot machines and rows of blackjack tables to find yourself upon the Turning Stone poker room. Now you're ready to buy into a gam...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1589133,00.html Published: 2005-10-11 Nils Pratley
Tuesday October 11, 2005
The Guardian
Investor confidence in internet poker hit a new low yesterday as PartyGaming, the market leader, effectively forced a divorce on the so-called "skin" companies whose online marketing skills have helped to fuel the game's astonishing growth.
PartyGaming's decision to sever long-standing partnerships with these "white-label" operators will be seen as the start of intense competition among poker sites. Until now, most sites have concentrated on recrui...
Online Wagering Violates Laws, U.S. Says Published: 2005-10-11 by Howard Stutz
Las Vegas Gaming Wire
WASHINGTON, DC -- It is illegal for an American company to operate an Internet poker site in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. There is no prohibition, however, against wagering on the sites, said Las Vegas attorney
Tony Cabot, who has followed Internet gaming law since its inception.
That's why online poker sites -- that is, the company's servers -- originate in places such as the Caribbean, Costa Rica, the Isle of Man, Gib...
Cash and cards on campus Published: 2005-10-11 The popularity of Texas Hold 'Em has got students gambling late into the night, and the money isn't just pocket change.
It's only 7:30 p.m. and the players at the Toronto Rounders poker game are getting antsy. Five of them are sitting at the table and Yaseen, the organizer, is politely asking them to wait for three more.
"Why don't we just start now?" one asks. He identifies himself as a business student at the University of Toronto.
Across the table, a first-year Ryerson business student sizes...
LATEST RESULTS FROM EMPIRE ONLINE Published: 2005-10-11 A more competitive stance in regard to Party Poker?
Noam Lanir's publicly listed company Empire Online this week appeared to confirm Party Gaming's pessimism regarding online poker growth by announcing that over the past three months the market had been flat.
"I don't think the market went up much in this period," Empire's Chief Executive Noam Lanir told Reuters after the firm reported a 24 percent increase in new players and revenues between its second and third quarters.
Despite the increases, Em...
Betting firm goes solo on launch of internet tables Published: 2005-10-11 Oct 11 2005
By David Winning, Daily Post
THE UK's biggest online gaming group turned up the heat on its rivals yesterday by freezing them out of its flagship PartyPoker website.
PartyGaming said it was no longer prepared to allow players of websites owned by rivals such as Empire Online and Coral Eurobet to gamble at the same tables as clients of PartyPoker.
It has launched a new platform exclusively for its nine million customers, adding features that include blackjack and the ch...
Granting of Interactive Gaming License Opens Gateway to Fortuna Gaming Corp. Pay-for-Play Poker on Cell Phones, Mobile Devices Published: 2005-10-11 LAS VEGAS, NV -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/11/2005 -- Fortuna Gaming Corp. (OTC BB: FGAM), through its wholly owned subsidiary, Fortuna Gaming (UK) Limited (collectively, "Fortuna" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce the availability of Texas Holdem poker through cell phones and other mobile devices. Fortuna will initially offer Texas Holdem poker for fun and use this as a gateway to offer a play for pay version. As a result of this announcement, the Company's comprehensive gaming capabilities now allow for...
Cameron Diaz Presented Endorsement Deal From BetCRIS.com Published: 2005-10-11 Cameron Diaz’s Love for Poker Results in $1.5 Million+ Endorsement Deal
October, 2005 New York, NY – Charlie’s Angles beauty Cameron Diaz is a self proclaimed poker fanatic. According to recent reports, she learned the popular the game from comedian Ellen DeGeneres and now plays in tournaments on a regular basis.
Upon learning of Cameron Diaz’s strong love for poker, BetCRIS.com (www.BetCRIS.com) executives wasted no time in assembling a proposed endorsement package including a complimentary account...
Online poker proves to be a real gamble Published: 2005-10-11 SUSAN NELSON
INVESTORS continued their exodus of the online gaming sector yesterday after Empire Online said growth in the online poker market was nearly flat during the third quarter, raising concerns across the industry.
More than 129 million shares in PartyGaming changed hands as the group plunged 11 per cent, or 9p, to 71p - valuing the company at less than £3 billion for the first time since its flotation this summer.
The gaming sector was also rocked by the news that PartyGaming is no lo...
THE FALLACY OF ONLINE POKER GAMBLING Published: 2005-10-11 Online poker is rapidly becoming one of the most popular gambling games at gambling websites on the internet. (Please note the comments and information after the article.)
The main reason for this popularity is the belief that it is a game of skill in which money could be won. This belief is a fallacy. Skillful play will never help gamblers to win money at online poker because winning money at online poker is impossible.
Online poker is a game of skill only to the extent that skillful play would allow...
Empire's left feeling flat in the online poker stakes Published: 2005-10-11 Eric Barkas
City Editor
GROWTH prospects in online poker came under fresh scrutiny yesterday after Empire Online said the market was almost flat in the third quarter and its bigger rival PartyGaming moved to distance itself from "skins" – partners such as Empire who direct players to its site.
Empire reported good progress in that both new players and revenues increased 24 per cent between the second and third quarters.
"We're much ahead of the market," said chief executive Noam Lanir. "From what I'm...
Online Poker Critics Warn The Young Published: 2005-10-11 Parents and poker critics alike are concerned about the sharp increase in the numbers of gambling youth, and specifically the jump in young people who are reaching out for help to deal with gambling addiction. According to a recent American study, the number of college and high school students who play poker for money has doubled in the past year. The latest figures show that more young people gamble at least once a week than the total number who drink, smoke or take drugs.
Dan Romer, who runs the Annen...
Indie veteran to be WPTE's poker format ace Published: 2005-10-11 Indie distributor Matthew Ody, who counts NBC International and Endemol among his previous stints, has joined WPT Enterprises (WPTE) as a consultant to help it launch a new poker format at Mipcom.
Ody will assist the Los Angeles producer of gaming-themed programming in getting World Poker Tour off the ground internationally. The show is designed to produce ‘substantially’ higher returns through built-in, ancillary revenue streams.
The World Poker Tour format involves 16 tournaments open to poker pros,...
Hands On Your Fold-'Em-Or-Hold-'Em Guide To Poker Published: 2005-10-10 Doesn't matter whether you're playing in a no-limit hold 'em tournament or a limit cash game, whether you're playing at a table full of maniacs or rocks, you need to maximize your winning hands. That concept is known as value betting: You think you have the best hand, and you bet because you believe worse hands will call you. It's a mistake that many novices make on the river. Same goes for pros, says Karina Jett, the poker pro who's married to well-known tournament animal Chip Jett.
With both of ...
Fox Poker Club Gives London First Fully Licensed Poker Room Published: 2005-10-10 October 10, 2005
Michael FriedmanPrint
England has always been at the forefront of promoting commercial industry in Europe and when it comes to poker, they are blazing new trails for the global marketplace. With poker companies like PartyGaming and 888 going public with recent flotations on the London Stock Exchange, the poker business climate has turned into raging pressure cooker.
The competition for the English players money is fierce and although a majority of the poker business has been taken p...
CEO Poker Connects Business Leaders Published: 2005-10-10 One of the major reasons for poker's recent success is the game's playability. People from all
different economic levels can battle it out for million dollar cash prizes online or take their
chances in one of the numerous casinos and tournaments around the country. But only one event
series is specifically focused on the upper-echelon of today's business world, a market that is
still relatively untapped.
Golf is no longer the popular pastime among today's top CEO as poker's growth hits this sele...
Is poker good TV? You bet Published: 2005-10-10 Phil Kloer
Cox News Service
Oct. 10, 2005 05:55 PM
ATLANTA - Years ago, ESPN tried showing the World Series of Poker, and someone said it was like watching bears hibernate.
Tonight, it's World Series of Poker time again, but now it's glitz city, baaaaay-bee: hyped-up announcers, high drama, wacko nicknames, huge prizes, everything but cheerleaders. And you won't have to wait long for them, probably.
The difference, introduced a mere two years ago, was the little hidden camera at each pla...
Gaming shares dip as investors fold on poker Published: 2005-10-10 The volatile online gaming sector took another jolt on Monday as shares in both PartyGaming and Empire Online tumbled after PartyGaming moved to change its business model in an effort to increase the number of players using its site.
PartyGaming shares slid more than 10 per cent, while Empire lost a third of its market value. The slide was sparked when PartyGaming, the world's largest online poker group, said it was moving gamblers that play via PartyPoker.com - its own poker site - to a new operating p...
Empire shares fall as investors fold on internet poker Published: 2005-10-10 By Tom Griggs in London
Updated: 12:40 p.m. ET Oct. 10, 2005
Investors in internet poker were scared away from the sector on Monday despite strong third quarter revenue results from Empire Online as PartyGaming, the market leader said that it would take its customers away from the system of pooled poker players that has provided liquidity for all companies.
Empire's results were overshadowed as Noam Lanir, chief executive, said that there was little growth in the sector during the period and Empire's...
PARTY GAMING SHEDS 'POKER ROOM SKINS' Published: 2005-10-10 Moves are part of a plan to provide a fully integrated operating platform
Speculation on the Internet was rife this week at the news that PartyGaming subsidiary Party Poker was to shed it's client "skins" as part of a strategy to build a new, fully integrated PartyGaming site. MultiPoker, Intertops, Empire and Eurobet are affected by the changes.
PartyGaming officials pointed out that the intention to ring the changes had been announced on a number of occasions, most recently in the companys half year...
Big spill at the Bicycle Club Published: 2005-10-09 This year the $5,000 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) tournament at the Bicycle Club in Los Angeles brought out more than 800 entrants (with a first place of $1.1 million).
This championship finale, capping a one-month-long series of tournaments in August, has some serious history and prestige, and has been on all the top poker players' schedules for 17 years running. And that prize pool has changed over those years!
Way back when, in 1988, I won this event and a whopping $145,000, out of a prize pool of...
Former emotional cripple raised herself to the top of poker world Published: 2005-10-09 By Mark Sauer
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
October 9, 2005
LA JOLLA – Pretty and petite, her jet-black hair contrasting smartly with an electric smile, Annie Duke took control of the room, wielding her star power and charisma like a wand.
She dispensed poker advice: "That pot is too small for a $5,000 bet; you will only be called by a hand that can beat you."
She revealed family secrets: "I grew up in an incredibly competitive household, and our father never let us win at any game. I decided at ...
Hold 'em still on hold in Del.; Licensing delaying legalization of poker tourneys Published: 2005-10-09 By Randall Chase, Associated Press
DOVER - You can't know when to hold 'em - or know when to fold 'em - until somebody deals 'em. But for the time being, No Limit Texas Hold 'Em poker tournaments in Delaware are on hold.
Three months after the enactment of a law allowing nonprofit groups to raise money by sponsoring high-stakes poker tournaments, poker players in Delaware are still waiting for the chance to ante up.
Officials with the state Gaming Control Board blame the holdup on a lack of applicati...
The youthful lure of online poker Published: 2005-10-09 By Mark Alden
Sun, 9 Oct 2005, 11:40:00
From smoky back-rooms to suburban craze, internet poker is taking the world by storm. This business is worth billions, but is it doing enough to stop underage gamblers logging on and losing out? Ian More is studying for a post graduate degree at the University Pennsylvania, one of America’s Ivy League universities.
