Red-hot PKR Published: 2006-04-30 Online poker is a phenomenon. People can’t get enough of logging on and having a dabble, sometimes even outside of those hallowed hours when drunk, overzealous Americans sign in to their preferred virtual casinos.
This is why a British company famed for its 3D constructions has entered the game with a mission to slay the competition with PKR.com.
The idea is simple: take the good elements of current poker websites (ie accessibility and playability) and combine them with a little semi-real-world inter...
Poker raises the stakes in fight for pub popularity Published: 2006-04-30 By Sarah Price
April 30, 2006
FORGET trivia. Poker nights are taking pubs by storm as the new way for bar flies to while away the hours.
It could be the sight of the sexy desperate housewives playing a few rounds, or the win by Australian Joe Hachem at the World Series of poker last year, which made him an instant multimillionaire. Either way, poker nights are rapidly becoming a popular fixture in Sydney pubs and clubs.
The National Poker League (NPL) has more than doubled the number of participat...
Online Poker Room Celebrates First Birthday Published: 2006-04-30 April 30 - A year in the online poker industry is a long time and Poker.com will look back on the first year in the life of its unique software with a great sense of satisfaction. The poker industry is fiercely competitive and not many new players can say their first year was a success...
Poker.com is celebrating its first birthday with a couple of really hot promotions. Players will be able to qualify between now and May 20 for the Birthday tournament.
There are several ways to qualify for the 1st Bi...
The positive feedback loop Published: 2006-04-29 Poker is one of the few “export-quality” US sporting pastimes. A combination of exciting TV programming and ease of play on the Net has triggered exponential market growth.
This is a feedback loop — more players are chasing more money and their presence is bringing in even more money and new players.
Similar dynamics operate in conventional financial markets: good trading platforms, better information dissemination, more liquidity and more participants create positive feedback loops.
In...
How to Play Winning Poker Published: 2006-04-29 Poker madness! It's on TV, online, and all over dining room tables around town. Whether you are already a card-carrying member of the poker persuasion, or a newbie to the game, News 4 WOAI's Natalia Zea has four tips to make you a better, and smarter, player.
The sound of shuffling cards alone can give you a rush if you're a fan of Texas Hold 'em. But you might get nervous when you throw in your bets.
So if you want your chips to stack up, woai.com's expert poker columnist Dale Blasingame has four s...
POKER: HANDY TIPS TO STEAR YOU TO A HUGE PAYOUT Published: 2006-04-29 BETFRED POKER
By Fred Done
AS the Betfred Million approaches I thought I would give out a few tips about playing multi table tournaments online so that you have the best chance for qualifying, and then hopefully winning the main event!
The first tip is to play tight early and remember that the tournament will last a long time.
There is no need to make large bets early and risk going out.
Obviously if you have a very good hand then it may be a good move to be aggressive but if you have an ave...
STEVE ROSENBLOOM: Don't get greedy, even with aces Published: 2006-04-28 You lose more money with pocket aces than you win. Maybe it's true, maybe it's not, but that tends to be the prevailing thought in poker.
Pocket aces are best played heads-up, which requires aggressive play before and after the flop, which can make you pot-committed for your entire stack.
But aces also can be a great trapping hand, which leads to more passive play, which gives more players a chance to hit a big flop.
This is why you can go from being thrilled that you were dealt aces to being thril...
Online gaming lures new players, grows overall market Published: 2006-04-28 LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Online gaming companies, led by giant PartyGaming PLC (PRTY.LN), are expanding the traditional gaming industry they were once expected to thwart, as they attract new clients and big windfalls.
The $13 billion online gaming industry is growing at a rapid pace by attracting a new generation of players: generally younger, tech-savvy men with a disposable income on the lookout for a quick and potentially profitable thrill.
This bustling online business, supported by fast broadband co...
Like Cake? Help Poker.com Celebrate their Birthday and Win a Years Supply Published: 2006-04-28 Win a years supply of cake and a share in $50,000 with Poker.com's birthday tournament.
(PRWEB) April 28, 2006 -- It's been a year since Poker.com launched their revolutionary online poker software, and to celebrate they are rewarding their players with a very special promotion. On Saturday May 20 Poker.com players that earn eligibility will be playing for a chance at $50,000 and a year's supply of cake.
Both new and existing Poker.com players have several ways to gain entry to the 1st Birthday Tourna...
The Hottest Poker Tournament Online Just Got Hotter with Pamela Anderson at Doyle's Room.com Published: 2006-04-28 Doyle’s Room, the fastest growing online poker room, is delighted to have former Playboy Playmate and star of the once most watched television show in the world -- Baywatch -- Pamela Anderson as a celebrity guest for its popular weekly Bounty Tournament.
San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) April 28, 2006 -- Doyle’s Room, the fastest growing online poker room, is delighted to have former Playboy Playmate and star of the once most watched television show in the world -- Baywatch -- Pamela Anderson as a celebrity ...
Bluffing and Statistics Published: 2006-04-28 by George Epstein
Remember that there are two ways to win a pot: Either (1) you have the best hand at the showdown; or (2) your opponents think you have the best hand and fold before the showdown. In the September 19, 2005 issue of Poker Player, I described the "Esther Bluff."; I have been keeping statistics to evaluate its effectiveness. Here are my findings. . .
What about bluffing?: Bluffing is a poker strategy often used to force out an opponent who may actually hold a better hand than you. Mo...
Popularity of poker begs question: Sport or not? Published: 2006-04-28 By Mike Dodd, USA TODAY
sport(noun) 1. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively. 2. An active pastime; recreation.
poker(noun). 1. Any of various card games played by two or more players who bet on the value of their hands.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
In this iPod, Xbox age, the question is no longer under the table: Is poker a sport?
The dictionary definitions o...
Phil Hellmuth is a Best of the Poker Boom Published: 2006-04-28 by Joseph Smith
The top ten 'poker boom' list has been published on the Poker Prof's Blog. I've selected my personal favorite (Phil Hellmuth) from poker's good and bad list of ten.
Like it or not, poker's boom has spawned a number of high and low water marks since Moneymaker won the World Series. With all the good poker's popularity has brought for the average player, there's plenty of reasons to rue the day the average Joe figured out Hold 'Em would be a great way to spend a Saturday night. We'll ...
Braving the Perils of Live Table Poker Published: 2006-04-28 By Linda Mabry
28 April 2006
Let's see. Where did I leave off relating my misadventures with Texas Hold'em? I think I had just gone through a quick, basic run-through of how the game is played. I've been playing regularly for the last two years, but there was a period of time, about a year and a half, in which I had quit playing completely.
I had not done poorly, but I certainly wasn't a stellar student. My main problem was that, even though I had already grown a thick skin from my blackjack-playin...
World Poker Congress Brings Together Online and Land Poker Published: 2006-04-28 The World Poker Congress, on June 27-28 in Stockholm, will be the first conference to integrate online and live aspects of the poker industry. One part of the congress will be devoted to online issues and the other will focus on the land- based, live game.
'Online poker operators are facing increasing competition at all levels,' said Sue Schneider, President of one of the conference organisers, River City Group. 'The World Poker Congress will highlight the strategies, products and services that will help...
Italian Poker 'Wall' Cracked By Astrabet Published: 2006-04-28 April 28, 2006
Earl Burton
As legislation continues to be on the minds of online poker players and casino enthusiasts here in the United States, it looks as though there is also a big battle brewing in the online world of the European market.
A couple of months back, we reported on the news that Italy had banned over 800 online poker and gaming sites from operating in the country. Through blocking of the respective sites by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Italy, they were virtually able to elim...
Online Casino Sponsors Upcoming Female Poker Player Published: 2006-04-28 Mansion Online has announced their sponsorship of one of poker’s brightest female professional tournament players, Erica Schoenberg. The three-year deal with the 28-year-old Schoenberg comes after she finished 16th in a field of 605 at the 4th Annual Five Star World Poker Classic WPT event in Las Vegas.
'It is with great excitement that we welcome Erica to the Mansion team. Mansion is thrilled to endorse a player with Erica’s obvious talents and skills that extend far beyond the poker table, and we look ...
Empire Poker Sale Hits Q1 2006 Revenue Published: 2006-04-27 Empire Online has announced Q1 2006 financial results that included an expected shortfall in revenue after the sale of its Empire Poker site. The online gaming operator is now concentrating on new acquisitions and has set aside up to £145.1million to do so.
Empire's total first-quarter net gaming revenue was £11.8m, compared with £12.6m in the preceding quarter and £13.7m a year ago. Casino revenues nearly tripled year-on-year to £8.6m but it was the poker revenue that caused the decrease in profits
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Top 10 best and worst hallmarks of the poker boom Published: 2006-04-27 Like it or not, poker's boom has spawned a number of high and low water marks since Moneymaker won the World Series, according to the Poker Prof's Poker Blog. With all the good poker's popularity has brought for the average player, there's plenty of reasons to rue the day the average Joe figured out Hold 'Em would be a great way to spend a Saturday night. After the jump, we'll give you the definitive Las Vegas Vegas take on the good and bad that's come out of the last three years of poker's incredible rise....
EMPIRE ONLINE HAS AN ACQUISITION CACHE OF $259 MILLION Published: 2006-04-27 First quarter revenues dip, but plenty of cash in the bank for Israeli group, and casino revenues triple
The sale to Party Gaming of Empire Poker may have slowed down revenues in the first quarter, but it has provided the Israeli Internet gambling group Empire Online with an extremely healthy bank balance...and they're out looking for acquisitions according to its latest trading report.
The group reported a slight decline in first quarter gaming revenues this week, but said it now had up to $259 milli...
NEW DEVELOPMENT IN BLUE MOON - BODOG CONFRONTATION Published: 2006-04-27 Now Fox Sports is being dragged into the litigation, too
Calvin Ayre, the CEO of Bodog may have dismissed the Blue Moon Entertainment litigation with contempt and threats, but the TV doccie company showed this week that it meant business by adding Fox Sports to the list of defendants in its plagiarism action against the gambling group (see earlier Online-Casinos.com reports)
In an amended statement filed this week in a Los Angeles County courthouse, Babette Pepaj, a documentary-maker doing business as...
Poker’s got red hot red Published: 2006-04-27 Poker jargon is all around us. Phrases such as ace in the hole, call one's bluff, high roller and pass the buck, all come from the game of poker and punctuate our speech every day.
But according to new research, poker is not just making its mark on our language.
Pollsters Forrester claim 76 per cent of the UK's 29 million adult Internet users admit to regularly placing a bet either online or off.
The biggest rise in gaming is in poker and one of its hot spots is 'highbrow' Oxford.
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Online Poker Room Signs Rising Super Star Published: 2006-04-27 April 27- Online poker room, SunPoker.com, is proud to announce the signing of poker superstar Kenna James to become the face and spokesperson of the brand. Kenna will serve as the captain of "Team SunPoker"...
Kenna will host a special "Kenna's Korner" table on Thursday evenings at SunPoker.com at 9:00 PM (schedule permitting), where members of "Team SunPoker" (players that have qualified for any land based event through SunPoker.com) will be able to play and chat with Kenna to pick his brain as to how ...
Adventurous poker players go to extremes Published: 2006-04-27 By Connor Ennis
Associated Press
NEW YORK – Move over freestyle skiing. Poker is now an extreme sport.
That’s right, the game that has long been extreme only in terms of money wagered is venturing into a world populated by X Games enthusiastics. The reason?
“We wanted to come up with something that really showed what we’re all about,” said Peter Marcus, a spokesman for Inter Poker.com, the online poker room that is behind the card game’s extreme move.
So just how does poker go about getting ext...
Chuck Blount: Poker: Pearson left legacy as unmatched icon Published: 2006-04-27 Last week's passing of Walter Clyde "Puggy" Pearson left the poker world with one less icon, but the stories of the old road gambler and the contributions he made to the game will live on.
Puggy got his nickname because of his pug-like nose, which was a result of a childhood accident. He was walking around the house on his hands performing a trick and hit a loose floorboard that wasn't nailed down. It came up and popped him in the nose like a hammer.
He grew up poor in Tennessee and had to drop out...
Empire Online sales down after poker sale Published: 2006-04-27 LONDON (Reuters) - Internet gambling group Empire Online reported a slight decline in first quarter gaming revenues on Thursday, following the sale of its Empire Poker site, but said it now had up to $259 million (145 million pounds) for acquisitions.
Total first-quarter net gaming revenue was $21.1 million, compared to $22.5 million in the preceding quarter and $24.4 million a year ago.
Casino revenues nearly tripled year-on-year to $15.3 million, but poker revenues fell by 69 percent to $5.8 million...
World Poker Congress Planned for June Published: 2006-04-27
LAS VEGAS – (PRESS RELEASE) -- The poker boom of the past several years is often attributed to two elements: the televising of live poker events, such as the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour; and the growth of online poker rooms, where anyone can learn to play the game without the pressure of other players across the table. But what do these two issues have in common? New poker players!
Research has clearly shown that players who learn to play poker online usually wind up in a live poker...
G'DAY, BLUFF POKER MAGAZINE! Published: 2006-04-27 Poker magazine's expansion plans reach the land of Oz
Bluff Media's popular poker magazine, Bluff has extended its reach Downunder with the announcement this week that the first edition of Bluff Australasia will hit newsstands around the country today (on April 27.)
Bluff Australasia publisher Alan Hyman said the magazine would follow Bluff’s tradition of taking a unique look at poker.
"We’ve been waiting for the right time to launch Bluff in Australia and we’re finally able to share this fantastic...
Everest Poker Players Finish in the Money at WPT Event Published: 2006-04-27
QUEBEC – (PRESS RELEASE) -- On April 20, Everest Poker sent two players to Las Vegas to compete in the WPT Championship, the Season 4 finale of World Poker Tour:
go-juge
Nicola82
Both players were winners in Everest Poker's Direct Entry Satellite for the WPT Championship, held on March 25. Each player earned a $25,000 prize package, which included the $25,000 WPT Championship buy-in, as well as $3,000 in spending money.
The Las Vegas event started off well for both players, with Nicola82, ...
Know when to hold, know when to fold Published: 2006-04-26 By Jennifer Quam
Marty Kelly of McBride will be leaving tomorrow for the 2006 ‘Degree’ Poker Championships at the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Kelly took part in the 2005 championships for western Canadians in Vancouver last year and never thought that his name would be picked again this year.
“Anyone can enter online,” he said. “It was insurmountable odds that my name would be picked again.”
The Texas Hold ‘Em style tournament will consist of 3000 players taking p...
PlayFirst Goes All in With Poker Pop(TM): Five-Card Fun With a Fresh New Face Published: 2006-04-26 The World's First Ultra-Casual Poker Game!
SAN FRANCISCO, April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- PlayFirst, the leading full- service publisher of casual games, introduces a new twist on poker with Poker Pop(TM), a tile matching game that gives card-game enthusiasts a tile-turning, around-the-world escape. Developed by Say Design and published by PlayFirst, Poker Pop is poised to appeal to casual gamers and experienced poker players alike.
"At PlayFirst we're focused on new ideas in interactive entertainment," s...
First-timer Wins Live Ladies Poker Event Published: 2006-04-26 A player who had never played a live poker event before won the Betfair Poker Ladies Night Final. It was her first visit to London and now she will be going to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker (WSOP).
(PRWEB) April 26, 2006 -- Last night thirty female poker players battled it out in the Betfair Poker Ladies Night Live final.
This event was the highlight of a month of online tournaments and promotions as Betfair Poker searched for the Betfair Poker Goddess.
The players had a diversity of expe...
eCOGRA Seals Help Poker Players Play it Safe Published: 2006-04-26 New online poker room standards now in force across a range of top sites.
(PRWEB) April 26, 2006 -- Poker players across the world will now find the familiar eCOGRA "Play It Safe" seal on 7 more quality Internet poker sites belonging to some of the most successful and reliable online gaming groups in the business.
Bringing to 76 the number of online casinos and poker rooms committed to the international standards of eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA), the new seal-holders ha...
Jeff Haney on how a Southern California native stared down his opponents to win the poker title at Bellagio Published: 2006-04-26 Joe Bartholdi, a wispy 26-year-old poker pro with an intense stare-down technique befitting his tenacious style of play, can usually be found firing it up at the tables in the Bellagio's poker room.
He enters tournaments only occasionally, Bartholdi said, preferring the juicy cash-game scene that has thrived on the Strip, going hand-in-hand with poker's astounding growth in popularity.
But this time, Bartholdi chose the right spot to test his tournament skills.
Bartholdi, a Las Vegas resident fo...
Deal me in Published: 2006-04-26 Here is all the good stuff you need to hold 'em while the chips are down
The color of money
Green felt 48-inch poker tabletop lends a casino feel. The Texas Hold 'em side reverses to blackjack. Removable trays for players' chips, $99 at Boardroom Games, 1045 Broad Ripple Ave. Libbey 15-ounce cooler glassware with card motif, $30 for six at L.S. Ayres.
Barware
Mix up a full house of cocktails, the drink of the moment. You can give drinks the right flair with a cocktail shaker -- whether for shak...
Poker Tip: Protecting Your Blinds Published: 2006-04-26 By Dale Blasingame
VegasInsider@woai.com
One of the trickiest aspects of poker is deciding when to defend your blind and when to give it up. The question cannot be answered easily.
If you have trouble with any of the terminology, check the bottom of the column. I’ve provided definitions for most of the terms used.
Allow me to go over a few scenarios and explain my thought process when I've already got some money in the pot, facing a raise. It really shows the importance of strategy and the stag...
V-Points Start Poker Revolution Published: 2006-04-26 April 26, 2006
Paul Sandells
Virgin Poker's "V-Points" are causing quite a stir in the online poker world. Richard Branson's poker room is giving the player more value for money than ever before.
The V-Points promotion at Virgin Poker is a very easy, yet lucrative, way of rewarding loyal Virgin Poker players. If you're an experienced online poker player, the chances are you're looking for the best deals around when it comes to selecting a poker room. V-Points could just sway you in the direction of ...
Heads-up poker championship puts players in the trenches Published: 2006-04-26 Daniel Negreanu / Special to The Detroit News
It's that time of year again -- time for one of the most prestigious events in the poker world, the National Heads-Up Poker Championship.
The event aired on NBC for the first time last year, and the ratings were phenomenal. This season's first episode aired recently, and new shows will be broadcast every Sunday until the championship final on May 21.
There are some significant differences between playing heads-up poker and more common poker games where ...
First-Timer Wins Women's Poker Event Published: 2006-04-26
UK - (PRESS RELEASE) -- Last night thirty female poker players battled it out in the Betfair Poker Ladies Night Live final.
This event was the highlight of a month of online tournaments and promotions as Betfair Poker searched for the Betfair Poker Goddess.
The players had a diversity of experience from professionals to first-timers. They flew in from all over the United Kingdom and Ireland to meet for a chance to win a seat at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Ladies Event 2006 in Las Vegas. There...
MORE INTEGRATION AT RIVER BELLE POKER ROOM Published: 2006-04-26 Variety the spice at popular online poker venue
River Belle Poker Room in the BelleRock group moved a significant step further towards the one-stop integrated site this week by adding 19 different casino games to its offerings.
Distinguishing itself from the general run of competition, the Gibraltar-based site now offers its players the capability to play poker and any one of 19 different casino games within the same software.
With one download, players are now able to use one account to play the ...
Poker porn crisis: Agony of da-FEET Published: 2006-04-26 Jenny Woo, Destiney Lewis, Anna Lexington reporting for www.gambling911.com
When poker pro David Williams busted this past weekend at the World Poker Tour Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada, he walked away a few grands richer, actually mid-five figures richer.
We couldn't help but wonder if Williams was just a bit distracted by his newly found porn star fame while sitting along side one of the individuals who first broke the story from NeverWinPoker Alas, he probably would have busted a lot sooner ha...
The art of reading your opponents Published: 2006-04-25 Daniel Negreanu The Poker Column
You've no doubt heard the myth about needing a poker face to play the game well. I'm going to let you in on a little secret today. Poker isn't about reading facial ticks -- it's about reading people.
What's the difference you say?
Well, when you hear the term reading your opponent, it doesn't necessarily mean that you are looking for body language clues. More often than not, the tells you're looking for come from reading your opponents' betting patterns.
There is a...
Davidson Matthew Turns $25 Satellite Buy-In Into $1.9 Million Second Place Published: 2006-04-25 LOS ANGELES, April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2006 WPT World
Championship(TM) will be remembered in a string of superlatives -- the
most, biggest and first! When Joe Bartholdi, of Las Vegas, defeated the
brightest poker talent from nearly 40 countries, he did so in a tournament
that is going to be talked about for years. The finale to the WORLD POKER
TOUR(R)'s Season IV drew a record-breaking 605 entrants, generated the
highest ever WPT prize pool of more than $15 million, and for the first
time in WPT h...
New Tequila Poker Game Heats Up Kiwi Casino Published: 2006-04-25 Kiwi Casino’s newest game, Tequila Poker, is grabbing the attention of many online casino players and heating up the casino already. Tequila Poker combines elements of Blackjack and Five Card Poker -- two games that are played by so many.
(PRWEB) April 25, 2006 -- Tequila Poker’s the newest game at Kiwi Casino (www.kiwicasino.com), and it’s heating up the casino lobby already. The exciting new table game combines elements of Blackjack and Five Card Poker -- and has many players on the edge of their seats...
River Belle Sets Another Industry Standard by Merging Flash Casino Games into Poker Software Published: 2006-04-25 River Belle Online Poker now offers players the chance to play casino games
and poker all with one download
GIBRALTAR, April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Further separating itself from the
competition, River Belle Online Poker now offers its players the
unprecedented ability to play poker and any one of 19 different casino
games within the same software. With one download, players are now able to
use one account to play the full variety of online poker and casino games,
taking the g...
Foes try to squelch online gambling Published: 2006-04-25 Sensing an opportunity, lawmakers hope their bill gains support this year
By BENNETT ROTH
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - As part of his morning ritual, Dan Michalski likes to flip on his computer and ante up for an online game of Texas Hold 'em with poker players from around the world.
"A single table tournament with a cup of coffee is not a bad way to start the day," said Michalski, a 33-year-old Dallas resident who authors a poker blog.
In Congress, however...
Team PokerRoom.com Stands Up to the Pros at World Poker Tour World Championship Published: 2006-04-25 LAS VEGAS, NV -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/25/2006 -- As the prestigious World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship came to a close on April 24, a group of 19 players from Team PokerRoom.com successfully won a combined $175,475, an indication of their collective skill, determination, and future success.
Team PokerRoom is a group of more than 100 up-and-coming poker players who represent PokerRoom.com, one of the world's largest online poker sites, in some of the most prominent poker tournaments. Team members d...
Expert Insight(TM) Launches ``Beating Blackjack with Andy Bloch,'' the Second in a Series of Unique Instructional DVDs Published: 2006-04-25 HOLLYWOOD--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2006--Expert Insight ("EI") announces the release of its second DVD title "Beating Blackjack with Andy Bloch."
Imagine being a new recruit on the infamous M.I.T. blackjack team and learning how they legally won millions from casinos by counting cards. With the release of "Beating Blackjack with Andy Bloch" -- the new DVD from Expert Insight -- imagination becomes reality. Andy Bloch, a former manager of the team and a poker celebrity in his own right, teaches the ...
2006 WPT World Championship: Final Table Published: 2006-04-25 by Paul McGuire
The Tower Room at the Bellagio was the locale for the final table of the WPT World Championship where dozens of media reps and hundreds of die hard poker fans showed up to soak in the largest event in the history of the World Poker Tour. Six players survived a field of 606 who all bought in for $25,000. After six days of intense poker, they were ready to play for the record $3.7 million first place prize.
The seven day event started last Tuesday as some of the top pros in poker show...
APS: Absolute Poker Takes the Wheel With Jeff Natland at The ..... Published: 2006-04-25 Absolute Poker Takes the Wheel With Jeff Natland at The Gumball 3000 Rally to Race Around
the World in 8 Days
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, April 25 /PRNewswire/ --
- Unique Opportunity to Win a trip to the Playboy Mansion and Play Poker with the
Stars
Absolute Poker (www.absolutepoker.com), the fourth largest online poker website in the
world, announced Jeff Natland will drive Absolute Poker's Ferrari F430 Spider as part of
its sponsorship of the Gumball 3000 Rally 2006 which kicks off this we...
Poker bill short of a full House Published: 2006-04-25 By MICHELLE MILLHOLLON
Capitol news bureau
Published: Apr 25, 2006
Legislation that would make it legal to hold the popular Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournaments fell two votes shy of clearing the House on Monday.
Rep. Warren Triche, D-Thibodaux, can bring House Bill 1149 back up for a vote.
However, Gov. Kathleen Blanco has made it clear that she is not in favor of the legislation.
Blanco told lawmakers at the beginning of the legislative session that she would veto bills that would expand gamb...
Poker Strategy XVI – When Passive Plays Published: 2006-04-25 There's no question that aggressive poker is winning poker. If the world's top players have only
one thing in common, it's that they take control of the hands they play with bets and raises.
Usually, among the world's poker elite, calling is the least attractive option.
For this tip, however, I thought I'd talk about a couple of instances when playing passively -
just checking and calling bets - may be the preferred option.
Top Pair, Favorable Board
Say I'm in the early stages of a tournament a...
Online Poker For Singles Has Never Been Hotter Published: 2006-04-25 up with something new. They have teamed up with dating portal, Lavalife, in a bid to use online poker as a way to bring singles together. Never a boring day in this business!
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PokerShare.com Returns with Most Rewarding Affiliate Program; Online Poker's Most Generous Website is Officially Live Published: 2006-04-25 LONDON --(Business Wire)-- April 25, 2006 -- PokerShare.com (www.pokershare.com), the online poker room that shares its success with its players, is now live and is pleased to announce the eagerly awaited launch of their affiliate program.
After launching to their existing players last month, PokerShare.com, winner of the 'Top New Site' in the Gambling Online Magazine Awards, is now fully live and accepting new players. The innovative new company has simultaneously launched their affiliate program and a...
Poker Expo All Set For Costa Rica Published: 2006-04-25 The 2nd annual Poker Industry Conference and Exposition will be held December 7-8, 2006 in San Jose, Costa Rica at the Costa Rica Marriott Hotel. The convention covers the business of poker and focuses on management, marketing and technology it will be attended by poker room and online poker executives.
As with last year, the event is planning to host a tournament in the evening for industry executives and professional players. The tournament is to be held at the Fiesta Casino, a licensed casino operati...
Bodog.com Sponsors eGaming Review's Power 50 Summit Published: 2006-04-24 London, England - Bodog.com, the leading US facing online gamblíng web site, is further establishing its leadership role in the booming egaming industry by sponsoring eGaming Review's Power 50 Summit. The summit will be attended by the top 50 movers and shakers in the online gamblíng world and is set to take place April 23-25 at the Brocket Hall estate, outside of London.
eGaming Review is widely known as the industry bible, and Bodog.com was called the "most innovative site" in the Power 50 list last ye...
In California, Gambling is All About the Cards Published: 2006-04-24 by Howard Stutz
Las Vegas Gaming Wire
SAN DIEGO, California -- California's Indian gaming regulations allowed tribal casinos to have live casino table games as long as the outcome is determined by cards.
While blackjack, baccarat, poker and poker's variations, such as Let It Ride and Three Card Poker, were offered from the outset, the casinos seemed empty without the traditional roulette and craps tables, an essential aspect of the Strip's gambling offerings.
Bingo, which had been legal on I...
World Poker Tour Championship: Down To 19 Players Published: 2006-04-24 After 5 grueling levels of play, we are down to the final 19 players. Play will resume at 12 PM PDT Sunday. Three more players with substantial payout odds to win have been eliminated from last night's play. They included Ross Boatman (who would have paid 26 to 1) and Matt Lefkowitz at 21.5 to 1 odds. Freddy Deeb was also sent home.
Coming into Sunday and representing Miami, Florida, Vanessa Rousso came in with approximately 880K in her stack. She came over the top of Patrik Antonius' raise and he mad...
Mansion Poker goes live with online gambling poker room Published: 2006-04-24 Breaking online gambling news: After months of hype and news of a $60 Million online poker TV tournament with Fox.com, Mansion Poker has just gone live and launched a free play preview of their revolutionary internet poker software! The dream of a better way to play online poker has finally come true for poker players everywhere. New software, the biggest poker room on Earth and enough money in the pot to put smiles on even the straightest poker faces! Right now, only the free play version of the software i...
Texas Hold 'Em Poker Published: 2006-04-24 by TJ Boyd
Texas Hold ‘Em is the most popular of all poker games played and for good reason. Not only is it such a simple game to enjoy and understand but the betting strategy involved makes it the one version of poker where fortunes can change on the turn of a single card.
Each player at the table starts with two cards face down. These are called the “hole cards”. After a round of betting, three cards are presented face up in the middle of the table. These three cards are known as “the flop”.
A...
Online Poker Fraud Hits Unsuspecting Shop-Goers in Sweden Published: 2006-04-24 Although there has been increased talk of bolstering security measures at online poker rooms, a recent case of fraud has highlighted the fact that the online poker industry still has a ways to go in this respect. In the Swedish town on Skövde, nine people were victims of a new version of internet fraud, in which they lost money at online poker sites, which they claimed they never visited.
Each of the nine Swedes lost on average 10,000 kronor at the online poker sites. Every one of them claimed that they...
Winner of the 888.com Women's Poker Tour Crowned Published: 2006-04-24
UK -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- The search for the worlds first winner of the women's poker tour, the 'Queen Of Diamonds', has reached its climax with Eunice Waterfield from Dudley in England taking the title, the $40,000 prize money and the stunning $20,000 Women's Poker tour diamond ring.
Despite stiff competition from thirty six of the world's finest female poker players, including satellite winners from across the globe and celebrities Tina Hobley, Stephanie Beecham and Angela Griffin, Eunice marked her ...
Blanco stakes out vehement opposition to gambling bills Published: 2006-04-23 BATON ROUGE, La. -- In the aftermath of two horrific hurricanes, the governor has chosen an interesting issue for a hard-line stance: gambling.
Gov. Kathleen Blanco staked out her position on the opening day of the regular legislative session, announcing to lawmakers that she would veto any bills that she deems an expansion of gambling. Her top attorney reasserted that stance last week, announcing in a House committee that at least three bills fit that category in Blanco's estimation.
The hard and f...
Online Gambling Is Your Civil Right Published: 2006-04-23 April 23 - The Unlawful Internet Gambling Act, introduced by Rep. Jim Leach, may pass in the house of congress as early as June. It is a clear violation of every American's civil liberties, and a hypocritical effort to favor and protect certain forms of gambling (both online and offline) at the expense of other forms that do not line politicians' pockets.
The bill is also being backed by Senator John Kyl and it could pass in the Senate as well. Similar bills have passed both the house and the senate twic...
Know when to show off the winning hand Published: 2006-04-23 There are two schools of thought when it comes to revealing your cards after everyone else has folded and the hand is over. One asks, why would you? Why give your opponents free information about how you play when they didn't pay for it?
While I totally understand and respect this strategy, I believe that in certain situations, it can be advantageous to show opponents your cards. When you watch me play poker on television, notice that I often show my hand. Of course, I'm not doing this randomly. My reaso...
Pokermania takes over Los Angeles social scene Published: 2006-04-23 By Jillian O'Connor
At first, I laughed at all the poker zombies popping up in L.A. But then they got my husband.
If you don't act now, nearly everyone you know could be affected by the virulent strain of pokermania sweeping the 48 contiguous states.
And meanwhile, the CDC does nothing to control its spread.
Though the poker zombies haven't tried to bite off my flesh, they have, in fact, eviscerated our social life. Friends are no longer interested in dinner, drinks and, say, talking. Instead, the...
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_446551.html Published: 2006-04-23 By Jill King Greenwood
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, April 23, 2006
In basements, bingo halls and kitchens across America, people gather daily to play Texas Hold 'Em, a popular poker game that has spawned the Texas holdup, complete with masked bandits.
In December, three masked men armed with guns invaded a high-stakes game along Steuben Street in the West End and made off with an undetermined amount of money, said Pittsburgh police robbery Sgt. Aaron Beatty. No one has been arrested and Beatty said the ...
The Real Deal: It's the luck of the Irish Published: 2006-04-23 RETURNING from the Paddy Power-sponsored Irish Poker Open this week, it dawned on me that poker tournaments do not necessarily have to be cut-throat affairs where participants stare menacingly at each other for days on end.
More than 340 hopefuls, from professional and semi-pro players, to guys simply intent on having a good weekend, took their wives and families, girlfriends and excuses to Dublin to play extraordinarily high quality poker.
However, in a land renowned for having a flutter, few had c...
CREDIT CARD SKIMMER LIKES INTERNET POKER Published: 2006-04-23 Keep your eyes on those credit cards
Swedish police in Skaraborg, Sweden were closing in on a credit card skimmer this week following reports of losses on Internet poker sites that the real card holders had never visited.
Nine local residents reported that their bank accounts had been hit by withdrawals, apparently through large payments to Internet poker websites that the card holders claimed they had never visited. The complainants told the police that according to their bank statements, each lost a...
You can't run a 'calling station' out of a hand, so watch your step with them Published: 2006-04-22 Hard poker truth: You cannot bluff the unbluffable. These opponents are known as "calling stations" because they call just about every bet and raise. It is almost impossible to run these types of players off a hand.
But that doesn't stop even the best players from trying.
With the blinds at $200-$400 at last year's Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, a player with a reputation as a calling station drew pocket 6s and raised to $1,200. Gabe Thaler, a talented young cash-game p...
ONGAME BENEFITS FROM BET&WIN TAKEOVER Published: 2006-04-22 And eCOGRA certification could be achievable for B&W operations
Swedish gambling software developer and turnkey provider Ongame will benefit significantly from its recent acquisition by Bet and Win, it seems. Europe's largest gambling group has decided to concentrate on using Ongame's poker going forward.
From mid-2006 Ongame will be the platform of choice for Bet and Win online operations, to the disadvantage of previous provider Boss Media. It is believed that as much as 10 percent of Boss Media's c...
WORLD POKER TOUR BATTLES COMMENCE Published: 2006-04-22 605 players, a $15 million prizepool and tons of excitement
One of the premier events in poker, the World Poker Tour World Championships swung into gear this week for the fourth time at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Vegas with 606 contestants and a massive prizepool of $15 125 000.
For the man or woman who beats 605 opponents from 40 countries in games taking place over 6 days the rewards are huge - a $3.8 million first prize. Players placed 2 to 4th stand to clean up as well, with million dollar o...
AIRHEAD ONLINE POKER CHALLENGE FROM PARTYPOKER Published: 2006-04-22 Online poker room - partypoker - gives blonde airhead Paris Hilton a chance to recover poker game losses
It has become almost impossible to escape the grinning and rather vacuous visage of American heiress Paris Hilton as the media voraciously follows her latest inconsequential antics in glitterati-land, but this month she hit the silly-ass headlines by losing her GBP 100 000 and some change Bentley car in a poker game at a land casino establishment.
Whilst many shook their heads that such an airhead ...
You Need Half A Deck To Fall For Poker Published: 2006-04-22 I'll be the first to admit there is a lot of stuff I don't get, but what especially has me tied up in duhs these days is the popularity of poker-playing on television.
You can't click around for more than a few minutes anymore without running into one of these TV card games.
I just don't understand the appeal.
I mean, if you find watching unattractive people playing cards entertaining, it seems to me all you have to do is go to a family picnic.
Now, I assume the TV card sharks sitting around the...
Can poker amateurs play with the big boys? Published: 2006-04-22 More people than ever entering tournaments with high hopes
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. - With an ace-high straight, George Austin was sitting pretty, a poker rookie with the best hand at a table full of veterans in a $1.3 million tournament.
One hour into a four-day event, a made-for-TV story line was developing: Retired electrician stuns the pros and winds up playing for big money.
But instead of betting aggressively with an unbeatable hand, the 61-year-old Massachusetts man pretended to be weak in hopes ...
Casino Rewards online gambling group buys 2 big casinos Published: 2006-04-21 In a move that has left their online gambling competitors stunned, the giant online casino group CasinoRewards is taking another two internet casinos on board. Come Monday 24 April 2006, Aztec Riches Casino and Phoenician Casino will officially change hands. Aztec Riches will move from the Casino Profit Share group and Phoenician has been sold by the Ad Riches group. Both of these online casinos are established brands in their own right, with loyal casino customers and substantial brand recognition. In effe...
Poker: Strategy is crucial when playing short-stacked Published: 2006-04-21 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 case may be, you have limited options, but you do have options.
Too often, I see players go all-in with garbage hands, essentially giving up, because they are short-stacked. Well, would you believe that World Series of Poker champion J...
'Prop' is the real deal Published: 2006-04-21 By Rob Thomas
With Texas Hold 'Em poker being all the rage these days, the time seems ripe for somebody to pump out a quickie poker-related mystery novel. Pete Hautman is not that writer, and "The Prop" is not that novel.
First off, Hautman has written thrillers about poker ("The Mortal Nuts," "No Limit") in the past, well before people would stay home and watch Ben Affleck play it on television. So he's no Johnny-come-lately to the game.
But Hautman is also one heck of a good writer, a National B...
Taking Poker To Extremes! Published: 2006-04-21 Who said the game of poker can't get any more exciting? The folks at Inter Poker have introduced a new facet to this game of cards that equals the thrills and challenges of any extreme sport. It began back in October 2005 in the planning stages of the world's first ever, underwater poker game in the Caribbean islands of St Kitts.
The actual event took place in December 2005, 30 ft below sea level. InterPoker's spokesperson Peter Marcus says, "I've been present at some of the most electric moments in poke...
Condos & Poker Chips Published: 2006-04-21 By Jim Merritt
Las Vegas, Nevada, is apparently ready to gamble on the growing condo-hotel market trend.
In January, the Las Vegas Sun reported that "the first near-Strip condo-hotels are scheduled to open in the first half of 2006, bringing a new hotel concept to Las Vegas."
The 255-room, $85 million Platinum condo-hotel property is scheduled to be completed this month on East Flamingo Road, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority online construction report.
But a much...
Bill To OK Poker Tourneys Clears A House Committee Published: 2006-04-21 In defiance of Gov. Kathleen Blanco's vow to veto any expansion of gambling, a House panel agreed Wednesday to legalize Texas Hold 'em poker tournaments, which have come under fire from state regulators who say they are illegal. Two other pro-gambling bills were withdrawn by their authors after the governor's chief attorney reminded legislators of the governor's pledge.
Terry Ryder, Blanco's executive counsel, said three bills under consideration by the House Administration of Criminal Justice Com...
House panel supports poker bill partially to spite Blanco Published: 2006-04-20 By MARK BALLARD
Capitol news bureau
A House committee Wednesday challenged Gov. Kathleen Blanco by unanimously passing legislation she opposes.
“It’s personal now that the governor has tried to force the issue,” said Rep. Warren Triche of his House Bill 1149, which would make clear that “Texas Hold ‘Em” poker tournaments, popular with some bars, are legal gambling.
The committee unanimously approved the measure.
Triche said the governor should wait until legislation reaches her desk and not in...
Chuck Blount: Increase in poker knowledge forces position evolution Published: 2006-04-20 The books and most poker players will tell you that the best position at the table is on the dealer's button.
This is correct, but only if we are talking about the benefit of acting last on every round of betting after the flop. You get more information than any other seat.
However, one of the great myths to the power of the button is the ability to scoop up blinds rather easily if the action is folded around to you. It is common practice to raise with virtually any two cards to do this. The theory...
Negreanu's Protégé TBA This Month Published: 2006-04-19 On Sunday, April 30th, poker and Daniel Negreanu fans can watch an event via live webcast at www.FullContactPoker.com that will change the life of one amateur poker player forever.