He is bright, computer savvy and, like many students, spends most of his leisure time playing poker. “When I first arrived at Penn, I was living wi...
Online Casino Sponsored Skimpy Event Published: 2005-10-08 What do lingerie models, full contact football and poker have in common? A well known poker online casino sponsored a team of models to play full contact football. Oh and they were wearing lingerie at the time of the game. This is not the first time an online casino has sponsored a steamy event that is sure to raise eyebrows and turn a few heads. In fact there are several well known online casinos that built a reputation for pulling off stunts like this.
The Lingerie Bowl was originally supposed to be sp...
Caught in a Trap With a Treacherous Queen Published: 2005-10-08 By JAMES McMANUS
Published: October 8, 2005
Three columns ago, we looked at A-K, and this week I'd like to talk about an even trickier hand. A-Q may look almost as playable, even as raise-worthy, as A-K, yet being that single pip lower makes it a much weaker starting hand. This is especially true in no-limit hold 'em, in which each pot you enter provides a golden opportunity to lose all your chips. If your kicker determines who wins the vast majority of pots when an ace hits the board, it's good to rememb...
Poker deal could leave Bluff flush in money Published: 2005-10-08 Talk of the Morning: $100,000 Ante
By Rosemary Winters
The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah's already known as home of the full house. Why not make it official?
PokerShare.com, based in London, has offered $100,000 to put its name on the tiny town of Bluff, daring the community to call its.
Bluff, in southeast Utah near the borders of Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico, wasn't the online poker company's first choice. But Sharer, Ky., was so small there was no organized gov...
Courtney Friel: World Poker Tour's Queen Among Kings Published: 2005-10-08 Flashing a radiant smile, former news anchor Courtney Friel explained how excited she is to be the new host of the World Poker Tour: “I love to be in the center of poker, because I have to be where the action is, and poker is definitely hot! I am so excited to be the new face of the World Poker Tour.” Courtney Friel will replace Shana Hiatt as the World Poker Tour host for Season IV, which is now being taped and scheduled to air in March of 2006.
Courtney is not just another pretty face, although her str...
How to throw the perfect poker party Published: 2005-10-08 Every Thursday, Stacey Stefanich and some friends go to an Applebee's restaurant to have dinner and a drink or two.
But the meal is just a preamble.
The night really starts at 7:30, when they gather around poker tables at a friend's house to best one another with a couple decks of cards and some poker chips.
Poker's popularity has exploded in the past couple of years. Chris Moneymaker, an accountant from Tennessee with only online poker experience, was a major catalyst when he won the 2003 World Se...
DeGeneres gets Diaz hooked on poker Published: 2005-10-08 08/10/2005 - 10:26:47
Cameron Diaz has become a self-confessed poker addict, after being taught to play the card game by comedienne Ellen DeGeneres.
The Charlie's Angels beauty credits DeGeneres with changing her life by introducing her to the game recently, after showing her boyfriend Justin Timberlake how to play it, and now she attends casinos and tournaments on a regular basis.
She says: "I'm addicted to it. I do like the casino a bit. I find myself at a casino every once in a while just walk...
Sometimes, the game is maddening Published: 2005-10-07 OK, PHIL, NO more sour grapes! You're in the penthouse suite at the Radisson in beautiful Aruba. All of your intructional material, including your poker books and tips calendars, are flying off the shelves. You have nine World Series of Poker (WSOP) titles.
Why, then, do you have to act like a jerk after taking a bad beat? Why leap out of your chair, with your arms flailing, and utter, "What the bleep is going on here?" And then ask your opponent, "How could you have played this hand so poorly?"
Once ...
Players Network and the Vegas Media Group to Co-Produce New Original Gaming Lifestyle Series Published: 2005-10-07 The Players Network, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PNTV) (www.playersnetwork.com) the leading media company in the gaming lifestyle category, and Vegas Media Group, one of the leading production and post production companies in Las Vegas, announced today that they have formed a Joint Venture to co-produce new, original programming series within the gaming lifestyle category. The shows will be produced at Players Network's Studio, with post-production services provided by Post Digital, which is wholly owned by V...
GOOD BUD FOR POKER Published: 2005-10-07 WPT clinches Budweiser sponsorship
WPT Enterprises, Inc. welcomed Budweiser this week as the “Official Beer” of the World Poker Tour in its fourth exciting season of riveting televised poker on the Travel Channel.
“As the WPT re-positions poker as a leading sport - not just a pastime - Budweiser is the ideal sponsor. Our long association with sports increases poker’s recognition by the sports-loving consumer and television viewer,” said Peter McLoughlin, Vice President, Corporate Media, Anheuser-Bus...
2 Million Dollar Prize Pool at Caribbean Poker Classic 2005 Published: 2005-10-07 Big poker excitement, big names and big cash prizes will be found at this year's annual Caribbean Poker Classic, which will take place at the Marriott Resort & The Royal Beach Casino on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts, from November 25th to December 4th, 2005.
Players who play on poker software developed by CryptoLogic, and licensed through its WagerLogic subsidiary, are winning their way into this estimated $2 million land-based tournament, including a seat in the $6,300 main event.
A.J. Slivinsk...
COOL ONLINE CASINOS Published: 2005-10-07 Online-Casinos.com has previously reported on the choice of Playtech as software provider for the online casino website owned by the English football club West Ham United, and following the recent launch we visited the very professional looking and easy to use casino site this week.
Branded Hammers Casino (the club's nickname according to the site blurb)the new venture is not the first online casino launch by a football club - Manchester United claim that one. Nevertheless, this is a quality operation w...
BOOKS A PROFITABLE BY-PRODUCT OF THE ONLINE POKER BOOM Published: 2005-10-07 Tenfold increase in sales...and 60 new titles this year in the USA alone.
The extensive coverage and popularity of the game of poker has resulted in prosperity for authors on the subject and their publichers, says New York's Cardoza Publishing this week.
The publisher reported a tenfold increase in sales for its poker-related titles, and the daily newspaper USA Today estimates that 60 poker books will go to print this year.
Locally, one publisher has found itself ahead of the curve, another is try...
PHANTOM FIBER & TRIBECA TO DEVELOP WIRELESS POKER Published: 2005-10-07 Technology developer Phantom Fiber Corporation inked a five-year exclusive license agreement with turnkey internet poker provider Tribeca Tables Europe, Ltd, this week. The goal of the new partnership is to develop a wireless poker platform.
Tribeca Tables supplies the technology behind a growing range of internet poker rooms, providing a global poker playing network. The Tribeca Tables Poker Network includes an impressive list of prestigious brands such as Victor Chandler, Blue Sq, BetOnSports, Paddy P...
Celebs go all in for poker tourney Published: 2005-10-07 By Angie Fenton
afenton@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
Even when he's not behind the camera, Stu Pollard is candid. "I don't know my head from my tail when it comes to playing poker," he said.
It's a pretty safe bet the filmmaker will be one of the first celebrities knocked out of the Links for Life Celebrity Poker Open Sunday. But don't feel bad for Pollard, 38 -- he's all about playing "the opposite of a ringer" if it means drawing attention to a worthy cause: The Caesars Indiana-spo...
Luck Be A Lady Published: 2005-10-07 El Yeah
October 07, 2005
Ross McGowan
Man, you won’t believe what happened to me last weekend. I hope that you’re sitting down as you read this, because the irrational cruelty that was inflicted upon me will surely drive the masses out of the libraries and onto the streets in a violent protest for the sake of justice and integrity, and I’d sure hate to see anyone get trampled. So I’ll try to explain this as calmly as I can.
I was playing online poker in a 10 dollar buy-in tournament. It was winner take ...
PRESS RELEASE: World Poker Tour™ Published: 2005-10-07 Ship Date: Fall 2005
Developer: Visual Concepts
Platforms: XboxTM
PEGI Rating: 18
Online: Yes
Take a seat in the world's most prestigious poker tournaments with World Poker TourTM . Bet, raise and bluff your way to the top as you make your mark in the virtual poker world by creating your very own character and controlling the destiny of your career. Gain experience points at every table, bump up career earnings with every win and even flaunt your poker prowess by decking out your player ...
Poker Players Alliance to Lobby Published: 2005-10-07
by Liz Benston
By Our Partners at the Las Vegas Sun
LAS VEGAS -- One of the most valuable poker skills is the ability to successfully bluff your opponents.
And that's what a new Las Vegas-based group is trying to do: Bluff that it is a grass-roots effort of kitchen-table poker players, rather than the professional lobbying effort funded by billion-dollar Web poker Goliaths that it really is.
The Poker Players Alliance says it wants to sign up tens of thousands of recreational poker players...
Royal Vegas Poker Gets The Big Slick Published: 2005-10-07 Royal Vegas Poker has re-launched their already popular poker room and the results have been tremendous. The new look website boasts a cleaner, more modern feel and appearance
Belize City, Belize, October 07, 2005 --(PR.COM)-- Royal Vegas Poker has re-launched their already popular poker room and the results have been tremendous. The new look website boasts a cleaner, more modern feel and appearance, and the site's navigation has been stepped up to ensure a smooth and easy-to use interface.
The w...
WORLD POKER TOUR(R) Debuts at MIPCOM With Program to Export Its Hugely Successful Poker Tour Concept Internationally Published: 2005-10-07 WPT Enterprises Will Entertain Global Media Partnerships, Networks and
Producers Willing to Stage WPT Branded Tours in Regions Around the Globe
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Can the sensational success
of the WORLD POKER TOUR(R) be duplicated around the world -- with local
nuances, in languages as diverse as Chinese, Russian and Arabic?
WPT Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: WPTE) is betting that it can. With deals
for Canada and the Philippines already inked, WPTE is setting up s...
Make Money Fast Online: Poker Players Are Making Money Fast Online Published: 2005-10-06 Poker players are making money fast online by playing online poker at certain online poker rooms and using a proper money making strategy. Online poker is regarded as one of the easiest ways to make money fast online.
(PRWEB) October 6, 2005 -- Poker players say they are making fast money by playing online poker. Some online poker players say they make enough money to call it a job.
These poker players say the best site to make money online fast is www.PacificPoker100.com. Online poker players prefer ...
BRAVO LAUNCHES ITS FIRST ONLINE POKER TOURNAMENT ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 Published: 2005-10-06 Released by Bravo
BRAVO LAUNCHES ITS FIRST ONLINE POKER TOURNAMENT ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13
BRAVO LAUNCHES ITS FIRST ONLINE POKER TOURNAMENT ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13
WINNERS OF THE TOURNAMENT WILL WIN A TRIP TO VEGAS AND THE CHANCE TO PLAY IN THE NEXT "CELEBRITY POKER SHOWDOWN" SERIES ON BRAVO
NEW YORK - October 6, 2005 - BravoTV.com will launch the "Celebrity Poker Showdown Online Tournament" where consumers can play to win a trip to Las Vegas and the chance to appear on Bravo's "Celebrity P...
Titan Poker Offers Gold For Sit-N-Go's Published: 2005-10-06 October 06, 2005
Earl
In the classic James Bond film "Goldfinger", villain Auric Goldfinger's desire for gold overweighed everything in his life. It eventually led him to his diabolical plan to raid and destroy the American gold reserves in Fort Knox, KY and, of course, 007's eventual destruction of the plan. Now you can launch your own assault on Fort Knox, and you won't have James Bond to stop you!
That is, unless, you run up against him at Titan Poker. Titan Poker recently announced another tier...
For Phil Laak, a life playing poker was in the cards early on Published: 2005-10-06 By Carol Beggy, Globe Staff | October 6, 2005
Phil Laak thinks through everything. Nothing seems to escape his agenda: every contingency, each possible move, even planning for the rarest of occurrences. That's not only when he's playing for a $500,000 jackpot in the high-stakes world of professional poker -- this is just for the trip into Boston from Wellesley.
''Sorry we're late," Laak says, bounding into the Palm restaurant in Copley Square. ''I planned extra time for getting lost and for finding ...
TV poker is the last respite for the athletically decrepit Published: 2005-10-06 Thursday, October 6, 2005
Vince Dunbar
Have you ever wondered who on earth could be watching all this televised poker?
The answer, of course, is me. (or is it I?)
Either way, there has been a poker explosion in this country. And, if you really want to, you can watch people play cards on TV almost any time of day or night. The poker boom started on ESPN a couple of years ago when ratings for the World Series of Poker began to take off.
This is a series of tournaments played in Las Vegas ...
Chuck Blount: Moss, The Greek and a five-month poker match Published: 2005-10-06 Long before the World Series of Poker and the full development of The Strip and last-minute nuptials in Las Vegas, legendary gamblers Johnny Moss and Nick "The Greek" Dandalos took part in a high-stakes poker contest that would forever alter the landscape of the game.
It was 1949 and The Greek, an educated gentleman long known for winning and losing tremendous sums of money, strolled into Benny Binion's Horeshoe casino in downtown Las Vegas looking for a poker game. Not just any game, but he told Binion...
New Online Poker Site Beats Competitors by Getting Serious on Problem Gambling Published: 2005-10-06 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 2005--
With More and More Companies Cashing in on the Online Gambling Boom It Comes as a Welcome Surprise to Hear of an Online Poker Room That is Taking Its Responsibilities Seriously
HoldemPoker.com has stolen a march on its competitors this week by being awarded accreditation from the Global Gambling Guidance Group (G4) for its commitment to Responsible Gaming. Together with G4, HoldemPoker.com has worked to implement features and procedures specificall...
The Essence of Expert Strategy Published: 2005-10-05 By Elliot Frome
5 October 2005
My father decided on the phrase 'Expert Strategy' almost 20 years ago as the name to give the strategy he created for video poker. As time went on, this phrase proved to be applicable to virtually every casino game. Expert strategy was never advertised as the strategy that would guarantee you would win at any particular casino game. It wasn't some 'system' to beat the casinos. It was a sound strategy, based in math and common sense, which would allow the recreational gambl...
Poker-playing Jesus offends Published: 2005-10-05 Ireland - Ireland's largest bookmaker, Paddy Power PLC, withdrew a billboard campaign on Wednesday that portrayed Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper table - playing poker and roulette alongside the slogan, "There's a place for fun and games".
The Dublin-based company was responding to legal threats from Ireland's Advertising Standards Authority, which reported receiving scores of complaints from the public in this predominantly Roman Catholic country.
At all 89 locations across Dublin, the o...
WPT Boot Camp: Learn From Poker's Stars, Then Beat 'Em At Their Own Game Published: 2005-10-05
FT. LAUDERDALE, Florida -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- You sit across the green felt from an established poker pro, analyze your hand and decide to go "all-in." The pro, who you've watched win millions on the Travel Channel's WORLD POKER TOUR® (WPT), buys your bluff and calls the bet. The flop comes and you have the "nuts," meaning you win the hand, walk away with a monster pot and have one heck of a story.
Is it a dream? Not if you're one of the 100 students enrolled in the new WPT BOOT CAMP™ CHAMPIONS EVENT ...
Poker's popularity is rising around the world Published: 2005-10-05 So let me guess. Amongst all the partying, drinking, dancing and working you did this summer, you managed to pick up poker. If so, you're not the only one. Whether you are watching TV, surfing the web or listening to the radio, poker has been in heavy rotation with commercials and advertisements promoting the game. Now, at the height of its popularity, poker has taken the giant leap into the great heights of pop culture.
With the poker phenomenon rapidly spreading across the globe, new players are rushin...
Columnist Jeff Haney: How a nobody in the poker world tried to shuffle his way into a tournament with a $25 million prize pool Published: 2005-10-05 Jeff Haney can be reached at 259-4041 or haney@lasvegassun.com.
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The "Quest of Champions," a big poker tournament scheduled to take place at the Palms in January, was created to celebrate -- and capitalize on -- the growing popularity and visibility of poker's leading players.
So it's somehow fitting that the tournament began by nailing a would-be imposter in the act.
The Quest's main event will feature 100 players at 10 "shootout" -- or winner-take-all -- tables, with the winner of each adva...
Absolute Poker to Deal 200 Millionth Hand This Week Published: 2005-10-05 One Player on the Site that Day Will Win a Grand Prize Trip for Two to Costa
Rica, Prize Money and other Gifts
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Absolute Poker
( http://www.AbsolutePoker.com ) one of the world's largest online poker
sites, is moments away from dealing its 200 millionth hand. One lucky player,
who must be online when the 200 millionth hand is dealt, will win a trip for
two to Costa Rica, including airfare, accommodations for six nights, Absolute
...
Poker Site Offers Kate Moss Aid Published: 2005-10-05 The harrowing tales of poker legend Stu Ungar's drug use have been recounted many times over recent years. The poker playing champion was so lost in the haze that his abuse is almost as easily remembered as his stellar play. Unger didn't face his demons alone, however. Numerous friends and players tried to help the man get back on his game. Unfortunately for Stu, it didn't work and he found a tragic end. At least his friends were there to support him in his battle.
Recently, supermodel Kate Moss was cau...
Lobbying in disguise Published: 2005-10-05 Funded by online casinos, alliance wants to protect against Internet poker ban
By Liz Benston
LAS VEGAS SUN
One of the most valuable poker skills is the ability to successfully bluff your opponents.
And that's what a new Las Vegas-based group is trying to do: Bluff that it is a grass-roots effort of kitchen-table poker players, rather than the professional lobbying effort funded by billion-dollar Web poker Goliaths that it really is.
The Poker Players Alliance says it wa...
Dog Tracks Up the Ante With Poker Published: 2005-10-04 Gambling venues finding the game offsets dwindling bets on races.
By KEN MA
Orlando Sentinel
DAYTONA BEACH -- At least twice a week, Glenn Oshima heads to the dog track for some camaraderie and a chance at a payday.
In a year and a half of going to the Daytona Beach Kennel Club, Oshima has never bet on the lean, muscular dogs running around the outdoor oval track. For him and many others these days, the real action is inside an air-conditioned room behind the track, where he risks his money on Tex...
Playing on Turbo Power Courtesy of Pacific Poker Published: 2005-10-04 Online Poker room Pacific Poker (www.pacificpoker.com) is speeding things up by adding several turbo games for its online poker players. The innovations of 888.com's (www.888.com) Pacific Poker continue to uphold its place as the world's number one online poker site.
Gibraltar (PRWEB) October 4, 2005 – There is nothing worse than sitting at a poker game waiting for the other players to have their turn. This is the reason why Pacific Poker (www.pacificpoker.com) has introduced turbo games to their online ...
Card Player Media Brings Cutting-Edge Poker Content to the Cell Phone Market Published: 2005-10-04 Company Chosen by Amp'd Mobile as Exclusive Poker Content Provider
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Card Player Media announced today that
it was chosen as the exclusive poker content provider for Amp'd Mobile.
Card Player will provide Amp'd Mobile with a host of poker content from
Card Player magazine, Card Player College, and CardPlayer.com that includes
modules such as poker news, featured content, live tournament updates,
streaming audio and video, games, and tools to improve one's game...
VC Poker Radio: Can You Hear us Pumping Out Your Stereo? Published: 2005-10-04 LONDON, October 4 /PRNewswire/ --
- VC Poker Launch World's First 24/7 Internet Poker Radio Station
Poker players all over the world are dancing to a brand new beat thanks to the launch of VC Poker Radio, the world's first 24/7 internet poker radio station.
Bursting at the seams with music, poker news and features - including exclusive interviews with some of the biggest names in the game - it's already providing the perfect poker soundtrack for thousands of VC Poker customers.
What's more, ...
The D.O.'s latest poker feature: This week, a chip and a chair Published: 2005-10-04 So you think you know everything about poker? You've played online, logged long hours with friends building your bankroll in cash games and tournaments and are ready to make the jump to the big time. The only logical step for you as a beginner would be to step up to the plate and play live poker at your local Brick and Mortar, or B&M, casino.
It just so happens Syracuse University is a stone's throw away from some exciting live poker action. Turning Stone Resort and Casino is home to several exciting po...
Life is good as a college poker star Published: 2005-10-04 “Hey Dave,” I whispered into my cell. “I need you for a second.”
It was just then that I realized what an interesting turn of events my life had taken after I made an innocent deposit of $50 into a PartyPoker.com account two years earlier, while living in my Blackwell dorm room. I was seated in a mafia-owned card room in downtown New York City. My hands were glossed over with grease from a filthy, worn-down table and poker chips that had probably been in use for fifteen years without being washed.
The...
Casino Cheats - The Black Book Of Shame Published: 2005-10-04 One advantage online casino fans have over real-world gamblers is that they never have to worry about bumping into the sort of characters detailed in Nevada's List of Excluded Persons. This nondescript-sounding title disguises a roll-call of mobsters, racketeers and corrupt officials who face arrest the moment they step inside a Las Vegas casino.
Any number of books and movies tell the stories of successful casino cheats - glamorous fictional characters who take on the house with a smile on their lips an...
POKERSTARS.COM OFFERS POKER FANS THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME AT "IGN LIVE": COMPETE WITH ICONS GREG RAYMER AND WIL WHEATON FOR A TRIP TO THE BAHAMAS Published: 2005-10-03 BRISBANE, CA - Oct. 3, 2005 - IGN Live responds to the poker craze overtaking the nation when they partner with the world's leading tournament poker site PokerStars.com to make amateur poker players' dreams come true. At IGN Live, the two-day videogame lifestyle festival, poker fans can play against champion players for a trip to the Bahamas!
PokerStars.com will host 15 tournaments to culminate with tables featuring Greg Raymer, 2004 World Series of Poker Champion, and Wil Wheaton, poker aficionado and ...
Atherton beaten by Punch Published: 2005-10-03 THE Suffolk Punch bolted out of the starting gates, kept a stamina-sapping pace for around eight furlongs – despite clipping a fence or two along the way – but then fell dramatically at the last.
But what a race I had in my maiden Pokerstars European Poker Tour event. Readers, Mr Punch is not destined for the glue factory just yet.