Ten amateur poker players from cities around the world will all vie to become Daniel Negreanu’s first-ever protégé. In this rare opportunity, the lucky winner will experience the life of a professional poker player for four months, and possibly beyond, while being mentored by ‘Kid Poker,’ one of the most recognizable and succ...
Fortuna Announces Marketing Results Published: 2006-04-19 LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2006--Fortuna Gaming Corp., (OTCBB:FGAM), ("the Company"), through its subsidiary Fortuna Gaming (UK) Limited ("Fortuna"), is pleased to announce successful marketing results for its gaming site at www.fortunapoker.com.
In the first quarter of 2006, Fortuna Poker registered 780 free players who have played nearly 44,000 games of Texas Holdem' poker. The Fortuna Poker website, launched in January of 2006, features multi-player Texas Holdem' poker on mobile phones. Lau...
You should know who you're bluffing Published: 2006-04-19 Hard poker truth: You cannot bluff the unbluffable.
These opponents are known as calling stations, because they call just about every bet and raise. It is almost impossible to run these types of players off a hand.
But that doesn't stop even the best players from trying.
With the blinds at $200-$400 at last year's Five Diamond World Poker Classic, a player with a reputation as a calling station drew pocket 6s and raised to $1,200. Gabe Thaler, a talented young cash-game pro who won more than $200,0...
Children getting hooked on gambling Published: 2006-04-19 Some parents may be turning their young children into gambling addicts by letting them be exposed to online gambling, the CBC reported.
Louise Smith, the director of the YMCA’s youth gambling program, attributes a recent dramatic rise in the number of youthful gambling addicts on the huge popularity of online gambling.
“Over the past year,” she told the CBC, “one of things we’ve heard about is poker playing in elementary schools. Teachers are calling.”
“They may not be gambling with money, but the...
True Poker sends a lucky online gambling player to WSOP free Published: 2006-04-19 One lucky online gambler's poker dreams have come true overnight, with a free entry into the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP), just for taking part in a bit of online gambling at TruePoker.com! A Canadian player named Watson98 walked away with everything he needs to get to the prestigious poker competition in Las Vegas, without ever even spending a cent at True Poker. All he had to do to win his seat was take part in a series of free poker tournaments. As far as dreams and aspirations of an online gambler ...
Online Poker Player Wins New Zealand Poker Champs Published: 2006-04-19 April 19 - Alan Goodrum, a school teacher from the UK, saw off a field of more than 150 including current WSOP Champion Joe Hachem, to take out the 2006 New Zealand Poker Champs, sponsored by Kiwi Casino online poker....
Alan Goodrum overcame a massive chip stack deficit at the final table to cap off an extraordinary week of poker which saw him take out both the Peter Peko Memorial Tournament and the New Zealand Poker Champs Main Event.
Earlier in the evening Alan had been languishing behind eve...
Online Poker Team Competes In World Poker Championships Published: 2006-04-19 April 19 - Online poker room, Pokerroom.com, has sent one of the largest teams to compete in the World Poker Tour World Championships at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. 19 online poker qualifiers will be attending the event at a cost of nearly $500,000...
The tournament commenced yesterday (April 18) at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and runs through to April 24.
Each of the 19 entrants won a $27,900 package, which included travel and accommodation expenses as well as the $25,000 tournament buy-...
Canbet Poker's $10,000 Rebuy Madness Tournament Published: 2006-04-19 Canbet's amazing $10,000 Added $1 rebuy is back! On May 20 Canbet is holding another $10,000 added $1 unlimited rebuy Poker Tournament for Online Poker Players.
Thats right, just $1 + 10c to enter with Canbet adding $10,000 to the prizepool. Seats will be limited so register early.
The last tournament had less than 300 participants with a 40th placed finish giving you a $100 return on your $1-10 investment.
When is it? - Sat 20th of May 6pm US Est.
When can I register? - Registration opens 1...
Megadeal in the World of Poker, PartyGaming buys EmpirePoker.com Published: 2006-04-19 With the acquisition now finalized, the two sites will again be one and the same
(UK).- Party Gaming has purchased EmpirePoker.com in a 250 million dollar deal and has reinstated
the site as a skin of PartyPoker.com. The merger also included Party Gaming gaining control of
smaller affiliate sites AceClub.com and StarLuckCasino.com.
In October of 2005 Party Gaming announced it was separating from affiliate partnerships of which
Empire was the largest. Prior to this move, the two sites had shared t...
Titan Poker Bonus Code "WSOPBONUS" Released By Titan Poker Club For New Online Poker Players Published: 2006-04-19 Titan Poker Club (www.titanpokerclub.com) has released a promotional bonus code WSOPBONUS. The club is offering a special online poker promo deposit bonus to new poker players who sign-up with Titan Poker. All new players using the special code "wsopbonus" will receive a 100% deposit bonus up to $500 plus other exclusive bonuses. Club highlights include draws for poker prizes and passwords for private online poker freeroll tournaments.
(PRWEB) April 19, 2006 -- Titan Poker Club (www.titanpokerclub.com), ...
Lavalife and Party Poker Host Singles Poker Tournament Published: 2006-04-19 TORONTO, April 19 /CNW/ -- Poker is a growing trend across the
nation, but can it actually help you win a date? Deal yourself into the
Lavalife Party Poker Challenge, and you could get lucky -- walking away with
fabulous prizes and maybe even a date! Lavalife, a leading online dating site,
and Party Poker, one of the world's largest online poker sites, have partnered
to host a 12 week-long poker tournament designed exclusively for singles.
Visit www.lavalifepokerchallenge.com to find out more.
(L...
Taking Poker to Extremes! Published: 2006-04-19 Who said the game of poker can't get any more exciting? The folks at Inter Poker have introduced a new facet to this game of cards that equals the thrills and challenges of any extreme sport. It began back in October 2005 in the planning stages of the world's first ever, underwater poker game in the Caribbean islands of St. Kitts.
The actual event took place in December 2005 thirty feet below sea level. InterPoker's spokesperson Peter Marcus says, "I've been present at some of the most electric moment...
Let the chips fall where they may Published: 2006-04-19 The European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo had a prize fund of ?3,000,000 and attracted a dizzying array of competitors from across the globe ... including Tony Cascarino. Our man losing money hand-over-fist on the sidelines: Barry Glendenning.
Whether he likes it or not, a man's character is stripped at the poker table; if the other players read him better than he does, then he has only himself to blame. Unless he is both able and prepared to see himself as others do, flaws and all, he'll be a ...
Online gambling persists despite federal legal risks Published: 2006-04-18 By Matt Beale, The Dartmouth Staff
Making $800 a week playing online poker might seem like hitting the jackpot for most people, but it is just business as usual for Andrea Sarchi '07. Despite federal and state laws prohibiting online gambling and efforts to strengthen them, online poker remains popular with Sarchi and many other students on campus.
Online gambling exists in an unusual limbo, illegal in theory but very rarely penalized. Several federal laws such as the Wire Wager Act prohibit online ga...
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=408356&in_page_id=2 Published: 2006-04-18 HIGH-ROLLING Middle Eastern gamblers aiming to take your cash on the backgammon boards of cyberspace are the next big thing in internet betting, online giant PartyGaming predicted today.
Announcing better-than-expected first-quarter revenues of $342m (£194m), up 54% on the first quarter of 2005, PartyGaming finance director Martin Wiegold said the predominantly poker-playing website hoped online backgammon would be another new market to lure punters into cyber gaming houses.
He said: 'We believe the...
The dots are hot Published: 2006-04-18 By CARY DARLING
STAR-TELEGRAM POP CULTURE CRITIC
Jay King knows a little something about getting himself in the spotlight.
Two decades ago, he was the producer of the Timex Social Club's hit R&B and pop single Rumors and the face of another R&B act, Club Nouveau, for their chart-topping hit Lean on Me. Now, the Los Angeles-based King is making a comeback of sorts -- but not in music.
As the commissioner for the Professional Domino Association, he's a rapid-talking partisan for the ages-old table g...
Beating up on the weak player Published: 2006-04-18 If someone describes your playing style as weak, you're in lots of trouble. You'd better make changes to your game quickly to shed that reputation.
If you want to win at the poker table, focus on the weak players. Rather than duke it out with strong, aggressive players, you'll risk less and win more, in the long run, playing against timid, passive players.
In order to pound on the shaky players properly, the first thing you'll need to do is identify them. There are generally a few clues that you can l...
A fortune made in gambling Published: 2006-04-18 A COMPUTER engineer who developed the gambling software for a phenomenally successful online casino and poker company will be named as one of Britain's richest Asians today.
Indian-born Anurag Dikshit, co-founder of PartyGaming, rocketed to number three in the annual list of the country's wealthiest Asians, with an estimated fortune of £1.7Bn.
The 34-year-old's success comes less than a decade after he created the software, which allowed thousands of gamblers to bet online at the same time, 24 hours...
Poker boosts Partygaming revenue Published: 2006-04-18 Partygaming has seen its first quarter revenues up by 54% to $342.6m (£193.6m) following a record number of people signing up to play poker online.
The online group's poker players leapt by over 20% to 263,254, of which 39% were from outside the US.
At the same time, the introduction of PartyCasino.com two months ago has boosted overall net casino sales to more than $1m a day.
The quarter also saw the introduction of the group's first multilingual site.
Next steps
In addition to English, t...
Poker Legend Pearson Dies After Long Illness Published: 2006-04-18 by Howard Stutz
Las Vegas Gaming Wire
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- If poker's current popularity had been around when Puggy Pearson ruled the Las Vegas card rooms some 30 years ago, he might have become an even larger poker legend.
"He would have been the biggest name and the biggest poker star out there along with Amarillo Slim and Doyle (Brunson)," 1989 World Series of Poker champion Phil Hellmuth said Friday. "Puggy had so much personality and character, he made poker what it is today."
Pearson, ...
Travel Channel To Air Professional Poker Tour Published: 2006-04-18 Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter
Las Vegas, NV (AHN) – The latest venture by WPT Enterprises is set to debut on the Travel Channel July 5 at 9 p.m. The Professional Poker Tour will give fans the chance to see 250 of the world’s top poker players go head-to-head.
It will guarantee about 24 straight weeks of multi-table poker action. At the felt will be champions from the World Poker Tour, World Series of Poker and European poker tournaments.
The competition will be made up of fi...
Everest Poker Announces Summit Points Loyalty Program Published: 2006-04-18 Everest Poker (http://www.everestpoker.com) has launched its Summit Points player loyalty program. Geared towards rewarding frequent and longtime players, the new program is a way of allowing Everest Poker members to build up a bankroll of loyalty points which can be accumulated, redeemed and applied towards various types of poker play.
Earning Summit Points
For every hand at real money ring games, Everest Poker players earn 1 Summit Point for every $1 raked from the pot, including fractional points...
Safe to go "all in" on poker craze? Published: 2006-04-18 TORONTO -- Big Blind, Turn Card, and the River: terms that many of us are now familiar with thanks to the recent popularity in poker that has turned the game from a Thursday night event with a few buddies...into a television success and a booming online enterprise.
In fact, the global fascination with the card-gambling phenomenon, spurred on thanks to a fanatical following of televised, big-money tournaments such as the World Poker Tour and the European Poker Tour, has resulted in a record $376 million U...
Streaming Internet Poker Show Celebrates 2nd Anniversary Published: 2006-04-18 The Internet's only streamed cash poker game to date, Live at the Bike.com is celebrating its second year in full swing. Launched in 2005, 'Live at the Bike,' has educated new poker fans and seasoned players in the skills and strategies in a unique way – play by play, unedited and unrehearsed.
The brainchild of Joker Gaming and Bicycle Casino, a well established card casino in Los Angeles, California was the perfect launch point for this innovative project. Fondly referred to as ‘The Bike’, the casino is...
Poker Strategy XVI - Bad Position and Decent Cards in a Tournament Published: 2006-04-18 In the middle and later stages of tournaments, there are often times when you're forced to make a
pretty big commitment on a relatively weak holding. These are uncomfortable spots because you
never want to risk a large percentage of your chips with a mediocre hand. Things get even more
difficult when you're playing from the blinds and out of position.
For example, say you're playing late in a tournament. The blinds are $500 and $1,000, and there's
a $100 ante. You're in the small blind with $18,...
Tournament ringmaster Published: 2006-04-18 When the fourth World Poker Tour Championship begins today at the Bellagio, the man running the show will be longtime Las Vegas resident Jack McClelland, who practically defined the job of modern tournament director and has remained at the top of his game as poker's popularity has boomed.
In his 31 years in the business, including 17 as the world's leading poker tournament director, McClelland has accomplished the improbable in earning nearly unanimous respect from poker players - a notoriously irascibl...
2K Sports Announces World Poker Tour(R) for PSP(TM) System Now Available in North America Published: 2006-04-18 NEW YORK --(Business Wire)-- April 18, 2006 -- 2K Sports, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today that World Poker Tour(R) for PSP(TM) (PlayStation(R)Portable) system, is now available in stores across North America. World Poker Tour for the PSP system, based on the highly popular World Poker Tour television poker series, delivers a bevy of new, entertaining features, allowing gamers to experience the exciting world of poker wherever they go.
"World Pok...
PartyGaming flush thanks to poker sign-ups Published: 2006-04-18 Mark Tran
Tuesday April 18, 2006
The online poker firm PartyGaming today reported a strong start to the year as it signed up a record number of poker players for the first quarter.
The influx of 263,254 players helped lift sales by 54% to $342.6m (£193.3m), the company said.
Besides poker, PartyGaming also offers blackjack and roulette, and plans to introduce backgammon this year.
"The launch of backgammon, the first of our two new games this year, is imminent and should provide an additional ...
Nine.com Chooses Husband on Roof as Gambler of the Week. Published: 2006-04-17 SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- As a publicly traded offshore gaming company, Nine.com is well-known for its infamous Gambler of the Week contest. Every week, they choose a person who stands out for any risky, heroic and overall gutsy act. Today, by unanimous vote, Nine.com decided that James Wilson is their Gambler of the Week.
James recently started his own blog & was interviewed by the Geraldo Rivera show. His predicament: his wife has their two young children sleeping in the bedroom. H...
Perks and Picks: More on the Venetian Published: 2006-04-17 As we go to print, all eyes in Las Vegas will be focused on the premier of the highly anticipated new poker room opening at the The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino this month. At a reported cost of approximately $2.6 million, this poker room will raise the bar for luxurious card rooms around the nation and beyond.
At nearly 11,000 square feet, the Venetian Poker Room will not only be among the city's largest venues for this classic table game but also its most exquisite -players will appreciate the room'...
An interview with Lee Vinocur - Cardroom Manager at the Venetian Published: 2006-04-17 Lee was born 34 years ago in Lima, Ohio on December 27, 1972 and at the age of seven his family moved to Tampa, Florida. Lee graduated from King High School in 1991 and attended the University of Florida from 1991 until 1994.
Lee's first visit to Las Vegas was with his parents at the age of 14. He knew from that day on that he wanted to live in Las Vegas and be part of the gaming industry, so one month after his 21st birthday he pulled up stakes and moved to Las Vegas.
Upon arriving in Vegas Lee...
Are Pro Sports Leagues Supporting Internet Gambling? Published: 2006-04-17 The Internet Gambling Ban legislation in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee is trying to make Internet Gambling illegal.
LOS ANGELES, Ca. (PRWEB) April 17, 2006 -- Over the past couple of months there has been much debate centered on gambling related items such as the NHL Gambling Probe and the introduction of legislation to ban Internet Gambling.
Rep. James A. Leach, a Republican from Iowa, cited in the Wall Street Journal on April 4th, 2006 in the article, “Should Online Gambling Be Banned?”, said ...
Team PokerRoom.com Gears Up for Annual World Poker Tour Championship Published: 2006-04-17 19 Team PokerRoom Players Headed to the Bellagio, PokerRoom's Pro Davenport Feeling Green
LAS VEGAS, NV -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/17/2006 -- PokerRoom.com, one of world's largest online poker sites, today announced it will be sending 19 Team PokerRoom.com members to the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, April 18-24. The 19 Team PokerRoom spots are worth $27,900 each, which includes expenses, and the $25,000 tournament buy-in. Team PokerRoom is a group of more than ...
$15M pot brings out poker faces Published: 2006-04-17 By Steve DiMeglio, USA TODAY
Nearly 600 poker players from more than 40 countries will play for a prize pool of about $15 million starting today in the World Poker Tour's World Championship at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
The winner of the No-Limit Texas Hold'em tournament could take home $3.5 million.
Among the players expected are Phil "The Unabomber" Laak, Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari, Men "The Master" Nguyen, Doyle Brunson, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey and Academy Award nominee Je...
Abandon Mobile and NBC Sports Team Up With Verizon Wireless to Deliver NBC Sports Heads-Up Poker Published: 2006-04-16 Verizon Wireless, Abandon Mobile and NBC Sports announced today that NBC Sports Heads-Up Poker mobile game will be available exclusively to Verizon Wireless Get it Now(R) customers through May 31, 2006. The mobile game, NBC Sports Heads-Up Poker, will be promoted on-screen during the 2006 Championship from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas that is scheduled to air nationwide on NBC Sports April 16, 23 and 30 and on May 7 and 14. All television coverage begins at noon EDT; the two- hour championship telecast will ...
Jeff Simpson on the new Encore and Steve Wynn's mixed emotions about replacing his golf course Published: 2006-04-16
Steve Wynn is breaking ground on his $1.7 billion Encore resort on April 28, but the Strip developer says his streak of timing major events for that date - wife Elaine's birthday and the day in 2000 that Wynn bought the Desert Inn - will end with the Encore event.
Wynn opened Wynn Las Vegas on the same day in 2005, but told me Friday that plans call for Encore to open in December 2007.
"That's the best time to open," Wynn said of the traditionally slow month. "That way you start the year fresh, wi...
Colorful poker player changed stakes of game Published: 2006-04-16 Hall of Famer brought the `freeze-out' style of tourney play to Vegas
DENNIS MCLELLAN
Los Angeles Times
His name was Walter Clyde Pearson, but everyone in the world of poker knew him as "Puggy."
A cigar-chewing, legendary poker player, Puggy Pearson owned a $200,000, 38-foot-long, diesel-powered Imperial Holiday Rambler motor home dubbed the "Rovin' Gambler," painted with the words: "I'll play any man from any land any game that he can name for any amount that I can count."
Then came the kicker, in...
National Heads Up Poker Championship Premieres Published: 2006-04-16 In two short years, the National Heads Up Poker Championship has captured the attention of not only the poker community but the television audience as well. Last year's No Limit Hold Em event, broadcast during the month of May, drew an average of four million viewers over the six hours that were broadcast.
The two hour finale, which featured the stirring battle between Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and eventual champion Phil Hellmuth, was watched by over six million viewers. NBC, thrilled with the success of...
Is Poker Losing Its First Flush? Published: 2006-04-16 NEXT month, Fox Broadcasting plans to introduce "Poker Dome Challenge," a live television show that will be broadcast from inside the Neonopolis, a shopping mall just down the block from Binion's, the gleefully bawdy casino where high-stakes poker started here more than 50 years ago.
While "Poker Dome" may be Binion's neighbor, the show will be as far removed from poker's leisurely Mississippi Delta roots as weekend paintball matches are from big-game hunting. "Poker Dome" will encase a group of players ...
Poker mania shows signs of fatigue Published: 2006-04-16 The annual revenue growth of 158% is projected to fall to18% in the next five years
Next month, Fox Broadcasting plans to introduce Poker Dome Challenge, a live television show that will be broadcast from inside the Neonopolis, a shopping mall just down the block from Binion’s, the gleefully bawdy casino where high-stakes poker started here more than 50 years ago.
While Poker Dome may be Binion’s neighbour, the show will be as far removed from poker’s leisurely Mississippi Delta roots as weekend paintb...
Internet poker group Pokerstars prepares for 1 bln stg London float - report Published: 2006-04-16 LONDON (AFX) - Pokerstars, the world's second-largest internet poker company, is preparing to float on the London stock market before the end of this year with a value likely to exceed 1.1 bln stg (2 bln usd), The Sunday Times said.
Pokerstars, which has been exploring an outright sale in recent months, is understood to be in talks with a number of investment banks, including HSBC and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, about hiring them to work on the listing.
While no banks have yet been mandated, ins...
What are the odds that poker will go away forever? Published: 2006-04-15 By Jillian O'Connor, Columnist
At first, I laughed at all the poker zombies popping up in L.A. But then they got my husband.
If you don't act now, nearly everyone you know could be affected by the virulent strain of pokermania sweeping the 48 contiguous states.
And meanwhile, the CDC does nothing to control its spread.
Though the poker zombies haven't tried to bite off my flesh, they have, in fact, eviscerated our social life. Friends are no longer interested in dinner, drinks and, say, tal...
Reality TV Company Sues Online Gambling Company Bodog Published: 2006-04-15 April 15 - We received a tip-off from a regular reader last week that Reality TV company Bluemoon Entertainment has lodged a complaint with the LA courts, claiming that the Bodog Reality Poker series, "Wild Card Poker", was their concept...
The rumor was confirmed when our reader sent us a link to the actual court docket. In short, Bluemoon claims that Bodog has stolen their "Wild Card Poker" concept, which it presented to Bodog.com last year.
The case comes hot on the heels of the news that the mans...
You have to trust your instincts, even if they're overruling your brain Published: 2006-04-15 Chicago Tribune
Your head versus your gut. It is one of the constant battles in poker.
Your brain might be telling you that you cannot call the bet that your opponent just made, while your instincts are telling you something else.
Nowhere, it seems, is this more important than in figuring out when your opponent is bluffing, and nowhere is it more difficult than when you are holding a bad hand that still might be the best.
In the Poker Superstars Invitational II, Mike Sexton was dealt K-4 offsuit i...
NO WANE IN POKER POPULARITY Published: 2006-04-15 30 percent growth in first quarter
Poker Pages Industry Index reports that the popularity of the game of poker continues to rise, with a 30 percent growth in the first quarter 2006 over a similar period last year.
The PPII for the first quarter of 2006 is currently at 130, indicating a growth of 30 percent over the same period last year - with total buy-in dollars just over $98 million. Growth over the last 12 months remains very strong, with the buy-in Index for the period at 155, pointing to a growt...
POKER: ALWAYS A LESSON TO BE LEARNED Published: 2006-04-15 By Fred Done
I AM constantly being asked for more advice about avoiding tilt.
It is one of the most commonly experienced problems in poker but there are measures you can take that will keep the damage to your finances as limited as possible. Hopefully, after reading this you will find it easier to control.
You are dealt pocket Kings in a cash game and you make a suitable raise in order to face as few opponents as possible. One player calls you and you see the flop. The flop deals K-10-4 and they a...
BODOG BLUES AS REALITY TV COMPANY BLUEMOON SUES Published: 2006-04-14 Calvin Ayre's reality poker show concept is ours, say BlueMoon Entertainment
Professional-Poker reports that a Los Angeles based reality TV company called BlueMoon Entertainment has lodged a case with the LA Superior Court in which it alleges that the upcoming Calvin Ayre-Bodog poker reality show "Wild Card Poker" is too close for comfort to its own show concept "Poker Showdown"
Coming on the heels of the massive mainstream press hype created for the show by the raid by Costa Rican authorities durin...
Heads-up! 1-on-1 returns Published: 2006-04-14 By MARC SCHWARZ
STAFF WRITER
NBC knew the National Heads-Up Poker Championship was a success when the criticism began pouring in.
"I knew that we had a strong solid event when I started to get ripped on espn.com and I started getting phone calls from players who weren't invited and people yelling at us much the way they yell at the NCAA basketball committee," said Jon Miller, Senior Vice President for NBC Sports and a Demarest resident.
The second season of the Heads-Up Championship begins ...
US Moves to Stop Casino and Betting Ad Revenues Published: 2006-04-14 US Moves to Stop Casino and Betting Ad Revenues
Online gambling is illegal in the United States and has been for years. Though it is against the law to place a bet online, US Government regulators have been unable to prevent sportsbooks, online casinos and for-profit poker rooms from opening, advertising and profiting.
Increased enforcement of anti-gambling laws is expected to grow to include targeting revenues generated by all casino and gambling advertising, including participation in affiliate pr...
UA student plays poker with pros Published: 2006-04-14 By Natalia Lopera
A marketing student at the UA won more than $36,000 playing poker in Las Vegas against professionals last weekend, and he has won more than $100,000 since August.
Justin Gaines, a marketing senior, ranked fourth place and won about $36,700 in a live poker tournament in Las Vegas last weekend and played against renowned poker professionals.
Gaines participated in the $2,500 buy-in event, one of many in the Five-Star World Poker Classic. Gaines was one of 250 participants in the two...
Poker's Popularity Still Rising Published: 2006-04-14 According to the PokerPages.com Industry Index, an industry standard when it comes to measuring the growth in live poker, the game hasn't missed a beat as far as its soaring popularity is concerned.
The PokerPages Industry Index for the first quarter of 2006 resides at 130, indicating a growth of 30 percent versus the same period last year -- with total buy-in dollars just over $98 million. The growth over the last 12 months remains very strong, with the Buy-in Index for the period at 155, indicating gro...
Jeff Haney finds the poker decent and the blackjack lousy at Hooters, but a fantastic sports book is waiting to open at Red Rock Published: 2006-04-14
If you're interested in the Hooters casino on Tropicana Avenue from a gambling perspective, I hope you're a poker player because the place is a blackjack wasteland.
It's not news that paranoia strikes deep among people who run blackjack pits in Las Vegas, but Hooters takes it to a new low.
At most casinos, even those with the lousy, shallowly dealt two-deck blackjack games you see around town, they're content to suddenly shuffle the cards whenever anyone with half a clue raises his bet, thus rende...
Aggressiveness is key in heads-up poker Published: 2006-04-14 A major television network aired the inaugural "National Heads-Up Poker Championship," pitting 64 of the best players in the world against each other head-to-head in a bracket format.
I absolutely loved the tournament because I believe that heads-up poker is the most skill-oriented form of the game.
In some ways, heads-up poker is less about playing the actual cards you are dealt and more about playing your opponent. The goal is to find your challenger's weaknesses and then exploit them. All the while, ...
ONLINE POKER SITE CELEBPOKER SPREADS THE WORD Published: 2006-04-14 3 new language versions for Celeb Poker
Keeping pace with the international spread of online poker, Celeb Poker this week launched three new language versions of its popular site.
German, Turkish and Spanish poker players will now be able to access all CelebPoker facilities in their own language, making available full download and functional play in the three languages in addition to English.
Marketing director Greg Powell says that poker has been popular for years in Turkey and Germany, but onl...
Vegas ace Published: 2006-04-14 Brian Cody taking his dreams to World Series of Poker, all expenses paid
By MARK McGUIRE, Staff writer
Even as Brian Cody drifts off to sleep, he's playing poker.
Cody conjures up pairs of cards laid out in front of him, as in the opening deal of Texas Hold 'Em. He mulls them over, debates which ones to play and which ones to toss.
King-nine off-suit? Jack-10 suited? Low pocket pairs? Pocket queens -- the hand that looks so good but often ends so badly?
Many times, they're good hands. He ...
Easy Access Makes Internet Gambling a Dangerous Addiction Published: 2006-04-13 Gamblers don’t have to go to Atlantic City or Las Vegas to get their fix. Now, thanks to the Internet, poker games, slots and even roulette are just a mouse click away. But convenience can be costly. Easy access to Internet gambling increases opportunities for players to become addicted to gambling.
An estimated 85 percent of adults in the United States have gambled once in their lives, and approximately 2 million people are pathological, or problem, gamblers, according to the National Council on Proble...
A glimmer of hope pays off Published: 2006-04-13 In the UltimateBet.net Poker Challenge III, shown Final Four weekend on Fox Sports Net, none of the final six were used to playing for more than a few dollars. Now they were playing for $200,000, so the pressure was on!
I was announcing for FSN along with the regular commentators. Although I didn't know anything about any of our six finalists, I decided that I was rooting for Mark Cianfrini because he's a New York state trooper and I always pull for police officers and fire fighters, especially since Sep...
Party Gaming Buys EmpirePoker.com Published: 2006-04-13
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Party Gaming has purchased EmpirePoker.com in a 250 million dollar deal and has reinstated the site as a skin of PartyPoker.com.
In October of 2005 Party Gaming announced it was separating from affiliate partnerships of which Empire was the largest. Prior to this move the two sites had shared the same games and players, making them virtually the same online poker room. With the acquisition now finalized the two sites will again be one and the same. The merger also included Party Gam...
CEO encourages students to stay positive Published: 2006-04-13 By Matt Hoover / Staff Writer
April 13, 2006
Thad Fortin ’81 plays poker and leads a major company.
“I advise anyone who wants to go into business to play poker,” he said. “Poker teaches you how to read and interact with people.” Fortin, CEO of Haas TCM, the world’s largest privately held chemical-management firm that specializes in reducing costs and improving processes in chemical manufacturing, was this year’s speaker in the Distinguished Executive Lecture Series, which is sponsored annually by the ...
Ivey, Negreanu Favourites for WSOP World Championships Published: 2006-04-13 Las Vegas-themed online sportsbook, Aces.com has posted early odds for the $10,000 buy-in Main Event at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Widely considered the most prestigious event in poker, Aces.com has Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu as favourites to win the coveted WSOP World Champion bracelet.
Phil Ivey, the Tiger Woods of Poker, is currently at 200-1 to win this year's event. A regular fixture in the high-limit area at the Bellagio, Ivey he won his fifth WSOP bracelet in a $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha eve...
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-13-2006/0004339628&EDATE= Published: 2006-04-13 BEDMINSTER, N.J., and NEW YORK, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon
Wireless, Abandon Mobile and NBC Sports announced today that NBC Sports
Heads-Up Poker mobile game will be available exclusively to Verizon
Wireless Get it Now(R) customers through May 31, 2006. The mobile game, NBC
Sports Heads-Up Poker, will be promoted on-screen during the 2006
Championship from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas that is scheduled to air
nationwide on NBC Sports April 16, 23 and 30 and on May 7 and 14. All
television covera...
New Tourney Invites Players From 21 Countries Published: 2006-04-13 HSOR Inc., a major producer of television poker, will unveil a unique competition format when some of the greatest players in the world come to Las Vegas for the first-ever Intercontinental Poker Championship at The Palms Casino on April 14-16.
CBS Sports will present coverage of the event with eight weekend shows, to be broadcast starting Saturday, June 17, and continuing through Saturday, July 22, as part of its “CBS Sports Spectacular” programming line-up.
The No-limit Texas Hold ‘Em format will ta...
We're Raising Gamblers Published: 2006-04-13 Glamour, tech feed betting habits of BC's kids.
By Stanley Tromp
TheTyee.ca
In British Columbia today, opportunities for gambling by children are growing with the rise of Internet wagering, cable TV poker and handheld computer games. But young people barely understand the serious risks involved, say experts.
The B.C. Lottery Corporation grossed $2 billion last year. But the BC Problem Gambling Program, which started in 1997 and now has about 40 counselors to deliver services around BC, has a yearly ...
Chuck Blount: WPA aiming to standardize tournament rules Published: 2006-04-13 The rules of poker haven't changed much since the inception of the game.
A pair still loses the money to a bigger pair and a straight will always be trumped by a flush or a full house. The action always moves clockwise around the table, and you have to show your cards whenever your hand is called on the final round of betting.
Standardization is needed in poker (or any other game or sport) so people around the globe can play the game properly under a uniform set of rules.
What fails to attain t...
Everest Poker Announces Summit Points Loyalty Program Published: 2006-04-13 MONTREAL, Quebec - April 13 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Everest Poker (everestpoker.com) has launched its Summit Points player loyalty program. Geared towards rewarding frequent and longtime players, the new program is a way of allowing Everest Poker members to build up a bankroll of loyalty points which can be accumulated, redeemed and applied towards various types of poker play.
Earning Summit Points
For every hand at real money ring games, Everest Poker players earn 1 Summit Point for every $1 raked f...
The Bicycle Casino's 'Live at the Bike' Celebrates Year Two, Entertaining and Teaching Poker Fans How Real Cash Poker is Played to Win Published: 2006-04-13 BELL GARDENS, Calif., April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- "Live at the Bike," the
Internet's exclusive, streamed cash poker game to date, celebrates its
second year in full swing, bringing critical, yet entertaining poker
knowledge to millions of avid poker players world wide. Launched in 2005 to
a hungry card-playing audience, "Live at the Bike," has educated newbie
poker fans and seasoned players to skills and strategies in a unique way --
play by play, unedited and unrehearsed.
"Live at the Bike" is the ...
CBS' Intercontinental Poker Championship On Deck Published: 2006-04-13 Just a couple of days after hosting the second season of High Stakes Poker, the Palms Casino plays host this weekend to another TV taping—that of the first-ever Intercontinental Poker Championship, or IPC, a No-Limit Hold ’Em freeroll with a $500,000 prize pool.
The IPC brings together 21 players representing 21 different countries, as designated either by country of original origin or current residence. Proving that NBC isn’t the only major network catching the poker bug, CBS will air all eight episodes...
Play poker on your phone while you watch the pros live on TV Published: 2006-04-13 Texas Hold'em Style Poker Game Pits Players Against a Series of Expert Players in the Ultimate Showdown
BEDMINSTER, NJ and NEW YORK--April 13, 2006--Verizon Wireless, Abandon Mobile and NBC Sports announced today that NBC Sports Heads-up Poker mobile game will be available exclusively to Verizon Wireless Get it Now? customers through May 31, 2006. The mobile game, NBC Sports Heads-Up Poker, will be promoted on-screen during the 2006 Championship from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas that is scheduled to a...
Ireland: High stakes Published: 2006-04-12 As Ireland’s Gaming and Lotteries Act reaches its 50th anniversary, Rob Corbet examines the current state of regulation and argues the case for radical reform of this outmoded legislation
The Gaming and Lotteries Act is 50 years old this year. The Act was originally designed to protect Irish consumers from the dangers of slot machines, casinos and unscrupulous lotteries. However, 50 years on, its scope continues to inhibit bona fide sales promotions, while being largely ignored in practice by an emerging...
GOOD YEAR END FOR GERMAN FOCUSED ONLINE CASINO FIRM GAMING VC Published: 2006-04-12 2 percent average monthly growth
Steve Barlow, CEO of the German-focused online gambling firm Gaming VC Corp released year-end results in line with management expectations this week, adding that the online casino and poker room group was delivering a 2 percent average revenue growth per month.
Pre-tax profit came in at GBP 12.8 million on turnover that rose to Euro 40.4 million.
Gaming VC operates primarily in German speaking countries. It does not accept wagers from US customers, which means tha...
Absolute Poker Honors Frequent Players with New VIP Rewards Published: 2006-04-12 New VIP Program Expands on Absolute Rewards Program; Real Money Earns More
Points and Benefits
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Absolute Poker
(http://www.absolutepoker.com ), today announced the launch of a new
rewards program for VIP players. The new VIP program gives frequent cash
players the chance to earn reward points up to three times faster than
other players. The program includes special VIP FreeRolls, bonuses on
special VIP days and access to ...
Jeff Haney warns poker fans to watch for some fireworks in second season of 'High Stakes Poker' show following a zany opening at the Palms Published: 2006-04-12
Producers of "High Stakes Poker" on cable network GSN say the show's first season was an unqualified ratings success, as viewers were eager to watch some of poker's most recognizable stars fearlessly toss around piles of cash and stacks of exotically colored chips in a no-limit Texas hold 'em game.
If a boisterous taping this week at the Palms is any indication, the second season promises to deliver even more spirited play.
Considering each player had to bring a minimum buy in of $100,000 to the e...
Mansion Poker proof that new online poker rooms and sportsbooks can be competitive, Manchester United deal falls through though Published: 2006-04-12 Ending last week on a high speculative note were strong rumours that the Indonesian owned but Gibraltar based Mansion gambling group is interested in acquiring online sportsbook BetDirect, according to Online-Casinos.com
The rumours were given impetus by Mansion's stated goal of using acquisition tactics to expand its gambling product offerings, a "no comment" position from the BetDirect parent group and street talk that an offer as high as GBP 10 million had already been made.
Mansion can certainly ...
10 Million Dollar WSOP Promotion at Full Tilt Poker Published: 2006-04-12 FullTiltPoker.com is offering what has to be the most valuable
free prize ever offered by an online poker room. A player that qualifies for the
2006 World Series of Poker at FullTiltPoker.com and goes on to win the $10,000 buy
in Main Event will be awarded an additional 10 million dollars by Full Tilt. For
more on this story visit: www.rwsop.com.
With 8000 entrants expected to enter the 2006 Main Event, the top prize is
assumed to be $10 million. If the eventual winner of the world’s largest...
The way you handle yourself establishes your image in poker game Published: 2006-04-12 Understanding how people perceive you at the poker table is often as important as knowing which cards to play. In fact, the most important adjustment I was forced to make, in order to beat the world's best players, was to become aware of how my play was affecting my table image.
Here's an example to illustrate my point: Let's say that in a 15 minute span you've been caught bluffing four times. Well, if your opponents are even slightly perceptive, they'll notice that tendency. Further bluffing is going to...
CelebPoker.com Announces Its Poker Software is Now Available in Four Languages Including German, Spanish, Turkish and English Published: 2006-04-12 (PRWEB) April 12, 2006 -- As online poker grows by thousands of players daily, the geographic range of players is becoming wider. The phenomenon that poker has become in America and Scandinavia and Britain has spread quickly in Germany (http://de.celebpoker.com), Turkey (http://tr.celebpoker.com) and Spain. The presence of CelebPoker.com in these countries has created demand for a poker language client to be created. While most online poker sites and software are only available in English, CelebPoker is ava...
Binion's American Poker Player Championship™ Maintains Legendary Tradition Published: 2006-04-12 Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel adds a Ladies No-limit Hold'em Event, and Gambler's Golf Tournament to the American Poker Player Championship™
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) April 12, 2006 -- Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel, and Omni Media & Entertainment have added a Ladies No-limit Hold'em event, and a Gambler's Golf Tournament to their American poker classic, the American Poker Player Championship™ - http://www.americanpokerplayerchampionship.com
Cary Davis, president of Omni Media said, "The response to Bini...
BowmansPoker Raises the Stakes; New Poker Download Offers a Sizzling Experience with Online Strip Poker Published: 2006-04-12 BowmansPoker Raises the Stakes; New Poker Download Offers a Sizzling Experience with Online Strip Poker
LONDON --(Business Wire)-- April 12, 2006 -- You'd be hard pressed to find anywhere more satisfying on the web to match BowmansPoker.com. The slick and sexy poker site launches a brand new poker download - a strip poker viral.
BowmansPoker, which comes from the suite of well known and trusted Bowmans gaming and betting products, is much more than just an online poker site. The new poker download so...
Hot TV bet: Poker series Published: 2006-04-12 BY GENETTA M. ADAMS; JUDITH H. BERNSTEIN
Newsday Editor; Staff Writer
April 12, 2006
Now that March Madness is over, gamblers and sports fans will be dealing with another form of madness - poker. Las Vegas and ESPN are gearing up for the granddaddy of poker tournaments, the World Series of Poker (June 25 to Aug. 10). This month, NBC will air season two of the 2006 National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Similar to the college basketball bracket system, 64 poker players will compete one-on-one, playin...
Ireland’s Richest Sporting Event in 2006, The Paddy Power Poker Irish Open LIVE on TV This Easter Monday Published: 2006-04-11 The paddypowerpoker.com Irish Poker Open €1 Million Prize Pool Guaranteed – it’s bigger than the Ryder Cup!
(PRWEB) April 11, 2006 -- 350 of the world’s finest poker players descend on Dublin this Easter weekend to try and make the final table of the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open 2006 which is being broadcast live all across Europe on Sky Sports 2 at 9.30pm on Monday 17 April (Easter Monday).
What better way to wind down the Bank Holiday weekend than pitting your wits against the world’s best from t...