The field of 125 3pm starters in this £3,000-a-head poker marathon was trimmed down to just 35 when I busted out shortly before 11pm last night.
That’s just 20-odd pl...
CEOs Invited to Enter Black Tie CEO Poker Tournament to Win Title Chairman of Poker Published: 2005-10-03 World CEO Entertainment LLC, creator of CEO entertainment and event productions is inviting CEOs to reserve their spot at the black tie CEO Poker tournament. This is the first poker tournament where only CEOs will be competing with other CEOs in No Limit Texas Holdem to win the title of Chairman of Poker and for the Chairman’s Poker Tournament Ring.
Miami, FL (PRWEB) September 30, 2005 -- World CEO Entertainment LLC, creator of CEO entertainment and event productions is inviting CEOs to reserve their spo...
GSN Goes A'Hummin' Down the Las Vegas Strip Giving Away Cash and Prizes in New Interstitials Oct. 7 as Part of GSN's Friday 'Casino Night' Published: 2005-10-03 GSN Viewers Who Register Online in the GSN Rewards Program Can Tune in Each
Week for a Chance to Win the 'GSN Rolling Jackpot' of Up to $50,000 From
Oct. 7 Through Dec. 9
Latest Installment of the Poker Royale Franchise - 'The James Woods Gang VS.
The Unabombers in Poker Royale' - Set to Premiere the Same Night
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- GSN's Friday "Casino Night"
gets fresh interstitial programming with comedian Matt Iseman giving away...
Celebrity Poker and Taxes Published: 2005-10-03 Successful actors, writers and others in the entertainment industry share some advantages with professional gamblers when they play poker. With success often comes self-confidence, or at least the ability to project an image of being a winner, in control. Celebrities are often rich. They can think of poker chips as poker chips, and not as the cost of their dinners. The knack for thinking of $100 chips as merely "units" or "blacks" is essential for taking the emotion out of poker. Famous people can also ratt...
Annie Duke to be Featured Crave's World Championship Poker 2 Published: 2005-10-03 Crave Entertainment, a leading publisher of console videogames, has released images and a profile of poker pro Annie Duke, one of top female poker players in the world and one of thetop poker stars that will be featured in the upcoming release, World Championship Poker 2. World Championship Poker 2, is the follow up to one of the best selling titles for the first half of 2005, is slated to ship this fall for the PlayStationR® computer entertainment system, the PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) system and the Xbox...
Poker club going strong after 50 years Published: 2005-10-03 At 96, Chuck Elrod is an original.
He's the last founding member of a group of mailmen who gathered regularly to play poker starting the 1950s.
He still plays twice a month, joined now by family and friends.
In an age when poker has been turned into TV reality shows, and high-stakes online gamblers spend millions, Elrod and the seven others who play twice a month say they are baffled by the newfound popularity of the age-old game.
Playing is one thing, watching another.
"I think it's stupid. ...
Jennifer Tilly places her bets on 'Out of Practice' Published: 2005-10-03 "I'm wearing an outfit that looks just like a cupcake ... a pink frothy blouse, low cut ... everything a little inappropriately girlie ... Pink, pink, lot of pink," says Tilly, gleefully describing how her character, Crystal, typically will be dressed in an upcoming scene on the new CBS sitcom "Out of Practice."
Crystal is the receptionist for Dr. Stewart Barnes, a gastroenterologist, played by Henry Winkler. She's also his love interest, the attraction enhanced by her breast implants. Stewart's son Olive...
7Sultans Online Casino Reinvents Itself Published: 2005-10-03 It's out with the old and in with new for stalwart brand 7Sultans Online Casino. The website has received a dynamic make-over that is set to make it more appealing to the gambling public and it is definitely more alluring to the eye.
Belize, TX, October 03, 2005 --(PR.COM)-- It's out with the old and in with new for stalwart brand 7Sultans Online Casino (http://www.7sultans.com). This leading casino is a renowned online establishment that is attached to the prestigious Fortune Lounge Group. The website h...
Spike TV Antes Up for 'King Of Vegas'; Weekly Original Series Set to Debut in 2006 Published: 2005-10-03 $1 Million Prize on the Line in First-Ever 'Decathlon of Gambling' Competition
Qualifying Rounds to be Held in Atlantic City, Chicago, Las Vegas and Los Angeles
NEW YORK, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- It's one thing to be a poker champion, but it's another to be Spike TV's KING OF VEGAS, where players must not only master poker but a full spectrum of casino games including blackjack, craps, roulette, baccarat, among others. KING OF VEGAS will feature gamblers who will compete in a 'decathlon of gambling' f...
Focus on strategy and breaking down opponents Published: 2005-10-02 Focus on strategy and breaking down opponents
By: STEVE ROSENBLOOM - Tribune Media Services
Isolate the short stack and bust him. That's the Darwinian strategy you need at a final table, especially when play is short-handed.
Amir Vahedi, the terrific pro known for brandishing an unlit cigar at the nonsmoking tables, found the right spot for making such a move during the limit hold 'em tournament at the L.A. Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino.
The Iranian-born Vahedi,...
Legality Of Poker Tournaments In Question Published: 2005-10-02 DENVER -- Hoping to cash in on the rising popularity of poker, more and more pool halls, bars and restaurants around Colorado are holding tournaments.
The contests are free to enter, and participants win prizes from the business rather than cash from other players. Businesses profit from increased food and beverage sales.
"It's actually saving my business," said Karen Loya, owner of Table Steaks East pool hall in Aurora, which earns up to $1,500 from each of its four tournaments per week.
The tourn...
An honest portrait of hard-living poker great Published: 2005-10-02 By Connor Ennis
Associated Press
By Connor Ennis Poker has so permeated the national consciousness in recent years -- with games on TV, best-selling books and even a weekly column in The New York Times -- it's easy to forget that the game long dwelled in a dark corner of the American psyche.
Played in smoky back rooms and dingy casinos a world away from the glitz of modern-day Las Vegas, poker was favored by cowboys, gangsters and professional gamblers.
That changed several years ago, when Internet-sa...
Poker across the pond Published: 2005-10-02 Before I get into it, you should know that, from here on in, all the words and phrases in this column surrounded by quotes are the -- much beloved by me -- local London lingo. For those of you who've already guessed it, ''bloody right,'' this piece is about a little U.K. poker!
While in London last weekend shooting three parts of a reality show (the UltimatePoker.com Showdown on Channel 5), I thought it would be a treat to make an appearance at a poker club, out of respect and ''honour'' for the United K...
Sometimes you can't get read on opponent Published: 2005-10-01 BY STEVE ROSENBLOOM
Chicago Tribune
Because poker is more about people than cards and chips, it's imperative that you pay attention to your opponents all the time. Determine whether the player is aggressive or passive, tight or loose.
And sometimes, even that isn't enough. Because in tournaments, tables get broken and players get moved, so there isn't always enough time to get an accurate idea of the kind of player you're facing.
With 13 players remaining in the World Poker Tour's World Poker ...
CASSAVA IPO LOWER THAN EXPECTED Published: 2005-10-01 Analysts blame Party Gaming online poker pessimism
London analysts were this week blaming the lower than expected debut on the London stock exchange of Cassava Enterprises on market sentiment affected by pessimistic comments from the CEO of Party Gaming.
The BBC reported that PG's comments that online poker may be running out of steam could be the cause for the fall in share price experienced this week.
Online gaming firm Cassava saw its shares fall by 12.3p in London trading, after launching at 17...
Second Free Million Dollar Poker Tournament Takes Place Online Published: 2005-10-01 Poker has taken on a life of its own, and continues to gain popularity rapidly. Part of its appeal is the opportunity for the average person to win big money.
One popular online poker room awarded a lucky player a million dollars on September 25, in the world’s first free million dollar poker tournament. This event was so successful, they are running a second free tournament, with top prize of one million dollars, and a prize pool of 1.1 million – all at no cost to the players. (To receive a free entry,...
BRIT CHEF BECOMES MILLIONAIRE ONLINE POKER CHAMP Published: 2005-10-01 Paradise Poker's first Million Dollar online poker tournament
Blackpool, UK chef Lee Biddulph had good reason to feel pleased with himself this week. After battling 3,900 opponents online, the 28 year old walked away with $1 million dollars, the winner of Paradise Poker’s first Million Dollar Free online poker tournament.
Paradise poker claims this is the world’s largest online poker tournament prize ever, and it was absolutely free to participate.
The final table, which was played out in a myster...
BETONSPORTS JOINS TRIBECA TABLES POKER NETWORK Published: 2005-10-01 Major software move for sportsbook group
Online poker software provider Tribeca Tables Europe, Ltd, has announced that U.S. facing BetOnSports with 9 sportsbook brands has joined the Tribeca Tables Online Poker Network.
Steve Cook from Tribeca Tables said, “Everyone at Tribeca is extremely pleased to be working with BETonSPORTS which is the first significant sports brand to join the network and bring a new dimension of players to the poker world. There is a very close synergy between sport bettors ...
A Look At Pai Gow Poker Published: 2005-10-01 I recently received an e-mail message with the following question: "John, are you aware of any casinos in the area (I live in Lockport) that have Pai Gow Poker? What are your thoughts on the game?" Thanks. Signed John. To answer the first part of your question, Pai Gow Poker currently is not an approved game by the Illinois Gaming Board and therefore is not played at any riverboat casino destination in Illinois. It is, however, approved in Iowa and Indiana. The nearest locations that have Pai Gow Poker on i...
MORE POKER STARS JOIN BLUFF MAGAZINE Published: 2005-10-01 Mad Genius and the Unabomber team with Bluff poker magazine
Bluff Magazine has announced the addition of two exciting new figures to its team of elite poker experts: Mike Caro, “The Mad Genius of Poker,” and Phil “Unabomber” Laak.
A prolific poker writer, Caro authored Mike Caro’s Book of Tells, and remains one of the world's foremost authorities on poker strategy, psychology, and statistics. The founder of the Mike Caro University of Poker, Gaming, and Life Strategy, he is also one of the highest pro...
Play poker with pros Published: 2005-10-01 By Ric Manning
ricman@courier-journal.com
SCENE Gizmo Editor
The first time I played Texas Hold 'Em, I raked in a $30 pot.
But not until after I'd lost about $40.
That's how it goes with poker. It's a stimulating mix of skill and luck. I credit the $30 pot to luck and all those losing hands I played to skill.
There's not much any of us could do to change our luck, but a little practice -- without putting the mortgage payment at risk -- could help any poker players improve their skill.
...
PokerBlue.com to Stake Weekly Freerollers in High-Stakes Table Games Against Published: 2005-09-30 LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- PokerBlue.com's BIG FAT
WEEKLY FREEROLL moves into poker's fast lane this week with the announcement
that a coveted $10,000 seat at its closely governed "Whale Game" has been
added to an already lustful choice of prizes, which includes $10,000 seats at:
the Festa al Lago Tournament Championship, Bellagio, Las Vegas (Oct. 18-20);
the World Poker Tour (WPT) Finals, Rio Suites, Foxwoods Resort Casino,
Mashantucket, CT (Nov 13-18); and the World Series of Poker...
World Poker Exchange Pairs Up With US Airways' In-Flight Television to Teach Poker to Passengers Published: 2005-09-30 - Travelers Can Now Brush Up on Poker Strategies and Game Play While Flying to
Las Vegas and 24 Other US Airways Destinations -
ANTIGUA, British West Indies, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Poker
Exchange announced today that it is partnering with US Airways to include
poker tutorial spots on Overture, the airline's award-winning in-flight
entertainment program. The 90-second instructional spots are taken directly
from the World Poker Exchange's new tutorial DVD series, "In th...
WPT's PPT Saga Published: 2005-09-29 By Jeff Hwang
September 29, 2005
The WPT Enterprises (Nasdaq: WPTE) saga continues to get more interesting, and not in a good way.
Last week, the company filed suit against the Travel Channel to keep it from interfering with negotiations to produce a second non-World Poker Tour-branded poker series for another cable network. WPT Enterprise's WPT show is the highest-rated show in the history of Discovery Holding's (Nasdaq: DISCA) 50%-owned Travel Channel.
Apparently, negotiations to produce the n...
How to play poker on the Internet Published: 2005-09-29 An English chef has won almost $1m (£567,419) in an amateur poker tournament in Costa Rica, after qualifying by playing the game online.
About 3,900 gamers had entered the internet poker competition.
BBC News looks at how to play online:
Potential players can enter a growing number of online casinos.
To sign up for an account, they need to provide details such as their e-mail address then choose a playing name and password to receive an activation code.
Recent research has shown many pla...
WPT: Network Withdraws "Pro Poker" Offer Published: 2005-09-29 WPT Enterprises Inc. on Thursday said a cable network withdrew its offer to buy broadcast rights to the "Professional Poker Tour" series, but WPT said it has resumed negotiations with the Travel Channel.
The Travel Channel currently broadcasts WPT's "World Poker Tour" TV series.
On Sept. 19, WPT sued the Travel Channel and its parent company, Discovery Communications Inc., to prevent the broadcaster from interfering with WPT's prospective contract with the other, unnamed company. WPT is currently ne...
Poker firm begins trading Published: 2005-09-29 Place yer bets on 888
By Tim Richardson
Published Thursday 29th September 2005 10:13 GMT
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Shares in 888 began trading this morning following the IPO of the online casino. The share price was set at 175p valuing the gambling operation at £590m ($1.04bn).
At one stage in the run up to the float the company was estimated to be worth between £700 and £800m.
However, the enthusiasm for internet gaming took a knock four wee...
Oddities in Online Poker: From the dead to the resurrected Published: 2005-09-29 This has indeed been a strange week for online poker. On the one hand, we have a supposed deceased millionaire with a dying wish to launch an online poker site. On the other, we have a poker playing Jesus- need I say more?
For starters, we have Lionel "Lucky" Brown, the purported inspiration behind a new free Texas hold'em poker site, called LastCallPoker.com. Whether simply the makings of an online urban legend, or the real thing, the story goes that millionaire Mr. Brown designated $5 million of his l...
Chuck Blount: Poker players taking advantage of lucrative opportunities Published: 2005-09-29 Web Posted: 09/29/2005 12:00 AM CDT
San Antonio Express-News
When it comes to selling beer on television, companies have hired the likes of Bob Uecker and John Elway among others to pitch suds, but nobody sells beer like "Jesus."
Sporting a resemblance to that famous fellow in the miracle business with his long locks and well-kept beard, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson is the pitchman for Milwaukee's Best Light beer. Ferguson stars in a series of ads that hit the new high-water mark for mainstream compa...
Gaming firm down in debut trading Published: 2005-09-28 Online gaming firm 888 has seen its shares fall by 5 pence in London trading, after launching at 175p, valuing it at around £590m ($1bn).
Institutional dealers started trade on Thursday, with full trading on Monday.
The firm is the latest to come to market, although confidence in the sector was recently hit when rival Partygaming warned growth may slow.
888 is 90% controlled by two Israeli families and run by Gibraltar-based Cassava, which runs two other sites.
They are online casinos Pacific ...
Poker rules vary by residence hall Published: 2005-09-28 While the Residence Life staff considers implementing an official policy regarding recent poker-related problems on campus, the RDs of each residence have instituted differing informal rules for their own buildings.
The residence directors are investigating the poker-playing habits of the students to find out if there is a real problem, not to "slap another rule on people," said Kea-Guffin RD Theresa Noye.
"We're worried about when it goes beyond good clean fun," said Pennswood RD Kevin Maness.
Bu...
Poker-shark actress no longer frets over being 'huge movie star' Published: 2005-09-28 LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Tilly’s in the pink. ‘‘I’m wearing an outfit that looks just like a cupcake ... a pink frothy blouse, low cut ... everything a little inappropriately girlie ... Pink, pink, lot of pink,’’ says Tilly, gleefully describing how her character, Crystal, typically will be dressed in an upcoming scene on the new CBS sitcom Out of Practice.
Crystal is the receptionist for Dr. Stewart Barnes, a gastroenterologist, played by Henry Winkler. She’s also his love interest, the attraction enhance...
Moss offered £5m to front poker site nine.com Published: 2005-09-28 LONDON - Things are starting to look up for troubled supermodel Kate Moss as online gambling site nine.com has offered the scandal-embroiled star £5m to be the face of its new campaign.
The five-year contract would come with restrictions, however, including a spell in rehab and monitoring by the company's headquarters in Costa Rica for two months to prove the star is not taking drugs, as recent tabloid pictures have indicated.
The poker site has also asked Moss to participate in a nine.com-sponsored a...
Chicks with Chips Published: 2005-09-28 By katelyn foley
September 28, 2005
Toby Bochan is on a mission to convert seemingly naive, non-poker-playing women into competitive "chicks with chips."
A poker player since age seven, Bochan came to the Penn Bookstore to promote her first book, The Badass Girl's Guide to Poker,and to play a game of Texas hold 'em poker with the attendees.
Though the five attendees differed in gender, age and skill level, Bochan managed to unite them in several rounds of poker with hilarious anecdotes and tips fo...
My First Time Playing in a Casino Card Room Published: 2005-09-27 By John Grochowski
27 September 2005
If you've been going to casinos as long as I have, you remember when poker didn't exactly have star quality. At more than one Las Vegas casino, I saw card rooms shrink to make way for more slot machines, move to a small room off the main casino floor, and eventually disappear entirely.
That's all changed, of course, and I wouldn't trade the new era of expanding poker rooms for any return to the old days. The era of televised poker has led to bigger, more comfor...
Poker stars sound off on game's popularity Published: 2005-09-27 By Connor Ennis
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK -- Doyle Brunson can remember when being a professional poker player meant being an embarrassment.
The 72-year-old Texan recalls old friends crossing to the other side of the street when they saw him coming, and pulling out of the finals of a televised high-stakes tournament in 1972 because he didn't want to shame his family by advertising what he did for a living.
All of which made Brunson's situation on Friday night that much more interesting. With his tr...
Harrah's Rincon To Host World Series of Poker Circuit Event Published: 2005-09-27 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2005--Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET) said a World Series of Poker Circuit stop is scheduled for Harrah's Rincon in Valley Center, California, from February 26 to March 7, 2006.
A Circuit event at Harrah's Rincon earlier this year drew a total of 1,834 entrants and awarded more than $2.7 million in prize money.
"The World Series of Poker is the richest and most prestigious gambling event on the planet, and we look forward to bringing all the excitemen...
Flush beats all! Ontario Player Wins Ultimate Poker Challenge Published: 2005-09-27 POINT EDWARD, ON, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ - Luck paved the way for Point
Edward's hottest poker player who won the top prize yesterday at the first
Ultimate Poker Challenge, held at Point Edward Charity Casino near Sarnia.
Michael Brown, 38, of Belleville Ontario, won a grand total of $68,563 by
taking first place at the poker tournament, which ran September 20 to
September 25, 2005. About 100 hushed spectators waited for Brown to play his
final hand, a flush, to end the week-long competition. "When...
Full Tilt Poker's John D'Agostino and David Singer Reach Televised Final Table at Borgata Poker Open Published: 2005-09-27 Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) September 27, 2005 -- Full Tilt Poker representatives John D'Agostino and David Singer each had strong showings at the Borgata Poker Open, finishing fourth and sixth respectively out of a field of 515.
D'Agostino earned the biggest payday of his professional career, collecting $349,685 for his fourth-place finish at the World Poker Tour event, while Singer earned $249,775 and his sixth final-table appearance of the past year.
Before last week's finish, D'Agos...
Penn State hopes to ace College Poker challenge Published: 2005-09-26 Students with best hands can win big prizes
By Natalie Inger
Collegian Staff Writer
Poker at Penn State just got bigger.
Last week, Penn State hosted the kickoff ceremony for the third annual College Poker Championship, and in a separate event, a few lucky students were taken out to dinner by representatives from RoyalVegasPoker.com.
"Penn State is no longer just a linebacker university -- it's a poker university," Lou Krieger, College Poker Championship host, said as he presented a trophy t...
Poker’s Journey And Development Published: 2005-09-26 Poker’s journey and development into the world’s king of card games has left many people pondering the question, “Where did it all begin?” Tracking the history of poker has proven to be a daunting task. There are several different theories on how and where poker began. The most widely accepted theory is that poker was not born or created, but rather that it evolved.
One popular theory in the evolution of poker dates back to 900 B.C china when Mu-Tsung is believed to have played a form of “domino c...
Poker Puts Atlantic City Back on TV Published: 2005-09-26
ATLANTIC CITY – As reported by the Press of Atlantic City: "Just because the Miss America Pageant packed up and left town for parts unknown doesn't mean Atlantic City has lost its place on national television.
"Take the final table of the World Poker Tour championship event held Thursday night at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. Five men - including Ricardo Festejo of Margate and John D'Agostino of Egg Harbor City - and one woman remained of 515 entrants, and they battled it out for a nearly $1.5 milli...
BetonSports launches BOSPoker with the Tribeca Tables Poker Network Published: 2005-09-26
LONDON, UK -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Tribeca Tables Europe, Ltd, one of the market leaders of comprehensive ePoker solutions announced today that BETonSPORTS who have 9 Sports Book Brands has joined the Tribeca Tables Poker Network, the world's foremost e-poker aggregator.
Steve Cook from Tribeca Tables said, "Everyone at Tribeca is extremely pleased to be working with BETonSPORTS. BETonSPORTS are our first significant sports brand to join the network and bring a new dimension of players to the poker worl...
Las Vegas' condo boom comes with layer of glitz Published: 2005-09-26 THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
LAS VEGAS - The boom in high-rise condo projects in this city's canyon of casinos known as the Strip has spawned its own new status symbol -- the celebrity resident.
About 8,000 condominium units are under construction or about to start, according to SalesTraq, a Las Vegas real estate information company. It's a building explosion fueled in part by speculators in the torrid real estate market here and the desire of buyers from California and Asia to own a piece of Sin City's ac...
Vancouver-based musician Canada's first Texas Hold'em champion Published: 2005-09-26 TORONTO (CP) - Canada's new Texas Hold'em poker champion says it was all about the luck and, of course, the poker face.