CasinoRoom Leaves Other Online Casinos in the Dust Published: 2006-04-11 (PRLEAP.COM) http://CASIN0R00M.com is the latest and most advanced online casino. The casino runs right off of your web browser using java, making it compatible with every operating system, including Macs.
Being Mac compatible isn’t the only feature that makes CasinoRoom a revolutionary online casino. Each of their casino games has its own lobby where you can browse the various tables that are running. You can see who is playing at what table, and how much money they’re sitting with. Clicking on a table ...
BowmansPoker Launches Sexy New Download Published: 2006-04-11 BowmansPoker.com has launched a brand new poker download – a strip poker game. The new poker download software combines all the excitement of online poker, with the added exhilaration of getting ‘close up and personal’ with a hot poker babe. Saucy, sassy and great fun, this adult-orientated taster – displayed in high-definition graphic detail – puts players at the very heart of the action.
Also released at BowmansPoker.com are three short tutorial movies, filmed in ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ ...
Bodog Announce Schedule for Reality TV Show Published: 2006-04-11 Bodog has announced the schedule for its six-episode television series that was recently filmed by FSN (Fox Sports Net) at Calvin Ayre's Bodog compound in Costa Rica.
Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker, hosted by the billionaire founder and CEO of Bodog, will air weekly on FSN on Saturdays from 11 p.m.-1 a.m. (all time zones in North America), beginning April 15, 2006.
In the series, Ayre (right) sets out to discover the next TV Poker star. The six episodes detail the journey of 40 individuals -- 10 celebrit...
A Joker in the Deck? Published: 2006-04-11 Virginia Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte, not content with his war on fashion knockoffs, is taking on America's poker players (even the analog variety). He has introduced HR 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, and found 130 co-sponsors. The law would make wagering on sporting events, lotteries and games of chance via the Internet illegal, punishable by up to five years in prison, and prohibit a gambling business from accepting certain forms of non-cash payment, including credit cards and elect...
Fortuna Announces Its Next Generation of Mobile Poker for Players on Blackberry Technology Published: 2006-04-11 LONDON, April 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fortuna Gaming Corp., (OTC Bulletin Board: FGAM.OB), ("the Company"), through its subsidiary Fortuna Gaming (UK) Limited ("Fortuna") is pleased to announce the next generation of its mobile poker: "Mobile Gold." "Mobile Gold is a new 10 hand version of our Texas Hold'em product that is available to players around the globe on the new Blackberry 8700 series," says Doug Waugh, President of the Company. "We are committed to providing our shareholders and players maxim...
Canbet Poker: Grand Series of Poker $50,000 Freeroll Published: 2006-04-11 Canbet Poker: Grand Series of Poker $50,000 Freeroll
April 11, 2006 - Canbet Poker is at it again. Over the month of April, Canbet will be hosting the Grand Series of Poker, a week long festival of Guaranteed Tournaments with total prize pools of over 1.95 Million Dollars.
The final week of major tournaments culminates in the Grand VII, a $1000 buy-in tournament* held over the weekend (April 29th-30th). At the end of this week of super guarantees, a special $50,000 Freeroll will be held for the 50 mem...
Reading Poker Shorthand Published: 2006-04-11 Message boards and websites are filled with quality poker information, but sometimes the authors use "poker shorthand" to describe the game situations. If you're not familiar with the terms, you can't take full advantage of the knowledge being shared. Reading through the Poker Shorthand Primer will help you understand what people are actually saying when they say, "YMTC, playing Kxs in LP"..
Poker comes with it's own language, slang included. While anyone who has seen an episode of the World Poker Tour ...
$2 MILLION POKER SERIES FROM HOLLYWOOD Published: 2006-04-11 Hundreds of thousands in winnings up for grabs
Competitive poker players, and is there any other type, will be signing up for a new series of online poker tournaments later this month at Hollywood Poker.com.
The poker room has announced that, commencing April 24 it will be hosting a Grand Series of Poker featuring six events and $1,950,000 in guaranteed cash prizes. The week-long series of high stakes tournaments will culminate in a $1 million Guaranteed Grand Tournament VII beginning on April 29, 200...
BINION CASINO TO BROADCAST POKER TOURNAMENTS ON THE NET Published: 2006-04-11 And poker players, here's a way to get your five minutes of fame!
The Nevada-based American gambling group Binions has announced plans to broadcast poker tournaments over the Internet.
The group's director of poker, Jim Delorto says the webcasts are being designed to present opportunities for ordinary players to get on-air and will be a valuable marketing tool for the Binion brand.
"You've got so many young people playing poker, and they all want to be on TV," said Delorto. "This is going to be a ...
Poker Strategy XV - Inducing a Bluff Published: 2006-04-11 Beginners come to poker thinking that the bluff has one simple purpose: To take pots when you
don't have a hand that can win at showdown. In No-Limit Hold 'em, however, the bluff can be used
in many different ways. As a recent tip by Huck Seed pointed out, a good player can use the threat
of a bluff to force an opponent into making a very bad call.
For this tip, I thought I'd show another way you can use the bluff to your advantage. Using this
technique, you'll neither be bluffing nor threatenin...
From novices to pros, poker enthusiasts face off in televised tournaments on Poker Night Live Published: 2006-04-11 TORONTO, April 11 /CNW/ - Poker Night Live, the world's first televised
internet poker program, has arrived in Canada from Casino and Gaming
Television Canada (CGTV). Through this revolutionary concept that fuses
entertainment programming with online gaming, poker enthusiasts, either
skilled or just starting out, will have the opportunity to participate in
televised high stakes games of internet poker, have their game analyzed by top
poker professionals, and ultimately improve their own skills by watc...
Full Tilt Poker's Pros Own the Felt at Bellagio and Foxwoods Published: 2006-04-11 Victor Ramdin and Erick Lindgren claim victories at the WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic and the Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 11, 2006 -- Full Tilt Poker pros Victor Ramdin and Erick Lindgren dominated the competition in tournaments nearly 3,000 miles apart last weekend, claiming victories at the WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic and the Bellagio Five-Start World Poker Classic.
In Connecticut, Victor Ramdin outlasted 430 other players to claim first place at the $10,000 buy...
Online poker gets gambling upgrade at Cryptologic casinos 20060411 Published: 2006-04-11 Online poker is already a gambling adrenalin rush of note - but Cryptologic has decided to up the ante at some of their top online casinos, with faster games, quicker poker blinds and even greater pressure on players at the tables. Until now, internet poker rooms haven't quite captured the raw, heart-pounding, face-to-face combat mood that's integral to the offline real world poker games and tournaments like the World Poker Tour (WPT) and the World Series of Poker (WSOP).
Cryptologic has come to the part...
Hollywood Film Enlists Poker Pro Filled Cast Published: 2006-04-11 Poker fans will soon see their favorite poker stars on the big screen in what will be the first film set in the exploding world of professional poker. In Spring 2006, more than two dozen of their favorite poker icons will be sharing the screen with Hollywood stars Eric Bana (right), Drew Barrymore and Robert Duvall.
Playing themselves or fictional counterparts in "Lucky You" are Jack Binion, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Hoyt Corkins, Eli Elezra, Antonio Esfandiari, Sam Farha, Maureen Feduniak, Chris Ferg...
World Poker Tour to Make Silver Screen Debut Published: 2006-04-11 It was only a matter of time – poker has hit Hollywood. The World Poker Tour will get its first Hollywood close-up with a starring role in the upcoming movie 'Deal', which films this month in New Orleans. Alongside the film's stars Burt Reynolds and Bret Harrison, filmgoers will be able to see WPT hosts Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten and Courtney Friel who will all be playing themselves.
Produced by Michael Arata and Louisiana-based Crescent City Pictures, 'Deal', directed by Gil Cates Jr., can be charac...
Ramdin Wins $1.3 Million at Foxwoods Poker Classic Published: 2006-04-11
By Ryan McLane
Having the most tournament experience at the final table of the April 9th Foxwoods Poker Classic No Limit Hold'Em Championship gave 38-year old Victor Ramdin enough of an edge to grab the title and $1.3 million prize.
Ramdin had two top-25 finishes in 2005, placing 24th at the Bellagio World Poker Tour (WPT) World Poker Championships III and 23rd at the Commerce Casino L.A. Poker Classic, but outlasting 430 entrants at Foxwoods is the highlight of his self proclaimed semi-profession...
Coming Up Snake Eyes Published: 2006-04-10 Coming Up Snake Eyes
As America Embraces Gambling, Some Worry About Who Will Ante Up
Feature by Ed Vitagliano
April 10, 2006
(AgapePress) - Apparently Americans have more money than they know what to do with.
According to U.S. News & World Report's Kim Clark, each year Americans lose $80 billion to gambling in its various forms -- from casinos to bingo to online gambling to horse racing.
Gamblers get plenty of opportunities to play. Forty-eight states have some form of legalized gambling, says J...
Gambling arrests increase on O'ahu Published: 2006-04-10
By Peter Boylan
Advertiser Staff Writer
Gambling arrests at cockfights, card games and clandestine casinos quadrupled in Honolulu over the past three years, according to statistics released by the Honolulu Police Department.
The number of arrests shot up from 58 in 2003 to 239 in 2005 and include misdemeanor arrests for gambling, promotion of gambling, possession of a cockfighting gaff and cruelty to animals.
Police attribute the numbers to an increase in the various types of gambling, bec...
Online Casino Acquisitions In The Spotlight Published: 2006-04-10 April 10 - April has kicked off with a series of online casino acquisitions. Two large Microgaming groups have each acquired an established online casino in what looks like very positive moves. All this activity is line with analysts predicting a lot of consolidation and corporate activity this year...
The latest activity involves three established Microgaming Groups: Casino Profitshare, Ad Riches and Casino Rewards.
Casino Profitshare have purchased Nostalgia Casino from the Adriches group, which se...
VIRGIN ONLINE CASINO WITH A NEW REWARDS PROGRAM Published: 2006-04-10 Air miles incentive and loyalty plan will appeal to poker players
When the Virgin group entered the online gaming business executives hinted at the massive potential of cross-marketing presented by the airline and music companys wide interests, and they proved this with the successful use of a loyalty program for their online casino players.
Virgin Poker has now followed suite and launched a new scheme which brings high-street value to online poker loyalty.
V-points will give Virgin Poker players ...
Titan Poker Announces Jackpot Champion of Champion Tournaments Published: 2006-04-10 Online poker room Titan Poker's exclusive competitions will determine the best sit 'n' go tournament players.
(PRWEB) April 10, 2006 -- Titan Poker (http://www.titanpoker.com), one of the fastest growing online poker rooms, will stage two exciting Jackpot Champion of Champion Freeroll Tournaments on April 23 and April 24 to determine its best sit 'n' go tournament players.
$15,000 in guaranteed prizes will be awarded at the Jackpot Champion of Champions tournament on April 23, and $10,000 in guarantee...
'Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker' TV Series Set to Premiere April 15 Published: 2006-04-10 SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, April 10 /CNW/ -- Digital entertainment giant
Bodog.net announced today the schedule for its six-episode television series
that was recently filmed by FSN (Fox Sports Net) at the luxurious Bodog.net
Compound in Costa Rica.
Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker, hosted by the billionaire founder and CEO of
Bodog.net, will air weekly on FSN (Fox Sports Net) on Saturdays from
11 p.m.-1 a.m. (all time zones in North America), beginning April 15, 2006.
In the series, Mr. Ayre sets out ...
Absolute Poker Adds Blackjack to the Table Published: 2006-04-10 Online Site Offers Players More Ways to Win with New Game and Chance to Win up to $5,000 with '7 Madness'
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Absolute Poker ( http://www.absolutepoker.com/ ), the fourth largest online poker website in the world, today proudly announced that it is expanding its line-up of online games to include Blackjack. To celebrate this addition to the site, Absolute Poker will be extending its industry-leading 200 per cent first-time bonus deposit (up to $200) to new Blac...
Poker Champion Greg Raymer & World Tavern Poker Tour host seminar and tournament Published: 2006-04-10 World Tavern Poker Tour and Greg “Fossilman” Raymer, 2004 World Series of Poker Champion, hosted a huge success with the first Fossilman Challenge Poker Seminar and Tournament at the luxurious Little River Golf Resort in Pinehurst, NC on Sunday, April 9. After a one hour seminar and question and answer period led by Mr. Raymer players competed in a free tournament with the goal of making the final table where the “Fossilman” himself sat down to play the finalists.
During the tournament Mr. Raymer circul...
Senior wins $655K in poker game Published: 2006-04-10 BY JESSICA MARSDEN
Staff Reporter
A single card made a difference of almost $700,000 to Alex Jacob '06, when he went all in with a king and a jack in the final hand of the World Poker Tour tournament at Foxwoods Casino on Sunday night.
A jack fell on the "river," the fifth community card in Texas Hold 'Em, giving Jacob a pair with a king as the kicker. But his last remaining opponent, Victor Ramdin, had called Jacob's all-in and flipped an ace and a jack.
The hand -- and the tournament -- came dow...
Full house for a red-hot craze Published: 2006-04-09 By GENEVIEVE READ
09apr06
IS poker back in style? You bet.
Clubs are meeting weekly, women are taking their cue from Desperate Housewives and poker kits are popping up for sale in the most unlikely places.
Most attribute pay-TV tournaments and the internet for the surge in popularity of Texas Hold'em, the poker game played most widely around the world.
In Tasmania, the boom started late last year when poker kits started appearing in Christmas catalogues.
At furniture and homewares store Fre...
Florida Should Listen to the Experts Published: 2006-04-09 By I. Nelson Rose
It always amazes me that highly intelligent men and women make and interpret laws without having the slightest idea what they are doing.
Actually, that is unfair. Judges and regulators try to do what is right, although they are often limited by statutes. Scandals involving a few corrupt lobbyists and members of Congress give a false picture of legislators, who are usually good people.
But where these leaders of society fall down is in their refusal to listen to experts. Especially...
Online Casino Joins the Poker Affiliate Ranks Published: 2006-04-09 Casino Room, a poker online casino, has become the next site to be incorporated into the online casino poker affiliate group. Poker Affiliate, an online casino poker affiliate group, has announced that the newest online casino to make the ranks and join the group is Casino Room. The top class affiliate program will now allow affiliate partners to recruit to several of the poker online casinos already in the group, along with Casino Room.
The online casino affiliate group is offering all affiliates a 45%...
CelebrityPokerPlayer.Net Offering Two Seats for VH1 Classic Rock 'n' Roll Celebrity Poker Tournament to Players Qualifying at Site Published: 2006-04-09 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2006--To our associates in the media: this release supercedes previous servicing dated April 6, 2006. Please destroy previous release and replace with this one. We apologize for any confusion.
The corrected release reads:
CELEBRITYPOKERPLAYER.NET OFFERING TWO SEATS FOR VH1 CLASSIC ROCK 'N' ROLL CELEBRITY POKER TOURNAMENT TO PLAYERS QUALIFYING AT SITE
CelebrityPokerPlayer.net (CPP) is qualifying two players to play side-by-side against Ace Frehley of Kiss, J...
Playing junk hands part of the game Published: 2006-04-08 Hard poker fact: You're going to be dealt a lot of junk hands.
Hard poker corollary: You're going to have to learn how to play them.
One of the best at maneuvering with garbage is John Juanda -- the talented, unflappable pro associated with FullTiltPoker.com -- who in this hand displayed his abilities to read his opponent and the texture of the board, along with betting smartly after the flop.
With blinds at $100-200 during the main event of the 2005 U.S. Poker Championship, Juanda picked up 9-5 of...
Poker Academy, Announce Online Training Tool for Poker Players Published: 2006-04-08 Poker Academy, one of the leading providers of instructional software for poker players has
entered into an agreement with the biggest online poker room on the net.
The agreement allows Party to launch a version of the popular Texas Hold Em instructional software
that will be available to PartyPoker.com players. The version used for Party players is called
the 'Poker Trainer', and is available to players now.
"We're thrilled to be selected by PartyPoker.com to help train their players through ...
A New Internet-Inspired Poker Strategy Published: 2006-04-08 (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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I just returned from a long weekend at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut, where the World Poker Tour has been underway for the past two weeks. I played in three events, as well as a multi-table satellite (to win a seat in the $10,000 championship event) and 15 single table satellites.
The bottom line is that I did no...
Reading Your Opponents Is a Must to Win at Poker Published: 2006-04-08 Poker is a truly unique gambling game. Other casino games are made up entirely of mathematics. Poker's foundation too is rooted in math and the odds, but you'll never be a winning player if you can't understand and use its vital psychological aspect. That's what makes you more money with your winning hands and saves you money with your losing hands. Here's a good example.
Say you're playing Texas Hold'em, $10/$20 limit and you're holding A/10 in a late seat. The player under the gun (first to act) is wil...
Surprises At New Zealand Poker Champs Published: 2006-04-07 Surprises At New Zealand Poker Champs
Top players Lee Nelson and Gary Benson were knocked out within three hours of the first round of the New Zealand Poker Champs at Christchurch Casino.
Lee Nelson was tipped by most to make it to the final table but the cards went against him. James Reid from The Feelers put pressure on Nelson during the game but Reid was also knocked out shortly after.
Gary Benson was out after just 2 hours and gutted. “It’s the first time I’ve been knocked out this early since...
MonkeyBet.com, a Leading Online Poker, Sports Betting and Online Casino Gambling Destination is Making a Move into Las Vegas Published: 2006-04-07 (PRWEB) April 5, 2006 -- MonkeyBet.com, a leading online poker, sports betting, and online casino gambling destination is making a move into Las Vegas. Tentatively scheduled for a grand opening in early 2008, MonkeyBet has completed negotiations to buy a parcel of land at 4600 Paradise Road to build its Las Vegas resort and casino. This event is historic, as this will be the first online casino to open a casino in Las Vegas.
Jeff Fuller, VP of Business Development for MonkeyBet.com stated, «I spent 1...
Online Casino to Open Vegas Property in 2008 Published: 2006-04-06 Online casino, Monkeybet.com has revealed it will be making a move into Las Vegas after completing negotiations to buy a section of Nevada land. Monkeybet don’t expect to see the new casino open until 2008, however if things do go ahead on schedule, Monkeybet will become the first online casino to open a casino in Las Vegas.
Jeff Fuller, VP of Business Development for MonkeyBet.com stated, “I spent 15 years working on the strip, and the location we have chosen is very hot as we’re right next to the Hard ...
Gambling firms hopeful of escaping ban Published: 2006-04-06 Online casinos soared in value today amid signs of growing opposition to legislation which would outlaw internet gambling in the United States.
Shares in Party Poker firm PartyGaming surged 11% to give the company a market capitalisation of £5.76bn (€8.25bn) – £580m (€831m) higher than last night – while shares in mid-cap rival 888 Holdings were 9% higher, boosting its value by £67m (€96m) to £812m (€1.1bn).
The improvement came after a debate in the US House of Representatives yesterday threw up oppo...
A bad hand Published: 2006-04-06 Two bills in the House, and one likely to come in the Senate, are trying to force the online poker juggernaut to fold. The House bills, one sponsored by Virginia Republican Bob Goodlatte and the other by Iowa Republican James Leach, are poor attempts to regulate a forum that has flourished precisely because of the absence of constricting regulation.
The popularity of poker has surged in recent years, heavily driven by the boom in Internet play. An estimated 23 million people in the United States play ...
Chuck Blount: New poker rooms, bigger business and an Arctic chill Published: 2006-04-06 Las Vegas welcomed another mega-resort casino poker room when the Venetian opened its 11,000-square-foot facility Sunday.
The Venetian's aim is luxury. With butler service and in-room dining accommodations, the 39-table room will spread Hold 'Em from $4-8 to whatever high limits are requested. Omaha and Seven-Card Stud games also will be available.
The tournament schedule posted on venetian.com has at least two listed daily with varying buy-ins. I can't wait to play them in person, because it looks li...
Harrah's New Orleans To Host Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown; Tournament To Donate $1 Million To Hurricane Katrina Charities Published: 2006-04-06 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2006--The NBC cable network Bravo begins taping today the new season of its hit series "Celebrity Poker Showdown" at Harrah's New Orleans and announced plans to donate $1 million to charities benefiting victims of Hurricane Katrina, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET) and Bravo announced today.
Phil Hellmuth, winner of nine World Series of Poker(R) bracelets, will serve as the series' new poker commentator and co-host, along with comedian Dave Foley. The all-ne...
"Broke: A Poker Novel" by Brandon Adams is Now Available, Phil Hellmuth says "Excellent, Entertaining, and Extremely Well Written...I Couldn't Stop Reading" Published: 2006-04-06 "Broke: A Poker Novel" hits shelves today. Brandon Adams, a young high limit pro and author has published his first book. A gritty book based on the happenings in the world of high limit poker is sure to shock and entertain audiences.
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) April 6, 2006 -- Phil Hellmuth loved it, so you are a donkey if you do not love "Broke: A Poker Novel."
Brandon Adams' first published novel is filled with tales from the world of high limit poker. Mr. Adams is no stranger to high limit poker...
B...
Everest Poker Selects Ketchum to Manage its European Press Relations Published: 2006-04-06 Paris, France, April 04, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- Ketchum Paris, media relations and influence strategy agency (DDB group in France), adds Everest Poker to its list of clients.
Ketchum Paris is in charge of publicizing the French website www.everestpoker.net, a beginner-friendly poker site entirely in French, which allows all types of players to increase their skill level through game simulations.
The agency will also manage the PR activities around Everest Poker involvement with local, European, and world...
Bellagio Five-Star Poker Classic Starts Published: 2006-04-06 by Joseph Smith
The Fontana Room has once again morphed into the Bellagio's Five-Star Poker Tournament's five-star poker room that is supplemented by additional tables in the Bellagio's European-plush main poker room. An outdoor veranda with super views of the famous dancing fountains water and sound shows adds to the excitement of the events, also the only place most laptop aircards can get a signal so a favorite roost for the poker journalist.
Bellagio's Jack McClelland will once again be serving...
Poker meets pop culture Published: 2006-04-06 By Amelia Skimin
STAFF WRITER
When Colin Stedman looked over his debit card statement in January, he realized he'd sunk a lot of money into playing pool, something he did four nights a week most weeks.
Stedman needed a cheaper hobby. Thanks to a flier he found in a Royal Oak coffeehouse, he's got one.
He's a regular participant in the Pioneer Poker league, a Texas hold 'em league that meets at multiple Detroit-area bars, including Thursday nights at 59 West in Highland. Stedman generally plays...
Harrah's New Orleans Hosts Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown Published: 2006-04-06
LAS VEGAS -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- The NBC cable network Bravo begins taping today the new season of its hit series "Celebrity Poker Showdown" at Harrah's New Orleans and announced plans to donate $1 million to charities benefiting victims of Hurricane Katrina, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET) and Bravo announced today.
Phil Hellmuth, winner of nine World Series of Poker® bracelets, will serve as the series' new poker commentator and co-host, along with comedian Dave Foley. The all-new eighth tour...
Deal the cards - it's time to prepare for the World Series of Poker Published: 2006-04-05 Jill Cohen
The Desert Sun
April 5, 2006
Once again, the road to the World Series of Poker beckons. Having been there last year and so knowing what to expect, I've got a strategic plan.
The 2006 WSOP consists of 45 different events. Because of the $10,000 buy-in, I'll only play in the Main Event (the world championship) if I win an entry. However, I do intend to play in two competitions, the Ladies Event on July 9, and the Seniors Event on July 12. (Yes, yes, I know it's hard to believe that I qualify...
Playing with a junk hand takes expertise Published: 2006-04-05 BY STEVE ROSENBLOOM
Chicago Tribune
Hard poker fact: You're going to be dealt a lot of junk hands.
Hard poker corollary: You're going to have to learn how to play them.
One of the best at maneuvering with garbage is John Juanda, the talented, unflappable pro associated with FullTiltPoker.com, who in this hand displayed his abilities to read his opponent and the texture of the board, along with betting smartly after the flop.
With blinds at $100-$200 during the main event of the 2005 U.S. Poker Ch...
Poker Syndicate Announced Today the Appointment of Vincent 'Vinny Nap' Napolitano as Spokesperson Published: 2006-04-05 LONDON, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- IGV Limited, (privately held), which owns
and operates the web sites http://www.PokerSyndicate.com and http://www.ImperialPoker.com,
announced today that Vincent "Vinny Nap" Napolitano, has officially joined
Poker Syndicate as the Site's official spokesperson. Vincent will be joined
by other Poker Professionals at Poker Syndicate as part of the formation of
"Team Syndicate" to be announced later on in the week. Vincent Napolitano,
better known as "Vinny Nap" started i...
Hansen Gray & Company Recruits Top Professional Players for Upcoming North American Poker Tour Event Published: 2006-04-05 LAS VEGAS, April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hansen Gray & Company, Inc. (OTC: HGCP - News) http://www.hansengray.com subsidiary NAPP Tour, Inc., released the Hollywood Park Open tournament schedule for the upcoming North American Poker Tour event May 8th - May 20th, 2006.
The Hollywood Park Open takes place May 8th - 20th at the famed Hollywood Park-Casino. The tournament features over 25 money-added events culminating with a guaranteed $2,000,000 Prize Pool No-Limit Hold-em Championship Event. The NAPT e...
Back for More Action, HIGH STAKES POKER Deals in Season Two Published: 2006-04-05 Finale of the First Season of the Only Cash Game on Television is Monday, April 10 at 9 PM on GSN
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The legends of poker are back on GSN, the network for games, for a second season of HIGH STAKES POKER. Based on the series solid ratings performance, the network has ordered a new 16-episode season that will feature the same minimum buy-in requirement for all invited players -- $100,000 of their own money.
Joining HIGH STAKES POKER again are some of the bes...
PartyPoker.com Selects Poker Academy Texas Holdem Software to Help Train Its Players to Improve Their Game Published: 2006-04-05 Poker Academy, the leading Texas Holdem poker software developer, today announced an agreement with PartyPoker.com, the world’s largest poker room, to help train its players to improve their game at all levels. As part of the agreement, PartyPoker.com launched a brand new “Poker Trainer,” powered by Poker Academy’s world renowned poker trainer software. A free poker training tool for PartyPoker.com players, users can play and hone their skills against computer opponents in real-time on a dedicated play mone...
Wil Wheaton Wins World Series Of Strip Poker Published: 2006-04-05 Wil Wheaton is starting to show his mettle, but he won't be showing anything else soon, because he has won this year's World Series of Strip Poker. Wheaton undressed eight other opponents at the final table to capture the title.
The game of poker, and Texas Hold-em in particular, has gained increasing popularity in the past two years, and strip poker has also been "taking off." Wheaton dropped a hand (and his shorts) early on in the tournament, but won back a pair of size 36 Levi's a couple of hands la...
New poker site appoints ceo Published: 2006-04-05 Next generation online poker site PKR.Com has appointed Malcolm Graham as its chief executive officer.
The London-based company has appointed Malcolm Graham, previously the managing director of The Ritz Club London Online, as its chief executive officer. He is also a former director of The Ritz Club.
PKR.Com is also set to announce its launch advertising agency imminently.
Banner Ad
Its site is positioned as a fully immersive poker playing experience with an environment featuring graphics as sop...
How Hold’em Poker Players Are Learning To Protect Themselves Published: 2006-04-05 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 program titled Cheating at Hold’em (The Essentials), designed to educate the general public about how poker scams work, how to detect them, and what steps to take in order to protect yourself from being a victim.
Gambling and specifically Texas Hold’em has taken America by storm. When gambling becomes p...
Virgin Poker to reward loyal gamblers Published: 2006-04-05 Online casino Virgin Poker is launching a reward scheme which allows players to earn Virgin Atlantic air miles every time they play.
The scheme, launched this month, will allow players to collect “V-points”, which have a cash value of one pence per point.
The points will be earned at a standard rate of four per cent of rake, which Virgin claims is more generous than most current high street loyalty schemes, including Nectar and rivals leading loyalty programmes such as Boots.
Banner Ad
The “V-p...
PPA Pushes for Poker Players' Rights During Events on Capitol Hill Published: 2006-04-05 By Aaron Todd
The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) hasn't gone all-in, but it has raised the stakes.
The alliance, which boasts 20,000 paying members, was represented by its president, Michael Bolcerek, and three prominent professionals on Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Poker professionals Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Howard Lederer, and Greg "Fossilman" Raymer came to Washington attempting to bring a poker face into the online gambling legislative debate before the Wednesday afternoon House Judiciary Committee hea...
Poker Fans Push Online Gambling Published: 2006-04-05 Pro players tell Congress to fold anti-gambling legislation.
Grant Gross, IDG News Service
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
WASHINGTON -- Three professional poker players raised the stakes in a debate over Internet gambling Tuesday, calling on Congress to reject three bills that attempt to stop U.S. residents from playing online poker.
Poker players Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, and Greg Raymer, joining the Poker Players Alliance at a press conference, criticized the three bills for requiring banks to m...
Poker players lobby against online gambling ban Published: 2006-04-05 Washington -- America's 70 million poker players say they aren't bluffing in their resistance to the latest congressional efforts to ban online casino gambling.
To dramatize that determination, their leader, San Franciscan Michael Bolcerek -- president of the national Poker Players Alliance -- staged some unusual events on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. He brought three big-name professional poker stars to court the press, lobby members of Congress and attend an evening reception for members and their staffs ...
Empire Online mulling expansion Published: 2006-04-04 Internet gaming firm Empire Online has hinted that it is looking to expand in 2006 through mergers and takeovers.
The firm, which owns the Noble Poker and Club Dice internet poker and casino sites, made the comments as it reported a 57% rise in annual profits.
Empire said pre-tax profits were $41.2m (£23.5m) during 2005, up from $26.2m the year before.
Chief executive Noam Lanir said the company had "flexibility" to pursue "merger and acquisition activity".
Revenues up
Empire said that at ...
Calvin Ayre cleared after raid on home Published: 2006-04-04 Costa Rican Police have returned the computers and gun seized in what most now consider to have been an ill informed raid on the Founder and CEO of Bodog.com, Calvin Ayre's home a few weeks ago.
The Costa Rican authorities raided Ayre's home on suspicion of hosting "illegal" games of poker within his household as part of the soon-to-be aired Cable reality show "Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker", which right now is slated for showing April 15th at 11:00 PM for six weeks (check your local listings).
The auth...
The newest evolution in online poker is set to launch. PKR.com is light years ahead of the competition. Published: 2006-04-04 Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) April 4, 2006 -- Revolutionary online poker room PKR.com, is gearing up to break into the North American market in spring 2006.
PKR represents a giant leap forward in online poker with advanced 3D graphics, deeply immersive game-play and highly customizable characters. A potent combination that puts the personality back to online poker by bringing all the best elements of a live poker game to the online experience.
Conceived and created by some of the most creative and successful...
The Normandie Casino in Los Angeles goes to Las Vegas for the 2006 World Poker Tour Published: 2006-04-04 (PRWEB) April 4, 2006 -- The Normandie Casino goes to Las Vegas.
It all got started in September of 2005 when the Normandie Casino was designated as one of the Satellite Card clubs to send a representative to the 5 Million Dollar World Poker Tournament at the Bellagio Resort Hotel in Las Vegas.
The World Poker Tour starts April 18th through the 24th.
After 1350 players (participants), $150,000 in pay-outs, 25 weeks of tournaments, 6 times a week, twice a day and 150 games, Navy Chief Petty Officer (...
Poker Players Alliance Renews Objection to Internet Gambling Ban, Points to Survey as Support Published: 2006-04-04 Poll Finds Nearly 75% of the Public Opposes Federal Ban
WASHINGTON, April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- At a roundtable panel discussion today, The Poker Players Alliance, a grassroots organization of more than 20,000 American poker players, renewed its objection to online gambling prohibition, highlighting a new survey by ICR market research that finds nearly 75 percent of Americans oppose moves by Congress to ban Internet poker. A more detailed breakdown of poll results follows this release.
"The new poll re...
World Poker Exchange Launches 'No Rake' Poker Published: 2006-04-04 ST. JOHNS, Antigua, April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- World Poker Exchange (http://www.Worldpx.com ) announced today a major pricing initiative that threatens to radically transform the $5.5-billion online poker industry. Called "No Rake Poker," the World Poker Exchange plan poses a direct challenge to standalone poker rooms that do not have access to additional revenue streams.
Under the online poker industry's current business model, poker rooms obtain operating revenue by collecting a flat charge from every pot...
Everest Poker Launches Its First European Poker Championship Published: 2006-04-04 The international poker site is launching a series of free live and online poker tournaments throughout Europe open to all skill levels
Paris, France, April 04, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- Everestpoker.com, a site dedicated to the international poker playing community, announces the launch of the Everest Poker European Championship, a series of free roll live and online poker tournaments run locally throughout Europe open to all levels of players.
Since its inception, Everest Poker has taken an active role in ...
Safer Online Poker Play From Latest eCOGRA Certifications Published: 2006-04-04 New Online Poker Room Standards Now in Force Across a Range of Top Tier
Sites
NEW YORK, April 4 /CNW/ - Poker players across the world will now find
the familiar eCOGRA "Play It Safe" seal on 7 more quality Internet poker sites
belonging to some of the most successful and reliable online gaming groups in
the business.
Bringing to 76 the number of online casinos and poker rooms committed to
the international standards of eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and
Assurance (eCOGRA), th...
The Showdown Poker League is a new customer for Designed Quality Entertainment Published: 2006-04-04 Designed Quality Entertainment (DQE) signed a contract today with the American event company
Showdown Poker League (SPL) whose headquarters are located in Orlando, Florida.
Today SPL is involved in so called Free-Roll tournaments in Texas Hold'Em in the USA. The company
has 8,000 members and active players and has ambitions to be one of the leading members of the
rapidly expanding poker market.
SPL is owned by JJ Jensen and a large amount of minority stakeholders. The company is debt free
and ...
Poker Strategy XIV- Back to Basics Published: 2006-04-04 I play in some of the biggest cash games in the world. Usually, these games are loaded with pros -
folks who know the intricacies and advanced strategies of pretty much every poker game. We
normally play a mix of games that can include Hold ‘em, 7-Stud, Omaha, and one or more of the
Hi/Lo variations. Most of the time, we play with a fixed-limit betting structure.
In a recent session, I had a stretch where I was pretty card dead, so I spent most of my time
folding. To my knowledgeable opponents, ...
Dirty Poker Published: 2006-04-04 If you are one of the millions of people who've taken up online poker, there's a pretty good chance you are being cheated on a regular basis according to a man who may be the most successful gambling cheat ever. Richard Marcus knew every trick in the book when it came to fleecing the casinos. He retired without ever getting caught and is now warning poker players about what they are up against. Marcus spoke exclusively with George Knapp of the I-Team.
There's an old saying about poker. If you can't spot...
Poker The Name Of The Game In Las Vegas Published: 2006-04-04 Ever dreamt of quitting your day job and becoming a professional poker player? Las Vegas has long been known as a gaming mecca but it has also become the home of poker, whether you prefer $10 tables or professional poker tournaments.
Not long ago, poker was a taboo game relegated to back rooms and legion halls. Now, thanks to Benny Binion, the Internet and ESPN, names like Australia’s Joe Hachem are as well known as many top athletes.
With the 1998 release of the cult hit movie Rounders and the inc...
Gaming Watchdog Awards Seal of Approval to 7 Online Poker Sites, Makes for Safer Poker Action Published: 2006-04-04 A good deal of skepticism has circulated as of late regarding the safety of playing poker online. From bots to collusion, the claims are many. Enter eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA), an independent watchdog organization that regulates and oversees the game play and procedures at online gaming sites. Now the "Play It Safe" seal, eCOGRA's trademark stamp of approval, has begun to appear on seven additional online poker rooms. The newly-approved sites bring the total number of onli...
Getminted Offers WPT Grand Prix de Paris Action Published: 2006-04-03 The WPT moves to the wonderful city of Paris and GetmintedPoker once again is offering its players the chance to participate in the Grand Prix de Paris, which takes place 12th-16th June 2006.
(PRWEB) April 3, 2006 -- World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris 2006, provide's the chance for players to win a share of a massive poker Pot worth 1 million Euros once again Getminted will be sponsoring players attending.
The Aviation Club de France rests in the heart of Paris on the Champs-Elysées, the most famous...
CasinoRoom.com Joins PokerAffiliate.com Published: 2006-04-03 PokerAffiliate.com has announced that CasinoRoom.com has been incorporated into their program. To promote this agreement a special offer has been announced with all affiliates at PokerAffiliate.com to earn a 45% revenue share from casino games for the first two months, until the end of May.
Players who already hold an account at the world’s third largest poker site, PokerRoom.com, can now use the same player account to enjoy the games on CasinoRoom.com.
As well as the virtual casino experience pla...
Venetian Poker Room Opens with a Spectacular Tournament Event Published: 2006-04-03 The Venetian Poker Room officially opened on Sunday evening with a star studded Invitational Grand Opening Tournament. 284 players took their seats for an opportunity to drive home in a new dazzling yellow Lotus.
Expecting about 200 players and having closer to 300 show up proved to be no problem for this inaugural event. The shuffle up and deal command went out a little after 9:00 PM and 7 hours later Beatric Stranzixger scooped the remainder of Carlos Mortensen's chips to claim the keys to the exoti...
Get Ready for the Battle of the Buff Published: 2006-04-03 Paddy Power Poker is going for the world record as it looks to host the biggest ever strip poker tournament this summer. The audacious attempt to break the record for naked poker will take place at a secret venue in Dublin on 1st August 2006.
With a recent Paddy Power survey showing than 50% of online poker players enjoy playing in the nude, it seems that Paddy Power has decided that this is the perfect way to take Ireland’s mind of not being at this summer’s World Cup in Germany.
The winner of thi...
Poker and Taxes Published: 2006-04-03 by Sam Mudaro
Most of my readers, especially those I meet at the tables, know that I am an accountant and tax return preparer.
A number of fellow players routinely ask me for advice. Their questions seem to center around the same areas. They all relate to issues of what must I report and what may I deduct. Some have asked if I would do an article on what may or may not be deductible and who is allowed to deduct what.
I will continue with the series on which hands win next time. Presented belo...
Extreme Poker Crowns New Champion Published: 2006-04-03 Robert Varkonyi, the 2002 World Series of Poker Champion, has more bragging rights today. Over the weekend the Champion Extreme Poker player took home the title of Champion while bluffing in frigid temperatures in the arctic.
Varkonyi’s win comes just months after Juha Helppi won the first ever Extreme Poker event held 30 feet underwater in the Caribbean Sea. While battling worldwide poker phenoms, Varkonyi was battling temperatures that reached minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit. The Extreme Poker organizers...
Mobile Poker Games Command Top Deck Slots Published: 2006-04-03 Mobile industry tracker Telephia has issued a report that shows that mobile-based poker titles dominate the top slots on cell phone decks.
In the research firm's newly launched Deck Monitoring Report, Telephia revealed that more than 20 percent of the top deck slots for the top four U.S. carriers are occupied by mobile phones. The firm made sure to note that visible deck placement plays an important role in getting a game into the hands of customers.
“Most cell phone decks are updated weekly, if not m...
Challenge TV launches two new poker TV shows sponsored by 888 casino Published: 2006-04-03 The World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker have two new contenders to compete against for TV airtime: Women's Poker and Showbiz Poker, two new TV shows about to launch on the UK's Challenge TV channel. Both TV shows will introduce and broadcast themed poker games (unlike the generic poker tournament play in WPT and WSOP) and are sponsored by 888.com's Pacific Poker. Very soon there won't be a single night of the week where you can't catch a game. And won't that be fantastic!
Pull out your TV guides, ...
Vegas Neonopolis to host Fox Sports / Mansionpoker Poker Dome Published: 2006-04-03 by Joseph Smith
MANSIONpoker.net and FOX Sports have partnered to bring to television the most ambitious poker project to date. MANSIONpoker.net Poker Dome Series has finally found a home in downtown Las Vegas at the Neonopolis mall located a block south of the end of the light canopy over Fremont Street. Three of the theatres at Neonopolis are being transformed into the Poker Dome. The Poker Dome is the world's first custom designed poker arena that will accommodate an audience of 200 around a final pok...
Titan Poker Club Offers New Promo Published: 2006-04-03
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Titan Poker Club, the Internet's hottest online poker club, is offering a special promotion to new poker players joining Titan Poker. Right now, the first 1000 depositors to Titan Poker, who use the exclusive bonus promo code "aprilbonus", will receive a complimentary 100% deposit sign-up bonus up to $500 free.
For example, if you deposit $100 into your new player's account and enter "aprilbonus" as your deposit bonus code, you will receive an extra $100 bonus absolutely free. This ...
Online Poker Room Titan Poker Rewards Players With $500,000 Refer-a-Friend Freeroll Tournament Published: 2006-04-03 (Press release) Titan Poker (http://www.titanpoker.com), one of the fastest growing online poker rooms, will stage a $500,000 Refer a Friend Freeroll Tournament in September 2006.
Titan Poker will distribute $500,000 in guaranteed prizes at the $500,000 Refer a Friend Freeroll Tournament. Entries, which will be free of charge, will be won at a series of qualifier satellites, starting in April 2006.
All registered Titan Poker players are eligible to participate in this promotion and will be able to w...
$2.6 million poker room to open at The Venetian Published: 2006-04-03 By HOWARD STUTZ
GAMING WIRE
The Venetian's third attempt at operating a poker room might be the charm -- but also the most expensive.
The Strip casino joins the realm of Las Vegas resorts adding space for poker players Sunday when it unveils an 11,000-square-foot poker room near the race and sports book.
When The Venetian opened in 1999, the property operated a small poker room that quickly closed due to lack of interest. The casino made another modest attempt a few years later, but that 10-table ...
Gambling on college campuses is not simply fun and games Published: 2006-04-02 Anywhere you go in Oregon, odds are good you will find evidence of gambling’s popularity.
Driving to work, I pass an Oregon Lottery billboard.
Visiting a radio station for an interview, I see that the talk-show host had been playing poker on the computer.
But what really surprised me was walking across a college campus and passing a series of posters, one advertising a student poker tournament, another reading “sex toy bingo” and a third advertising a “poker for candy” activity. It’s graphic remind...
In heads-up play, even the best trappers get trapped -- so watch out Published: 2006-04-01 Chicago Tribune
The one part of poker tournaments that can rattle inexperienced players more than any other is heads-up play because they have fewer chances to gain that kind of experience.
The end game usually requires a change of strategies. You play a wider range of starting hands, you play them more aggressively, and you take more chances in trying to trap your opponent.
But beware: Even the best trappers get trapped.
"Miami" John Cernuto, a former air traffic controller, captured the European...
Odds worsening for gambling addicts Published: 2006-04-01 Waukesha convention warns teens, seniors about problem
By JUSTIN KERN
WAUKESHA - Internet Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournaments and the increase in casinos has contributed to a rapid growth in reported gambling addictions in Wisconsin, which includes teenagers and senior citizens in Waukesha County.
National gambling experts convened at the Country Springs Hotel in Waukesha on Thursday for the first day of a statewide convention on addiction and awareness. Workshops continue today for more than 170 ...
http://starbulletin.com/2006/04/03/business/technology.html Published: 2006-04-01 Beware the invasion of the automated software ’bots
Just when you think Internet bad guys couldn't get any worse, we've been seeing a huge increase in the number of automated software programs, called agents, or 'bots (short for robots). No, we're not talking about robots from the silver screen, benevolent beings like R2D2, and Terminators 2 and 3. Instead, we're talking about some truly evildoers on the 'Net.
Previously only existent in the minds of conspiracy theorists, 'bots have been around for a few ...
Poker Brings Family Together Published: 2006-04-01 Family rituals seem to unite us all. These things that seem to merely just be a game create a bond that is so strong you will be shocked to know that the focus is poker. Although some believe poker is an avenue of evil sins and spirits, my family has taken it upon itself to view it as an insightful way to reach the teenage mind. In our family, poker never fails.
We sit at our dinner table for hours until someone runs out of money. We play various games like “5-Card Draw,” “Blackjack,” “31,” and “7...
Live 3D Poker Announces Trillion Dollar Tournament Winner Published: 2006-04-01 Curacao, Netherlands Antilles (PRWEB) April 1, 2006 -- It was huge, it was fun – but now it is over. The world's largest poker tournament was held this weekend, hosted by Live 3D Poker, and S. Colbert has been declared the winner of the record-setting trillion dollar pot. Never before seen in the poker world and likely never to be seen again, this amazing event was captured on video for all to see (www.live3dpoker.com/trillion.mpg).
This historic tournament came about when 10 of the world's most powerful...
The World's Biggest And Richest Poker Tournament Published: 2006-03-31 Win Your Way To The World's Biggest And Richest Poker Tournament
SKYCITY Auckland is giving New Zealand poker lovers one of their best chances to realise the ultimate dream by securing a spot at the 2006 World Series of Poker championship event in Las Vegas, along with a shot at taking home one of the biggest prize purses in sports history!
Starting tomorrow, Saturday 1 April 2006, SKYCITY Auckland will begin hosting a very special new series of no-limit Texas Hold'em WSOP Satellite Poker Tournaments....
Everton FC closes EvertonBet, online casino, bingo and poker room Published: 2006-03-31 Everton FC, a popular UK soccer club, has decided to stamp out their online betting operation, effective midnight last night. This has stunned football club fans and casino players alike, with an urgent late night email informing customers of the urgent and drastic decision. Industry commentators aren't too surprised though. As recent gaming laws have been put under the microscope in the UK, many online casino operations are responding with appropriate changes to websites, advertising and now it seems that ...
Gambling On Oregon College Campuses Isn't All Fun And Game Published: 2006-03-30 By Jeff Marotta, DHS
Salem, Oregon - This is a guest opinion by Jeff Marotta, a problem gambling services manager in the Oregon Department of Human Services. "Anywhere you go in Oregon, odds are good you will find evidence of gambling's popularity. Driving to work, I pass an Oregon Lottery billboard. Visiting a radio station for an interview, I see that the talk-show host had been playing poker on the computer. But what really surprised me was walking across a college campus and passing a series of post...
Fortuna Set to Create 'the Ultimate Gambling Brand In Your Hand' as G-Fone Published: 2006-03-30 LONDON, March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fortuna Gaming Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: FGAM.OB - News; "the Company") through its wholly owned subsidiary Fortuna Gaming (UK) Limited ("Fortuna") is preparing to launch its newly branded G-Fone Gambling network. Its new marketing concept will be comprised of real money gambling sites consisting of Poker with Casino and Sportsbook games being added in the second quarter. This new brand has gone through numerous trials and is proving successful among current playe...
Advice by Daniel Negreanu: Let bankroll, skill decide games you play Published: 2006-03-30 Advice by Daniel Negreanu
Tucson, Arizona
Making good decisions based on your current financial situation might just be the most important element you'll deal with when playing poker.
You'll often be at the mercy of the cards, because there is undeniably an element of luck in poker. The deck ultimately will decide your fate.
For that reason, you should establish strict rules for yourself that define how much money you're willing to risk and what limits to play.
Let's say, for example, you have $1,...
CasinoRoom.com Joins PokerAffiliate.com Published: 2006-03-30
(PRESS RELEASE) -- CasinoRoom.com has now been incorporated into the world's leading online gaming affiliate program – PokerAffiliate.com. Affiliate partners can now recruit players to not only the leading poker sites PokerRoom.com, HoldemPoker.com, EuroPoker.com and eCardroom.com but also to the brand-new casino site, CasinoRoom.com.
As a special offer all affiliates with PokerAffiliate.com will earn 45% revenue share from casino games for the first two months, until the end of May. During this time,...
Senators balk at gaming measure Published: 2006-03-30 CARD ROOMS: Panel has list of questions about legalizing gambling.
By RICHARD RICHTMYER
Anchorage Daily News
Published: March 30, 2006
Last Modified: March 30, 2006 at 10:01 AM
JUNEAU -- A legislative push to legalize card rooms where gamblers can bet against each other on poker and other games hit a snag Wednesday when members of a Senate panel laid out a laundry list of questions and concerns about the proposal.
The Senate's initial tepid response to the card-room bill, which narrow...
‘Mad Genius’ of Poker Visits Ireland Published: 2006-03-30 US poker legend Mike Caro, the ‘Mad Genius of poker’ to speak at Trinity College, Dublin and play in paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open 2006.
(PRWEB) March 30, 2006 -- Mike Caro, the world’s foremost authority on poker strategy, psychology, and statistics is making a rare visit outside of his native US to play in the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open 2006.
The noted ‘mad genius of poker’ will also give a lecture at the Graduates Memorial Building (GMB), Trinity College, Dublin on Thursday 13th April at 5.30p...
National League of Poker Web Site Launched Published: 2006-03-30 US-Compliant Web Portal launched US-based Players Offered Free-to-Play Poker With Huge Cash and Prizes
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to the increasing demand for online poker alternatives, The National League of Poker (NLOP) announced the formal launch of its completely free online poker portal http://www.nlop.com/. The announcement includes the launch of the NLOP Spring Series, a 6-week promotion that will award over $30,000 in cash and prizes including 6 seats to the 2006 Wo...
InterPoker.com's Arctic Circle Extreme Poker Tournament Won by Robert Varkonyi Who Fought Frostbite and Frigid Temperatures to Freeze Out the Competition Published: 2006-03-30 InterPoker.com hosts the second Extreme Poker Tournament, held miles from civilization atop the vast ice fields of the Arctic Sea in Finland. Battling subzero temperatures, poker pro Rob Varkonyi (seated on the far left), ultimately defeated the hometown favorite and reigning Extreme Poker Champion Juha Helppi when he drew a dramatic come-from-behind full house. (PRNewsFoto/InterPoker.com, LARS BECH)
KEMI FINLAND 03/31/2006
Varkonyi's Full House Gives Hometown Favorite Juha Helppi the Cold ...
CryptoLogic's New Poker Tournament Software Delivers High-Speed Action, Online Qualifying For Top Poker Events Worldwide Published: 2006-03-30 TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2006--CryptoLogic Inc. (TSX:CRY)(NASDAQ:CRYP)(LSE:CRP), a leading software developer to the global Internet gaming market, announced today the latest tournament enhancements to its Internet poker software released through its wholly-owned subsidiary, WagerLogic Limited. New features include high-speed Thunder Tournaments and an enhanced Super-Satellite Tournament Structure for more chances to qualify for the world's biggest and coveted land-based poker events.
"For ...
InterPoker.com's Arctic Circle Extreme Poker Tournament Won by Robert Varkonyi Who Fought Frostbite and Frigid Temperatures to Freeze Out the Competition Published: 2006-03-30 Varkonyi's Full House Gives Hometown Favorite Juha Helppi the Cold Shoulder at InterPoker.com's Latest Extreme Event Held in Kemi, Finland Atop the Frozen Arctic Sea
KEMI, Finland, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Varkonyi, the 2002 World Series of Poker Champion, is accustomed to keeping his cool under pressure, but today's InterPoker.com Extreme Poker Challenge forced him to heat things up in order to stay alive. In a dramatic come-from-behind victory, Varkonyi sent chills through his competitors Pet...
Hellmuth Replacing Gordon on Celebrity Poker Published: 2006-03-30 Show Will Be Filmed in New Orleans This Year
by Bob Pajich
One Phil is replacing another Phil on the Celebrity Poker Showdown.
Phil Hellmuth will join current cohost comedian Dave Foley at the desk next to the “loser’s lounge” on the popular Bravo TV show. Phil Gordon recently decided to leave the show after appearing on 42 episodes. Filming of Bravo’s show will start this Spring at Harrah’s in New Orleans, which recently reopened. In the past, the show was filmed at the Palms in Las Veg...
Poker Gets Dramatic Published: 2006-03-30 The game's over on TV but just getting its due onstage.
By Dave Amber
In the evil galaxy of schadenfreude where theater resides, nothing's better than a darkly funny play about hopeless wankers full of big talk and even bigger dreams that you know will never be realized because of their cycles of obsession and addiction, whether it's drugs, sex, or, in the case of Patrick Marber's Dealer's Choice, the pissing away of a last quid in some poker game held in the dank basement of a London restaurant.
T...
Second Season Of High Stakes Poker On The Way Published: 2006-03-30 Here’s some exclusive, breaking news that will surely excite fans who have enjoyed the first season of GSN’s High Stakes Poker, the first-ever televised No-Limit Hold ’Em cash game: GSN has heard and felt the positive response to the program, and has ordered a second season. The new season will be filmed in April at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, and is scheduled to begin airing on Monday, June 5.
Season Two will feature many of the same professional and amateur players from the first season, along with ...
Publishers cashing in on Internet poker craze Published: 2006-03-30 By Jesse Noyes
With online poker sites raking in big money, the publishing world wants a piece of the action.
Already poker strategy guides and get-rich books have flooded the market as television series, like the World Poker Tour and Celebrity Poker Showdown, have catapulted the game into the mainstream.
Now, many publishers are hedging their bets on the increasing popularity of Internet poker to generate a new crop of titles.
“There’s a new culture of online stars being born,...
GT Web Launches COPCS.com - the Canadian Online Poker Championship Series Published: 2006-03-30 Canadian online poker players have a new place to call home on the net. The COPCS, a competitive, online poker community, opened its virtual doors for business on March 27th, 2006.
Vancouver, Canada, March 30, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- GT Web, a small internet company based in Vancouver, Canada, has created the web's newest niche. The Canadian Online Poker Championship Series or COPCS as it is often called is an online community for poker enthusiasts to meet, interact and compete against each other in a series o...
ONLINE POKER ROOM POKERSHARE - BACK FROM THE ASHES Published: 2006-03-30 With a new online poker software provider and network, the poker room Pokershare is back in business
Pokershare's tribulations with Excapsa are a thing of the past, with the profit participation site back online in a new partnership with the fast-growing Tain network, using poker software from the same company.
After four months analysing new softwares, PokerShare, the online poker room that shares its cash with its players, has launched a new site in Beta mode for now.
Tain is a Swedish comp...
New Poker Movie Starts Filming Next Week Published: 2006-03-30 Yet another poker film is set to start filming. The latest offering is a Karate Kid-style poker flick by the name of “Deal." The star power signed onto the project includes the geriatric Burt Reynolds and teeny bopper TV actor Bret
Harrison. Little-known actor/director Gil Cates Jr. co-wrote and will direct “Deal," which starts filming early next week in New Orleans.
The storyline of “Deal" follows a former gambler (Reynolds) who passes his poker wisdom down to a cocky college student (Harrison), inst...
Poker Syndicate Announced Today the Acquisition & Consolidation of Imperial Poker Published: 2006-03-30 IGV Limited, (privately held), which owns and operates the web site, http://www.PokerSyndicate.com, announced today the acquisition of http://www.ImperialPoker.com. Imperial Poker will undergo a re-branding and will be consolidated with the company's http://www.PokerSyndicate.com web site.
Founded by a determined group of poker professionals that grew tired of seeing the poker player taken advantage of, http://www.PokerSyndicate.com has launched a novel, proprietary concept that will revolutionize th...
Poker Players Should Join the Poker Players Alliance Published: 2006-03-30
By Ryan McLane
I never really thought about the fate of Internet poker before I took this job as a gaming industry journalist. I deposited my online bankroll, played my nightly Internet games, and assumed it was my right to play wherever and whenever I wanted.
Come to find out - there are many powerful people who don't agree.
On March 15th, the House Financial Services Committee passed a bill introduced by Representatives Jim Leach (R-IA) and Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) that would make it illegal for...
Lipscomb to Deliver Keynote Speech at Poker Congress Published: 2006-03-30
LAS VEGAS – (PRESS RELEASE) -- The organizers of the World Poker Congress last week announced that Steve Lipscomb, president of the World Poker Tour, will deliver a keynote speech at the event, scheduled for June 27 - 28, 2006 at the City Conference Center in Stockholm, Sweden. Lipscomb joins the leader of the other leading poker tour, Jeffery Pollack, the first commissioner of the World Series of Poker, for a keynote exacta at the World Poker Congress.
"Steve Lipscomb had the vision and foresight to ...
http://www.cio-today.com/news/Publishers-Cash-In-on-Internet-Poker/story.xhtml?story_id=132004FGD5ZO Published: 2006-03-30 Even with an abundance of books available, the online poker mania is keeping demand strong, said Tricia Boczkowski, executive editor at Simon Spotlight Entertainment -- a division of Simon & Schuster -- which is releasing a third book by poker player Phil Gordon in October.
With online poker sites raking in big money, the publishing world wants a piece of the action. Already poker strategy guides and get-rich books have flooded the market as television series, like the World Poker Tour and Celebrity Pok...
Svenska Spel launches online poker Published: 2006-03-30 Sweden's first home-grown poker web site was launched on Thursday, amid allegations that security failings could lead to customers' bank account details being accessed by fraudsters.
Svenska Spel, the state-run gambling monopoly, was given the go-ahead by the government last autumn to start its own online poker service.
Eager to capitalise on increasing demand for online poker in Sweden - with players all currently using foreign-run sites - the organisation committed itself to a spring launch.
"Sv...
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/3/prweb364268.htm Published: 2006-03-29 The newly launched loyalty reward programme for sleek online poker provider, Purple Lounge, is offered to players and affiliates in association with the global private members' club and concierge service, Quintessentially. The co-operation between these two titans in the lifestyle and entertainment sector is a revolutionary first for the gaming industry.
(PRWEB) March 29, 2006 -- Many a valuable possession has been won or lost during a game of poker, but few pots yield the returns of the unique Purple Lo...
WPT's Steve Lipscomb joins WSOP's Jeffery Pollack as keynote speakers Published: 2006-03-29 LAS VEGAS, March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The organizers of the World Poker
Congress last week announced that Steve Lipscomb, president of the World Poker
Tour, will deliver a keynote speech at the event, scheduled for June 27 - 28,
2006 at the City Conference Center in Stockholm, Sweden. Lipscomb joins the
leader of the other leading poker tour, Jeffery Pollack, the first
commissioner of the World Series of Poker, for a keynote exacta at the World
Poker Congress.
"Steve Lipscomb had the vision and for...
You don't have to be a pro to participate in the One Stop Poker Tour Published: 2006-03-29 By VALERIE NIENBERG
valerie.nienberg@scripps.com
March 29, 2006
Despite the popularity of online poker sites, there's nothing quite like holding and folding real cards. You can't get a read on a user name, after all.
Seven nights a week in bars throughout the Treasure Coast, card players of all levels are leaving their PCs behind, gathering around green felt tables, and taking part in one of America's most popular card games — No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em — live and in person.
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NETeller's growth continues, Playtech now trading in London and World Gaming down Published: 2006-03-29 The awesome growth at the online money transfer group Neteller, one of the biggest companies on the Alternative Investment Market, continues. Yesterday it unveiled a set of full-year figures which can only be described as outstanding. Sales rose 108 per cent to $171m (£98m), pre-tax profits soared 114 per cent to $98m while the all important cash-flow figure jumped 49 per cent to $114m. Is there no end in sight to the company's growth?
Its chief executive, Ron Martin, says not for a long while. He point...
Status of the PokerDome in Question Published: 2006-03-29 When it was announced a few months ago, the poker world raised an eyebrow at the proposed
PokerDome in Las Vegas. The enclosed poker table, which would allow an audience to watch the
proceedings without disturbing the play of the game by enclosing the poker table and the players
under a protective dome, was to be the central focus of a FSN's feature series that was to run for
an unprecedented 43 week schedule. The PokerDome idea has run into several problems recently that
potentially threatened th...
Jeff Haney on the role youth played when 'Gigabet' prevailed at a marathon poker event Published: 2006-03-29
Play at the final table of the recent World Series of Poker circuit event at Harrah's Rincon in San Diego County stretched on for more than 13 hours before a winner was determined.
It was no coincidence that the last two men standing - sitting, actually - were also the two youngest at the final table, as stamina won out against experience.
Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken outlasted WeiKai Chang, to win the top prize of $372,780 in the $10,000 buy-in tournament.
"We played a lot longer than I thought w...
Gavin Smith Signs Deal With Whiskey Company Published: 2006-03-29 Ian McKenzie
newsdesk@bluffmedia.com
Gavin Smith has signed an endorsement deal with Black Velvet Canadian Whiskey. The WPT Mirage Poker Showdown champion joins a long list of poker pro's to sign ad deals with major corporations, including Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, and Scotty Nguyen, who all appear in a current Diet Pepsi ad.
The deal makes Smith the national spokesperson for Black Velvet Canadian Whiskey within the poker industry. The company is also running a sweepstakes in which the winner ...
Hold 'em takes hold Published: 2006-03-29 Big money available by winning at poker's hot game, in Tucson and Las Vegas alike
By Brian J. Pedersen
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 03.29.2006
Bryan Sharp stared down at the wad of bills in his hand.
He had just won $1,487 for placing third in a poker tournament at Desert Diamond Casino. It was more money than the 22-year-old UA student had ever held in his life. Instead of daydreaming about what to buy with his newfound riches, though, Sharp knew what he had to do next.
"I've ...
Palo Alto resident Phil Helmuth has made a career out of playing poker Published: 2006-03-29 by Lauren McSherry
Before becoming a world champion poker player, before writing a best-selling book, before all his endorsement deals, nine gold bracelets and millions of dollars in winnings, Phil Hellmuth Jr. knew he would become a legend.
When Hellmuth was 17, a psychic paid a visit to his family. She performed hand readings for all the Hellmuth siblings, but she singled out Phil.
"She told me I'd be really famous," he said. "I hung on to that. I didn't discard it."
Today Hellmuth is on...
How One Person Beat Online Poker For Thousands Of Dollars Published: 2006-03-29 For our unnamed player, it started out as a hobby. Soon it blossomed into a very lucrative career. All it took was a home computer, an internet connection, and the drive to become a winning poker player.
(PRWEB) March 29, 2006 -- Our player's real-life name is Trey, but he won't reveal any of his online poker screen names for our article. He started playing online poker in early 2004, and has put countless hours into perfecting his online poker skills. Although he is now making more in one month than he ...
Online Stakes Heat Up As PokerShare Returns; Online Poker's Most Generous Website Welcomes Back Existing Players with Tain Network Published: 2006-03-29 LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2006--After four months analysing new software, PokerShare.com, the online poker room that shares its cash with its players, announces its new site launch on the Tain network.
The most generous poker site on the net has amicably settled its disagreement with Excapsa Software and Game Theory and, has launched its new software. For now, PokerShare is available in Beta mode exclusively for existing players. Poker Room Manager, Max Wright said, "We're excited to finally ...
Absolute Poker Endorses Affiliates to Attend the 2006 Casino Affiliate Conference Published: 2006-03-29 Affiliates Earn Lifetime Revenues from Each Referred Player
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Absolute Poker (http://www.absolutepoker.com), the fourth largest online poker website in the world, announced today that they have sponsored a select number of affiliates to attend the 2006 Casino Affiliate Convention in Amsterdam being held April 9-10. With over 400 affiliates and casino executives expected, the event will focus on European marketing and advertising for the internet gaming indu...
Canada's Biggest Poker Tournament Returns for Second Season on TSN Published: 2006-03-29 Degree Poker Championship features seven one-hour broadcasts this
September, all in HD -
TORONTO, March 29 /CNW/ - The search for Canada's next undiscovered poker
talent is officially underway as TSN today announced the launch of the second
annual Degree Poker Championship. Widely regarded as the crown jewel of Texas
Hold 'Em poker in Canada, the tournament will be held May 3 to 12 at the
Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort and will air in prime time in September 2006
on TSN and TSN HD. The eve...
World Poker Tour WPTonline.com Affiliate Program Hits Record New Depositing Players with Income Access Published: 2006-03-29 The World Poker Tour’s online poker room and casino WPTonline.com drives record numbers of new depositing players since launching its affiliate program in January 2006, powered by the Income Access affiliate network.
Montreal, Canada (PRWEB) March 29, 2006 -- One of the most recognizable brands in the poker universe, World Poker Tour, has driven record numbers of new depositing players to its online poker room and casino WPTonline.com since launching its affiliate program in January 2006, powered by the ...
THQ Wireless Makes Poker Fans an Offering They Wouldn't Refuse with The Sopranos Poker Published: 2006-03-29 What does Tony Soprano and his gang like to do when they're not too busy breaking knees and such? Play poker. At least that's the premise of mobile entertainment provider THQ Wireless' latest game. Fans of HBO's hit show, The Sopranos, can now feel like they're rubbing elbows with the Sopranos without first having to check the TV Guide. THQ Wireless just released The Sopranos Poker for Cingular Wireless users.
The Sopranos Poker pits players against the likes of Tony Soprano, Paulie, and Silvio in a gam...
Charity poker games under fire Published: 2006-03-29 By Melissa Murphy/Staff Writer
The Dixon City Council on Tuesday night said it was not qualified to interpret the state law concerning illegal poker games in the city.
Texas Hold 'Em tournaments have been a regular occurrence in Dixon for a few years, but host Greg Coppes, a resident, was warned recently that his games to benefit the city's youth were illegal.
"This is not about fundraising or any individual raising funds for a good cause," City Manager Warren Salmons said. "This is really a...
Student earns living at poker Published: 2006-03-29 By Brian Pempus
For The Collegian
Not everyone in life can say they are living a dream with their profession at 21 years of age like former Penn State student Prabhu Narahari, who just this past December put his college career on hold to play hold'em in Las Vegas.
Narahari, nicknamed "Prabs" by his friends and fellow poker players, withdrew from Penn State during the middle of his junior year and chose to forego his major in economics to pursue one of his greatest talents -- the game of poker.
Eve...
First Ever Government-Owned Online Poker Site Launches Tomorrow in Sweden Published: 2006-03-29 Swedish gaming companies Boss Media and the government-owned Svenska Spel are getting ready to debut their new poker room, which will officially hit the Web tomorrow. Both companies have a long history of working together, but this marks their first joint venture dedicated specifically to poker. Boss Media, a gaming software supplier, licensed the technical components of the poker site to Svenska Spel, which actually owns the site.
The new poker room is a first for the online poker industry in that Sven...
Foxwoods Aces On Poker: Room Gets Tour Branding Published: 2006-03-29 Four years ago last month, Steve Lipscomb went knocking on Kathy Raymond’s door at Foxwoods Resort Casino. The founder of the then-unheard-of World Poker Tour, Lipscomb had a vision for turning no-limit tournament poker into the ultimate sports fantasy: a game where Vegas meets Hollywood; where the prize money is unimaginable; and where any Joe who’s ever sat down with a rack of chips has a legitimate hope of making the final table alongside the best in the world.
Raymond, the longtime head of pok...
Leaders Say They Will Raise Poker Issue Again Published: 2006-03-29 The Texas Hold 'Em e-mail ambush began March 8, and it still isn't over. The e-mail messages have overwhelmed city and county leaders' inboxes with hundreds of pleas to allow a poker room at the Sarasota Kennel Club, an idea that the city shot down two years ago.
There have been so many e-mail messages about the issue that city staffers created a special spam filter to divert them.
But by the time the filter was working, city and county leaders had succumbed and will soon reconsider the kennel clu...
Risk of robbery can raise the stakes at private poker parties Published: 2006-03-29 BY THERESA VARGAS
The Washington Post
WASHINGTON—The first time Doug Thomas looked up from his cards to see a gun pointed at him, the chips on the felt-topped poker table were piling up to about $100 a pot. The Texas Hold ‘Em game was just revving up last month at the suburban electrical shop when two masked men, armed with a semiautomatic handgun, ordered players facedown on the floor.
The second time was less than two weeks later and just a few blocks away. Nine players had paid $500 ea...
Poker Continues to Set Records With Best February Ever in 2006-PokerPages.com Industry Index Published: 2006-03-29 Planet Ace Gibraltar Ltd -- Poker had its biggest year ever in 2005 reaching total Buy-ins of over $376 Million. Poker continued on its record setting pace to start 2006, with back to back record months. February buy-in dollars reached $25.8 Million, the best February ever recorded. This record comes on the heels of the fifth biggest month all-time in poker as January 2006 buy-ins grew 36% over January 2005 with buy-ins of over $38 Million. The PokerPages.com Industry Index continues to see growth in all ca...
Hunk Helps Online Casino Strategy Published: 2006-03-28 Poker has become very popular with women and Bet Fair online casino is offering women a chance to win a hunk to play at home with, as well as a chance to be the online casinos female representative in WSOP 2006. Women are refusing to take a back seat is most aspects of life – and online casino poker is of them. One online casino site, Bet Fair, has been targeting the female demographic group in a recent promotional bid and has been presenting some unusual and surprising offers for potential women poker play...
A Few Good Hands; Web game earns Paoli native spot in poker tourney Published: 2006-03-28 By SEAN O'DONNELL, sodonnell@tmnews.com
PAOLI - Some college students spend their spring break on the beach. Others sleep in for a week. Aaron Mullet of Paoli won a trip to Las Vegas.
On March 18, the IU junior was on his way back from spring break at Miami's South Beach with his friend Shina Ellingson, when he needed to stop. He didn't need to refuel; he didn't need a bathroom break.
He had a poker tournament to play.
Mullet was invited by FullTiltPoker.com to participate in a tournament in whi...
Hypnotherapist Puts Poker Players in the Zone Published: 2006-03-28 A hypnotherapist from the English city of Leeds has found a windfall in the current poker craze. During her nearly 10 years in practice, 51-year-old Rosemary Owen has focused mainly on helping people kick nasty habits, phobias, etc. Thanks to the increased interest in all things poker, however, Owen is now using hypnosis to help train people to be better poker players as well.
Among the skills Owen teaches her clients is how to blank out, i.e., to remove any trace of emotion from the face. She also help...
Online Poker Room Gives Away Free Stuff Published: 2006-03-28 If you like free gifts, then the place to go is PlatinumPoker.com who has some fantastic giveaways available to lucky players.
Everyday, players are selected at random to receive prizes including: 500 Chip PlatinumPoker poker chip sets, luxurious combed cotton long sleeve VIP shirts emblazoned with the PlatinumPoker logo, sweatshirts, t-shirts and logo playing cards are just some of the items that are given away everyday at PlatinumPoker.com.
The only requirement to qualify for the chance of a priz...
Online Poker Room PlatinumPoker.com Gives Away Free Stuff Published: 2006-03-28 Curacao, Netherlands Antilles (PRWEB) March 26, 2006 -- 500 Chip PlatinumPoker poker chip sets, luxurious combed cotton long sleeve VIP shirts emblazoned with the now famous PlatinumPoker logo, sweatshirts, t-shirts and logo playing cards are just some of the items that are given away everyday at PlatinumPoker.com. Every day players are selected at random and given a prize; the only requirement is that you have to be playing at a real money table or tournament at PlatinumPoker.com.
Every Wednesday ni...
PARADISE POKER TOURNAMENT SERIES STARTING APRIL 1ST Published: 2006-03-28 No fools in Paradise Poker's major tournament starting this weekend
Sportingbet's major challenger for the online poker business and its rewards, Paradise Poker is set to launch a series of major poker tournaments this Saturday (April 1st)
The series has a serious twist for those used to playing in online tournament series on the web. The final table of the main event of the Paradise Masters will happen live, and in person, in the Bahamas.
Beginning on Saturday, April 1st with a $500 Freeze out No...
'THE MOTLEY FOOL' - ONLINE POKER PESSIMISM Published: 2006-03-28 Publication details why it thinks online gambling may be a bubble that could burst
Taking a rather dim view of online poker this week, the UK publication The Motley Fool gives reasons for its pessimism on the multi-billion dollar poker gambling industry.
Star Performers Can't Fail
When star performers in a sector reckon they are too big to fail then it may be time to worry. For instance, what can be more damaging for a business than to face losing access to its biggest market? Yet key players in th...
WORLD POKER ASSOCIATION DAWNS A NEW ERA IN TOURNAMENT POKER Published: 2006-03-28 Poker Pro Jesse Jones to take the world of tournament poker into the major leagues
Press releases from a New York public relations agency this week heralded the arrival of a new U.S. poker oversight body headed by pro player Jesse Jones.
The release announces the launch of World Poker Association (WPA), which "....joins the MLB, NFL, FIFA, NHL and PGA as the sports world’s latest and most needed governing body. Launched today, the official oversight body is elevating tournament poker to its rightful ...
World Poker Association Drives To Unite Poker Published: 2006-03-28 In tournament poker today the landscape is nearly one of chaos. With differing structures, rules and cash distribution levels, people who play the tournament circuit for any amount of time can run into a variety of significant differences from which there are no recourse.
One organization that is looking to change the way the tournament poker world exists today came into existence with the announcement on March 27th of the debut of the World Poker Association.
Jones should know what he is talking a...
GSN and Shuffle Up Productions to Telecast First-Ever Million Dollar 'Three Card Poker National Championship Tournament' (New Friday Airdates - April 21 and April 28) Published: 2006-03-27 SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- GSN has partnered with gaming company Shuffle Master Inc. to air the finals of the first ever Three Card Poker National Championship Tournament. The two one-hour specials, hosted by Mark L. Walberg ("Temptation Island," and "Russian Roulette") and Danielle Demski (Miss Arizona 2004 and Miss USA Finalist), are slated to air on Friday, April 21 and Friday, April 28 from 9:00-10:00 PM E/8:00-9:00 PM C and is being produced by LMNO Productions and Shuffle Master su...
Invasion of the Poker Bots Published: 2006-03-27 The arrival of pokerbot technology has changed the way we play online poker forever. Bot software is giving some players an unbeatable advantage.
Los Angeles,CA (PRWEB) March 27 2006 - Douglas Hardy has tried them all. Arguably the foremost leader in poker software testing, Mr. Hardy has taken on a personal mission to see if there is a mechanical 'edge' that can be gained using software in the ever popular online poker world.
"Online poker has exploded", say's Douglas in his recent blog. He points out...
Revolutionary Poker Arena Doomed? Red Tape Gags Las Vegas Pokerdome Published: 2006-03-27 The Pokerdome, possibly the most ambitious poker project to date, may have met its match in the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Fox Sports Network is building the Pokerdome to house its groundbreaking poker game show, a joint project with online poker room MasionPoker.net, but it appears that the project may have hit some crippling red tape. The Board claims that Fox Sports had not contacted gaming regulators regarding the possibility of turning the dome into a home for poker tournaments. Network reps, on the ...
More women ante up Published: 2006-03-27 Ladies' night out means seat at poker table
Joel J. Smith / The Detroit News
DETROIT -- It wasn't long ago that many women would socialize with other women by playing a game of bridge, enjoying a night out at a restaurant or taking in a movie.
Now "girls' night out" increasingly means piling into the car and driving to a nearby casino for a few hours of gambling.
And once inside, women aren't limiting themselves to slot machines and video poker.
While hard data isn't available, casino and Int...
New Dedicated Poker Network Coming to Sky TV Published: 2006-03-27 Jonny Texas Productions has announced it will launch its new poker network from studios in Birmingham this April. The network will air on Sky TV Channel 187 for two hours every weekday evening and will feature shows from the UK and European poker scene, including news, tournaments, live updates, and interviews with major poker players and celebrities.
The launch is a further indicator of success for the Jonny Texas enterprise, which incorporates a highly-successful online poker room (jonnytexaspoker.com)...
The Poker Player of the Year in 2005? Published: 2006-03-27 Several different prominent members of the media and poker community compile Player of the Year rankings, usually based on the players' tournament performances during a particular calendar year. ESPN does in association with Bluff magazine, as do Card Player and TopPair magazines, and the International Poker Federation, or IPF.
Even Phil Hellmuth computes his Poker Champion of the Year rankings that appear in ALL IN magazine, but more on that later. Poker Player is wise enough not to get involved, as ...
PokerHeaven.com is the First Internet Poker Site to Offer Exclusive Satellites to the 2006 WSOP Ladies Event Published: 2006-03-27 (PRWEB) March 25, 2006 -- Pokerheaven.com has officially begun running satellites to the 2006 World Series of Poker Ladies Event. In an interview with the poker room manager at pokerheaven.com, Grant Williams stated «Women have become a dominating force in the poker world. We wanted to be one of the first online poker rooms to come out and offer satellites just for female players. This unique promotion has already been a tremendous hit and has brought us many new players to the site.» The 2006 World Series ...
A Conservative Case for Internet Poker Published: 2006-03-27 by Michael L. Bolcerek
Poker, the American-born game of skill that has captured the imagination of the world in recent years, is under threat from some surprising forces. We at the Poker Players Alliance, a grassroots organization, support individual players' rights and are fighting against federal legislation that would compromise those rights.
Eminent historian John Lukacs recently called poker "the game closest to the Western conception of life where free will prevails over philosophies of fate or...
Funkitron Raises the Stakes in Season 2 of Hit Poker Game, POKER SUPERSTARS II(TM); Game Based on NBC and FOX Sports Net's Popular Poker Tournament Published: 2006-03-27 BOXFORD, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- March 27, 2006 -- Are you ready for season two? The follow up to Funkitron's hit poker game, POKER SUPERSTARS, is here! You have been invited to take on 15 of the world's top professional poker players in POKER SUPERSTARS II(TM)- based on the hit poker series seen on FOX Sports Net (FSN) and NBC for its championship show televised on Super Bowl Sunday. The show was the highest rated weekly series on FSN.
POKER SUPERSTARS(TM) was one of the top download games of 20...
Three Signs Of A Poker Bubble Published: 2006-03-27 "Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch it to be sure." ~ Anon
What is it about bubbles that seem to enthral many investors? You would have thought that investors would run a mile at the first sign of froth following the bursting of the tech bubble six years ago. Yet many investors are still drawn to bubbles, and the current fascination with online poker companies is something that gives me reason for conc...
Internet Poker Shouldn't Be Legalized Published: 2006-03-26 by Charmaine Yoest
Anyone who spends any time on the Internet these days becomes all too familiar with opportunities to play Texas hold ‘em and other forms of online poker and gambling. There’s no escaping the advertisements and spam e-mail.
The ads themselves are nuisances that have helped drive the growing spam-blocker industry. But the gambling itself is far more serious. Many Americans may not be aware that online gambling is illegal and is currently driven by off-shore entities. One report estim...
ONLINE POKER CARD ROOM POKERSTARS IPO RUMOURS FLY AGAIN Published: 2006-03-26 Could the Scheinbergs family be looking toward London after all?
Online poker room Pokerstars was at the centre of intense speculation (see earlier Online-Casinos.com & InfoPowa reports) in January of this year when the world's second largest online poker company hired a leading London broker, NM Rothschild to guide it in deciding whether to continue as is, sell or launch an IPO. Amid rumours of behind the scenes buying offers, the topic then went quiet, only to re-surface this week with further talk of ...
Omaha Poker, Know Your Players Published: 2006-03-26 Many of the better players will tell you that half the battle in winning at poker is to know your opponents and their methods, apart from the cards you are playing yourself. Online, this is necessarily limited to identifying regular betting patterns and any clues that you might pick up from the chat boxes.
Some players are so fixated by the "sport" of getting into the heads of their opponents that they give themselves away, via the chat box, as excitable players - therefore invariably careless ones.
...
PokerHeaven.com is the First Internet Poker Site to Offer Exclusive Satellites to the 2006 WSOP Ladies Event Published: 2006-03-25 One of the internets fastest growing poker sites, pokerheaven.com has announced it is running exclusive satellite tournaments to the 2006 WSOP Ladies Event. These satellites run every day at pokerheaven.com and start out as low as $3.50.
(PRWEB) March 25, 2006 -- Pokerheaven.com has officially begun running satellites to the 2006 World Series of Poker Ladies Event. In an interview with the poker room manager at pokerheaven.com, Grant Williams stated “Women have become a dominating force in the poker worl...