Liam Greig received $105,000 after winning the Degree Poker Championship playoffs at the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ont.
Taped in June, it was broadcast Saturday night on TSN.
"The semi-final had me just totally wrapped up in nerves," Greig confessed from his home in Vancouver, where he works as an online poker software designer and plays jazz guitar.
...
Online Casino Industry Owes Much to Daniel Negreanu Published: 2005-09-25 If you are a fan of online casino games and you follow some of the exciting tournaments and competitions then the name Daniel Negreanu probably isn´t that new to you. With his own poker blog featured on the MTV website, interviews on Ask Men, and a reputation that has been making waves in the online casino industry for several years, Daniel Negreanu is the hottest thing to hit the poker world in a long time. IN 2004 he netted over $4 million in poker tournaments and at the online casinos alone. 2005 is look...
Today's word is... Flop Published: 2005-09-25 What can you say about the flop in hold 'em? There are few things in poker as suspenseful. The whole fate of your hand usually hinges on what those three cards will look like when the dealer turns them face up.
It's fun watching flops. Indeed.
That's why I'm asking you not to get mad at me when I ask you not to do it. You see, looking at the flop at the moment it hits the felt is the last thing you want to do if you expect to maximize your hold 'em profit. I'm going explain this concept the same...
Dealing a full house Published: 2005-09-25 Poker popularity increases pot for rec-room furniture sellers
By Rosa Salter Rodriguez
The Journal Gazette
You might have to cash in more than just a few chips to pay for the new must-have for the upscale home.
Fancy poker tables are the latest home entertainment accessory, and if you can’t maintain your poker face when you see their price tags – well, then, you obviously have never experienced how the other half loses.
At Halter Pool Tables in New Haven, you can cast your gaze on a Califor...
Study your poker foes Published: 2005-09-25 Knowing the tendencies of opponents puts players on top
By Steve Rosenbloom
Chicago Tribune
Because poker is more about people than cards and chips, it's imperative that you pay attention to your opponents all the time. Determine whether the player is aggressive or passive, tight or loose.
And sometimes, even that isn't enough. Because in tournaments, tables get broken and players get moved, so there isn't always enough time to get an accurate idea of the kind of player you're facing.
With ...
Online Poker Room PokerShare.com Bids $100k to Rename Rural Kentucky Hamlet Published: 2005-09-25 In a move resembling the marketing strategies of the highly publicized online casino, Golden Palace, newly founded online poker room PokerShare.com has reportedly laid down an offer of $100,000 to make its mark on a rural Kentucky hamlet, by the name of Sharer. Poker Share has publicized its bid to change Sharer's name to PokerShare.com, but the offer has so far fallen on deaf ears. The tiny rural community of Sharer has no mayor and no city council, and thus, finding an official to consider the poker site'...
24h Poker Starts Browser Based Game Published: 2005-09-25 September 25, 2005
Earl Burton
The surge in popularity of online poker has many home computers loaded down with several icons on their desktop. For those with Macintosh or Linux based systems, however, this is a little more difficult. Many of the more popular online arenas are not set up for users of those operating systems and finding a site that is compatible with those systems can be an exhausting search. Mac users have long played successfully at PokerRoom.com But now, 24h Poker, have entered the Ma...
Poker celebrities raise the ante for hurricane relief Published: 2005-09-25 I guess everyone who's been watching the Katrina TV coverage is as shaken up as I am. To do something about it, I decided to host a charity poker tournament at UltimateBet.com (UB) for the Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund last weekend.
With a $300 buy-in, $150 of that going to charity, and UB matching all donations, and with 1994 World Champion Russ Hamilton and I matching up to $10,000 each in donations, I asked a few of my celebrity friends to give us some special prize packages.
So there were tennis...
Chicago hotel is betting on poker players Published: 2005-09-25 Star news services
Buoyed in part by those televised tournaments, poker is enjoying a renaissance.
In Chicago, the House of Blues Hotel has a Full House package that begins at $325 a night per person and includes accommodations in a suite, a snack platter, a private hourlong instruction session by a "poker coach," a full poker set, a private full bar with a bartender in the suite for three hours, a 3 a.m. turndown, and late checkout.
And try your poker face on this, all you high rollers: The hotel has ...
Online gambling regulatory body strengthens industry representation Published: 2005-09-25 Michael Hirst OBE, the independent chairman of eCOGRA has announced the appointment of Swedish national Karl Magnusson (30) to the board of directors of the online gambling self-regulatory body.
Magnusson is a director of software developer Ongame in Stockholm Sweden which powers one of the largest poker operations, PokerRoom.com in the booming poker room industry. He is also a director of UK companies Ongame Limited and Nordicone Limited and has extensive financial and general management experience wit...
Poker Deals House Royal Flush Published: 2005-09-24 As the poker craze refuses to die down, execs at Connecticut's Foxwoods Resort and Casino are still marveling at their good fortune. Foxwoods was the first casino to buy into Steve Lipscomb's vision of a World Poker Tour, which launched in 2003 on the Travel Channel. It's hard to believe now, but before that, the idea of televised poker matches sent most viewers fleeing.
"It was like watching paint dry," says Kathy Raymond, Foxwood's director of poker operations, of how the events used to be televised....
High rollers attend New Yorker festival Published: 2005-09-24 CONNOR ENNIS
Associated Press
NEW YORK - Doyle Brunson can remember when being a professional poker player meant being an embarrassment.
The 72-year-old Texan recalls old friends crossing to the other side of the street when they saw him coming, and pulling out of the finals of a televised high-stakes tournament in 1972 because he didn't want to shame his family by advertising what he did for a living.
All of which made Brunson's situation on Friday night that much more interesting. With his t...
Poker Chips Design and Tips Published: 2005-09-24 Poker chips, or poker tokens, are used to keep track during gambling, to replace money during the game.
Poker chips, or poker tokens, are used to keep track during gambling, to replace money during the game. Even though poker chips are called clay chips, poker chip sets are not made of clay. Sometimes clay is used as filler, but it is always mixed with some synthetic material for durability. Clay composite chip sets were popular in the early 1800s and today are rarely used mainly because they are more e...
Ky. town declines to ante up for $100K Published: 2005-09-24 The Associated Press
MORGANTOWN - What's it worth to an online poker site to have its name stamped on a community? Apparently $100,000 - which is how much it's offering a western Kentucky hamlet to change its name to PokerShare.com.
The offer was made to the Butler County community of Sharer, which has no city council, no grocery and no post office.
The proposition has Butler County Judge-executive Hugh Evans scratching his head, but he's not keen on the idea.
"I can't speak for everybody, but c...
Players learn when to fold 'em from pros at poker camp Published: 2005-09-24 Las Vegas -- "Poker Brat" Phil Hellmuth Jr. held a pair of nines, the same hole cards he had when he became the youngest World Series of Poker main event champion ever in 1989, at age 24.
This time, though, Hellmuth wasn't facing an all-in bet from two-time defending champion Johnny Chan, but from Jim Gerran, a 38-year-old mortgage broker from San Francisco.
And this time, Hellmuth lost.
It was a case of fantasy meeting reality meeting fantasy for Gerran, one of more than 150 participants in the...
Tips on how to hold your own in a hold 'em game Published: 2005-09-24 Las Vegas -- Poker is a game of skill, with just enough luck to make it dangerous.
"I see poker as kind of the chess of the common man," said John Carlisle, a poker writer with a master's degree in counseling from West Virginia University and a bachelor's in psychology from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania. "Everybody can sit down and think they have a chance to win."
If you're not careful, though, you can build up your debts instead of your ego. So how can you deepen your poker skills without ...
Betting on a wing and a prayer Published: 2005-09-24 Las Vegas -- Forget everything you’ve learned from poker telecasts. The cameras do lie.
I’m sure that some people at the final tables of no-limit hold ’em poker tournaments actually do get pocket pairs of aces or other heart-pounding combinations, but my two cards at the finale of Camp Hellmuth were more like:
A) A wing; and
B) A prayer.
Some poker hands appear as if they have been caressed with a magic wand. Mine looked as if they had been beaten with an ugly stick.
Still, it would ha...
Landsberg puts on a poker face Published: 2005-09-24 By DAVE CAMERON -- Edmonton Sun
Maybe they should start every program with one of those caveats, voiced over in that rapid-fire low-talking fashion:
Side-effects of gambling include loss of memory, loss of property, reversed metabolism, disorientation and bankruptcy. Please consult your financial adviser.
"I could answer that flippantly, which is my usual instinct, but on the serious side, that's a huge issue," said Michael Landsberg, best known as the host of TSN's Off the Record, and lately moo...
New Mac Texas Holdem Poker Room Published: 2005-09-24 Pacific Poker announces its new Mac Texas Holdem software and the no download Mac Texas Holdem poker room.
(PRWEB) September 24, 2005 -- Pacific Poker recently announced that its online poker room is now Mac Texas Hold'em friendly at www.Mac-PacificPoker.com. Mac users say this Mac Texas Hold'em site lets Mac users play online poker without having to purchase expensive Virtual PC software for online poker compatibility.
Players also say this Mac Texas Hold'em site gives new money players up to $100 in...
Poker Pro Phil Laak Laughs off the Comedians and Plays His Cards Right, Becoming GSN's Grand Champion of 'Poker Royale: Comedians Vs. Pros' Published: 2005-09-24 Laak Takes Home the $50,000 Grand Prize
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The joke was on the
comedians when Phil "Unabomber" Laak showcased his poker skills against jokers
and poker aces in the finale of POKER ROYALE: COMEDIANS VS. PROS. Laak
triumphed and took home the final pot of $50,000.
The series came down to a heads-up game between Laak and fellow poker pro
Kathy Kolbert. Kolbert had gained momentum by winning the second to last
hand, but needed to quickly double up. ...
It's Time to Get Rich Playing Poker at CelebPoker.com $50k Night Published: 2005-09-24 If you missed this year's World Series of Poker, or want to get some experience and opportunity at making your stake in the poker world this weekend is the time. This Sunday, September 25th there is no place in the world better to be playing poker than at CelebPoker.com No one else can offer the prize pool CelebPoker.com has this Sunday.
(PRWEB) September 24, 2005 -- CelebPoker.com is hosting the $50k Guarantee this weekend and it is sure to go down as one of the biggest online events of the year. Online...
Playing Poker for a Living - Keep your day job Published: 2005-09-24 Playing Poker for a Living - Keep your day job
by Mike Sexton
sexton@partypoker.com
Playing poker for a living looks exciting and glamorous, and seems like a dream job. With the fame and fortune that goes along with winning televised poker tournaments, more and more players dream about becoming a professional player. Here’s a word to the wise: Keep your day job. Everything is not always as it appears.
Those who make a career out of playing poker do so because it seems like a better job than most...
Commerce Casino to Debut Dynamic New Website at California State Poker Championship Published: 2005-09-23 Players Will Be Able to Register Online for Future Tournaments and to 'Bring Your Home Game to Commerce'
Site Features Advice From Poker Champs, New Webstore, Live Jackpot Webcam, Tournament Results
COMMERCE, Calif., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- When the players arrive at the Commerce Casino for the California State Poker Championship today, they'll be treated to the preview of the Casino's dynamic new interactive website, www.commercecasino.com, designed to take registration online for all future tourn...