Blowing some holes in gambling myths Published: 2006-03-25 By DANIEL NEGREANU
When you've been around poker for as long as I have, you've heard every theory, rumor and falsehood about the game. Poker is indeed full of myths, and here are some of the big ones.
• Poker is illegal. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the U.S. government recognizes poker as a game of skill. Yes, there might be jurisdictions where playing poker for money is illegal, but there is nothing at all illegal about playing poker with friends, or even playing poker for a li...
I was knocked out, but got to see stars Published: 2006-03-24 Phil Hellmuth
AFTER PLAYING in the Commerce Casino's $10,000 buy-in Los Angeles Poker Classic on the World Poker Tour, on Feb. 19, I was all fired up to play the WPT Celebrity Invitational at the Commerce 6 days later. Poker has been really hot, and I have never seen that many stars in this event before. For me, it was a great pleasure to meet James Garner (of "Maverick," "The Rockford Files," and countless other TV shows and movies over the years). As a poker player, how could I not love Garner?
I wa...
One day to learn, lifetime to master Published: 2006-03-24 Jason Groth
Herald-Review
The popularity of Texas Hold’em grows perpetually with television shows like the World Poker Tour on the Travel channel and the airing of the World Series of Poker on the ESPN network.
As poker continues to be the rage, the Bar Poker League is making its mark on the Iron Range.
“The Bar Poker has spread up throughout the state of Minnesota and we brought it up to the Iron Range,” area coordinator, Lurio Brown said. “In January, we opened up our first tournament and since th...
Carmen Electra Deals Ceremonial First Hand At Foxwoods Published: 2006-03-24
By Ryan McLane
Dozens of poker faces went from serious to smiles as players at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino's new World Poker Tour branded poker room put aside their chips to watch Carmen Electra stroll down the red carpet on March 23.
Electra was the centerpiece of a star-studded event that opened the new room and sealed the firm bond between Foxwoods and the WPT.
Always the ambassador, Mike Sexton was the first celebrity to arrive and the first person to toast the new union with a flute ful...
Vegas Neonopolis to host Fox Sports / Mansionpoker Poker Dome Published: 2006-03-24 MANSIONpoker.net and FOX Sports have partnered to bring to television the most ambitious poker project to date. MANSIONpoker.net Poker Dome Series has finally found a home in downtown Las Vegas at the Neonopolis mall located a block south of the end of the light canopy over Fremont Street. Three of the theatres at Neonopolis are being transformed into the Poker Dome. The Poker Dome is the world's first custom designed poker arena that will accommodate an audience of 200 around a final poker table enclosed i...
Gamble pays off for D'Agostino Published: 2006-03-24 SEAN PATRICK BOWLEY sbowley@ctpost.com
When he first learned his oldest son spent more hours at a poker table than in his accounting classes, John D'Agostino Sr.'s fears hit him like a tidal wave.
John Jr.'s incessant poker playing — something dad once dismissed as just a phase — looked as if it had transformed into something much darker.
"You hear all kinds of stories about people making the wrong turns in life," John Sr. said. "They make wrong turns and they don't come back."
He tried to convinc...
GameAccount Unleash P2P 3-Card Poker Published: 2006-03-24 March 23, 2006 (London, UK) – GameAccount, the #1 online P2P and skill gaming provider (www.gameaccount.com), has officially launched their “3-Card Poker” product - a unique person-to-person (P2P) skill-based adaptation of the ever popular casino game. The game signals a continued strategy of distributing high-value gaming products into the GameAccount Integrated Network -- the world’s largest P2P Network for sportsbooks, casino’s and Poker sites.
In this exciting skill-based version of 3-Card Poker, pla...
Online Casino Offers Seats to World Series Of Poker Published: 2006-03-24 Would-be poker heroes now have a chance with CelebPoker.com to qualify for a seat in the 2006 World Series of Poker event held in Las Vegas this July.
What makes this such a great offer is that players can enter the event for as little as $7 and stand the chance of winning a prize package valued at $12,500.
The WSOP is set to be the largest poker tournament in the history of the game and is expected to see over 8,000 players competing for their chance at the largest prize pool ever awarded at an e...
An Introduction to Texas Hold'em Bonus Poker Published: 2006-03-24 By Elliot Frome
Progressive Gaming announced this past week that their hot new table game Texas Hold'em Bonus Poker (THBP) has been approved in Nevada. The game has already been playing in numerous jurisdictions with much success, and adding the game to the Nevada scene should only give it that much more exposure. While I didn't work on THBP for Progressive, I did do the math behind Shuffle Master's Ultimate Texas Hold'em (UTH) that is just coming out of the gate. While the games are different in a numbe...
Poker Craze And Consequences Published: 2006-03-24 Its in casinos, in bars, and many are now playing in the comforts of their own home with friends, or online. But just how easy is it to get drawn in this game of what some say is chance, others say is skill?
Just like the song says... When it comes to poker "you got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk away and know when to run."
"Right now our bad beat jackpot is amost $70,000"
At The Royal River Casino in Flandreau, Larry Williams says the new poker room is one of th...
TV Poker Tournament May Need License Published: 2006-03-24
by Howard Stutz and David Mcgrath Schwartz
Las Vegas Gaming Wire
LAS VEGAS -- A Gaming Control Board member said that a television network's plan to hold a weekly poker tournament in downtown's Neonopolis could need a gaming license, a requirement that would kill the project.
Gaming Control Board Member Mark Clayton said Thursday that FOX Sports Net had not approached casino regulators and investigative staff in connection with having poker tournaments played at Neonopolis.
Representatives...
Builder chases poker millions Published: 2006-03-24 A CROYDON builder is on the brink of becoming a millionaire after taking the poker world by storm.
Card king Ian Frazer made headlines last year when he scooped a $500,000 (£286,000)prize by winning the UK Poker Open Championship - despite being a relative novice. At the time he told the Croydon Advertiser he lost to his mates whenever he played them for fun, but he has since proved his victory was no fluke by taking his winnings to an incredible £850,000.
And after netting $125,000 by winning the Eur...
College kid wins $1 million in poker tourney on cruise Published: 2006-03-24 A 22-year-old college student snared the $1 million prize in a cruise ship Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament.
Associated Press
Newly minted poker millionaire Mike Schneider has one regret about how he spent his spring break: He didn't get to see much of the Caribbean.
But Schneider has a million other reasons to be happy. The 22-year-old University of Minnesota student won $1 million in a high-stakes Hold 'Em poker tournament on a Caribbean cruise last Friday.
Instead of exploring the Cayman Islands w...
Qualify for 2006 World Series of Poker seat for 7 Dollars Published: 2006-03-24 The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious poker tournament event of the year. It's the one poker championship that really matters. Where professionals and amateurs fight it out for WSOP bracelets - and a few million Dollars too. Lights, cameras and all sorts of action are set up and ready to go for the big start of the 2006 World Series of Poker on 28 July in Las Vegas. But getting to play at the main event costs money. Until now. If you've got $7, that's all you need for a chance at qualifying for ...
Betting the 'Net Published: 2006-03-23 Internet sports wagering gaining popularity with locals
By Liz Benston , Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas Sun
Before Steve Fezzik put money on today's Texas-West Virginia game in the national men's college basketball championship, the Las Vegas man did some comparison shopping online.
A quick search of Internet sports books revealed average offers for bets that the total points made during the game would fall under 132. But Fezzik, a handicapper and frequent sports bettor, alread...
CelebPoker.com Introduces the Cheapest Route to this Year's World Series of Poker Published: 2006-03-23 Poker players from all over the world now have a chance with CelebPoker.com to qualify for a seat in the 2006 World Series of Poker event held in Las Vegas this July 28th. The total prize package to be awarded on CelebPoker.com is valued at $12,500 and players can enter these qualifying events for as little as $7.
(PRWEB) March 23, 2006 -- Poker players from all over the world now have a chance with CelebPoker.com to qualify for a seat in the 2006 World Series of Poker event held in Las Vegas this July 2...
Chuck Blount: Poker: Multitabling can boost profits, but be wary of increased risks Published: 2006-03-23 There is a pretty good reason why most people can find a McDonald's or Starbucks within a few blocks of their home or business. The more stores out there offering the product, the greater the opportunity for profit.
It's no different in poker.
While you can sit in only one seat at a brick-and-mortar casino, there is virtually no limit to the tables you are playing online at any one time.
The concept is called multitabling, and it's a fairly new practice that is increasing profits exponentially fo...
CheckFree Streamlines Reconciliation Processing for Absolute Poker as Growth in Online Gaming Drives Need for Tighter Operational Control Published: 2006-03-23 Business Intelligence Dashboard Technology Helps Fraud Analysis
ATLANTA and LONDON, March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CheckFree
(Nasdaq: CKFR), today announced that Absolute Poker, the world's fourth
largest online poker destination, has selected CheckFree's Operational Risk
Management solution, Accurate NXG. In response to the growth in online gaming
and the company's expansion into new markets, Absolute Poker will use
CheckFree's Accurate NXG to automate its reconciliation and exception
mana...
Big hand for poker star's final ambition Published: 2006-03-23 POKER player Clinton Orchard is bidding to qualify for his second World Championships - despite playing the game for just nine months.
The 32-year-old made it to last year's World Series in Las Vegas less than a month after taking up the game and has since pocketed more than £16,000.
He also qualified to play in the Caribbean Poker Classic on the island of St Kitts, where he played in the Littlewoods team along with former Chelsea and Ireland footballer Tony Cascarino, and faced Hollywood actress Jenn...
Prosecution witness refuses to testify in poker trial Published: 2006-03-23 Man steps down from stand after being told he has no immunity
By Andrea F. Siegel
sun reporter
Originally published March 23, 2006
A man who said he played "Texas hold 'em" poker at what Anne Arundel County police investigators say was an illegal gambling venue run by a Howard County police officer and his father refused to testify shortly after their trial began yesterday, when a judge told him he could incriminate himself because he had no immunity from prosecution.
Told by Anne Arun...
Poker Network Seeks Online Casino Software Acquisition Published: 2006-03-23 Excapsa have stated that they are looking to buy an online casino software developer to add to its core poker games and will soon launch wireless poker games over mobile phones.
'That was the whole reason for us going public -- to put ourselves in the position of a long-term player, as opposed to somebody who would perhaps be an ideal acquisition candidate,' Chief Executive, Jim Ryan told Reuters.
'Today we're a pure poker play ... so the opportunity for us is to bring casino-style games into the eq...
Largest Online Poker Tournament In History Announced - 03-23-06 Published: 2006-03-23 March 23 - A $5 million guaranteed online poker tournament will kick of on the Ongame Poker Network next week, making it the largest online poker tournament in history. The winner will receive a massive $1 million...
Players can ONLY enter through qualifying rounds held on Ongame Network operators' websites.
The Ongame Network Poker Classic will start as an online tournament and then pause when there are 45 players left. Those 45 will then receive airplane tickets to Barcelona, Spain, for the live f...
$5 MILLION ONLINE POKER TOURNAMENT Published: 2006-03-23 45 Ongame Poker Network finalists will fly to Spain
Newly acquired by the Austrian public company Bet and Win, the Ongame Network including poker sites such as Pokerroom.com has wasted no time in launching The Ongame Network Poker Classic, a tournament with a record-breaking guaranteed prize pool of $5 million and at least $1 million for the final winner.
Whilst the prize pool is dwarfed by events such as the WSOP (this year's prize pool will be $70 million) Ongame claims that it will be the largest...
Who wants to be a poker millionaire on TV Published: 2006-03-23 Here's the recipe to instant TV stardom and success. Take a million bucks. Add the two famous faces who hosted the original Idol reality TV show in the UK. Put them under a few spotlights and cue the music. Serve them all together in a gameshow format that combines the drama of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and the tension of multiplayer poker. Put it on ITV (Britain's biggest television network) and call it The Con. The result? You'll have the audience eating out of the palm of your hand in 30 minutes flat...
World Series of Poker Published: 2006-03-23 Get Hold'em inside your hold-all with the UK's first PSP poker game
Product: World Series of Poker
Developer: Left Field
Publisher: Activision
Format: PSP
Genre: Card/board game, Simulation
Players: 1-9
Networking: wireless (adhoc), wireless (network)
Version: US
There's no disputing the fact that poker is cool right now. A combination of late-night cable TV shows featuring B-list celebrities, the proliferation of online poker sites promising millions to be won, ...
POKER STADIUM LV'S NEW DRAW Published: 2006-03-23 Some dream of full house at Neonopolis
By DAVID McGRATH SCHWARTZ
REVIEW-JOURNAL
FOX Sports Net is turning the televised poker tournament experience into a live spectator sport in downtown Las Vegas.
Three of the movie theaters at Neonopolis are being converted into the Pokerdome, where about 200 people will be able to watch weekly tournaments. Players' cards will be revealed live on televisions in the arena, and the players will sit behind a soundproof, one-way glass, so they can't see or hear ...
Poker firm's new ace Published: 2006-03-23 ONLINE poker firm PartyGaming has appointed industry guru Mitch Garber as its new chief executive.
Mr Garber, who has just stepped down from online payment firm FireOne, will succeed Richard Segal who will leave the group on May 4 after refusing to uproot his family to Gibraltar where PartyGaming is based.
Securing the services of the Canadian will be seen as a coup for the company as he is a respected executive in the industry and has been courted by a number of rivals.
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What's the Matter with Kansas? Published: 2006-03-22 Matthew Continetti
Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 011, Issue 26 - 3/27/2006 - SUSAN WAGLE IS A BUSY Republican state senator from Sedgwick County, Kansas. In general, she is busy running for lieutenant governor, but more recently she has been busy preventing Kansas from becoming the first state in the country to own and operate casinos. Last week, thanks in part to Wagle's efforts, the state senate defeated--by a vote of 20 to 16, with 4 abstentions--a bill (SB 587) that would not only have put K...
TeenPatti.com Joins TruePoker Team Published: 2006-03-22
INDIA – (PRESS RELEASE) -- TeenPatti.com offers traditional Indian Teen Patti games, as well as Texas Holdem and Omaha powered by Yatahay's software and joined to the TruePoker Network. Teen Patti is the mostly widely played card game in India, and combined with the phenomenal growth in the worldwide popularity of poker, this combination is set to be a success.
Yatahay applauds Teenpatti's launch for the Indian market and is always looking for similar relationships in other countries.
Yatahay offe...
Students go 'all in' for illegal gambling Published: 2006-03-22 By JOHN W. COX
Alligator Contributing Writer
Nine men sat elbow-to-elbow around a table smaller than a freshman dorm room bed.
No one puffed a cigar or affected expensive sunglasses. Some shuffled their poker chips like magicians while others obsessively arranged them in exact stacks of five. One player pulled his University of Michigan cap down to hide his eyes, and another listened to music on his iPod.
Tired faces four days from their last shaves and eyes outlined by black circles testified t...
Jeff Haney on the 2003 winner of $2.5 million in the main event at Binion's and his return to the poker tourneys after some serious Moneymaker enterprises Published: 2006-03-22 World Series champ taking care of some old business
After playing a limited tournament schedule the past couple of years to focus on other business interests, former World Series of Poker champion Chris Moneymaker expects to have a busy 2006.
"I've been devoting so much time to my company, Moneymaker Gaming, that I haven't been able to play as much as I would have liked," he said in an interview with the Sun. "I'm hoping to make up for it this year."
Moneymaker, who earned $2.5 million for winnin...
Yathay Ltd. Announces 3D Poker Software Launch in India Published: 2006-03-22 Yatahay Ltd., publisher of the most proven online 3D poker software, has announced today that it has provided software for online poker in the Indian market, through a license granted to TeenPatti.com.
(PRWEB) March 22, 2006 -- TeenPatti.com offers traditional Indian Teen Patti games, as well as Texas Holdem and Omaha powered by Yatahay's software and joined to the TruePoker Network. Teen Patti is the mostly widely played card game in India, and combined with the phenomenal growth in the worldwide popula...
CYOP Systems Launches RedFeltPoker.com; Internet Poker Gaming Site Playable for Cash Contests Published: 2006-03-22 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2006--CYOP Systems International Inc. (OTCBB:CYOS), a provider of online gaming software and operator of games portals, is pleased to announce that its site, www.redfeltpoker.com, is open for cash play.
RedFeltPoker.com is operated through the company's UK subsidiary, Red Felt Software Inc., a fully licensed UK Corporation.
The website includes classic poker games of Texas Hold'em, Omaha and 7 Card Stud, as well favorites such as Omaha Hi. Players will be ab...
Spotting stars at the poker table is part of the fun Published: 2006-03-22 Jill Cohen
The Desert Sun
March 22, 2006
Phil Hellmuth is a bona fide superstar. His name and image are perhaps the best-known of any player caught in the media blitz that surrounds poker today. He's got product endorsements, writes a nationally syndicated column, has authored two how-to books, and runs a poker training camp. Google him and you get 883,000 hits.
His nickname is "The Poker Brat." Infamous for his caustic table image, Phil is known to taunt other players, behave obnoxiously when beat, ...
When playing poker, beware of mines Published: 2006-03-22 By Steve Rosenbloom
The pros have a term for it: land mines. That's what they call the flood of Internet players and newbies who confound them by playing unorthodox hands in big ways.
The most frustrating part to pros and by contrast, the biggest advantage that less experienced players have is that it hurts the pros' ability to put opponents on a hand, one of their defining assets.
"The land mines are the people who get in there and truly don't know what they're doing, and they will blow you u...
Local college student wins big at poker Published: 2006-03-22 Minnesota’s newest millionaire didn’t earn his money in the housing market or during the dot com boom, he simply won it playing poker on spring break.
Mike Schneider entered a poker tournament on a spring break cruise after eight of his friends helped him pay the $10,500 entry fee.
Schneider started playing poker four years ago during a previous spring break.
“We all just decided to start a home game and started playing 5 cents, 10 cents back then, just to learn how to play,” says Schneider.
T...
Phil Hellmuth to Host Celeb Poker Showdown in New Orleans Published: 2006-03-22 Author: Lena Katz
The rumor's been on the wind for a while, and today it was confirmed: Phil Hellmuth will be the next host of Celebrity Poker Showdown. Hellmuth hinted at the move a few weeks ago, and Bravo issued an official press release today.
"In Phil Hellmuth we have found an engaging, proven and renowned poker champion who we are confident will complement Dave Foley's comedic commentary and provide the insight our viewers rely on," stated Bravo reps.
More of a surprise than the Hellmuth h...
BRAVO'S 'CELEBRITY POKER SHOWDOWN' HEADS TO THE BIG EASY AND RETURNS WITH A NEW SEASON, A NEW CO-HOST, IN A NEW CITY Published: 2006-03-22 Released by Bravo
BRAVO'S 'CELEBRITY POKER SHOWDOWN' HEADS TO THE BIG EASY AND RETURNS WITH A NEW SEASON, A NEW CO-HOST, IN A NEW CITY
NINE-TIME WORLD SERIES OF POKER WINNER PHIL HELLMUTH WILL JOIN HOST DAVE FOLEY AS THE SERIES' NEW POKER COMMENTATOR
THE EIGHTH TOURNAMENT OF THE HIT SERIES TO BE HELD AT HARRAH'S NEW ORLEANS AND WILL GIVE AWAY ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO HURRICANE KATRINA CHARITIES
NEW YORK -- March 22, 2006 -- In support of the victims of hurricane Katrina and the City of New Or...
Poker lobbyists want state to shuffle up, deal with it Published: 2006-03-22 By JOHN MORITZ
STAR-TELEGRAM AUSTIN BUREAU
AUSTIN -- A new lobby group wants to make Texas hold 'em legal in Texas.
And the leader of an anti-gambling organization that has managed to beat back the high rollers who have been pushing for casino-style gambling since 2003 says she hopes the backers of the new poker initiative know when to fold 'em.
Mike Lavigne, treasurer of the newly formed Texas Poker PAC, said the growing popularity of games like Texas hold 'em, fueled by televised tournaments, ha...
Why everyone should oppose any legislation banning online gambling Published: 2006-03-21 The ACLU should be up in arms over Goodlatte, Leach, Kyl and the rest of the McCarthyism regime
We stumbled upon a little ditty today in the Free-Lance Star, a local Fredericksburg, Virginia news paper. It's a letter from the Poker Player's Alliance which expresses why everyone should oppose an outright ban on internet gambling.
Michael Bolcerek is the author of what appears to be an ever-increasingly formidable coalition of players representing the online gambling sector, and let's face it - there...
Davis-favored online-poker bill should be flushed Published: 2006-03-21 Last month, Rep. Jo Ann Davis signed on to a bill (HR4777) that seeks to stop 23 million Americans from gathering online to play poker.
There are many people in Fredericksburg who enjoy Internet poker, and they should be aware of how this bill affects them.
There are four reasons why not only poker players should care about this and similar legislation gaining steam in Congress:
First, banks will be deputized by the Justice Department, which would have the authority to seek injunctions to make t...
Book Review: Catching Poker Cheats by A. D. Livingston Published: 2006-03-21 by Howard Schwartz
The hot topic during Sweeps Week for a local TV station at the end of February was poker cheating. Their feature story appeared shortly after the book Catching Poker Cheats (Illustrated Methods of How Hustlers Take Your Money) came across my desk. It took only a short time for me to realize I'd seen this book before but I knew it wasn't entirely new. Turns out, this is a reprint of a book called Dealing With Cheats, which was originally published in 1973 and has now been reprinted with...
Jeff Gordon -- The Newest Poker Philanthropist Published: 2006-03-21 He may be a fierce competitor on the track, but off of it, NASCAR hero Jeff Gordon shows plenty of generosity and community spirit-plus the ability to laugh off a loss at the tables. So we saw during last week's Jeff Gordon Foundation Poker Classic, held in the new poker room at Caesar's Palace. Gordon posed for pictures with fans, joked around with celeb friends including poker pro Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, handled his early bust with graceful good cheer, and stuck around to the very end of the tourney--rais...
RECORD PRIZE POOL FOR THIS YEAR'S WORLD POKER TOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Published: 2006-03-21 This year's winner could walk away with $3.5 million
Competitive poker players from many countries are already gearing up and qualifying for this year's World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championships, scheduled for April 18 to 24 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
With a buy-in of $25 000, and plenty of generous sponsors prepared to pay it for the top names, WPT management is predicting a prize pool in the range $12 - $15 million this year, giving the final winner a potential $3.5 million in prize money.
P...
Online Poker Championship's Third Car Won, One Left to Go Published: 2006-03-20 The College Poker Championship™ continues to redefine the student poker arena, uplifting and securing the future of students the world over.
Belize (PRWEB) March 20, 2006 -- The College Poker Championship™ continues to redefine the student poker arena, uplifting and securing the future of students the world over.
David Z, the third winner of the College Poker Championship™ Win-A-Car Promotion has driven off to a brighter future in his brand new car. His win could not be more fitting as David is not o...
Poker Is Not Gambling Part I Published: 2006-03-20 by Victor Royer
The entire history of the United States, particularly the Western lore, were all about gambling, and in particular all about poker. Even though for many years playing poker was not considered something that nice people would want to do, the fact remains that many presidents of the United States going back to the Revolutionary war, and soon thereafter, and for all the years since, all played poker.
Poker played well is not a gamble, but a game of skill and knowledge. Although there i...
Record Prize on offer at World Poker Tour Published: 2006-03-20 The WPT World Championships on April 18 – 24 at Bellagio in Las Vegas is boasting a massive prize pool of close to $12-$15 million – with a potential $3.5 million for the winner.
If you’re able to afford the $25,500 buy-in to join professionals such as Phil 'The Unabomber' Laak and Antonio 'The Magician' Esfandiari, odds of taking a cash prize home are as good as ever this year, with the top 100 place getters to figure in the money.
Doug Dalton, Director of Poker Operations for Bellagio said, 'The...
Poker Strategy XII - Stud Poker – Do not Make the Auto Call Published: 2006-03-20 In Stud, there are many calls that even experienced players make automatically. This is, in my
opinion, a hole in their game that needs to be plugged. Let me share my observations and thoughts
with you.
You're to the left of the $3.00 bring-in in this $10/20 game. You have (Ts 8h)Td. You look around
the table. Most are pretty tight. There's a King followed by an Ace out. You have a relatively
tight image yourself. You raise to $10, completing the bet. You'd be happy to take the $11 in
antes an...
Playing Poker For Charity Published: 2006-03-20 (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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Recently I traveled to Annapolis, Md., to compete against 140 players in a charity fundraising tournament. The first prize was a seat in the $10,000 championship event at the World Series of Poker in July. The tournament was designed to raise money for Access Information, Inc., an organization that provides onl...
He knows when to hold and when to fold 'em Published: 2006-03-19 Patience guides online poker champ
By Paul E. Kandarian, Globe Correspondent
More than $60 billion was spent last year on more than 200 online poker sites, according to a New York Times article. Bill Pero of West Bridgewater just wanted a little piece of the action. On March 5, he got it.
Pero came in second that day in the inaugural Pokerroom.com ''Become a Poker Pro" tournament held aboard the Royal Caribbean cruise line's Majesty of the Seas ship, which sailed out of Miami that weekend. For his ...
Poker Magazine Bluff Hits Europe Published: 2006-03-19 Bluff Magazine has been one of the newcomers to the poker magazine scene that seems like it might
have some legs to it. In a very short time, Bluff has built a readership that is reflected in the
distribution of over 250,000 copies of each month's issues. With America already transfixed by the
magazine, Bluff is off to conquer new worlds.
Bluff Magazine is now available in the card rooms and bookstores of England, Scandinavia and
mainland Europe. Called Bluff Europe, the magazine's unique li...
Small Town Poker Tour World Quest Continues Published: 2006-03-19 (PRLEAP.COM) Copenhagen, Denmark The Small Town Poker Tour (STPT) announced today in addition to Denmark, they are planning events in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Estonia. The producers are visiting various sites around region. "I have been in many historic and beautiful towns in Denmark and Sweden the last few days. I was excited to see all the interest in finding the worlds best amateur poker player. I hear there are very good players in this region and can’t wait to see what develops. Our goal is to give ...
PEPSI'S POKER AD DOOMS FAD Published: 2006-03-19 By PETER LAURIA
March 19, 2006 -- It's official: Poker has jumped the shark.
The once white-hot gambling fad sailed right past ubiquity into sellout-infested waters with a Diet Pepsi commercial currently in rotation featuring professional players Daniel Negreanu, Scott Nguyen and Phil Hellmuth losing to a sweating cola can.
"Poker was a real underground trend, but now it has become so commercialized that the game's lost the gritty flavor that made it attractive," said Ryan Berger, Euro RSCG's crea...
Poker giant places a bet on new boss Published: 2006-03-19 Matthew Goodman
MITCH GARBER is this week expected to be named as the new chief executive of Party Gaming, the online poker company, on a potential £9m a year pay-and-share-options package that will make him one of Britain’s best-paid bosses.
Garber, who has just stepped down as executive chairman of Fire One, the online payment firm, is understood to have agreed in principle to become chief executive, succeeding Richard Segal.
The appointment has to be ratified by the full board, whic...
DEVILFISH ONLINE POKER ROOM - THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL! Published: 2006-03-18 Poker player "Devilfish" Ulliot goes online with new poker card room
The name Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliot is known to most poker enthusiasts as a great British poker player who has won millions in a brief poker playing career that started in 2003. This week he signalled his intention to make millions more with the launch of his own online poker room, Devilfish Poker.
Powered by the Canadian Excapsa company and a member of that growing network, the new site is the seventh licensee to be signed up alon...
POKER: MONSTER HAND IS THE BEST Published: 2006-03-18 BETFREDPOKER
By Fred Done
WHEN the flop has been dealt there are normally three scenarios.
Your chance of making a good hand will disappear, you will get a drawing hand where you are relying on another card or two to make a good one, or you will have already made your hand.
Even if you have decided that yours cannot be beaten, you still have to decide how you are going to play that hand in order to get maximum payoff.
The best position to be in is when you have a 'monster' hand that is non-v...
Apellate court backs poker tournaments Published: 2006-03-18 By JIM SAUNDERS
Tallahassee Bureau Chief
TALLAHASSEE -- The Daytona Beach Kennel Club resumed holding poker tournaments Friday, just hours after an appeals court tossed out a state rule that helped shut down the contests.
A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee unanimously sided with the Daytona Beach track and other gambling facilities in a long-running dispute about whether they should be able to hold tournaments in which players pay $45 to enter.
The Daytona Beach...
INVESTOR INTEREST IN ONLINE POKER CONTINUES Published: 2006-03-18 Riding the "unstoppable wave of poker popularity". Every day, 1.8 million online poker players - more than 70 percent from the United States - throw their chips into the virtual pots of the Internet
An article in Newsweek highlights the intense investor interest in online gaming in general and poker in particular this week
The article reports that due to extensive media coverage, especially on television of celebrity and professional poker tournaments, poker is now the third most-watched televised spo...
World-class poker faces belong to Canadians Published: 2006-03-18 SAN GREWAL
LIFE WRITER
Forget hockey players and comedians. Canada's coolest cultural exports right now are a bet-it-all billionaire playboy, a sexy card shark and the world's best Texas Hold'em player.
Gamblers Calvin Ayre, Evelyn Ng and Daniel Negreanu are part of a wave of Canadians taking over the hottest industry in the world.
"It's the weather," says Ayre, explaining the popularity of gambling in Canada. The small-town kid from Saskatchewan recently made the cover of Forbes magazine, whic...
Titan Poker Launches VIP Club With Increased Benefits for Players Published: 2006-03-17 Titan Poker's VIP players are eligible to participate in exclusive freeroll tournaments with huge cash prize pools.
(PRWEB) March 17, 2006 -- Titan Poker (http://www.titanpoker.com), one of the fastest growing online poker rooms, has launched a five-tiered VIP Club program offering players increased benefits and promotion.
The Titan Poker VIP Club rewards players for their game play at Titan Poker's ring games and tournaments. Players are automatically assigned to a VIP Level, and are entitled to all ...
Everest Poker And The German Poker Players Association Hold Biggest Independent Poker Tournament In Germany Published: 2006-03-17 MONTREAL, Quebec (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- On March 12, 2006, the second live satellite for the Everest Poker European Championship was held in Troisdorf, Germany, with Björn Griese outlasting a field of over 250 players. Griese joins Wolfgang Hierl, the winner of the March 3 Munich tournament, as a qualifier for the Everest Poker European Championship.
A one-of-a-kind pan-European championship, the Everest Poker European Championship consists of live freeroll satellites throughout Europe and online satel...
Helppi Brings InterPoker.com's Extreme Poker to Finland's Snow Castle Published: 2006-03-17
By Aaron Todd
Juha Helppi braved an encounter with a stingray, dealt with water leaking into his mask, and adjusted his strategy in the face of a depleted oxygen tank 30 feet under water in the Caribbean in order to claim the first leg of the Extreme Poker Challenge in December.
"That was the poker tournament I had the most fun in so far," Helppi said. "That was my first time scuba diving, and it was pretty exciting. I had to keep getting the water out of my mask by blowing air through my nose, so I...
Going All In for Online Poker Published: 2006-03-17 Internet gambling may be illegal in the United States, but the sites are minting money, and investors want some action.
By Brad Stone
Newsweek
Aug. 15, 2005 issue - Jason Kim was on a roll. One night last month, the 33-year-old policy analyst for the U.S. Department of Commerce won $60 in just 15 minutes of virtual, low-stakes Texas hold 'em on the popular online gambling site PartyPoker.com. Playing from his home PC against a half dozen strangers from around the world, Kim won three hands with a pocke...
The Battle Royal To Be King Of Poker Published: 2006-03-17 Jonathan Waessil is short-stacked. In poker, that means everybody else at the table has more chips than you do, but you're still alive. In life, it means we're sitting on his sofa in a modest little apartment in a modest little complex near a freeway construction zone in Garden Grove. Not a bad life, by any means, but the 65-year-old Waessil is about to make the biggest move of his poker-playing career.
He's suing the World Poker Tour and its officials in federal court, alleging that founder Steve...
Online Poker Drives Growth to New Heights for 888 Holdings Published: 2006-03-17 Online casino and poker operator 888 Holdings PLC announced a healthy rise in profit for the 2005 fiscal year, driven in part by astounding growth on the company's online poker front. 888 Holdings boasted a 59 percent rise in after-tax profits for the year, with gamers running to the 888-brand Pacific Poker and its online casinos, Casino-On-Net and Reef Club Casino. This growth has a good deal to do with the success of 888's online poker operations, with Net Gambling Revenue (NGR) for poker rising 179% to $...
Casinos dealing much more than blackjack, poker Published: 2006-03-17 The undisputed king of casino table games remains blackjack, and the poker boom of the last few years has helped increase its table presence in a casino.
By John Schwarb
For Custom Publications
But those two favorites are far from the only options for gamers eager to put their money on a card game. Casinos are dedicating more and more space to poker- and blackjack-derivative games or, as some gaming executives call them, “carnival” games. These games are followed easily by those who already understand ...
Executives to show their poker faces Published: 2006-03-16 Corporate executives will swap the boardroom for the poker room during Las Vegas' 5-day National CEO Poker Tournament organized by Miami professionals.
BY MONICA HATCHER
mhatcher@MiamiHerald.com
BY MONICA HATCHER
In business and in poker, the name of the game is calculating risk.
After several late nights, stiff drinks and some serious wagering in a beachfront condo, a group of young Miami entrepreneurs wanted to know who played the game best.
So why not, then, get corporate executives and profe...
Absolute Poker Reaches 300 Million Milestone Published: 2006-03-16 Costa Rica, March 9, 2006: Absolute Poker (www.absolutepoker.com), the fourth largest online poker website in the world, announced today that it has passed the 300 million mark for the number of poker hands dealt on their website since the company’s inception in 2003. Known for its passion for poker, Absolute Poker also recently released a number of technology updates aimed at improving the performance of the site and giving players more ways to customize their experience on the site with table ‘skins’.
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WORLD POKER TOUR World Championship(TM) April 18-24 at Bellagio Lures World's Best Players With Possible Record Prize Pool Published: 2006-03-16 Nearly 600 Players From Around the Globe to Converge at Bellagio for WPT's Season IV Finale
Winner Hopes to Pocket More Than $3.5 Million - Three Top Spots May Exceed $1 Million
LOS ANGELES, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- If you have the desire to play with poker's cream of the crop, then the place to be is the WPT World Championship(TM), April 18-24 at Bellagio in Las Vegas. Then, of course, there's the other incentive -- a possible whopping WORLD POKER TOUR® prize pool of close to $12-$15 mill...
Poker faces Published: 2006-03-16 This crew is rich, not yet 30, and rules the circuit
By Ryan Pearson
Associated Press
In a game of bluffs and blinds, they’re the brashest.
All younger than 30, all winners of at least $1 million in a single poker tournament. World Poker Tour observers have dubbed them the tour’s “brat pack.”
We sat down with seven of professional poker’s young millionaires.
Antonio Esfandiari
Age: 27
Home: Las Vegas
Family: Single
Biggest win: $1.4 million, Commerce, Calif., February 2004
Resul...
Global Release of Java Multi Player G3 Mobile Poker Application Published: 2006-03-16 Sms Technology Australia PTY Ltd is pleased to announce the release of our G3 Multiplayer Mobile Poker Application.
The application allows the full feel and functionality of the best online poker rooms in the world.
The application, by utilizing the latest mobile technologies available, allows full live interactive poker play between mobile phone poker players, anywhere, anytime in the world.
The system can distinguish as to what countries allow real-time mobile gambling, and those that do...
Landlady Lisa battles stars to be poker queen Published: 2006-03-16 By Duncan Gibbons
POKER ace Lisa Bishop could be crowned queen of cards next week - just three months after picking up a deck for the very first time.
The 37-year-old pub landlady has been dealt the chance of a lifetime by winning through to the final of the world's first women-only tournament.
And she will be battling it out against superstar actress Stephanie Beacham, who appeared in Bad Girls, Dynasty and Beverley Hills 90210, and Coronation St and Holby City star Tina Hobley.
Lisa earned her...
First Female World Series of Poker Main Event Package Winner Published: 2006-03-16 Poker.com is sending its first first female representative to play in the World Series of Poker Main Event. Afer entering a $1 Poker.com satellite MsRounders has won her way through several tournaments at Poker.com, and now has her place booked in the $10,000 buy in WSOP Main Event.
(PRWEB) March 16, 2006 -- Four months to the day after joining Poker.com, the home of online poker, Sheila Chandler (32), known as 'MsRounders', a pharmacy manager from Jacksonville Florida has made Poker.com World Series of ...
VH1 Poker Tournament Finds Sponsors Published: 2006-03-16
LAS VEGAS – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Hansen Gray & Company, Inc. (OTC: HGCP) subsidiary NAPP Tour, Inc., creator of the International Poker Association and the North American Poker Tour, has partnered with Tenner and Associates to sponsor the VH1 Classic Rock-n-Roll Celebrity Poker Tournament, the first televised poker contest to feature music artists.
The Tournament, presented by CelebrityPokerPlayer.net and hosted by Phil Laak, will bring together six well-known musical performers, including Dusty Hill of...
Poker Dealer Ordered To Fold His Cards Published: 2006-03-16 By Mandi Sheridan
2News
A local poker tournament had to cash out after a state investigation said the man supplying the equipment was taking more than his share.
Papers filed with the court claim Reece's Las Vegas pocketed money meant for charities during poker events. Now a restraining order says owner Reece Powers cannot operate until things are sorted out.
That's bad news for the Wayne Football Alumni Club. The group's event was scheduled to begin Thursday.
Powers went before the judge ...
Fresh-faced poker champ knew just when to hold 'em Published: 2006-03-15 By KAREN HILL
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 03/15/06
Everything looked normal Tuesday morning at Jeff Williams' home on a quiet cul-de-sac in Dunwoody. Only the constant ringing of the telephone let slip that this was an unusual day for the 19-year-old University of Georgia freshman.
"It was, it still is, insane," said a barefoot, still sleepy Williams. "When the 'Today' show called, I thought, 'Oh my gosh, this is crazy.' "
Friends and media outlets began calling and visiting as...
W. Va. college students discuss online poker frenzy Published: 2006-03-15 The waving neon cowboy on the Las Vegas strip is no longer the only thing ushering players to the poker table, movies and TV are stepping up and making all kinds of people consider whether they should try their luck or not.
“I thought it was easy money,” said Wayne Tiller, a computer and information systems tech from Clinton, Md.
Television and movies are glamorizing the poker lifestyle, and this has lead many people who have never played before to try it out or at least think about why they haven’t.
...
Absolute Poker to Sponsor the Beach Olympics At CAP Spring Break 2006 Published: 2006-03-14 CAP Spring Break, a unique networking event presented by CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com “CAP” is excited to announce that premiere poker property Absolute Poker will sponsor the Beach Olympics at CAP Spring Break 2006 in Miami Beach, Florida May 20-23, 2006. This unique event features a variety of fun in the sun activities where affiliates and managers face a series of obstacles to win gold. Beer is to be served, in large quantities.
Fountain Valley, CA (PRWEB) March 14, 2006 -- CAP Spring Break, a unique n...
EurobetPoker Giving Away Three Poker Packages Published: 2006-03-14 Eurobet Poker is offering customers the chance to win one of three seats at the 'World Series of Poker Circuit' event at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas in May, which has an estimated $3,000,000 prize pool.
Las Vegas, NV, USA, March 14, 2006 (XTVWorld.Com) -- Located on the Las Vegas strip, Caesars Palace is one of the most famous casinos resort in the world. The WSOP Circuit is a series of 13 major poker events in the US, leading up to the $70,000,000 2006 WSOP Main Event in July, and attracts the biggest...
Poker Strategy: "I'm a Poker Pro Making Over $50,000 Monthly" Published: 2006-03-14 A little view about playing online poker for newbies. Ads all over the internet are trying to get the public into the poker games. But for what? To make money? Or Just fun?
(PRWEB) March 14, 2006 -- Poker has became a huge phenomenon in North America and we have seem news about average folks making a live from just playing some cards. Not only professionals players are getting attention these days at the poker tables on Las Vegas tournaments like WTP (World Poker Tour) and WSOP (World Series of Poker) bu...
CORPORATE OIL GETS IN ON POKER Published: 2006-03-14 Poker has arrived when mainstream US commerce gets involved
Poker's prominent position as a source of entertainment and a test of skill in the States was reinforced recently by a sponsorship move from mainstream corporate America.
Exxon-Mobil is offering its customers the chance to win a seat to the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas this summer through the "Mobil Delvac-World Series of Poker Promotion"
The lucky winner of the grand prize will get a free trip to Las Vegas an...
Extreme Poker Tournament To Be Held In Ice Castle Published: 2006-03-14 March 14 - As if poker in a normal card room is not tough enough, online poker players will now compete for a spot in the InterPoker Extreme Poker event, which will be held in sub-zero temperature in a snow castle in Finland...
Finnish poker pro Juha Helppi was given the option to choose the venue for the next Extreme Poker Event, after he had won the first one 30-feet underwater, in the waters off of St. Kitts in the Caribbean.
Juha obviously went for home advantage, and will feel confident competing...
SCANDINAVIAN DEBUT FOR 'POKER NIGHT LIVE' SHOW Published: 2006-03-14 Northern breakthrough for Pokerzone's flagship
Scandinavian poker fans with access to the Viasat Channel "Quiz Nation" can look forward to Pokerzone's popular "Poker Night Live" every night from 11pm to 4 am following a recent agreement that will see the show beamed into over 6 million homes.
Poker Night Live claims that it is the first programme to integrate live internet action with television output, where expert presenters and guests commentate as viewers play live on the channel from the comfort ...
Absolute Poker Introduces Revolutionary Customizable Table Feature, Celebrates 300 Million Dealt Hands Published: 2006-03-14 Absolute Poker, a prominent online poker website, recently announced that it passed the 300 million dealt poker hands mark. Currently ranked as the fourth-largest Internet poker destination, Absolute Poker is celebrating the grand event by offering its customers the option to select their favorite table patterns out of a vast range of as many as 100 newly-released ready-to-go Absolute Poker table patterns. Now, players can choose different variations that include changeable felt and carpet colors, landscape...
MAJOR POKER PRIZE TAKEN BY A TEENAGE PLAYER Published: 2006-03-14 19-year-old Georgia U student beats all in Monte Carlo poker competition
Another major poker tournament - the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monaco held over the weekend - has been won by a "young gun" poker player.
The Associated Press reports that a 19-year-old freshman from the University of Georgia was the only American remaining as play began on the final day of the Poker Stars European Poker Tour's Grand Final.
American political science student Jeff Williams won the big event after beati...
Sharks in the courtroom, sharks at the table Published: 2006-03-13 By Alex Wade
Why lawyers are drawn to poker
My abiding love-hate relationship with the law prompted me to assume that a visit to Monaco, the place W. Somerset Maugham described as "a sunny place for shady people", would yield little by way of exposure to my brethren. Surely, here in Prince Albert’s tiny principality, I would be free of the law, or at least able to forget about it for a while. All the more so, I felt, because I was in Monaco to cover the final of the European Poker Tour.
Lest ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/12/AR2006031200980.html Published: 2006-03-13
By Jonathan Krim
Special to The Washington Post
Monday, March 13, 2006; Page C10
In the world of high-stakes poker -- the one where you get on television and win millions of dollars -- there's a name for amateurs like me: Dead money.
It's the term for those who don't have a prayer, whose bets merely build bigger pots for the pros to win. Yet, every day, an absurd number of us chase the dream, playing in card rooms, casinos and on the Internet, hoping for a shot at all that celebrity and financial ...
Playing cards for a living isn't a bright idea Published: 2006-03-13 This is in reply to the March 4 article regarding an individual who decided to drop out of Siena College in his pursuit of making it big playing poker.
I feel uniquely qualified to throw my proverbial two cents into the ante, as:
I am a Siena College graduate (class of '97).
The Times Union devoted an article to my participation in the 2005 World Series of Poker (in which I finished in 84th place, good for $91,950, before taxes).
I made the decision to not to go professional, and stay at my curren...
Over 300 Million hands dealt on the site; Better performance and new ways to Published: 2006-03-13 SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Absolute Poker
(http://www.absolutepoker.com), the fourth largest online poker website in the
world, announced today that it has passed the 300 million mark for the number
of poker hands dealt on their website since the company's inception in 2003.
Known for its passion for poker, Absolute Poker also recently released a
number of technology updates aimed at improving the performance of the site
and giving players more ways to customize their experience on...
Titan Poker Club Offers “Wsopbonus” Bonus Code to New Online Poker Players Published: 2006-03-13 Just in time for the 2006 World Series of Poker, Titan Poker Club (www.titanpokerclub.com) has released a special new player deposit bonus code WSOPBONUS. The club is offering this online poker promo deposit bonus to new players joining Titan Poker. All new players using the special bonus code "wsopbonus" will receive a 100% deposit bonus up to $500. Other club highlights include draws for poker prizes and free private online poker tournaments.
(PRWEB) March 13, 2006 -- Titan Poker Club (www.titanpokercl...
EurobetPoker.com giving away three $14,000 Caesars Palace Poker Packages Published: 2006-03-13 Eurobet Poker (http://www.eurobetpoker.com) is offering customers the chance to win one of three seats at the ‘World Series of Poker Circuit’ event at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas in May, which has an estimated $3,000,000 prize pool.
[ClickPress, Mon Mar 13 2006] Located on the Las Vegas strip, Caesars Palace is one of the most famous casinos resort in the world. The WSOP Circuit is a series of 13 major poker events in the US, leading up to the $70,000,000 2006 WSOP Main Event in July, and attracts the ...
Poker Strategy XI - Talking Omaha Poker - You Must be Nuts! Published: 2006-03-13 Tony is a regular on-line and card room player living in England. He mostly plays Texas Hold'em
and Omaha (High and Hi/Lo) at fixed, pot and no limit, at both cash and tournament tables.
You must be nuts! That is the sort of thing you might hear from a regular Texas Hold'em player if
you try to explain to him that you are tempted to - and often do - fold a nut straight at the flop
when playing Omaha High.
The "nuts" at Omaha is not the same as the "nuts" at Texas Hold'em. It just isn't! At Oma...
Phil Gordon Is Done With Celebrity Poker Showdown Published: 2006-03-13 Wants to Continue Commentating Poker
by Bob Pajich
Phil Gordon won’t have to sit next to the “Loser’s Lounge” anymore. After hosting 42 episodes of the Game Show Network’s Celebrity Poker Showdown, he is finished. He cohosted the show with Comedian Dave Foley.
The show was filmed at the Palms in Las Vegas and pitted a wide range of celebrities against each other at the poker table. The celebrities played for their favorite charity.
On the show, the Loser’s Lounge is where players were...
Online poker hooks teenagers Published: 2006-03-13 Underage gamblers lose thousands as laws fail to keep up
James Silver
Sunday March 12, 2006
The Observer
Slumped in front of the flickering screen, Steve has the jaded, world-weary air of a veteran gambler. The trouble is, he's just 17 years old. He says he likes to play on the most popular poker websites because they attract 'all the fish' - the novices and poker also-rans who lose quickly and make easy pickings. Steve has been playing online poker for a year. It is illegal for under-18s, but h...
'Sopranos' Star Silvio Dante's Poker Etiquette Published: 2006-03-12 I am a big stickler when it comes to proper card game etiquette. The slightest breach, as it were, can destroy my concentration and create dissent among the players. Just follow these don'ts, okay?
1. DON'T PLAY SLOWLY. Nothing ruins a game faster than one moron who thinks this is quantum physics and needs 20 minutes to do the math. It's not quantum anything. Make a decision and get on with it.
2. DON'T CLEAN. I have been known to lose my temper at the sight of some lackey cleaning cheese off the floo...
BetandWin Buys Online Poker Company Ongame Published: 2006-03-12 March 12 - Austrian based and European facing sports betting giant BetandWin have announced that they have finalized the acquisition of Ongame e-Solutions, the Swedish online poker software house and poker operator in a deal worth US$611 million...
In a company statement, the company announced that all the conditions of their initial offer had been met and that all approvals were made by the BetandWin board. BetandWin will significantly increase its market share in the online gambling space though this a...
Online Poker: Here's the deal on how it works Published: 2006-03-12 Richmond Times-Dispatch Mar 12, 2006
Online poker sites are video simulations of standard casino card games. Here's a simplified explanation of Texas Hold'Em, the current gold standard of online poker.
1. You set up a Web account with contact information and proof of age. Some sites require that you install computer gaming software. Usually, this is all that is required to gamble free with play money.
2. If you want to play with real money, you will go through a process of verifying bank or cred...
Stakes could be high for online poker fans Published: 2006-03-12 By Carolyn Bigda
Your Money staff reporter
Published March 12, 2006
Landing a college scholarship always has been, to some degree, a thing of chance. But funding your education by playing Texas Hold 'em, a popular form of poker?
In the burgeoning online poker industry, a handful of sites now host tournaments for students, offering scholarship prizes worth as much as a year's tuition. The games don't require bets; the more hands you play, the more points you accumulate toward winning.
In return,...
Herhold: Poker's allure gives false aura to card clubs Published: 2006-03-12 By Scott Herhold
Mercury News
The other night, my wife and I got a distressing phone call from our 21-year-old son, a college student in San Luis Obispo. ``Great news!'' he said. ``I just won $900 playing poker online!''
It made me yearn for the days when bad news consisted of cracking up the family car or getting arrested for public drunkenness.
That phone call, and the recent celebrity poker tournament at Bay 101, made me ponder an old topic of contention, the presence of card clubs in San Jose.
...
Online Poker Published: 2006-03-12 Do you wanna bet?
Richmond Times-Dispatch
If you're looking for a poker game, you can find one on the Internet 24/7. At any one time, hundreds of sites are running thousands of games for millions of players around the world. And though its legality is being debated in the United States, online poker is reaping billions of dollars for virtual casinos, and the jackpot is growing.
It was good to see Josh Savilisky wearing pants.
You take your chances popping by in the middle of the afternoon to t...
Play Poker for a million on a Caribbean cruise Published: 2006-03-11 One of the most venerable online poker rooms is ready to hit the high seas next week in the latest
incarnation of one of the most popular poker events around today. Along with this renewal, even
more gambling action will be had by the attendees of the event and, once the gaming is done, will
be enjoying the salty air and exotic locales the trip provides as they sail through the Caribbean.
The PartyPoker Million V sets sail from Fort Lauderdale, FL, on March 12th with over 500 poker
players ready...
Are Online Poker Bots Taking Human Players to The Cleaners? Published: 2006-03-11 Many online poker players suspect that poker playing software programs are playing right along side them – and winning big.
Toronto, ON (PRWEB) February 15, 2006 --Before pushing their chips into the pot at their local poker games people can always look into the eyes of their opponents and try and get a read on them. Even if they can’t mange to get a good read they can at least be certain that they are playing against a human player. That might sound trivial to some – but in the online world it seems tha...
'Tonight Show' sidekick to help open poker club Published: 2006-03-11 By KEITH ROYSDON
kroysdon@muncie.gannett.com
MUNCIE -- Heeeeeere's Ed!
Longtime Tonight Show with Johnny Carson announcer Ed McMahon will appear in Muncie next week to help open a new downtown poker club and mark the fourth anniversary of a popular local restaurant.
McMahon -- who will sign copies of his book, Here's Johnny, based on his years as sidekick to the Tonight Show host -- will appear at 909 Grille Monday evening and at the new Royal Crown Hold 'Em Club on Tuesday evening.
McMahon...
EXTREME CARD GAME BY ONLINE POKER ROOM INTERPOKER Published: 2006-03-11 Caribbean poker champ gets to select the next venue - and makes a cold and calculating choice
Online poker room InterPoker's Extreme Poker championship 30 feet beneath the waves in the Caribbean attracted a great deal of media and player attention through it's innovative nature, and this year the online poker site has an equally intriguing venue.
Just months after winning the Caribbean competition, Finnish poker pro Juha Helppi was given the option to select the venue for the next Extreme event. Opt...
UGA freshman only American remaining in European Poker Tour final Published: 2006-03-11 The Associated Press - ATLANTA
A 19-year-old freshman from the University of Georgia was the only American remaining as play began Saturday on the final day of the European Poker Tour's Grand Final.
Jeff Williams of Dunwoody, Ga., started play in third place as the tournament's last eight players sat at the final table early Saturday in Monte Carlo, Monaco, according to officials from the Web site PokerStars.com, which sponsored the event. The nearly 300-player tournament began Wednesday.
"When you...
Forbes Billionaire cover boy Calvin Ayre arrested in Costa Rica? Television producers witness "raid" Published: 2006-03-10 Just one day after announcing its list of this year's billionaires, Forbes Magazine received news late Friday night that the man appearing on its cover, Calvin Ayre, had his sprawling Costa Rica mansion under siege by local law enforcement agents.
Ayre is the newest billionaire and one of a handful of online gambling entrepreneurs appearing on this year's prestigious listing. It is Forbes biggest selling issue of the year. Mr. Ayre runs Bodog.com, a high volume online casino and poker room.
A barrag...
The Poker Player's Guide to the SF Bay Area -- Part 1 Published: 2006-03-10 Author: Lena Katz Email this article to a friend
Ask some people what the San Francisco Bay Area is all about, and they’ll tell you the 49ers, the Golden Gate Bridge, and really good seafood. Ask ALL IN readers, and they’ll tell you the Bay 101 Card Room, Oaks Card Club, and Artichoke Joe’s. But even for the most avid player, San Fran and its neighboring cities offer plenty beyond the gaming tables.
Together with a little help from our friends, champion poker players and bar-hoppers Antonio ...
Poker: You Flop Top Trips Published: 2006-03-10 You flop top trips. You probably have the best hand. You have to figure out how to make money off it. Many players choose to slow-play it because they feel that's the best way to build a pot. Others might check-raise. John D'Agostino, a terrific young pro, played those holdings aggressively to both protect his hand and in some ways hide its strength. Dealt 7-10 of diamonds in middle position at the U.S. Poker Championship in Atlantic City, D'Agostino raised three times the big blind.
"A guy I play...
GET A NEW LIFE PLAYING ONLINE POKER AT PARTYPOKER Published: 2006-03-10 Not only can you play online poker - now you can find a mate at partypoker, too!
No-one can accuse the Party Poker marketers of lacking imagination, and their latest initiative explores the possibilities of online poker players finding dates as well!
Online poker card room Partypoker and Lavalife (an online dating agency) are teaming up to present a free 11-week long No Limit Texas Hold'Em tournament series that offers single poker players a chance to meet new people while playing cards online.
On...
Online Poker Player Lands PokerRoom.com $250K Endorsement Deal Published: 2006-03-10 (Press Release) Over the course of six hours and forty minutes, ten poker players battled for an endorsement deal worth $250,000 in the inaugural PokerRoom.com Become a Poker Pro tournament on March 5, 2006, which ended in a showdown at sea between Jim Davenport (JDtrojan3) and Billy Pero (BillyBluff13), two of the best up and coming poker players in the game. Ultimately, Davenport prevailed in the final hand of the tournament aboard the Majesty of the Seas cruise ship.
Davenport, a 25 year-old Universi...
Return to the Tables with World Championship Poker Published: 2006-03-10 By: Kim Kaze
The Next Edition of the Best Selling Poker Video Game Franchise in America Adds More Talent and Features! Have you got the nuts? Crave Entertainment, a leading publisher of console videogames, announced the third installment in the best-selling poker video game franchise in North America, World Championship Poker: Featuring Howard Lederer "All In".
WCP: All In will be available for the PlayStation®2 , PSPTM and Xbox 360TM.
WCP: All In features some of the most recognizable and succes...
Advice by Daniel Negreanu: Trouble winning? Bad luck's only one factor Published: 2006-03-09 Advice by Daniel Negreanu
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 03.09.2006
advertisementThere's a quote I once heard that I thought was genius: "Poker is a lot like sex. Everybody thinks they're great at it, but most people don't really know what they're doing."
Because of that truth, people generally blame their losing streaks on bad luck. Well, while bad luck certainly can play a role, there might just be other pressing factors for your losing. Here are the top five reasons.
● Bad luck: If this is yo...
PartyPoker.com Million V-Cash in the Caribbean Published: 2006-03-09 A $5 Million Prize Purse Lures Over 500 Players Aboard Holland America's
ms Westerdam for Week-Long Tournament and Luxury Caribbean Cruise
Event Attracts Defending Champ Michael Gracz and Aaron Kanter, 4th in
WSOP Main Event
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- What do you
get when you mix over 500 poker players, over 100 Black Jack masters, 200
poker dealers, 600 decks of cards, 180,000 chips, the luscious Caribbean sun,
two exotic ports of call and over $5 million...
Bluff Europe Launches in the UK & Europe; Leading US Poker Magazine, Bluff, Crosses the Atlantic Published: 2006-03-09 LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2006--America's #1 poker magazine, 'Bluff', is crossing the Atlantic to delight European poker lovers with its unique and eclectic mix of news, view and expert tips from Poker's finest exponents.
Written for real players by real poker professionals, Bluff Europe will be available in the UK and mainland Europe from March, making it Europe's first and only lifestyle magazine dedicated to the poker enthusiast.
The combination of high-quality content and precisely-tar...
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA030906.3C.blount.poker.3d2704c.html Published: 2006-03-09 One of the great myths to poker is that it requires a lot of complex mathematics and logic to make good decisions on a consistent basis.
The truth is poker players need very little math to do well. Just the simple stuff learned in grade school.
"You don't have to be a rocket scientist," said Phil Gordon, co-host of the popular "Celebrity Poker Showdown" on Bravo. "All it takes is the ability to play well, some book smarts and a fourth-grade education."
Gordon is the innovator of the simple yet e...
Reigning Champion Juha Helppi Returns to His Home Turf, While Poker Pros Brave Published: 2006-03-09 InterPoker.com to Kick Off Online Qualification Rounds Today, as Internet
Players Battle for a Chance at the Extreme Poker Title
LONDON, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Just months after winning the first
Extreme Poker Championship 30 feet underwater off the shores of St. Kitts in
the Caribbean, Finnish Poker Pro was given the option to select the venue for
the next Extreme event. Opting for "home field advantage," Juha is taking the
tournament to his backyard -- in the arctic ice fields of...
Mac Online Poker Software Rated Top Site to Make Money Published: 2006-03-09 Pacific Poker has been rated by users in a poker Forum as the best Mac compatible online poker software to make money online.
(PRWEB) March 9, 2006 -- Windows and Mac poker players have found the best online poker software to make money. An ongoing poll revealed Pacific Poker to be the best Mac compatible online poker software for users wanting to make money against poor players. (www.Pacificpoker-mac.com)
The poll ran for over 5 months at a popular online poker forum called United Poker Forum. Pacifi...
Full Tilt Poker's Chris Ferguson Finishes Second at National Heads-Up Poker Championship Published: 2006-03-09 Jesus plays his way to his second for the second straight year.
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) March 9, 2006 -- Full Tilt Poker’s Chris Ferguson once again proved why he is considered one of the world’s most skilled poker players, navigating his way through a tough 64-person field to score his second consecutive, second-place finish at the National Heads-Up Poker Championship.
Ferguson, who won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2000, bested notables Chip Reese, Josh Arieh, and fellow WSOP Main Event cham...
Canbet.com Website Upgrade and New Casino and Poker Room Published: 2006-03-09 Canbet.com recently rolled out some exciting new enhancements to its Sports book, Poker Room, Casino and Member Account sections.
Canbet’s new betting page layout, easier to navigate sports fields and options, streamlined bet slip and general user improvements have all been made to improve and speed up the wagering experience. New Sports book members receive a $20 Free Play + 20% Sign-Up Bonus – Join www.Canbet.com today.
Canbet Poker now gives you access to one of the world's largest poker rooms. Wit...
24h Poker WSOP Deal Published: 2006-03-09 Satellite tournaments are not the only way that online poker rooms are making money off of the 2006 WSOP. There are other sites that are offering promotions to allow players the opportunity to go to the WSOP. One such site would be 24h Poker, which is offering a promotion that works off of VIP points. The main question to ask is whether these random offers are worth what the player is putting into the site. To answer the question of 24h Poker, we need to look at the VIP points first.
VIP points are aw...
$250.000 POT TAKEN BY DAVENPORT IN 'BECOME A POKER PRO' TOURNAMENT Published: 2006-03-09 Poker Room's inaugural tournament generates interest and publicity
Poker Room.com's inaugural "Become a Poker Pro" poker tournament in the Bahamas generated plenty of excitement and reportage last Sunday, when Jim Davenport took the title after an eciting tussle with Bill Pero, who led for much of the final clash.
The tournament was held aboard Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas cruise ship as part of an entire weekend dedicated to some of PokerRoom.com's top online poker players.
A resident of...
Official Poker Launches Online Store Published: 2006-03-09
(PRESS RELEASE) -- After a steady climb to the top of the poker and magic DVD wish lists, Official Poker has announced its digital download store.
With the huge popularity of handheld devices such as Apple's ipod and Sony's Portable Playstation, downloadable tricks and lessons for $1.99 will be a hit. Rich Ferguson, magician and host of the Official Poker DVD Series, is excited to be on the forefront of this new digital market.
Rich Ferguson exclaims, "I can't believe that I understand how this al...
Shark Poker Tour Launches March Events Published: 2006-03-09
WASHINGTON – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Shark Poker Tour, the leading site online for Freeroll Poker Tournaments announced 25 events to be played in March. The Shark calendar can be found here Shark Tour Calendar
"The Shark Army will play No Limit Holdem Freerolls, Ladies Only Events, Omaha 8/b and $1 rebuys every month," said Steve "Shark" Hathaway, CEO. "Our veteran members take pride in supporting and encouraging new players."
March 10th, 11th and 12th will kick off the month with Freerolls at Poker.co...
Return to the Tables with Crave Entertainment's World Championship Poker: Featuring Howard Lederer "All In" Published: 2006-03-09 The Next Edition of the Best Selling Poker Video Game Franchise in America Adds More Talent and Features
Newport Beach, CA - March 9, 2006 - Crave Entertainment, a leading publisher of console videogames, today announced the third installment in the best-selling poker video game franchise in North America, World Championship Poker: Featuring Howard Lederer "All In". WCP: All In will be available for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PSPT (PlayStation Portable) system, and Xbox 360T video g...
West Bridgewater resident will play poker against the best Published: 2006-03-09 By Ryan McLane, Enterprise correspondent
Many poker fans would say that playing cards on a cruise ship in the Bahamas for a tournament prize package worth more than $250,000 would be the biggest event of their year, if not their lives.
For 31-year-old Bill Pero, 2006 has already produced the most exciting event in his life, the birth of his twins, Emma and Nolan. Playing on the cruise ship Sunday was a distant second.
"The best part of this is playing in the Bahamas, man, playing cards on a cruise sh...
Poker.com Satellite Published: 2006-03-09 Do you want to go to the 2006 World Series of Poker, but simply can't find an adequate satellite tournament for your needs? Well, stop looking and go over to Poker.com and get into their satellite tournament (www.poker.com). The tournaments have already begun, but it's never too late to buy-in. None of the levels at Poker.com are out of budget, and all are offering the same prize: a shot to go to the WSOP, and play against poker celebrities and newcomers alike. It's a simple system with a not so simple payo...
PartyPoker.com and Lavalife Offer Freeroll Poker Tournament Published: 2006-03-09
By Ryan McLane
PartyPoker.com and Lavalife are teaming up to offer a free 11-week long No Limit Texas Hold'Em tournament series that offers single poker players a chance to meet new people while playing cards online.
Players interested in participating must be members of both Lavalife, which provides both land-based and online dating services, and PartyPoker.com, a leading online poker casino. Both memberships are free.
Once registered, players are given a tournament date where they can compet...
Davenport Becomes Poker's Newest Professional Published: 2006-03-09
By Ryan McLane
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - When Jim Davenport's friend became sick with cancer three and a half years ago, he and a group of his University of Southern California (Berkeley) friends decided to support their buddy by shaving their heads and staying in on the weekends.
In their new-found downtime, the group of friends Davenport calls the CORE took up the game of poker, playing for dimes and quarters and learning the subtle nuances of a variety of poker games.
Eventually, his friend recovere...
WPT Boot Camp Event Stops in Reno Published: 2006-03-08
FT. LAUDERDALE, Florida – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Imagine sitting down with a handful of great poker pros to learn the true insider techniques that lead to million dollar victories at World Poker Tour® Final Tables. There will be 100 aspiring poker players living this scenario on March 30, 31 and April 1 when the WPT Boot Camp Champions Event makes a stop at the Reno Hilton in Reno, Nevada.
WPT host Mike Sexton will lead an all-star team of instructors that includes T.J. Cloutier, Mark Seif, Clonie Gowen a...
Legal or illegal? Here's the deal Published: 2006-03-08 The arrest of 41 people at two social clubs doesn't seem to have slowed the Texas Hold 'Em poker craze.
The alleged gamblers are scheduled to appear in Denver court Friday, where most face a petty "gambling" charge and some face a misdemeanor "professional gambling" charge.
But it's a sure bet that dozens of poker tournaments will be held in Colorado tonight, and the games will continue no matter the outcome of the sting.
So what separates the hundreds of legal poker players and those who were f...
Jeff Haney on Ted Forrest, whose Heads-Up play trees Chris Ferguson in the final round of the second annual tournament at Caesars Palace Published: 2006-03-08 By Jeff Haney
Las Vegas Sun
It's not about the money, Ted Forrest said after winning the second annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship at Caesars Palace.
And for once, that timeworn phrase was spoken with sincerity.
Forrest, a regular in the Strip's high-stakes cash games, had entered the heads-up tournament with his confidence broken, with questions swirling in his head about his competence as a top-level poker pro.
His dour mind-set was the result of a disastr...
World Poker Exchange and Autumn Light Media to Offer Second Annual London Open Published: 2006-03-08 ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, March 8 /PRNewswire/ --
World Poker Exchange (www.Worldpx.com) today announced plans to partner with Autumn Light Media, L.L.C. to produce the second annual London Open poker tournament. Referred to by Bravo TV as "The Wimbledon of British poker," the one-of-a-kind signature lifestyle poker tournament will again be held in the United Kingdom, in one of the dynamic city's most renown historic properties, the Whitehall Palace on September 22-27th. CEO of the International Poker Federa...
Kiwi Casino Poker Gives Away 'Another' Luxury Vacation for Two to the 2006 New Zealand Poker Champs Published: 2006-03-08 (PRWEB) March 8, 2006 -- Kiwi Casino Poker (www.kiwicasinopoker.com) has given away another luxury vacation for two to the 2006 New Zealand Poker Champs.
Playing poker online can take you all over the world as another Kiwi Casino Poker player has recently found out. Jason Rosenberg from Las Vegas has just won a luxury vacation for two to the 2006 New Zealand Poker Champs hosted by Kiwi Casino Poker’s parent company the land based Christchurch Casino.
Jason will join the winner of the first super satel...
Everest Poker Announces First Qualifier for the Everest Poker European Championship Published: 2006-03-08 MONTREAL, Quebec (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- On March 3, 2006, the first live satellite for the Everest Poker european Championship was held in Munich, Germany, with new Everest Poker player Wolfgang Hierl emerging as the winner.
Hierl, who registered on EverestPoker.com just two days before the tournament, joined over 120 poker players in Munich to compete for a seat in the final of the Everest Poker european Championship.
A one-of-a-kind pan-european championship, the Everest Poker european Championshi...
Poker event chips in Published: 2006-03-08 BY JOSH ORR
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Gambling will help fight cancer at the "I'm All In" poker tournament March 15 at the Speakeasy on Siesta Key.
All proceeds from the Texas Hold 'Em-style tournament go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Tournament prizes include casino vacations.
"I'm All In" is the creation of Ceiliah Epner and Melissa Barton, fund-raisers within the cancer society's Team in Training program.
"I just wanted to get involved with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Instead of che...
Poker room wish list a doable deal Published: 2006-03-08 Jill Cohen
The Desert Sun
March 8, 2006
There are five poker rooms within a 20-mile radius of Palm Springs. They are comfortable, staffed with friendly people and do their best to make your poker experience a positive one. That said, as a self-appointed player advocate, here are some things that I'd like to see:
All of the rooms offer sit-n-go tournaments that would allow players who prefer tournament play to get their chosen variation around the clock.
Every room follow the lead of Spotlight 29 a...
Online Casino Gives Away Another Luxury Poker Vacation Published: 2006-03-08 Kiwi Casino Poker has announced the second winner of a luxury vacation to compete in the New Zealand Poker Championships. The most recent winner, Jason Rosenberg from Las Vegas, will be flown to New Zealand to compete against current World Series of Poker Champion, Joe Hachem and 2006 Crown Casino Aussie Millions winner and New Zealand native, Lee Nelson.
Rosenberg said of his surprise win, ‘I am so excited! I lived in New Zealand for a year and have always wanted to come back. I am so grateful for the o...
Online Poker Player Becomes A Pro Published: 2006-03-08 March 8 -Online Poker room Pokerroom.com's "Become a Poker Pro" tournament was won by Jim Davenport, and investment bank analyst. He beat out a tough field on the Royal Caribbean Majesty of the Seas this past weekend...
Davenport trailed the leaders for most of the tournament, but dominated the action for the last hour.
Davenport called an all-in bet with A-Q after the flop came A-J-7 to win the tournament'. His opponent held Q-7, and the Ace on the turn spelled his end. a
"I'm still feel very ne...
Three kings beat 'Jesus' for poker title Published: 2006-03-08 Forrest rallies to beat Ferguson, win $500,000 in National Heads-Up final
Updated: 12:02 p.m. ET March 8, 2006
LAS VEGAS - Ted Forrest won the National Heads-Up Poker Championship early Tuesday morning, beating an elite field of pros and sending Chris “Jesus” Ferguson to his second defeat at the final table in two years.
Forrest, the winner of five World Series of Poker bracelets who hones his play at cash games in Las Vegas, defeated five professionals in the unique one-on-one, bracket-style event t...
The Vegas Poker Boom Continues Published: 2006-03-08 Steve Beauregard
The anticipated opening of poker rooms in two Las Vegas strip mega-resorts this spring will mark a climatic year of unprecedented growth in the gambling Mecca's's poker scene.
The Venetian will introduce one of Las Vegas's largest poker rooms this spring, with a floor space of over 10,000 square feet, and walls decorated with twenty-one large screen plasmas televisions. Limit games will start as low a $4/$8, and like the Bellagio's poker room, The Venetian will have a high-stakes are...
Absolute Poker's ""Win Your Tuition"" Tournament Gathers Steam on College Campuses Around The World Published: 2006-03-07 COSTA RICA, Mar 7, 2006 (Collegiate Presswire via COMTEX) --Absolute Poker, the fourth largest online poker Web-site in the world, announced today that it is on track to shatter last year's total number of participants for its free 'Win Your Tuition' college tournament. The free Texas Hold'em tournament for students, which kicked off in late January, is expected to attract more than 10,000 participants. Each player will each take their best shot at qualifying for the May 4th main event where one lucky stude...
Live and Breathe Poker at Online Casino Published: 2006-03-07 River Belle is set to send one of its players to compete in the 2006 World Series of Poker. To enter players should log on to RiverBellePoker.com and click on the WSOP Multi Event promotion. The final contest to determine the River Belle player who will go to the WSOP takes place on May 20. All of River Belle’s players will be able to enter the qualifying tournaments, with buy-ins from as low as $1.
After winning the contest to become the River Belle representative, the lucky winner will then have two m...
Absolute Poker's 'Win Your Tuition' Tournament Gathers Steam on College Campuses around the World Published: 2006-03-07 Free Tournament gives Students the Chance to win One Semester’s Tuition, a Laptop, iPods and more
COSTA RICA--(COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--March 7, 2006--Absolute Poker, the fourth largest online poker Web-site in the world, announced today that it is on track to shatter last year’s total number of participants for its free ‘Win Your Tuition’ college tournament. The free Texas Hold’em tournament for students, which kicked off in late January, is expected to attract more than 10,000 participants. Each pl...
The Return of the Richest Poker Game of All Time Published: 2006-03-07 LAS VEGAS, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- In what is considered the largest
head-to-head poker game of all time, self-made billionaire banker Andy Beal
matched $20 million against a rotating cast made up of the best high-stakes
poker players in the world, including Phil Ivey, Jennifer Harman, Todd
Brunson, and Ted Forrest.
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During the month of February, Beal played many of the world's best poker
players in head-to-head games of Texas ...
Poker Room Announces Enhanced Technology and Services for Players and Mac Users Published: 2006-03-07 SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/07/2006 -- After researching and analyzing industry standards, Spades Lounge poker room, has developed enhanced software and services that will make for better game play experience. The software will be available on April 1st.
Spades Lounge (http://www.spadeslounge.com) composed of unique software development and poker talents from Costa Rica and the United States has developed poker software with features that include:
Eye Relaxing Technology:
The com...
Indian Poker Site Brings Eastern Flavor to Online Poker Published: 2006-03-07 Indian poker room TeenPatti.com recently released its newly-revamped website in an effort to reach the largely-untapped Indian online poker market. Unique among other online poker sites, TeenPatti.com features the popular Indian variation of poker, Teen Patti, which has been played in India for hundreds of years. Interest in the Asian online poker market has been mounting as of late, but such interest has focused mainly on China and South-East Asia, leaving Indian poker players without options of their own....
Inside a $20 Million Poker Game Published: 2006-03-07
LAS VEGAS – (PRESS RELEASE) -- In what is considered the largest head-to-head poker game of all time, self-made billionaire banker Andy Beal matched $20 million against a rotating cast made up of the best high-stakes poker players in the world, including Phil Ivey, Jennifer Harman, Todd Brunson, and Ted Forrest.
During the month of February, Beal played many of the world's best poker players in head-to-head games of Texas hold'em, for stakes of $30,000-$60,000 and $50,000-$100,000 at Wynn Las Vegas. A...
Las Vegas: Jeff Gordon preview Published: 2006-03-07 FOR GORDON, VEGAS DEFINED BY BEST OF FIVE AND MOST TOP FIVES
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (March 7, 2006) -- Jeff Gordon will start his trip to Las Vegas this weekend by competing in his charity poker tournament at Caesars Palace, then will switch gears for this Sunday's race where he will work toward a second victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and his 200th top-five finish in 440 career starts. On Wednesday, the four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion will host the Jeff Gordon Foundation Poker Classic at Caesars Pala...
Online Poker Room Gives Away Another New Zealand Vacation Published: 2006-03-07 March 7 - Kiwi Casino Online Poker has given away another luxury vacation for two to the 2006 New Zealand Poker Champs. Jason Rosenberg from Las Vegas has just won a luxury vacation for two to the 2006 New Zealand Poker Champs...
The event is to be hosted by Kiwi Casino Poker's parent company the land based Christchurch Casino. Jason will join the winner of the first super satellite at the 2006 New Zealand Poker Champs, alongside current WSOP (World Series of Poker) Champion Joe Hachem and 2006 Crown Cas...
One Lucky River Belle Player Will Have the Opportunity to Go Pro at the World Series of Poker Published: 2006-03-06 River Belle Online Poker Will Send One Winner to Every Event at the 2006 World Series of Poker
GIBRALTAR, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- At the final table of the No-Limit Texas Hold'em World Series of Poker Main Event, the greatest poker players in the world are at war with each other, giving cold stares and making bluffs, painfully relinquishing chips until only one is left standing, ready to claim a fortune. But fortunes are made at more than one table at the World Series of Poker (WSOP).
This summer R...
Are You TV's Next Poker Star? Bodog.net Teams With Fox Sports Network for 'Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker' Reality Show Published: 2006-03-06 SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Bodog.net Founder and CEO
Calvin Ayre is out to discover the next poker star -- and he will do it with
the help of FSN (Fox Sports Net) plus numerous celebrity players and top poker
pros.
Mr. Ayre will host the six-episode reality show that will be taped this
week at the luxurious Bodog Compound in Costa Rica. The co-host for the
"Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker" show will be the 2003 Miss World Canada and
Bodog Music artist, Nazanin. The episodes will ...
Everest Poker Announces The First Everest Poker European Championship Published: 2006-03-06 MONTREAL, Quebec (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- On the heels of its successful relationships with the French Poker Tour and German Poker Players Association, Everest Poker is pleased to announce the launch of its own Everest Poker European Championship. This pan-European championship is a one-of-a-kind event, consisting of live freeroll satellites throughout Europe and online satellites at EverestPoker.com, all leading up to the championship freeroll final with a 50,000 euro prize pool.
Live satellites will be...
UPGRADE AT ULTIMATE BET POKER CAUSES PLAYER HASSLES Published: 2006-03-06 Excapsa software "tuning" goes awry
Poker players on the UltimateBet site were getting increasingly riled this week as technical hassles plagued their entertainment and locked up their cash.
Complaints were cropping up all over the Internet of what is claimed was a botched (Excapsa) software upgrade that crashed the site for over 24 hours, and came back online with decreased functionality in the cashier interface.
Players report sit and go events crashing as soon as the first player is knocked out...
PokerWink.com Launches Social Networking Website to Connect Online Poker Players Published: 2006-03-06 TORONTO, ONTARIO (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Looking for an easy way to connect with a poker community? PokerWink.com is an online, social-networking community designed for online poker players. PokerWink.com offers amateur and professional online poker players the opportunity to have fun, learn, interact, and socialize with their poker buddies.
In addition, they offer members the ability to reach out to other online poker members, find out who played who, and explore how they connected. The Website invite...
Ladbrokes Poker Million V - Europe's biggest and richest poker tournament! Published: 2006-03-06 Now in its fifth year, Poker Million V, is the biggest and richest event in European Poker. This year's Poker Million comes with the largest addition of prize money to any tournament in the history of Poker.
In addition to adding $1,000,000 of Prize Money, this year, Ladbrokes are guaranteeing Europe's largest prize pool of $4,120,000 in cash prizes, $2,440,000 in the televised tournament with $1,200,000 to the winner and $1,680,000 in cash prizes in the online Weekly Final tournaments.
Over fo...
Jeff Haney notes the similarities between blackjack and poker, and the differences between blackjack and its tournament version Published: 2006-03-06
It takes plenty of skill and a healthy dose of "card sense" to compete successfully in a blackjack tournament.
Yet, in a paradox, much of the skill required has little or nothing to do with playing the game of blackjack at a high level.
In a tournament - where you compete against your fellow entrants rather than the "house," or casino - skills such as managing your chips and sizing your bets properly are of paramount importance. The fundamentals of blackjack are almost incidental.
That's the c...
Stupid Online Poker Rooms Published: 2006-03-06 March 6 - No I am not saying they are all stupid. I am merely suggesting that under the surface of the glitzy promotions, fancy and often useless features and "make you rich in an instant" tournaments, some high profile poker rooms forget something rather important: how to keep a customer...
I have been playing a lot of online poker in the past six months. I guess I am a very lucky poker player. Unlike most people, I have a mentor who is helping me to make the experience of learning to play poker a prof...
Betfair lures women to online poker with handsome dealer prize Published: 2006-03-06 by Emma Rigby Revolution UK 6 Mar 2006
LONDON - Betfair has unleashed a huge marketing drive to get women into online poker, including the prize of a handsome poker dealer paying a home visit.
The gambling brand has strayed away from its blue branding to introduce a pink ladies microsite on the Betfair website.
The marketing aims to softly introduce women aged over 21 to the brand and, as part of this, Betfair has unveiled a series of five weekly online tournaments, which let 500 women play for fre...