WPT Enterprises (WPTE) Sues Travel Channel Published: 2005-09-23 WPT Enterprises (WPTE), the company that owns, distributes, and licenses the World Poker Tour (WPT) brand and television program, has sued the Travel Channel, the network that airs the WPT program. WPTE claims that the Travel Channel has interfered with its potential third party contractual relationships. WPTE also said that it believes that this interference constitutes a breach of the Travel Channel contractual obligations.
The legal dispute concerns the distribution of a new television program develo...
Chips are down for online poker sites Published: 2005-09-23 by Jason Walsh
After a year of flush profits, online poker sites are beginning to see the lustre come off their profits. Is what seemed like a solid bet just a year ago set to fold, and will 2006 be the beginning of the end for online poker?
The profits are high, but the stakes even higher. Recent activity has indicated a potential downturn in the online poker market with PartyGaming, the world's biggest online poker company, losing 33 percent of its share value in early September. The online gamb...
Al Ardebili Captures World Poker Tour Title at Borgata Poker Open Published: 2005-09-23 ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/23/2005 -- Six players entered the Borgata Event Center last night, one left a champion. The marquee event of the 2005 Borgata Poker Open lived up to its hype and supplied spectators with some of the most intriguing poker play on the WPT to date.
Jersey City's Al Ardebili captured the title and first-place prize of $1,498,650 after he beat Margate, N.J.'s Richard Festejo in the final hand. Both New Jersey natives won their buy-ins into the WPT finals via Borgata ...
The Bicycle Casino Sponsors the ``Entourage'' Poker Lounge at Monkeys In Pants Award Suites to Raise One Million Dollars for Hurricane Katrina Victims Published: 2005-09-23 LOS ANGELES --(Business Wire)-- Sept. 23, 2005 -- The Bicycle Casino (www.Thebicyclecasino.com) donated poker tables and all the fixings to the "Monkeys In Pants" Emmy event. Held at the luxurious Beverly Hilton Hotel last week, Thursday thru Saturday (September 15th - 17th), celebrities such as Keifer Sutherland, Paris Hilton, Terry O'Quinn and Jose Canseco, to name a few, were pampered and exposed to some exciting new beauty products, clothing lines and gadgets. They were then whisked off to play poker in...
Penn State named No. 1 poker-playing campus Published: 2005-09-23 By Chris Rosenblum
crosenbl@centredaily.com
And they say Florida is shark-infested.
College Poker Championship, an online tournament, has named Penn State the best poker-playing campus among 2,400 schools worldwide. A tournament representative will present a trophy before a LateNight poker competition in the HUB-Robeson Center.
Penn State became the 2005 College Poker Champion by having the best collective finishes in the free tournament, in which students vie weekly from September to May for ...
Church takes house where poker folded Published: 2005-09-23 Tiny Mitford moves on after gambling parlors shut down
By CHRISTINA GOOD VOICE
The Associated Press
MITFORD — The dust from the gravel parking lots has settled, the cigarette smoke has long since escaped, and the neon signs no longer draw attention to the Magic Mall.
What was once a place to play video poker is now a place to pray, Touching Lives Ministries. Gambling “is like the enemy, the devil,” said the Rev. Archie Blackman, pastor of the tiny congregation in this town of about 1,500. “We ...
College Poker Championship Announces the Search for The Next Poker Idol Published: 2005-09-23 More than $200,000 in Scholarships, $10,000 in Charity Donations and Four Brand New Cars Up for Grabs in the Third Annual Tournament
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 23, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- College Poker Championship(tm) (www.collegepoker.com), the world's largest online college poker tournament, introduces its third annual competition today at Penn State University. The search is on for the world's best college poker players as College Poker Championship III launches with its largest prize package ever, includ...
Mahjong Next Wave in Online Skill and Cash-wager Gaming - Mahjong audience may eclipse Poker players Published: 2005-09-22 LAS VEGAS, Sept. 22 /CNW Telbec/ - The game of Mahjong, with roots in
China going back nearly 2000 years, may soon serve as a stunning example of
old becoming new. Already played globally for fun by hundreds of millions of
people, making it the worlds most widely played skill game, Mahjong is now
poised to lead the next wave in online cash-wager gaming.
Speaking to a conference audience of online gaming operators and
suppliers interested in skill games and their association to gambling,
Adriaan B...
Six Left in Poker Tournament Published: 2005-09-22
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- The third day of action at the Borgata Poker Open, part of the World Poker Tour, saw another round of intense battling as the field tried to make moves and secure their position in one of the top six final spots. Sixty-two players began the action at 11 a.m., but it wasn't long before players began to drop like flies.
The drama of the event was heightened throughout the day by the looming fact that only 45 players would make the money. Unfortunately for ...
Al Ardebelli is the WPT Borgata Poker Open Champion Published: 2005-09-22 The final table of the Borgata Open concluded today at the exquisite Borgata Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was a special moment for me because I finally got to cover a World Poker Tour final table. After four days the field of 515 players was dwindled down to six players after a brutal 18 hour session to end Day 3. Last year's winner Daniel Negreanu was eliminated on the first day.
Here's who made the final table including chip counts:
Seat 1: Robert "Action Bob" Hwang (Clark...
BRAVO UPS THE ANTE WITH ITS FIRST EVER MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE POOL IN THE SEVENTH TOURNAMENT OF BRAVO'S HIT SERIES "CELEBRITY POKER SHOWDOWN" Published: 2005-09-22 Released by Bravo
BRAVO UPS THE ANTE WITH ITS FIRST EVER MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE POOL IN THE SEVENTH TOURNAMENT OF BRAVO'S HIT SERIES "CELEBRITY POKER SHOWDOWN"
BRAVO UPS THE ANTE WITH ITS FIRST EVER MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE POOL IN THE SEVENTH TOURNAMENT OF BRAVO'S HIT SERIES "CELEBRITY POKER SHOWDOWN"
TABLE FEATURING THE MEN OF "DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES" KICKS OFF AN ALL-NEW TOURNAMENT PREMIERING ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 AT 9:00 P.M.
BRAVOTV.COM LAUNCHES FIRST EVER ONLINE POKER GAMES THIS WEEK
NE...
Las Vegas From Home.com Entertainment Inc.: Action Poker Gaming Inc. Licenses its Software to the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California Published: 2005-09-22 VANCOUVER, British Columbia --(Business Wire)-- Sept. 22, 2005 -- Las Vegas From Home.com Entertainment Inc. (the "Company") or ("LVFH") (TSX VENTURE:LVH)(OTCBB:LVFHF)(BERLIN:LVH) is pleased to announce that it's wholly owned subsidiary, Action Poker Gaming Inc., ("APG") has licensed its Software to the Bicycle Casino (the "Bike") in Los Angeles, California.
Located just 10 minutes from downtown Los Angeles, the Bicycle Casino is home to the best gaming action in Southern California. With over 135 table...
No Limit Texas Hold'em Poker - Learn Quick, Play Hard Published: 2005-09-22 No Limit Texas Hold 'Em Poker from Salexo Software is an ideal game for both the experienced player looking for competition, and the beginner wanting to learn the basics.
Have you wanted to try Texas Hold'em online, but felt a little intimidated because you didn't fully understand the game, or fear holding up the game. With Salexo's Texas Hold'em you can learn the basics at your pace, take as long as you want to analyze each hand, and generally, wreck havoc - without fear.
Facing seven other players...
Colleges take on poker Published: 2005-09-22 All in.
For some, that phrase could be the most exciting two words in the English language and for others the most terrifying. The only other words that can bring so much drama to a room full of college students are: I'm pregnant.
With Texas Hold 'em's popularity at an all time high, Craig Tapscott and Chadwick Pelletier decided to create a site where students all over the country can log on and hone their poker skills with other people that should be studying.
Much of the game's popularity can be ...
UNLV students' poker addictions worsen Published: 2005-09-22 The newest craze among college students doesn't involve leaving campus. It merely involves a deck of cards and a straight face.
In this game, one can either win handfuls of money or lose it all in one single move. Today, many college-age students have been on the latter end. Poker is sweeping colleges across the nation, including UNLV.
For about the last three years, poker has pushed its way into the mainstream spotlight. Televised events like the World Series of Poker have made Phil Ivey, Daniel Negr...
Five unconventional tips to poker success Published: 2005-09-22 Want to make a splash at tournament? Follow these guidelines
By Charles Mousseau
Updated: 1:03 p.m. ET Sept. 22, 2005
There's a reason that conventional advice is called “conventional,” and it's related to the same reason that obvious plans are considered “obvious” — they are ultimately effective.
I, ever the contrarian, always have looked off the beaten path to find ways to improve my poker success. Not just those that are different for their own sake, but those that I feel are effective, ones I ...
World Series of Poker - Go ahead and fold immediately. Published: 2005-09-22 September 22, 2005 - Poker is the perfect blend of luck and skill. Any player can win any hand with any set of cards. Even the worst starting hands can be won with either a great bluff or a great draw, meaning the game's overall strategy, and consequently enjoyment, is entirely dependant upon the players' abilities to play the game competently and off of one another.
As such, video game poker is essentially solely dependant upon its presentation and artificial intelligence. Presentation is really hal...
World Poker Tour owner plays hand in court Published: 2005-09-21 By Jesse Hiestand
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The parent company of the "World Poker Tour" has sued its outlet, the Travel Channel, for allegedly interfering with plans to develop a new poker series on ESPN.
WPT Enterprises Inc. sued the Travel Channel and its owner, Discovery Communications Inc., for alleged breach of contract and intentional interference. The case, filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeks unspecified damages and various court orders, including a declaration that WPT ...
James Woods Takes on the Pros in GSN's New POKER ROYALE Series 'THE JAMES WOODS GANG VS. THE UNABOMBERS' Published: 2005-09-21 New Series Features Woods and Poker Pro Phil 'The Unabomber' Laak Premiering
on GSN Friday, October 7 at 10PM ET/PT With Back-To-Back Hour Episodes
Other Players Include Jennifer Tilly, Ted Forrest, Danny Masterson
and Cyndy Violette
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- It's an old-fashioned
"choose up sides" poker showdown between Hollywood superstar James Woods' team
and poker pro Phil Laak's team in THE JAMES WOODS GANG VS. THE UNABOMBERS IN...
Students all in for poker Published: 2005-09-21 Jonathan Parkin
Staff Writer
September 21, 2005
No-limit Texas hold 'em has been a popular card game for more than 100 years. But the game is changing. With the addition of televised weekly poker tournaments on ESPN's "World Series of Poker," hold 'em players are turning the game into a sport.
More people are drawn to the sport after seeing the game's fast, aggressive and highly competitive nature. Chico State students are no exception. Weekly poker parties and frequent trips to nearby casinos ar...
Borgata Poker Open Steams Ahead With Day Two of WPT Main Event Published: 2005-09-21 ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/21/2005 -- Day two of the World Poker Tour (WPT) main event at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa saw some players take flight into the chip stratosphere, while others faired far worse, crashing and burning out of the tournament.
The Borgata Poker Open's biggest event once again left spectators satisfied as the field, thinned out from yesterday's play, forced even more top pros into tight spots. Unfortunately, several of the game's biggest poker names fell victim to chal...
Lawmakers want poker rules clarified Published: 2005-09-21 By Todd Dorman, Globe Des Moines Bureau
DES MOINES — Iowa lawmakers asked regulators Tuesday to help clean up rules governing popular poker games, arguing that Iowans who know when to hold ‘em often don’t know when they’re breaking a confusing patchwork of laws.
Members of the Government Oversight Committee said their constituents are uncertain when, where and how it’s legally appropriate to play Texas Hold ‘em and other poker games.
Lawmakers said they want clarification, but, for now, they’r...
California State Poker Championship Published: 2005-09-21 Golden State Pros Hold Court at the Commerce
While the poker world’s attention has shifted to the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Golden State rounders are cleaning up in their own backyard at the California State Poker Championship.
The Commerce Casino, located just outside of Los Angeles, has played host to the tournament for the past two weeks. Buy-ins have ranged from $300 to $2,000, and the main event, scheduled for Sept. 23, is a $5,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em event.
California...
Online poker tourney winners reap benefits of low profile Published: 2005-09-21 By Liz Benston
LAS VEGAS SUN
One of the world's largest poker tournaments has just concluded, awarding nearly $13 million in prize money to 1,972 people.
Yet the winners of these events may never be known to the public.
The World Championship of Online Poker, an event hosted by the Costa Rica-based Internet site PokerStars.com, is by far the world's largest online poker tournament. The top prize in the final event, a game of no-limit hold 'em with a $2,500 buy-in, was $577...
Veteran Online Sports Book, Betmaker, Unveils New Homepage and Poker Rooms Published: 2005-09-21 SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Betmaker, one of the Web's
most trusted sports books, has added poker to its roster of online wagering
options. Betmaker, renowned for its solid reputation for delivering secure
betting services, is also assuring users a bot-free playing environment.
A veteran in the gambling industry, Betmaker offers categories such as
Sportsbook, Casino and Racing. The company recently unveiled their new and
improved homepage at http://www.betmaker.com and now inc...
Chuck Blount on poker: Playing with patient hand results in deserving pots Published: 2005-09-21 San Antonio Express-News
One of the more important, albeit humbling, aspects of Texas Hold 'Em to remember is that success often has more to do with capitalizing on an opponent's mistakes rather than your own brilliant play.
If you are holding a pair of aces and the person sitting across from you pushes a bounty of chips into play with a pair of 7s, you did nothing skillful other than get dealt the best two starting cards in the deck.
One major mistake that players are regularly guilty of in pok...
DB Dealer(TM), New Poker Gadget, Solves Tournament Play Challenges Published: 2005-09-21 PORTLAND, Oregon, September 21 /PRNewswire/ --
- DB Dealer Combines Dealer Button and Blind Timer for Great Gift Under US$20
The kitchen, clock and cell phone alarm ringing is finally silenced, as two entrepreneurs from Oregon introduce the DB Dealer(TM), a device that combines two essential elements of poker tournament play: the dealer button and the blind timer.
For years, casino, club, and home-based tournament players have used various methods to mark the time between required minimum bet ...
Poker - the card game with big shoulders - is suddenly hot again Published: 2005-09-21 By Dave Russell
published: September 21, 2005 6:00 am
After appearing in westerns for decades, the poker player kind of went AWOL from our TV screens for a while. Not anymore. Seems like every other time I flip by several of my supposed 75 cable channels, a couple of guys are staring each other down in a way that can only be the result of playing No Limit Texas Hold 'em poker.
Though I am not much of a gambler, I love it, and apparently so do a lot of other Americans.
The phrase "poker revolution" i...
America's Poker Passion Creates Newest Desi Billionaires Published: 2005-09-21 21 September 2005 -- Move over, Vinod Khosla (founder of Sun Microsystems) and Sabeer Bhatia (founder of hotmail).
Its time to meet the newest technology billionaires - Anurag Dikshit and his college pal Vikrant Bhargava -- who got there by 'helping people find ways to lose money.'
Dikshit is also the only Indian to be inducted into Red Herring magazine's top 20 technology entrepreneurs of 2005.
Dukshit and Bhargava are the Indian duo behind PartyGaming, an online poker/gambling company based in...
Poker guru beating the odds Published: 2005-09-21 By STEVE HUMMER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 09/21/05
Finally, someone who has put a Georgia Tech education to work on the big stuff.
Like, say, the human dynamics of rock-paper-scissors.
"I play a lot of high stakes rock-paper-scissors," begins Phil Gordon, 35-year-old Yellow Jacket/poker raconteur. "Played for $10,000 one time [and won]. It's actually a game of skill, much like poker. You think that it's random, but it's not. Human beings are not good randomizers; they always f...
Poker Bots? Bring ‘Em On! Published: 2005-09-21 By Pete Mills
PeteMills@woai.com
Follow me on this one.
I've been researching for an article about robots playing poker online. Yep. Robots. Online gaming, moneymaking software extensions of the robustly intelligent, anti-social pre-teen beating victims that design them. This interest was the result of reading a recent article in Wired by David Kushner. "On The Internet, Nobody Knows You're A Bot."
It got my full attention.
I'm an online player, and I'd like to be playing other warm-bloods,...
http://www.insidebayarea.com/bayarealiving/ci_3045497 Published: 2005-09-20 Women find a fun place to play poker — online
By Candace Murphy, STAFF WRITER
ELIZABETH KURZ is a 28-year-old interior designer with a steady boyfriend. Shirley Carnett is a 64-year-old grandmother who answers phones for her husband's chimney sweeping service. Jenny Kleid is a 35-year-old stay-at-home mom who drives her kids to soccer practice in a hulking white Ford Expedition.
Spanning a demographic spectrum that would make a marketer's head spin, these women, unbelievably, have something ...
Class is in Session -- CelebPoker.com offers Poker School Published: 2005-09-20 CelebPoker.com is now offering its players a free Poker School online. With poker lessons from top pros at your disposal there is no way checking out the school couldn't add some skill to your game. Best of all the Poker School is free to all players of CelebPoker.com
(PRWEB) September 20, 2005 -- There are a variety of attractions on every poker site online. Many poker rooms will offer their players an overview of how to play Texas Hold'Em and other games. What CelebPoker.com is doing is much different....
Poker TV Network Inc. Picks Up A Pair of Aces as Matt Savage and Nolan Dalla Have Accepted Appointments to The Company's Advisory Board Published: 2005-09-20 LAS VEGAS, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Poker TV Network, Inc. (Pink
Sheets: PKTV), the world's first and only Broadband TV network focusing on the
world of poker, announced today that it has appointed the first two members to
the Company's Board of Advisors to provide guidance and recommendations as the
Company rapidly expands.
The company, which broadcasts poker programming at
http://www.pokerTVnetwork.com , said the newly formed Advisory Board will
include industry leaders with broad gam...
Borgata Poker Open Breaks Records as Over 500 Players Compete in Day One of World Poker Tour Finals Published: 2005-09-20 ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/20/2005 -- Energy levels among players and guests at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa rose early Monday morning as the hotel welcomed players of the World Poker Tour (WPT) main event.
The highly regarded tournament series recorded the largest turnout of players in the history of Atlantic City casinos with over 500 players ponying up $10,000 for a shot at the biggest pool prize in Borgata Poker Open history.
Spectators were treated to some intriguing tables as a num...
$25,000 Bounty Poker Tournament at DoylesRoom.com. Published: 2005-09-20 Doyle Brunson has decided to increase the top prize up to $25,000, at this week's Bounty Poker Tournament, scheduled to start September 21st at 9:00PM ETD at DoylesRoom.com.
San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) September 20, 2005 -- The $10,000 bounty tournament at DoylesRoom.com was such a great success that Doyle Brunson has decided to increase the top prize up to $25,000. This generous prize will be awarded to the player that can knock out all three bounties; Doyle Brunson, Mike Caro and Todd Brunson. Don’t m...
Poker popularity may spark legislative debate in Iowa Published: 2005-09-20 By ASSOCIATED PRESS
September 20, 2005
The growing popularity of a new form of poker may plunge the Legislature into another round of emotional debate over gambling, key lawmakers said on Tuesday.
‘‘I think this is an area that is unclear,’’ said Sen. Michael Connolly, D-Dubuque. ‘‘I think it would help for people to know what’s allowable.’’
At issue is a game called Texas Hold ’Em, a game played in Las Vegas for enormous sums of money. Texas Hold ’Em tournaments are often broadcast on t...
Full Tilt Poker's Chris Ferguson Becomes the First Player to Ever Win Multiple World Series of Poker Circuit Championship Tournaments Published: 2005-09-20 Jesus" claims $362,088 along with second WSOPC title in six months.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) September 20, 2005 -- Team Full Tilt member Chris "Jesus" Ferguson has added another chapter to his already impressive tournament record by becoming the first player to ever win two World Series of Poker Circuit Championship tournaments.
Ferguson earned $362,088 for his victory last week at the $10,000 No-Limit Hold 'em WSOPC tournament at Harrah's Las Vegas. In March 2005, he won $655,220 for...
Former U. Virginia student chooses professional poker over school Published: 2005-09-20 By Teresa Wood
Cavalier Daily (U. Virginia)
September 20, 2005
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Not many people can lose $10,000 in one day and just move on. But then again, most people don’t win $360,000 in one day, either.
Former University of Virginia student Eric Froehlich recently became the youngest player to win a bracelet in the World Series of Poker and has grown accustomed to the world of high-stakes poker.
But less than a year ago, Froehlich was still a student at the university. Before he le...
PokerStars' World Championship of Online Poker Now the Third Largest Poker Tournament in the World; Poker Players from 82 Countries Compete for Nearly $13 Million in Prize Money Published: 2005-09-20 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2005--Fifteen new poker champions were crowned in the fourth annual World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) held at PokerStars.com. The 15-day competition attracted 19,727 players worldwide representing 82 different countries. The enormous turnout made the WCOOP poker's most international competition. Winners were awarded a whopping $12,783,900 in total prize money in 15 tournament events.
The WCOOP main event, a $2,500 buy-in No-Limit Texas Hold'em tournamen...
Jan Boubli Takes First Event of European Poker Tour (EPT) Season Two Published: 2005-09-20 The European Poker Tour closed the first event of its second season, this past weekend in Barcelona. 325 players laid down the Barcelona Open's €4,000 (~ $4,860) buy-in, vying for the total prize pool of €1.3 million (~ $1.58 million). At the end of two days of competition, Frenchman Jan Boubli took first place, and the €416,000 top prize. Boubli will also join other EPT champions from this season at the €10,000 (~ $12,149) Grand Finale event, slated for March 2006, in Monte Carlo. Boubli took the crown fol...
Playing the hand you're dealt Published: 2005-09-19 Former University student chooses professional poker over school
TERESA WOOD, Cavalier Daily Associate Editor
Not many people can lose $10,000 in one day and just move on. But then again, most people don't win $360,000 in o