Bodog, FSN Look for Next Poker Star Published: 2006-03-06
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Bodog.net Founder and CEO Calvin Ayre is out to discover the next poker star -- and he will do it with the help of FSN (Fox Sports Net) plus numerous celebrity players and top poker pros.
Mr. Ayre will host the six-episode reality show that will be taped this week at the luxurious Bodog Compound in Costa Rica. The co-host for the "Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker" show will be the 2003 Miss World Canada and Bodog Music artist, Nazanin. The episodes will air weekly ...
Alan Goehring Wins LA Poker Classic Published: 2006-03-05 March 5 - At $2.4 million it was the biggest prize in the history of the World Poker Tour at The L.A. Poker Classic and former junk bond trader, Alan Goehring, reigned supreme. Not bad for someone who plays professional poker for fun....
Alan Goehring is well respected by other poker pros, and even feared by some, but he is not considered a poker celebrity by the general public. Alan came second in the '99 WSOP main even, losing out to Noel Furlong, one of the loosest players around.
Goehring at one...
State's poker rules no bluff Published: 2006-03-05 Minnesota's game police send out about 15 warnings a month to businesses that aren't following new tournament law.
BY DAVID HANNERS
Pioneer Press
In the eight months that bars and clubs in Minnesota have been allowed to host Texas Hold 'em tournaments, the game has become bigger than, well, Texas.
There are poker games going on just about every night at some tavern or sports grill. There are Web sites that list tournament schedules and track winners. There are new businesses that do nothing but set up...
A lesson in poker recycling Published: 2006-03-05 By Daniel Negreanu
You might ask yourself why a top-notch player like Gus Hansen plays cards such as 9-2 off-suit, which you'll see him do in televised tournaments. Any poker book in the world clearly puts a hand like that in the trash category, which means avoid it at all costs.
Hopefully, after you finish reading this week's column, you'll have a better understanding of the theory behind playing trash hands from time to time and when it might be right to do so.
The basic principle behin...
Jennifer Tilly chooses poker over Oscars Published: 2006-03-05 LAS VEGAS - The transmogrification is complete. Actress-turned-poker-star Jennifer Tilly has become so infatuated with high stakes Texas Hold 'Em, that for the first time in more than a decade, she's skipped the red carpet of the Oscars for the green felt of the poker table.
"This is the first time in 15 years I haven't attended the Oscar parties or gotten swept up in Oscar fever," Tilly told The Associated Press on Sunday from her suite at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip.
"I haven't even seen '...
FOXWOODS: BETTING ON POKER Published: 2006-03-04 The Associated Press and The Sun Staff
Foxwoods Resort Casino is poised to dramatically increase the size of what is already one of the nation's largest poker rooms this month, an expansion that comes even as industry experts say the poker market is slowing.
By expanding New England's only remaining poker room from 76 to 114 tables, Foxwoods will enable more than 1,100 poker players to play at once. But it also allocates more space for a game that, on average, brings in considerably less money than sl...
Poker Strategy X– Stud-Poker and Playing Trips Published: 2006-03-04 I know poker players who dismiss my attempts to teach people how to play trips. They point
out that it's hard to lose money with three-of-a-kind. To an extent, they have a point.
It's hard to lose, since they usually win regardless of how you play them. Trips are very
strong.
Even so, these critics betray a misconception of how one wins or loses money in poker. The
key is not just to win and not to lose a hand, but to maximize ones winnings with the
hands you win and to minimize the losses on ...
Poker face-off Published: 2006-03-04 Ex-student sees his future in a deck of cards
By ANNE HAYDEN, Special to the Times Union
First published: Saturday, March 4, 2006
David Phelps dropped out of school to play games. Instead of being in the second semester of his junior year at Siena College, the 20-year-old is two months into developing a career playing poker online. He's even considering using part of a substantial inheritance to move to Las Vegas. At the very least, with cautious approval from his parents, Phelps plans to cont...
BetHoldem Player Brian Jensen Wins $250,000 at WSOP Tournament in Atlantic City Published: 2006-03-03 ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Danish poker player and
BetHoldem.com customer Brian Jensen finished in second place at a recent World
Series of Poker (WSOP) event, pocketing almost a quarter of a million dollars
in prize money after four days of hard-fought competition.
"It's a dream come true," said Jensen. "I still haven't realized what kind
of money I've won, it feels unreal."
Jensen entered the final day of competition as the chip leader, which
affected his strategy. "My tac...
Poker: Avoid these rookie mistakes Published: 2006-03-03 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.
10. 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.
9. LACK OF PATIENCE: Playing...
Fat men? In hats? Deal me in! Published: 2006-03-03 Why play real poker and risk losing money when you can watch poker on TV and lose only large chunks of your life
SCOTT FESCHUK
Just between you and me, I'm a little disappointed these days in my brain. So many of the great works of fiction remain unread. So many of the mysteries of the universe continue to elude my comprehension. And yet here I am, hunkered down again in front of the television, a captive of one of the most dispiriting trends to sweep like a pandemic across the TV dial since a local w...
Feeding frenzy in world of online betting Published: 2006-03-03 Entrepreneurs are making a killing out of online gambling, but in the betting world for every winner there are hundreds of losers. John Hayes reports.
Doing business online has always been considered a bit of a gamble, but for one group of companies the internet has quite literally enabled them to hit the jackpot.
In an industry fraught with risk, it is perhaps unsurprising that online casinos have risen to the top of the pack with many reporting huge profits and continued expansion.
Poker is the web's n...
How to watch poker players -- quietly Published: 2006-03-03 By Mike Cassidy
Mercury News
These guys -- and a few women -- are working hard playing cards.
You can see it in their faces. Furrowed brows. Pursed lips. Squinting eyes. Looks that say indigestion.
Or maybe you can't see it in their faces. One thing I've learned this week watching the big poker tournament at Bay 101 in San Jose: You can't read a good poker player's face.
So, maybe it's not hard work. Maybe it is indigestion or a headache or just trouble with math.
Serious poker players have ...
THE MOTHER OF ALL POKER GAMES Published: 2006-03-03 Latest Bluff magazine describes the Andy Beal phenomenon
The popular poker magazine, Bluff carries an interesting report on what was probably one of the most expensive poker games of all time in its current issue.
In what is considered the largest head-to-head poker game ever, self-made billionaire banker Andy Beal matched $20 million against a rotating cast made up of the best high-stakes poker players in the world, including Phil Ivey, Jennifer Harman, Todd Brunson, and Ted Forrest.
Throughout l...
Online Poker: Is it fair? Published: 2006-03-03 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 simply to p...
Poker Tour Plans More Casino Tilts Published: 2006-03-03 Poker Tour chairman Rey Gamboa said he has been holding talks with officials of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) with regards to increasing the number of satellite tournaments. "We would like to thank PAGCOR for its cooperation and support in our goal of promoting poker as a non-wager sport," said Gamboa.
Over 200 players have participated in ongoing non-wager satellite tournaments being held at San Mig, Alabang Town Center (every Wednesday evening), Valle Verde Country Club (eve...
Sexy Poker 2006 Published: 2006-03-03 Ooh-la-la! Gameloft strips poker to the bare essentials.
by Levi Buchanan
March 3, 2006 - As mentioned several times on this site, the poker genre is simply too crowded in mobile. World Poker Tour, Midnight, Downtown, Celebrity, etc. -- each with their own hook or angle to lure the fickle consumer out of their five bucks. Gameloft's Sexy Poker 2006 knows that sometimes the easiest way to a man's wallet is through his zipper, and has released an updated edition of its strip-tease card game. You could di...
Ladies get a winning hand in weekly poker matches Published: 2006-03-03 In the world of late-night gambling, poker is often still thought of as a game for cigar-smoking men huddled in a friend’s basement.
Rachel Conley, a freshman from Marietta, knows this all too well.
At her Wednesday night poker game, she was outnumbered seven to one.
Conley said being in the gender minority in a game can work to a female’s advantage because males often don’t expect them to play well.
“Girls are a lot harder to read,” she said.
Mike Gowen, a junior from Cumming, had a differen...
The Return of the Richest Poker Game of All Time Published: 2006-03-03 Purportedly the largest head-to-head poker game of all-time saw billionaire banker Andy Beal match $20 million against a rotating cast of the best poker players in the world, which included Phil Ivey, Jennifer Harman, Todd Brunson and Ted Forrest.
Last month, Beal played the world’s best poker players for stakes of $30,000/$60,000 and $50,000/$100,000 at Wynn Las Vegas. Average pot size per hand was over $300,000 with the largest pot weighing in at $1.9 million. To play in a game of such astronomical st...
Poker Operators' Financial Round Up Published: 2006-03-03 Tony Bromham
A trio of stock market quoted betting and poker organisations, William Hill, 32Red and Paddy Power have revealed their latest financial results, including updates of progress in their poker-related operations. All show poker still growing strongly.
William Hill
William Hill's poker room is one of the leading UK sites that uses the popular, if sometimes maligned, Cryptologic platform. Hill's have said that certain aspects of their betting operations have suffered adversely in 2005 but...
Poker popularity on the rise Published: 2006-03-03 By SARA CUNNARD
Special to the Sun
Paying bills, raising money for charity and saving animals.
Texas Hold 'Em poker has expanded beyond the smoky back room and grown into a hobby of millions of young people - and it's still growing.
In the past year, the number of men gambling on card games monthly has risen by 20 percent, according to a study conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
About 2.9 million people, between the ages of 14 and 22, gamble on c...
Foxwoods poker room doubles up, but is the market drawing dead? Published: 2006-03-03 (New Haven-AP, Mar. 3, 2006 6:23 PM) _ Foxwoods Resort Casino is taking a bit of a gamble on expanding what is already one of the nation's largest poker rooms.
Foxwoods is expanding its poker room, the only one in New England, from 76 to 114 tables, even though industry experts say the poker market is slowing.
The new poker room will open later this month with a capacity of more than eleven-hundred players. The extra space is being added despite the fact that poker brings in, on average, considerabl...
How to Win at Poker Published: 2006-03-03 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 run will...
Jeff Haney is taking a look at the second annual high-stakes, mano-a-mano poker tournament coming up this weekend at Caesars Palace Published: 2006-03-02 Heads up: In the tradition of the legendary Greek
By Jeff Haney
Las Vegas Sun
The style of poker known as "heads-up" - meaning one-on-one - has a long and rich history in Las Vegas.
Perhaps the city's most celebrated old-time poker game took place over five months in 1949, when high-stakes gambler Nicholas "Nick the Greek" Dandalos squared off against Texas sharpie Johnny Moss downtown in a match arranged by casino owner Benny Binion.
The two men played mostly heads-up,...
AlamoPoker.com Joins On-Line Poker's Big Names by Offering a More Than $1,900,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool for the Grand Series of Poker Being Held April 24 - 31, 2006 Published: 2006-03-02 LOS ANGELES, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- AlamoPoker.com
(http://www.AlamoPoker.com) -- The Home of Texas Hold 'Em is offering a series of six
big money prize pool tournaments culminating with the Grand Tournament VII, a
No Limit Texas Hold 'Em poker game guaranteeing players $1,000,000 of prize
pool money. An additional $900,000 of guaranteed money is spread among five
tournaments of varying games. These including Hold 'Em Short Handed, Limit,
No Limit, Omaha Hi/Lo and 5 Card Stud. Ultimately the Grand...
Another Poker-Room Cracked the 100,000 Player Mark Published: 2006-03-02 Last week was a milestone time in the life of Internet poker as a whole and, in particular, for
PokerStars.
For the first time ever, PokerStars announced that they had hit the 100,000 player mark, with
those players simultaneously participating in the multitude of ring games, sit and goes and
tournaments that the site offers. This is a milestone in that no other poker room has ever reached
that number previously and, to put it in perspective, it was only three years ago that PokerStars
broke t...
Hollywood Poker Player Loyalty Program Sets the Poker Industry Bar In Customer Membership Programs Published: 2006-03-02 HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Hollywood Poker
(http://www.hollywoodpoker.com), where the stars come to play, is proud to
roll out the red carpet to its members with the introduction of
ClubHOLLYWOODPoker. ClubHOLLYWOODPoker is a special rewards program that
provides rich and diverse rewards for player loyalty. Membership in this
elite group means VIP status all the way, including entry into exclusive
tournaments, access to special promotions and other unprecedented bonuses.
Hollywo...
Superior Poker to Sponsor “Interactive Drink Competition” Published: 2006-03-02 Fountain Valley, CA – 02/23/06 – CAP Spring Break, a unique networking event presented by CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com “CAP” is excited to announce that top poker affiliate program Superior Poker will sponsor the interactive drink competition, as well as conference bags at CAP Spring Break 2006 in Miami Beach, Florida May 20-23, 2006.
Superior Poker is a CAP Certified Partner and was created by serious poker players to provide a higher quality place to play poker online. Superior Poker’s affiliate progra...
Chuck Blount: For World Series of Poker history, try going 'All In' Published: 2006-03-02 San Antonio Express-News
The history of the World Series of Poker is so unbelievable and larger-than-life it doesn't need a lot of polish to make it shine. Poker just needed somebody to sort through all the tall tales to tell it.
With their new book "All In — The (Almost) Entirely True Story of the World Series of Poker," authors Jonathan Grotenstein and Storms Reback deliver everything they promise with the title.
"All In" (listed between $16.50 and $24.95 at various outlets) is an entertaining...
Online Casino Adopts Poker Group Published: 2006-03-02 Party Gaming has announced that it has launched a joint platform for their online casino and their online poker sites. Players will be able to hold joint accounts for the online casino and the poker room. This is not the first time the online casinos have been integrated together.
Online casino giant, Party Gaming, has announced that it has developed a joint and integrated platform for its online casino and online poker sites. The new system will allow online casino players to hold one joint account whic...
Females raising the ante, keeping the poker face Published: 2006-03-02 Women and gambling | In today’s culture, some taboos have been erased
By KRISTEN A. GRAHAM
Knight Ridder Newspapers
PHILADELPHIA — To the public, she’s the Great One’s adoring spouse: a mother; an actress; a fit, stunning beauty.
She was named one of the all-time greatest sports wives in a 2001 ESPN.com survey.
But there is another side to NHL legend Wayne Gretzky’s wife, Janet Jones: an extremely rare female high roller, reportedly wagering hundreds of thousands on sports in one six-week period.
...
Online poker pays off for Paddy Power as almost 10,000 customers sign up Published: 2006-03-02 Online poker pays off for Paddy Power as almost 10,000 customers sign up
PADDY POWER’S entry to the online poker market has paid off, signing up nearly 10,000 gaming customers in just a year.
According to the bookmaker, nearly 10% of its total online customer base use the site solely for casino games and it is making a solid contribution to group profits.
Gross win from Paddy Power’s gaming book increased to €17 million from €6m in 2004. The sports book, which has been up and running for some yea...
Poker chips may be path to top profits Published: 2006-03-02 BY PAUL LANE
Night & Day
North Tonawanda, NY — The good folks at Topps were in need of a jolt. Poker enthusiasts fiended for another new product to buy.
Opportunity, meet inspiration.
Topps released its inaugural collector chip set in mid-December. The chips, made to resemble poker chips (the heavyweight clay chips come in multiple colors), come five to a pack, with random autographed chips inserted amongst the rookies, all-stars and legends.
Topps spokesman Clay Luraschi told hoopsworld.com th...
Poker prize not in cards for runner-up Published: 2006-03-02 By ANGELA D. CURRY
The Kansas City Star
AT YOUR SERVICE: In January I won second place in a poker tournament. The person who won first didn’t want his prize, which was a trip. So we traded, with the permission of the tournament people. We later learned a switch was not allowed. Two weeks after the tournament I received notice that the transfer of prizes was against the rules and I wouldn’t receive the trip. Now they say I have to get a lawyer to fight for what was already awarded to me.
This promotio...
BETFAIR'S FEMALE FOCUS - WIN A POKER HUNK Published: 2006-03-02 Women's poker nights and poker hunks at home from Betfair Online Poker Room
Betfair Online Poker Room has been targeting the female poker demographic in a recent promotional initiative.
The company says that in 2004, there were 201 entrants at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Ladies Event, and this number tripled by the 2005 tournament. This is therefore a logical development area and a seat at this year's WSOP will be going to the 'Betfair Poker Goddess'; the winner of a live event that will be the c...
With popularity and prize money growing, poker's best come to San Jose for tournament Published: 2006-03-02 By Mark de la Viña
Mercury News
The cards don't lie -- poker has a hold on America. And this week San Jose is at the center of the poker universe.
With an estimated 60 million poker players in the United States, the game has gone from being a fad to part of the fabric of American culture.
Top players such as Phil Hellmuth of Palo Alto and Daniel Negreanu have moved out of the shadows and are now identifiable celebrities battling animated cans of Diet Pepsi in TV commercials. Big-box stores such as...
Campus loves to ‘hold ’em’ Online or off, students find ways to deal away their dollars Published: 2006-03-01 By Chris Young
The Duquesne Duke
Their mannerisms at the table mimic those of the poker pros. One player shuffles his chips, another pulls his hat over his eyes and one more stiffens his face for the bluff.
Just like the professionals competing in the World Series of Poker, the intensity is there. In a small Shaler, PA home, 15 young, amateur gamblers compete in one of the world's newest mainstream sports.
"It's just guys getting together for a good time," says Brandon Lawatsch, a junior pharmac...
Poker Bustouts, an interesting documentary film Published: 2006-03-01 As both the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour and other television productions have
brought the glamour and prestige of the poker world to the average television viewer over the last
few years, many people have had the passing thought of taking their shots at becoming a
professional poker player. The fame, the freedom of the way of life and, probably most of all, the
money is the draw in many cases for these people. For those that think they are ready for the
challenges that the poker wo...
CelebPoker.com Introducing New Poker League Set to Start March 6th; Knock Out Celebrities and Other Players to Collect Points Towards Prize Published: 2006-03-01 CelebPoker.com has officially announced the start of their poker league to all players. The four weekly tournaments comprise the first season starting March 6th and ending September. The grand prize is a seat at the 5 Diamonds Tournament in December worth $15000.
(PRWEB) March 1, 2006 -- CelebPoker.com is announcing the launch of its all new Poker League this March. Not only fun, these tournaments are affordable and flexible to players’ financial limits and time constraints. This is a great way for you t...
Billy Martin's to Deal Out New Poker Apparel Line Published: 2006-03-01 LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/01/2006 -- "We're going 'all in,'" said Doug Newton, CEO of Billy Martin's USA, Inc. (OTC: BLYM), the 27-year-old brand, known for its upscale apparel and accessory products with a western-flair.
"In fact, we're betting heavy on a new line of western-inspired 'poker' related apparel and accessory products designed to light up the night and win the morning-after every time!
"Our first ace in the hole is our product spokesman, Victor Goulding, one of the most col...
Poker, Texas Hold'Em continue campus popularity Published: 2006-03-01 Online gambling attracts some students, others steer clear of potential losses
by Nicki Vanhoever
March 01, 2006
Last year a gambling craze swept across campus and this year it has yet to die down. Students are still putting their assets on the line, whether it be money, food or other minor possessions.
The most common way to play seems to be a simple poker night and Texas Hold'Em is the game of choice. These games usually consist of a $5 buy-in, but sometimes the stakes get higher.
A new w...
International Casino and Poker Short-News Published: 2006-03-01 Beau Rivage's Re-Opening to Include Poker
The Beau Rivage, one of many Biloxi, Mississippi area casinos damaged by Hurricane Katrina, will
re-open on August 29th, 2006 according to its parent company MGM Mirage.
The re-opening date is significant, as it will mark the one year anniversary of Katrina hitting
the Mississippi shoreline. The 72,000 square foot casino portion of Beau Rivage was situated on a
barge, per Mississippi gaming law, and suffered extensive damage when heavy winds and a thirt...
BRIT STUDENTS GET THE POKER BUG Published: 2006-03-01 Poker Room teams with universities in Student Poker Tour
British university students over the age of 18 years, many of whom are already skilled poker players, will have their own targeted competitive arena soon following Poker Room overtures to universities across Britain aimed at launching the first UK nationwide Student Poker Tour.
The country's biggest university towns will be playing host to PokerRoom.com this month as it seeks to discover the best student Texas Hold 'Em player. The tour began in ...
Poker Series Returns to Binions Horseshoe in Vegas Published: 2006-03-01 American Poker Player Championship Set for May
by Bob Pajich
Once again, Binions Horseshoe in Las Vegas will host a tournaments series.
The American Poker Player Championship is a 29-event series that will take place from May 10-24, at the former home of the World Series of Poker. Buy-ins for the events range from $330 to the $5,300 no-limit championship that will be held on May 22. Satellites start at $100.
All the tournaments will be capped at 800 players. The complete schedule is l...
Online Poker Site Adds Cash to Irish Open Prize Pool Published: 2006-03-01 (Press Release) €10,000 is being added to the three additional poker tournaments played at the Irish Open Festival 2006 over Easter weekend at Jurys Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin. With €50,000 already added to the showpiece Irish Open, taking place on Saturday 15th April, this takes the total cash added by sponsor paddypowerpoker.com to €60,000.
The full schedule of events is:
Friday 14 April 4pm - €400 (+ €40) rebuy for 90 minutes, 300 players max - €5,000 added
Saturday 15 April 4pm €3000 (+€200) fr...
Poker giant boss quits Published: 2006-03-01 Business Week, Daily Post
ONLINE poker giant PartyGaming announced yesterday that it was parting company with the chief executive who led it through its landmark £4.64bn flotation.
The surprise departure of Richard Segal tempered joy at a 49% rise in annual earnings to $583.7m (£335.8m).
Mr Segal agreed to leave after turning down a request to move to Gibraltar where the company is based. He has been commuting there since PartyGaming listed on the London Stock Exchange in June.
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Poker's Biggest Night Published: 2006-03-01
By Ryan McLane
OLD HOLLYWOOD, CA – Men "The Master" Nguyen was the star of Cardplayer Magazine and Bodog's inaugural "Biggest Night in Poker," capturing the coveted Best Player honors for 2005.
Nguyen had a career-year in 2005; a tough accomplishment considering Nguyen was already a three-time Player of the Year recipient (1997, 2001, 2003) and is one of the most decorated and recognized professionals ever to play.
In front of family, friends, poker professionals, and a host of poker-loving c...
Korotki wins big in poker tournament Published: 2006-03-01 Ocean View resident takes $433 K, trip to World Series of Poker in Vegas
By Laren Hughes Staff Reporter
Two years ago, Abraham Korotki, Ocean View resident and developer of The Reserves, didn't know how to play the game. But a trip to Atlantic City and a $10,000 buy-in later, he earned a big payoff and the title of poker champion.
From Feb. 14 to 17, Korotki, 59, and thousands of poker enthusiasts from around the world traveled to Harrah's Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City to enter a championship po...
Bet24.com Join Ongame Poker Network Published: 2006-03-01 Ongame have announced the addition of Bet24.com to its poker service. Bet24.com members will now be able to play poker against the more than seven million players already connected to Ongame Network including players from PokerRoom.com and Coral Eurobet.
Bet24.com, a sportsbetting, casino and poker service, is now promising their members bigger and better tournaments, improved software functionality and greater player liquidity. “We are delighted to be able to further expand our poker network,” commented...
100.000 ONLINE POKER PLAYERS MILESTONE FOR POKERSTARS Published: 2006-03-01 And a million dollar online poker tourney to celebrate
One of the top online poker rooms reached a milestone last week when Pokerstars recorded for the first time a total of 100 000 online poker players logged on simultaneously at its poker gambling site.
Pokerstars spokesmen gave the event some historical perspective by revealing that less than three years ago, the company broke the 10,000-player mark for the first time. Now, ten times as many players and games are going around the clock and around...
MSU Student Wins Seat In World Series Of Poker Published: 2006-03-01 Poker has grown so popular, it's hard to imagine what it was like before it was broadcast 24/7 on ESPN and played religiously every night of the week wherever four or more are gathered in an apartment with beer and chips.
Sure, it's always been a popular game played weekly by a group of bored husbands and in Las Vegas, but since its first broadcast on television a few years ago, it has ballooned into a game with more popularity than many sports played today.
Why? Because it's an "every man's game." N...
PARTYGAMING - video interviews with CEO and FD Published: 2006-02-28 Indepth interviews available now on www.cantos.com with Richard Segal, CEO and Martin Weigold, Group FD (LSE:PRTY)
* 2005 results and CEO change
* Business development
* Regulation
* Current trading and outlook
* Poker
* Casino
* Capex and dividend
- Live webcast of the analyst presentation at 0930GMT with on-demand available later today
This programming is available in video, audio and transcript.
It's free to view. All you need to do is register at http://www.cantos.com
Cantos.com i...
Satellite Winners Only to Compete in Wild Jack Poker's Exclusive Final Table Published: 2006-02-27 Wild Jack Poker , the Jackpot Factory Group's online poker room, announced the launch of a satellite tournament that will culminate with an exclusive final table on March 31st. The winner will be flown to the Borgata Casino & Spa in Atlantic City for a fantastic WPT Poker Boot Camp experience.
Unique to this online tournament is the final table, which is open exclusively to players who won one of the low buy-in feeder satellites. Feeder satellites begin on Wednesday, March 1st, and continue throughout M...
Borgata to Increase Employment by 25 Percent With Its 2006 Expansion Published: 2006-02-27 Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa today announces details of its most aggressive recruitment campaign since opening. When Borgata opened in July 2003, the property engaged 4,800 associates and established a recruitment program that reflected the property's dedication to uncompromising execution. Less than three years later and based on its enormous financial success to date, Borgata is in the midst of a two-part $525 million expansion that will create 1,500 new jobs in its first phase, increasing Borgata's workf...
ISWI Subsidiary Signs Contract With Ladbrokes Published: 2006-02-24 WEST PATERSON, N.J., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interactive Systems Worldwide Inc. announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Global Interactive Gaming Limited ("GIG"), signed an agreement with Ladbrokes eGaming Ltd. ("Ladbrokes"). Ladbrokes eGaming is a part of Ladbrokes plc. GIG will provide software and services to allow Ladbrokes to offer integrated play-by-play betting throughout the course of a sporting event. The betting markets will be offered initially on the Internet, with deployment...
MGN Technologies, Inc. Announces Launch of Play-For-Money, Play-For-Prizes and New Marketing Plan Published: 2006-02-24 MGN Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: MGNLF), doing business as Mobile Gaming Now (the "Company"), has announced the launch dates of its new gaming sites as well as the start of its new marketing plan.
Mobile Gaming Now will be launching its Play-For-Money website on Monday, February 27, 2006. The website will be located at www.mgnpoker.com . The featured game is Texas Holdem' poker. Players can choose to play online through their browser with the no-download version or download the mobile game and play on a ...
Hollywood Poker Star James Woods Places 24th in 2006 Los Angeles Poker Classic Published: 2006-02-23 Hollywood Poker (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com), where the stars come to play, is pleased to announce that Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner James Woods placed 24th in the 2006 Los Angeles Poker Classic held at the Commerce Casino. The four-day event began on Thursday, February 16 with a $10,000 buy-in.
The actor outlasted a field of 693 players, with a prize pool of more than $5 million, including Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Jennifer Tilly and Phil Laak. Woods will also play in the World Poker ...
Semi-Pro Poker Players Battle for Endorsement Deal Published: 2006-02-23 While poker has gone beyond the gaming tables to become a lifestyle unto itself, a group of hopefuls have their hearts set on adding poker pro to their resumes. Ten poker players will compete for an endorsement deal with Team PokerRoom.com in the Become a Poker Pro Tournament aboard the Majesty Of The Seas cruise ship on March 5, 2006.
The 10 finalists have qualified to compete for the Team PokerRoom.com endorsement deal through a series of online tournaments played on PokerRoom.com. Nine of the players...
Some moments make intervals worthwhile Published: 2006-02-22 Jill Cohen
The Desert Sun
Robert Frost remarked, "Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things." The same is true of poker players.
At best the intervals are uneventful, at worst they are excruciating. They are the times when you just cannot catch a break. You go on tilt, lose focus and become your own worst enemy. Intervals can last hours, weeks, even months.
So why bother with poker at all? Because of the moments. They make all of the intervals wort...
Online Poker Room Hosts Poker Awards Show Published: 2006-02-22 February 22 - Bodog Online Poker was the host of the annual Card Player of the Year awards show which took place in Hollywood last week. The show was hosted by the founder of Bodog, Calvin Ayre and MC Brad Garrett of "Everybody Loves Raymond" entertained the audience whilst award recipients delivered speeches...
Ayre himself awarded the people's choice award for to the famous Daniel Negreanu.
Other winners included actress Jennifer Tilly (Best Celebrity Player) and poker legend Doyle Brunson (Lifetim...
Jeff Haney reels off some weird trends, shows and merchandise that he'd like to see fold before they even get the chance to become popular Published: 2006-02-22 Gimmicks flood the poker market as interest wanes
By Jeff Haney
Las Vegas Sun
A report issued by Reuters news service recently caused a stir by predicting the imminent demise of the "poker craze."
The fact the story appeared with a photo of casino patrons playing Caribbean Stud - a carnival game that has nothing to do with poker or the "poker craze" - didn't detract from some salient points in the report.
It pointed out that some poker-related stocks are foundering, ...
Online Holds 'em Published: 2006-02-22 Number of college students who use the Internet to gamble has nearly doubled since 2000, gambling council says
by Addi Gist
February 22, 2006
Grant Wells thought Internet card games were just a hobby — until he made upward of $950 in three days. Like many students without jobs, or with low paying ones, poker and Caribbean stud seemed like easy ways to make money.
“I started out with small bets,” said Wells, music education sophomore. “But then when I'd actually make money, I'd bet on the $100 ta...
Chuck Blount: Straus proved there is always a chance in poker Published: 2006-02-22 The battle cry for the short-stacked tournament poker player is that "all you need is a chip and a chair" to keep your hopes of winning alive and well.
It's a cliché now, but the history of the quote is engraved in fact thanks to Jack Straus, one of the early-day pioneers of Texas Hold 'Em.
Nicknamed "Treetop" due to his massive 6-foot-6 frame, Straus' poker game was every bit as large as his physical appearance.
The sometimes Houston, sometimes San Antonio resident was inducted into the Poker Ha...
Sportingbet beats profit forecasts Published: 2006-02-22 By Pete Harrison
LONDON (Reuters) - Sportingbet, Britain's second-biggest online gaming group, beat forecasts with a 72 percent gain in second-quarter profit and said on Wednesday it was planning to launch new online games.
But its shares fell after the company (SBT.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said that a major shareholder was cashing in 17 million of the shares it received on selling Sportingbet its Paradise Poker Web site in 2004.
Finance Director Andrew McIver told a conference call Sportingbet...
Flextech confirms Player channel launch Published: 2006-02-22 Flextech Television in the UK is to spin off its Challenge channel's Player strand into a 24/7 sports- and gaming-themed channel.
The new channel, also called Player, will air in March with key content comprising action-adventure, fighting, gambling, poker, football and drive time. Flextech says it will focus on the stories and emotions behind the action, rather than the action itself.
Available on digital satellite and cable platforms Sky and Telewest from launch, it will sit in the entertainment sec...
Small Percentages of U.S. and British Online Adults Admit to Gambling Online Published: 2006-02-22 ROCHESTER, New York, February 22 /PRNewswire/ --
- U.S. adults split as to whether online gaming should remain illegal in the United States
Online gambling, also referred to as online gaming, has garnered a great deal of attention and appears to be a thriving industry, but the percentage of online adults who admit to placing bets online is relatively small. Ninety-five (95%) percent of U.S. adults who are online(1) say they have never spent money playing at an online casino, 94 percent say they have...
Sportingbet 'one-stop shop' winner Published: 2006-02-22 Jim Armitage, Evening Standard
ONLINE bookmaker Sportingbet today boasted its one-stop shop offering betting on a host of sports and casino games to Paradise Poker was paying off handsomely.
The average daily amount punters waged on the poker tables of Paradise, fronted by model Caprice, more than doubled to $541,782 (£310,700) - a far better increase on the year than the company reported in November.
Sportingbet has invested heavily in creating IT systems that allow customers to bet across the r...
Party Partners Certification Suspended at CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com Published: 2006-02-22 Internet gaming property refuses to honor affiliate relationships.
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) February 22, 2006 -- CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com (“CAP”) a leading online gaming industry resource, announced today that they are suspending the certification of Party Partners, otherwise known as Party Gaming plc. Party Gaming plc is the proprietor behind the largest online poker website, Party Poker. The move comes in response to the acquisition terms outlined for Empire Online the parent of EmpirePoker.com, a form...
Kiwi Casino Poker Player Wins Luxury Poker Vacation Published: 2006-02-22 (PRWEB) February 22, 2006 -- Playing poker online at Kiwi Casino Poker is like being on a luxurious poker vacation held at an exclusive casino resort, and Kiwi Casino Poker turned that feeling into a reality yesterday for one of their players.
The lucky winner, Jovan, and his wife will be flown to New Zealand for the 2006 New Zealand Poker Champs in April, where they will spend ten days enjoying the best of New Zealand’s spectacular scenery, while Jovan attempts to take out the New Zealand title and win ...
PokerHeaven.com Launches New Poker Affiliate Program that is Being Coined “The Gold Standard of Poker Affiliate Programs" Published: 2006-02-22 (PRWEB) February 22, 2006 -- Today PokerHeaven.com announced the launch of its all new poker affiliate program. Early reaction to this announcement has been overwhelming amongst current poker affiliates. A current PokerHeaven.com affiliate stated. “This new program is going to revolutionize the way poker affiliates conduct their business on a daily basis.” In a phone interview with Affiliate Manager Grant Williams, he stated “In the current landscape of poker affiliate programs there is a need for affiliate...
The Poker Refer a Friend Program is dying Published: 2006-02-22 (PRLEAP.COM) There is an untapped market in the Online Poker Industry and if most poker players knew about it they would think twice before playing at their favorite card room and quickly switch to another! Switching would merely mean using the same network of players but switching to different graphics. You can still play with your same friends, on the same tables, but you can be earning a lot more money automatically on hands you are not even playing!
Online poker rooms provide two methods for referri...
If you're always losing at poker, don't blame it on bad luck Published: 2006-02-22 There's a quote I once heard that I thought was genius: "Poker is a lot like sex. Everybody thinks they are great at it, but most people don't really know what they're doing."
Because of that truth, people generally blame their losing streaks on bad luck. Well, while bad luck can certainly play a role, there might just be other pressing factors for your losing. Here are the top five reasons.
Bad luck. If this is your worst problem, then, ironically, you're in luck! Why? Poker is a game where luck does...
Hachem Confirms Attendance At New Zealand Poker Champs Published: 2006-02-22 February 22 - Excitement is building around the New Zealand Poker Champs. Leading poker pros Joe Hachem and Lee Nelson confirmed their attendance at the event. Satellites are no running at Kiwi Casino online poker room and there are still four seats up for grabs...
Kiwi Casino Poker is the only place online players can qualify for this exciting event. Kiwi Casino Poker is giving their players the chance to win a seat alongside Joe Hachem and Lee Nelson at the 2006 New Zealand Poker Champs, hosted by thei...
Local Poker Player Competes In France Published: 2006-02-22 The days of playing poker in a smoke-filled den or garage with a few rowdy friends have advanced to the computer age, where online poker can result in a paid trip to Las Vegas or France - as one Jacksonville native recently learned.
Danny Ticer, owner of Danco Furniture, left Feb. 6 for his first trip abroad after winning a spot from www.pokerstars.com to play poker on the French Open European Poker Tour in Deauville, France.
Ticer didn’t come home with any extra cash in his pocket - he finished ...
Flextech launches poker, football and fighting channel Player Published: 2006-02-22 by Sam Matthews Brand Republic 22 Feb 2006
LONDON - Flextech is launching a sports and gaming channel called Player, which used to operate as a programming strand on sister channel Challenge, in early March.
The channel is billed as a mix of "action, adventure, fighting, gambling, poker, football and drive-time" and will air on Sky and Telewest from launch on EPG number 123.
The 24-hour channel will kick off with the live Italian football match between Juventus and Sampdoria, an exclusive to Playe...
New Online Casino Software for Interactive Poker Published: 2006-02-22 Zone4Play’s new poker game is soon to be available to 10 million households in the UK. The game, ‘Face-Up Hold'em’, is designed for multiple e-gaming platforms and hopes to tap into the poker market that generated $4 billion in revenues in 2005.
‘Face-Up Hold'em’ is based on the popular Texas Hold'em Poker but with a fixed odds twist. It will be available on all interactive platforms in the UK including mobile, Internet and interactive TV; however, the focus will be on participation TV in particular.
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How To Play Omaha High Poker Published: 2006-02-22 Omaha is a poker game similar to Texas Hold’em in many ways…and very different in others. Just as in Hold'em, it's a community card game, with players sharing the cards on the board, but Unlike in Hold'em, each player is dealt 4 hole or down cards, and must use exactly 2 cards from his/her hole
cards and 3 from the board to make a 5-card poker hand.
It can also be played hi/lo, but we'll stick to the highest hand wins it all version--commonly known as Omaha High--in the how-to below.
Difficulty: Easy...
The State of Seven Card Stud Published: 2006-02-21 by Ashley Adams
I live in Boston and I'm a stud man. I'm fortunate in that regard, because there are great stud games at Foxwoods Resort Casino, New England's only public poker room. But variety is the spice of life - so I try to find games when I travel for work and pleasure from time to time. I am happy to find any poker games when I'm away from New England - not just stud. I'm usually successful - even in places without well known poker rooms. For example, I've recently found wonderful poker games in ...
Titan Poker Club Offers “Clubcash” To New Online Poker Players Published: 2006-02-21 Titan Poker Club (www.titanpokerclub.com) has released a special bonus code CLUBCASH. The club is offering a special online poker promo deposit bonus to new players joining Titan Poker. All new players using the special code "clubcash" will receive a 100% deposit bonus up to $500. Other club highlights include draws for poker prizes and free private online poker tournaments.
(PRWEB) February 21, 2006 -- Titan Poker Club (www.titanpokerclub.com), the internet’s hottest online poker club, is offering a spe...
Legends of Poker: Dewey Tomko Published: 2006-02-21 Al MoePrint
By this time in his life, Dewey Tomko could probably care less about being considered one of the true Legends of Poker. He jokes that his son, Derek, is a better poker player than he was at the same age, and spends time in Costa Rica. He also plays a few tournaments, a few live games and tends to non-poker related businesses that have helped support his family over the years.
Dewey was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in 1946. Hard along the Monongahela River in the "Mon Valley," Gl...
Poker Craze Becomes Addiction Published: 2006-02-21 Youth gambling is a growing concern in the United States. What begins as an idle fascination can lead to an obsession later in life. Everyone remembers the infamous commercial dealing with the topic not long ago - a young boy smashes a television with a baseball bat in a fit of rage when his team costs him money. Gambling, particularly poker, has become popularized in the media and has entranced an entire generation, making it that much more necessary for parents to be aware of this potentially harmful tren...
Poker is on the move, but... Published: 2006-02-21 The Business of Poker: Transition Time
I played baseball from the age of 6 to the age of 22. One of my last coaches had a term and a concept for nearly everything in the game. Only later did I realize that a lot of this coach's 'dugout philosophy' had worn off on me, and stuck.
One of my coach's favorites was the concept of transition time, which usually happens in the 6th and 7th innings. Transition time is the period where the game takes shape, and it starts to dawn on the winners that they will prob...
Foxwoods’ poker play growth Electra-fying Published: 2006-02-21 By Jesse Noyes
Foxwoods Resort Casino is cashing in on some pop-culture success, building an acre-large gambling room branded with the World Poker Tour’s moniker.
The popular television series of No Limit Hold ’Em poker tournaments is expanding on its existing relationship with the Connecticut casino — now host to two annual WPT events.
The new Foxwoods poker room, set to open in March, will feature 114 poker tables, high-tech equipment and a restaurant.
Foxwoods is expected to...
Poker tables are a winner for one local business Published: 2006-02-21 Like the outfitters that sometimes made the best money selling mules and shovels to gold-rush prospectors, Eric Nordstrom is betting that he can make a profit from poker tables, rather than the game.
A lifelong carpenter, Nordstrom began making poker tables two years ago when someone asked if he could make something special to play a friendly game on.
Through word-of-mouth advertising, he has turned poker tables and other gaming supplies into a full-time business, in his home state (he has lived in No...
Zeal deals poker to Canada, Scandinavia Published: 2006-02-21 UK producer-distributor Zeal Television has closed a raft of deals for its Sunset and Vine-produced European Poker Tour.
In Canada, national 24-hour all-sports network TSN is to air the 17-part series from the spring. The channel's broadcast schedule also includes the NHL, NFL, MLB, NBA, CFL, auto racing, golf, tennis and poker.
In Scandinavia, Viasat-owned ZTV is to broadcast the series soon, and TV3+ in Denmark is airing the show. On TV Norge in Norway, the first episodes increased the channel's slo...
Students Suckered into Poker Sites Published: 2006-02-21 Internet gambling forums entice hopeful students with gimmicks and cash
BY AUDREY AGAHAN
Forget playing poker with your broke buddies. Now you can play online with people from everywhere at any time of day on Web sites like PartyPoker.net.
Online poker is becoming a big trend among college students. It could be the rush of playing against someone who can’t see your “poker face” or maybe just the plain old addictive quality of the game.
Although the game could be fun, and could win you some money...
Foxwoods finds powerful poker partner Published: 2006-02-21 Casino to host televised tour
By BRIAN
WALLHEIMER
Norwich Bulletin
MASHANTUCKET -- When Foxwoods Resort Casino's new poker room opens next month, it will have the World Poker Tour name attached.
"It makes sense for the two giants in the industry to come together and do something," said Kathy Raymond, Foxwoods' director of poker operations.
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The poker room will be the first at a casino to carry the World Poker Tour name.
Foxwoods was the first casino to sign with the ...
Poker events: Buddies think they know when to hold `em Published: 2006-02-21 BY PATRICE M. JONESChicago TribuneCHICAGO - The bond between buddies Craig Rabin and Jason Beck is obvious, particularly in the way they tend to finish the dangling end of each other's sentences.
The way Beck tells it, he called Rabin as soon as he got the idea in 2004 to start a business that would host free college poker tournaments at which students would compete for scholarships. It didn't matter that the pair was separated by more than a thousand miles, with Beck in college in Miami and Rabin at Illin...
Excitement of poker can tempt teens into trouble Published: 2006-02-21 By BRIAN WALLHEIMER
Norwich Bulletin
Ever since the World Series of Poker started airing on ESPN and the World Poker Tour was shown on the Travel Channel, teens have found it easier to get swept up in the poker craze.
"Once in a while we'll just sit around and play for a little bit," said Greg Ouellette, 16, of Jewett City.
Ouellette said he hasn't played for money, but he doesn't think teens who gamble for money are hurting anyone but themselves.
"If you want to, it's your money to give a...
First WPT-Branded Poker Room to Open at Foxwoods Published: 2006-02-21 New Poker Room to Bear WPT Name
by Bob Pajich
There are key chains, t-shirts, bottle openers, hats, boxer shorts, and, of course, poker chips, cards, and tables bearing the World Poker Tour name, so it was really only a matter of time that an entire poker room would be added to that list.
That poker room is going to be at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut. Foxwoods is expanding its poker room from 76 tables to 114, and, when it opens it March, it will bear the WPT name.
Foxwoods is a chart...
PokerShare.com Lives Again: Online poker room prepares to make comeback Published: 2006-02-21 Online poker room PokerShare.com is getting ready to relaunch after resolving some messy issues with Excapsa, its former poker network. PokerShare.com has been defunct since November, 2005, when it was forced to close by Excapsa, which allegedly was under duress from UltimateBet.com, the network's flagship poker room. In PokerShare.com's two short months of operation, it reportedly attracted enough interest to make fellow network member UltimateBet.com uneasy regarding the potential competition.
Ultimat...
Poker party robberies on the rise Published: 2006-02-21 MANASSAS, Va.: Police across the United States say private homes are ripe for robbery given the sharp rise in the popularity of poker, a report said.
In two weeks, Doug Thomas of Manassas, Va., had his Texas Hold 'Em game interrupted -- the first time by robbers and the second time by police.
"When we figured out it was the cops, there was a sense of relief," the mortgage broker told The Washington Post.
Police say calls about private poker parties have increased steadily in the past 18 months.
...
Harrah's Reopens New Orleans Casino Published: 2006-02-20 Earl Burton
After the destruction of Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005, New Orleans has been struggling to recover. Flooding took over a large part of the city and residents were forced to leave the battered metropolis due to the lack of power, medical services and adequate police protection. It now seems that New Orleans is beginning to recover and Harrah's New Orleans casino operation is a part of that.
As the city kicks off their Mardi Gras celebration (something that was greatly questioned afte...
Cast Aside the Kitchen Timers: Here Comes the DB Dealer... Published: 2006-02-20
PORTLAND, ORE. -- (PRESS RELEASE) – The kitchen, clock and cell phone alarm ringing is finally silenced, as two entrepreneurs from Oregon introduce the DB Dealer™, 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 increases, (called blinds). These have ranged from the obvious (kitchen, stovetop and microwave time...
'E-Dog' Speaks: Interview with Erick Lindgren Published: 2006-02-20 Earl Burton
By far one of the most recognizable and brightest stars of the World Poker Tour has to be Erick Lindgren. He has captured two titles in the WPT's history and was named the first WPT Player of the Year in 2004. With those victories, as well as many cashes in tournaments that have covered the globe, Erick has been able to amass over $3 million in tournament winnings and continues to be a threat to any tournament that he enters or cash game that he steps into.
Erick has also added the title ...
Losing, winning, in ‘Big Game’ Published: 2006-02-20 By Phil Hellmuth
In October and November I began making forays into the “Big Game” at the Bellagio, a high-stakes affair seemingly always in progress. The first four of these occasions I won almost $500,000 without a single loss. Then, in December, I played three more times over a weekend and lost $176,000. After arriving in Vegas that Friday night, I should have gone straight to bed, but instead lost $80,000. Saturday, still tired and off my game, I lost another $43,000, and finally, on Sunday, I risked...
Bodog Production a Hit as Card Player, Player of the Year Awards Gala Comes Up Aces Published: 2006-02-20 HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bodog-produced Card Player,
Player of the Year Awards took poker to another level Wednesday in Old
Hollywood. Hosted by Calvin Ayre, the Founder and CEO of online gaming giant
http://www.Bodog.com, the awards solidified poker as a mainstream pastime that
appeals to celebrities and a broad demographic of Americans.
Master of ceremonies Brad Garrett of "Everybody Loves Raymond" brought
down the house at the Music Box Theater with his comic genius while ...
Grace Through Gambling Published: 2006-02-20 Haverford alum, an economics major, works on the wild side
HAVERFORD, Pa., Feb. 20, 2006 - Take his first publishing effort, The Book of Bluffs (Warner, 2005). It does in 11 smart chapters what Mike “The Mad Genius of Poker” Caro did in his classic, Caro’s Book of Poker Tells, in 1984. ( A “tell” is a psychological read of opposition gamblers’ body language, which enables the astute player to out-think them). And Caro’s book became fundamental to poker players caught up in the gambling explosion that h...
Purple Lounge Introduces Political Sack Race Published: 2006-02-20 Players at purple lounge can place a wager on one of six political leaders – Bush, Blair, Mugabe, Saddam, Hussain, Chirac, and Osama Bin Laden – to win an animated sack race. The humorous game is yet another pioneering new addition to the poker provider’s list of activities.
(PRWEB) February 20, 2006 -- Poker is well known as a game that brings anyone and everyone together, but rarely if ever would you expect to see the likes of Bush and Blair, to Mugabe and Chirac at your side whilst you play!
Used t...
In the cards Published: 2006-02-20 Players routinely stuff my mailbox with this question about the integrity of online poker sites.
“So, how do I know that I can trust it?”
The concerns are valid. Players want to make sure that when they deposit money online, it’s done securely.
Nobody wants credit-card numbers or bank-account information floating around in cyberspace for computer hackers. The lack of a human element in the form of a dealer makes players suspicious that the decks are loaded via preprogrammed bad beats to stimulate...
Welcome to a new generation of earners Published: 2006-02-20 By Hannah Roberts
When Oliver Black began playing poker for fun five years ago he had no idea that one day he would gamble for a living.
His dropping out of university after first year coincided with the broadcast of the World Poker series on ESPN and Black, who watched avidly, was inspired.
"It was won by a complete unknown, an outsider, and thousands of South Africans thought 'Wow, that could be me,' " said the 25-year-old who started playing poker on-line in August 2004.
Surviving on what he ...
CEOs Surveyed Say They Prefer Playing Poker Over Golf, Says CEO Poker Published: 2006-02-20 A testament to the popularity of poker among top tier executives is a survey taken of 500 CEOs by CEO Poker. When asked if they would prefer playing a full day of poker to golf, 65% responded they would prefer poker. When asked why poker over golf: 73% stated the thrill of winning, 20% stated enjoyed the competition, 7% stated networking.
(PRWEB) February 20, 2006 -- Golf for many years was the sport of choice by executives to network, now poker is taking the limelight away from golf. There is even a new...
Clarissa Hannem wins Canada's first Women's Poker Classic Published: 2006-02-20 RICHMOND, BC, Feb. 20 /CNW/ - Clarissa Hannem of Esquimalt took top
honours and won $22,680.00 to become Canada's first ever Women's Poker Classic
champion.
Hannem out-maneuvered and out-played 249 other women to nab the top prize
after about five hours of play in the $75,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em
tournament held at Cascades Casino in Langley Feb 19.
"It was great to play in a tournament for women only and to see so many
women out to support Breast Cancer research and have a good time playin...
Police Say Stabbing Death After Poker Was a Setup Published: 2006-02-20 Three are charged with murder in robbery plot after a poker game.
Monday, February 20, 2006
By Mike McAndrew
Staff writer
Candace M. Williams initially told Syracuse police that two masked robbers stabbed her friend Michael Brown to death as she and Brown approached her apartment together.
But Sunday, police said it was Williams who helped hatch the robbery plot and who set Brown up.
Police announced they charged Williams, 34, of 112 Hudson St., and two men with murder in connection with Brow...
Charity Poker Legislation on the Table in California Published: 2006-02-20 Not-for-profit organizations in California may soon get to jump on the poker bandwagon if a proposed bill, which would allow charity organizations to hold poker games, successfully passes through the state legislature. It's old news that poker events provides a windfall for charitable institutions, more the any bingo game or bake sale ever could. Currently, however, poker is illegal as a means to raise money for charity in California, even though poker is a popular feature at the state's casinos and card ro...
Poker Academy Releases New Poker Software Published: 2006-02-20 Poker Academy Releases New Poker Software
20 February 2006
Minneapolis, MINNESOTA – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Poker Academy, a leading developer of poker software products, today released Poker Academy Pro Texas Hold'em Version 2.5, which is the first Texas Hold'em poker software game and training tool that allows its users to create, simulate, and host online multi-table tournaments of any structure. A free upgrade to existing Poker Academy Pro 2.0 customers, Pro 2.5 also empowers them to seriously analyze ...
COURTNEY FRIEL THE NEW FACE OF WORLD POKER TOUR Published: 2006-02-20 Shana Hiatt replacement Courtney Friel is a winner
The new hostess for World Poker Tour and the Travel Channel partnered poker events is talented, professionally qualified and a stunner, too - an attractive personality who will surely be popular with the huge audiences that watch the televised poker tournaments.
Courtney Friel (25) replaces previous hostess Shana Hiatt this (fourth) season after an extensive search for the right combination of intelligence, personality and beauty that Friel won hands ...
Anti-Gaming Bill Goes To Committee Published: 2006-02-19 As reported here on Friday, Congress is once again taking a shot at banning Americans from Internet gaming. Virginia Representative Republican Bob Goodlatte has been joined by a fellow Representative from Virginia, Democrat Rick Boucher, and approximately 100 other members of the House of Representatives in supporting Goodlatte's resubmittal of his bill from 2000. Details of the bill, called the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, were released late on Friday afternoon and the bill has been forwarded on to t...
Hold 'Em takes hold Published: 2006-02-19 Poker games ranging from small groups of friends to multiple-table contests with big prizes are now much more common sights in basements, apartments and college dorms throughout the New River Valley.
By Hart Fowler
On most nights if you peered through the large glass windows of the She-Sha Lounge in downtown Blacksburg, you'd find people relaxing on couches or seated at tables, usually involved with books, laptops, board games and conversation.
Inside, you'd smell scented tobacco from patrons exhalin...
A new deal: The rise of casinos in South Florida has people gambling on new careers Published: 2006-02-19 BY JAMES H. BURNETT
Sharon Chu sits upright, straight as a post, and takes a sweeping glance at the two men on either side of her and the four directly across from her.
They lean in and stare back at her, just waiting. It's like an Old West standoff over a green felt table top.
Chu doesn't blink. At least one of the six men does. And, as if on cue, they all take their elbows off the table, sit back in their chairs, and wait wide-eyed.
''Gentlemen, are we ready?'' Chu asks with just a hint of a smile....
Perks and Picks: LeRoy Neiman, WPT and Flamingo Laughlin Published: 2006-02-19 by H. Scot Krause
Check out "The Game," LeRoy Neiman's portrait vision of a world-class group of poker players engaged in a high stakes game now on display at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
LeRoy Neiman, best known for his ability to portray remarkable visions of sporting events through art, has captured some of the best poker players of all time in one extraordinary image. "The Game" features Lyle Berman, Chip Reese, Bobby Baldwin, Doyle Brunson and Chau Giang, clearly some of poker's most preeminent ...
You want to be a dealer? Published: 2006-02-19 BY JAMES H. BURNETT III
Joseph Rolle has always been about a good gamble.
When he was a kid he would give odds on which falling leaf would hit the ground first.
So it was no surprise to friends back in 1981 that as soon as Rolle turned 18, he left his Freeport, Bahamas, home and applied for and landed his first real job as a cashier in the Princess Casino (formerly known as El Casino) on Grand Bahama Island.
And it was even less of a surprise just under a year ago when Rolle, now a seasoned profession...
Games craze raises ante for playing tables Published: 2006-02-19 By ELAINE MARKOUTSASUniversal Press SyndicateOdds are good that the next time you go furniture shopping, you’ll be drawn to a new player. That’s because one big focus in furnishings is on game tables.
The tables are designed for a game room or family room or to slip into living rooms, libraries and even bedrooms. Some are chameleons, crafted with beautiful woods that convert with a twist or a flip to reveal a protective felt board for dice or poker chips.
It’s estimated that as many as 80 million American...
Party Poker Endorsement Gets Aussie Millions Runner-Up in the Rough with NCAA Golf Published: 2006-02-19 When university student Bobby Neary placed second in last month's Aussie Millions poker tournament, it seemed that luck was on his side. It seems, however, that Neary's lucky bout playing poker down under is having unlucky consequences regarding his golf career. Neary, a 21-year-old business major at Northern California's Sonoma State University, is now in hot water with the NCAA, which claims that certain details of his poker tournament participation violate the collegiate sports authority's standards.
...
National Heads Up Poker Championship kicks off in two weeks, Courtney Friel new hostess of World Poker Tour Published: 2006-02-19 The second annual National Heads Up Poker Championship kicks off competition from March 4-6. Phil Hellmuth looks to defend his title.
The tournament is unique in that it sets up the 64 players in a single elimination tournament structured along the lines of the NCAA Basketball Championship. Four brackets are arranged with sixteen players in each bracket, playing down to a "Final Four", who then square off against each other until only one player is left standing. Because of the exclusiveness of the fie...
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/living/13902621.htm Published: 2006-02-19 By Steve RosenbloomChicago TribuneHard poker truth: Few things are more satisfying than pulling off a bluff, but the act requires the courage to continue firing at the pot and the brains to make sure each bet makes sense as the board gets exposed.
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson put on that kind of clinic in a hand against Phil Hellmuth in the finals of last year's National Heads-Up Poker Championship.
Dealt J-10 offsuit, Ferguson raised on the button.
Holding J-J, Hellmuth called.
The flop came A-8-7, two spade...
Andy Beal vs. The Corporation Published: 2006-02-18 by Lisa Wheeler
Over the years, mathematical theorist Andy Beal has applied probability to the game of poker and found new fame by repeatedly challenging the elite in a spirited game of limit Texas hold’em.
“Beal’s conjecture,” otherwise known as the “Beal problem,” became just that for “The Corporation” — a team of professional poker players — who aggregated their $10 million and matched it against his $20 million in a series of private sessions. Over the next two weeks, the event became a ...
Titan Poker's March Madness Tournaments Will Take Players to the NCAA Final Four Published: 2006-02-18 Titan Poker players will be able to represent their university in a special series of March Madness poker tournaments leading up to a Main Event where they can win valuable prizes.
(PRWEB) February 18, 2006 -- Titan Poker (http://www.titanpoker.com), one of the fastest growing online poker rooms, has launched a series of tournaments and promotions that will take winning players to the NCAA Final Four basketball tournament in Indianapolis this April.
Titan Poker will stage special NCAA Final Four tourn...
POKER: SHORT HAND PLAY CAN PUT YOU IN PROFIT Published: 2006-02-18 BETFREDPOKER
By Fred Done
A SHORT-HANDED poker game is one in which there are six players or less seated at the table.
The way you are required to play in order to be in profit is quite different from tables with more players or multi-table tournaments. Short-handed games give you more action and most professionals prefer playing against fewer opponents as they are able to win more often against less experienced players
Each person plays more hands in short-handed poker so poor players are soon ...
Andy Beal walks off with $10 million from LA Poker Classic, Bodog.com Poker Awards winners announced Published: 2006-02-18 Poker was on people's minds at the Main Event of the LA Poker Classic, but one topic was on everyone's lips - Andy Beal versus 'the Corporation.'
PokerNews.com reports that after a week of wild speculation, false retirements, and BIG bets concluded at Wynn Las Vegas this past weekend, with Andy Beal reportedly taking the Corporation down in their second heads up match in as many weeks.
Players in the Commerce Casino ballroom were talking about how Beal, who reportedly left the first match down about...
ONLINE POKER SOFTWARE BY PUBLICATION Published: 2006-02-18 Paddy Power Poker to produce cover version
Thumbs up to the Paddy Poker Poker marketers, who this week came up with a new distribution method for their poker software.
The Irish online casino, poker and sportsbetting group has inked a deal with Brandedmedia for the production of a promotional compact disc featuring its online poker software in download form.
The discs will be inserted in the UK newspaper "The Times" on February 25, reaching an audience of millions of readers - the first time that a...
World Series of Poker Published: 2006-02-18 World Series of Poker
Xbox, PS2
RRP: $49.95
Clasification: PG
Rating: 2/5
Whether it's the lure of playing with virtual money or just the convenience of dealing a hand without the need to pull a poker face, video-game poker and online gambling have become surprisingly popular.
With televised poker tournaments also becoming the norm on late-night TV, it only seems natural that we should now see an officially-licensed World Series of Poker game hitting the shelves.
To start your pro poker caree...
PLAY FOR YOUR SUPPER Published: 2006-02-18 With 26 percent of American college males playing poker, here's a scheme that could have wide appeal
The marketing staff at Titan Poker has launched a campaign aimed at college poker players, starting with a series of tournaments in conjunction with Campusfood, a nation-wide network of restaurants in the USA. The concept is to provide innovative marketing to restaurant partners and offer online menus with interactive ordering to students.
University students who sign up at Titan Poker with a special b...
No complaints against poker tournaments Published: 2006-02-18 By Jack Moran
The Register-Guard
Published: Saturday, February 18, 2006
SPRINGFIELD - Police have found no reason to fold Texas hold 'em poker games offered at three local taverns during the past few months.
No complaints have been received by Springfield police since the City Council voted in August to allow businesses to host tournament-style poker, Police Chief Jerry Smith said.
When the gaming ordinance was approved, it marked the first time social gambling had been allowed in Springfield i...
Profiting from patience Published: 2006-02-17 SCOTT AND JOCELYN JACOBSONIt’s one thing to put your money where your mouth is.
But when it’s your money, and someone else’s mouth?
Darin Henderson from Blue Springs was intrigued by a reader’s tight-aggressive strategy detailed in last week’s column.
The gist: Play only premium hands and bet big when you get them.
Darin started with a disclaimer.
“Okay, I am never a fan of going all-in preflop early in a sit-and-go, even with A-A or K-K, because there are still five cards to come and anything can happ...
Coral Poker teams up with Champions Chelsea for Legends poker tournament Published: 2006-02-17 (openPR) - Coral Poker (www.coralpoker.com) has teamed up with Chelsea Football Club (www.chelseafc.com) to celebrate the club’s centenary with a “Chelsea Legends” poker tournament featuring Chelsea fans and two Chelsea football heroes.
The tournament starting on Sunday the 19th of February at CoralPoker.com is open to any Coral customer who signed up through the Chelsea FC website. The tournament will be divided into seven weekly qualifiers, and then a final ‘wild card’ heat for the regular players in ...
Fulltiltpoker.Com Strikes Again, With an Unprecedented World Series of Poker Promotion Published: 2006-02-17 Announcing the first totally free $1 million WSOP seat giveaway, a 100 main event seat guarantee, and the return of the $10M main event mania.
Los Angeles, CA (February 17, 2006) – FullTiltPoker.com strikes again with one of the richest World Series of Poker promotions in history. Announcing three unprecedented ways for players to participate in the world’s biggest poker event, FullTiltPoker.com is once again ahead of the curve.
With an estimated $75 Million prize pool, the 2006 WSOP is the richest sp...
NEW ONLINE CASINOS FEBRUARY 2006 Published: 2006-02-17 Medieval Tavern Casino
Powered by Grand Virtual, this is a typical and rather old-fashioned template casino from that company (they all look the same) with 18 language variations and a range of financial options that includes Moneybookers, ECO, 1Pay and Neteller. There is a full round-the-clock Support. The owners immediately started spamming the message boards on launch, which is not a good sign. Grand Virtual seems to have been active recently, with several csinos surfacing. www.walletcasino.com As abo...
Poker Room Revival Published: 2006-02-17 By Jim Merritt
Back in the late 1990's it was a sign of the times when the MGM Grand in Las Vegas closed its poker room.
Poker wasn't as popular then as it is today.
But the poker popularity pendulum is swinging 180 degrees again, fueled by a national fascination with classic card games such as Texas Hold 'em. The MGM Grand is once again inviting guests to enjoy poker in a 22 table poker room.
At another MGM Mirage property in Las Vegas, The Mirage now offers 31 tables, says Donna Harris, d...
Poker Place: Entrepreneur gambles on Texas Hold 'Em craze Published: 2006-02-17 By Joe Mosley
The Register-Guard
Published: Friday, February 17, 2006
Justin Zinser is about to play the hand he was dealt.
The 25-year-old University of Oregon business school graduate and entrepreneur has gone all in on the Texas Hold 'Em poker craze that has swept Eugene and the rest of the country over the past few years.
He has plunked down an investment of about $80,000 to remodel 2,000 square feet of the former Mona Lizza Ristorante & Bar, and will open Full House Poker on Monday at 808 ...
Air Poker, Inc.: A Joe and Hobby Fiction Published: 2006-02-17 by David J. Valley
"Joe, remember I told you Kenny Williams was starting an airline for poker players?"
"Yeah, Hobby. Has he gotten it off the ground yet?"
"Very funny, Joe. Yes, he has. I've got a seat on the maiden flight. Interested?"
"I don't know. Tell me more."
"The first trip is to Monte Carlo for a week. Ten thou for everything including a seat in a $100,000 tournament on the way over."
"How many people going?"
"I don't know, but it's 100 players max."
Si...
Poker Strategy VII- Know When to Bluff Published: 2006-02-17 Today we're going to discover some important clues about when to bluff. It's important to make the right decisions about bluffing. And you should only attempt a bluff under the right conditions.
Random is unprofitable. Mike points out that usually you don't want to bluff loose
players, because they have a tendency to call too often. So, if you have an opponent who is doing a great deal of calling, he isn't the one you want to try to bluff. Mike says you shouldn't bluff at random as that is a prime way...
Wording Of State Statutes Guided Pair Of Poker Raids Published: 2006-02-17 It's hard to travel through Denver without seeing signs advertising Texas hold 'em poker games, so why did state and local authorities only choose to raid two social clubs this past weekend and arrest 41 people on illegal gambling charges? The answer lies in the language of state statutes that give law enforcement direction in determining what is legal and illegal gambling activity.
State law centers around two essential components - knowing who you're playing cards with and whether the host is ch...
Congressman Attempts Internet Poker/Gaming Ban Published: 2006-02-17 Earl Burton
The United States government has shown a long history of not being up to speed with today's Internet world. It is well known that, in the international trade arena, the United States has previously been found to violate free trade agreements regarding online gaming in a now famous ruling by the World Trade Organization for Antigua in 2004. Continued efforts to prevent Americans from participating in the poker rooms and casinos of the Internet have come up several times in the past (most notab...
Bill would let charities planning poker nights to hold 'em Published: 2006-02-17 The California Assembly has upped the ante on charity poker by approving legislation that would allow a wide variety of nonprofits to hold fundraisers using gambling.
The bill, introduced by Alberto Torrico, D-Newark, is given a good chance of passage in the Senate where it now awaits action. Attorney General Bill Lockyer is a sponsor.
Current law allows charities little more than bingo or a raffle. Playing poker or Pai Gow poker is not allowed.
The Almaden Business Association ran afoul of the ...
'FREEZE OUT' - A COOL MOVIE Published: 2006-02-16 Independent poker film is attracting critical acclaim
An independently financed and produced movie with a poker story as its central theme is attracting attention from both poker players and the general public - and it was mostly financed from poker winnings!
"Freeze Out" was filmed three years ago on a tight $20 000 budget, three quarters of which came from the producer's poker winnings. The movie is currently running in a festival at Cinequest (cinequestonline.org) and has received plaudits from vie...
Ireland’s Biggest and Oldest Poker Event Live on TV Published: 2006-02-16 The paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open €1 Million Guaranteed To Be Televised Live.
(PRWEB) February 16, 2006 -- The final table of the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open 2006 will be broadcast live on Sky Sports 2 at 9.30 p.m. on Monday 17 April (Easter Monday).
The event will be filmed before a select VIP audience at a top secret location in Dublin. Six players will compete for their share of the €1 million guaranteed (plus €50,000 added by the sponsor) prize pool. Produced by Winmedia International in asso...
A Winning Pair: Celebrity Poker Aces and Top Pros Published: 2006-02-16 What kind of event could attract such diverse
celebrities as Burt Reynolds, James Woods, Ray Romano, Jason Alexander, Mimi Rogers, Stephen Collins, Jennifer Tilly, Sara Rue, James Garner, Kevin Weisman, David Sutcliffe, Lou Diamond Phillips, John Schneider, Anne Heche, Ron Livingston, Adrian Young, Gavin Maloof, Jeremy Sisto, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Joshua Morrow, Rick Fox, Christopher Rich, and Cindy Margolis, the most downloaded woman on the internet? The World Poker Tour Invitational™, of course!
Th...
PartyPoker.com Launches New Poker Platform Published: 2006-02-16 Not Just a Pretty Face, New Look Is Packed With Options
by Bob Pajich
PartyPoker.com has a surprise for its players today.
The popular online site released a new version of its poker platform and it's not just a pretty face. The new platform is packed with features that are sure to please both the leather-butt grinder and the casual poker fan alike.
The biggest change is perhaps the new game filtering system. Intergrated in the lobby are several filtering devices that allow players to more e...
Titan Poker, Campusfood Launch Tournament Series Published: 2006-02-16
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Titan Poker, one of the fastest growing online poker rooms, has launched a series of tournaments geared for college students in conjunction with Campusfood, the nation's leading network of restaurants, providing innovative marketing to restaurant partners and offering online menus with interactive ordering for students and local communities.
University students who sign up at Titan Poker with a special bonus code provided by Campusfood will be eligible to play in a series of exclusi...
SSU golfer's $520,000 poker win proves costly Published: 2006-02-16 SONOMA, Calif. (AP) - A junior of the Sonoma State University has endured some good fortune and some bad fortune over the past month.
Twenty-one-year-old Bobby Neary won about 520-thousand-dollars in January for finishing second at the Aussie Millions poker tournament in Melbourne, Australia.
That's good news for his poker status. His golf is another question.
The N-C-A-A has declared Neary athletically ineligible. Not for his participation in the tournament, but for violating N-C-A-A rules rega...
How will UK Poker markets shape up in 2006? Published: 2006-02-16 Steve Cook
Recent headlines in the media such as "Poker is the new gambling sensation" and "Over a million dollars are staked on poker sites every minute" are typical of the hype surrounding the poker industry. A hype that will burst? Well, no not really! Although some industry experts may have differing views, most agree that the poker business is still set to continue growing at a steady pace.
However if 2005 was anything to go by, then 2006 will be an even more turbulent year for operators. We hav...
Valley poker players find cheap ways to win spot at high-stakes Vegas tourney Published: 2006-02-16 By CRAIG OUTHIER
GET OUT
Larry Chebowski would never think of surrendering $10,000 of his own hard-earned money to play in the World Series of Poker, but he'll be competing anyway, courtesy of Fort McDowell Casino, a charitable spirit and an ugly little 5-3 off-suit.
The 65-year-old Mesa entertainer is one of untold multitudes who will make the 400-mile trek from the Valley of the Sun to Las Vegas this July to compete in professional poker's most illustrious and widely watched event. They will fea...
Celebrity Bounty Poker Tournament at DoylesRoom.com Published: 2006-02-15 Nicky Hilton's and Kevin Connelly's heads are on the chopping block at the Celebrity Bounty Poker Tournament at DoylesRoom.com.
San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) February 15, 2006 -- If only it were strip poker. DolyesRoom.com presents their Celebrity Bounty Tournament where players have a chance to compete against Nicky Hilton, heiress to the Hilton hotel fortune.
In addition, her boyfriend, Kevin Connelly who stars in the Golden Globe nominated HBO hit series "Entourage” will be participating. Both Conn...
Andy Beal Really Is Back to Wynn Published: 2006-02-15 Andy Beal Resurfaces After Five-Day Retirement From Poker
by Lisa Wheeler
Just as Michael Jordan announced his retirement from the NBA then resurfaced, Andy Beal boarded a plane from Dallas, Texas on Saturday evening and returned to Las Vegas to again face off against The Corporation.
Last week, in an official statement provided by the Public Relations Department of Beal Banks, Craig Singer stated that, “Andy Beal will not be participating in the 2006 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Champio...
Wording of state statutes guided pair of poker raids Published: 2006-02-15 By David Montero, Rocky Mountain News
February 15, 2006
It's hard to travel through Denver without seeing signs advertising Texas hold 'em poker games, so why did state and local authorities only choose to raid two social clubs this past weekend and arrest 41 people on illegal gambling charges?
The answer lies in the language of state statutes that give law enforcement direction in determining what is legal and illegal gambling activity.
State law centers around two essential components - knowing w...
Unibet Sells Its Holding in B2B Poker (Sweden) AB Published: 2006-02-15 STOCKHOLM, Sweden --(Business Wire)-- Feb. 15, 2006 -- Unibet Group plc has today sold its entire holding (23 per cent) of ordinary shares in B2B Poker (Sweden) AB, together with certain other rights and warrants, to its partner 24hPoker AB. The proceeds total SEK 15 million of which SEK 10 million is payable today and the remainder on 1 September 2006. Unibet's investment to date is close to SEK 8 million. Furthermore, subject to certain conditions being fulfilled, Unibet is entitled to an additional consi...
PartyGaming to pay Empire Online $250 million in cash Published: 2006-02-14 Empire Online emerged victorious today following a bitter court battle that pitted two Internet poker powerhouses against each other. PartyGaming announced today its intention to pay rival Empire Online $250 million in cash following a legal dispute over ownership of certain marketing and online assets.
Empire Online sued PartyGaming after their partnership dissolved and PartyGaming attempted to take Empire’s extensive Internet poker clientele as their own through unauthorized marketing campaigns.
...
Reuters Summit-WPT says online gaming rev could overtake TV show Published: 2006-02-14 LOS ANGELES, Feb 14 (Reuters) - WPT Enterprises Inc. (WPTE.O: Quote, Profile, Research), which created the TV show World Poker Tour and operates a gaming Web site, said its online gaming business could eventually overtake its TV show as its top revenue generator, its chief executive said on Tuesday.
Steve Lipscomb said at the Reuters Hotels and Casinos Summit held in Los Angeles that WPTOnline, launched last year, is a fast-growing division but is unlikely to overtake the revenues generated by its telev...
U.S. Playing Card Outlet offers up rich history, deals Published: 2006-02-14 TABARI MCCOY | CIN WEEKLY
In case all the TV shows, tournaments, Web sites and gift displays in the mall haven't already tipped you off, believe us when we tell you: Poker is very, very popular right now.
But long before playing poker became the "it" thing to do, the U.S. Playing Card Company was supplying the world with decks, chips, shufflers and nearly any other accessory needed for a nice evening of cards with friends.
Enhance your collection with a stop at the company's gift shop and outlet s...
IT'S ALL IN THE CARDS FOR WAAT AND CARDPLAYER MEDIA Published: 2006-02-14 WAAT Media and Card Player "The Poker Authority" To Launch Global Mobile Poker Destination
SHERMAN OAKS, CALIFORNIA - (February 14, 2006) - WAAT Media, the global leader in late night mobile entertainment and Card Player Media, "the Poker Authority" have joined forces to create the premier mobile destination for the poker enthusiast. Content will include Card Player’s live tournament locator and results, play for fun poker rooms and exclusive editorial coverage from leading poker stars in the industry. ...
Deep-chip events require strategy adjustment Published: 2006-02-14 By STEVE ROSENBLOOM
Tribune Media Services
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Most no-limit hold 'em tournaments are dollar-for-dollar, meaning if you are playing a $2,000 buy-in event, you will start with $2,000 in chips.
But sometimes you will play a deep-chip tournament, such as the World Poker Tour Championship, where the buy-in is $25,000 but you start with $50,000 in chips.
In those kinds of tournaments, you will need to adjust your strategy to place emphasis on v...
Internet gambling: new campus craze, PartyGaming profit taking Published: 2006-02-14 Twenty-six percent of college men gamble in online card games at least once a month and 4 percent once a week or more, up from 1 percent a year earlier, according to a 2005 survey by the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center. The vast majority are betting on poker.
"We keep waiting for it to peak," said Dan Romer, director of the Risk Survey of Youth. "So far, it hasn't."
For generations of college students killing time, penny ante was a staple of dorm life. Then along came telev...
Poker TV Network, Inc. Announced Today the Addition of the Southern California Poker Tour to Their Lineup of Online Poker Programming Available at PokerTVNetwork.com Published: 2006-02-14 LAS VEGAS, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Poker TV Network, Inc. (OTC: PKTV - News), the world's only online TV network dedicated to poker players and fans, announced today the addition of the Southern California Poker Tour (SCPT) to their lineup of online programming.
The new series of tournaments features "Average Joe" players who compete for thousands of dollars in prize money. Viewers can tune into the tournaments for free at http://www.pokerTVnetwork.com.
"This is the everyday man's version of...
Titan Poker Sends Players to WSOP Published: 2006-02-14
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Titan Poker, one of the fastest growing online poker rooms, will team up with Poker News, the Independent Online Poker Authority, to send players to the 2006 World Series of Poker.
Titan Poker will stage a series of exclusive freeroll poker tournaments open only to players from Poker News, each awarding a World Series of Poker (WSOP) package worth $12,000, and which will cover a buy-in to the $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'em World Championship Event, travel and accommodations.
Fiv...
Phil Hellmuth To Defend Heads Up Poker Championship Published: 2006-02-14 One of the most popular poker events in 2005 was the National Heads Up Poker Championship. The tournament, which was held at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas and broadcast on NBC in May, brought sixty four of the greatest names in the game together to determine the best heads up player in the world. Many will remember the epic showdown in the final tournament, which was won 2-1 by former World Champion Phil Hellmuth in a stirring battle over another former World Champion in Chris "Jesus" Ferguson.
Hellmut...
Top poker players coming Published: 2006-02-14 World-renowned poker players and casino owners from United States, particularly in Las Vegas, will attend the 1st Pagcor World Celebrity Poker tournament at the main theater of Casino Filipino on Feb. 22 starting at 6 p.m.
The tournament will be hosted by Poker godfather Jack Binion, the man behind the 2005 World Series of Poker held last year in Las Vegas where some 6,000 players participated.
Participants led by Doyle Brunson, poker's living legend, his son Todd and 10 other world champions...
Bodog collars poker TV series Published: 2006-02-14 Bodog Entertainment founder and CEO Calvin Ayre is claiming "a major US television network" is attached to his upcoming six-part reality show, which aims to find the next big poker star.
Shooting in Bodog's tropical vacation compound in Costa Rica in March, the episodes will air weekly on Saturdays from 23.00 to 01.00, beginning on April 15, said Bodog. However, the company declined to name the network.
"We are on a mission to find the next poker star and eager to showcase the Bodog lifestyle," said A...
Christchurch Casino To Host New Zealand's Premier Poker Competition Published: 2006-02-14
NEW ZEALAND – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Some of the world's greatest poker players are expected to converge on Christchurch Casino this April to take part in New Zealand's premier poker competition.
The New Zealand Poker Championships will be held over the week 1 8 April 2006.
Around 150 players from around the world are expected to enter. Among them, renowned Kiwi poker player Lee Nelson, who recently won the Aussie Millions poker tournament.
The winner of the Championships will take away the lions ...
World Poker Tour Preview Published: 2006-02-14 Sit down at a table, anytime, anywhere.
by Chris Roper
Though there's been a major boom in the number of amateur poker players over the last few years, and subsequently a huge amount of poker videogames to appease them, there haven't been a whole lot of stellar digital adaptations of the card game. A few have come reasonably close to nailing it however, with arguably the best console poker game being World Poker Tour.
The PSP is soon to see its own version of 2K Sports' World Poker Tour. Using th...
PokerRNG Software Gives Online Poker Players the Upper Hand Published: 2006-02-14 Online poker is big business, attracting high rolling players who want to drive big cash prizes into their accounts. Why leave it to chance? Lasky Systems is launching a new version of its poker cheat software, PokerRNG V4.0 (http://www.1pokercheat.com), which means online poker players can legally view their opponents' cards and see up and coming cards, allowing them to scoop the money every time.
The only software capable of synchronising with the random number generator (RNG) underpinning online poke...
LIPS KEEPS BRINGING IN WOMAN POKER PLAYERS Published: 2006-02-14 And April's the date for a Vegas conference
There can be little doubt that the Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) has done wonders in introducing hundreds of smart women poker players to the Internet and land tables.
Using an exciting and entertaining series of women only tournaments coinciding with WSOP circuit tourneys, LIPS has creatyed interest and involvement in the game across the USA. In last year's Ladies' Tournament at the WSOP alone over 600 women competed for the championship with...
Jeff Simpson Wonders Why There's No Crackdown on State's Internet Poker Players Published: 2006-02-13 Tens of thousands of Nevadans routinely break state gaming laws by illegally playing online poker, but the state's gaming cops don't seem to care.
Nevada is one of the few states to have enacted laws making it illegal to gamble online. Web casino operators contend that their operations don't violate federal law - an assertion disputed by the Justice Department - but even if an ongoing legal battle backs the Web casinos' point of view, it clearly remains illegal for Nevadans to gamble on the Internet.
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Texas Hold'em holding America's attention Published: 2006-02-13 By Michael Simon
Five minutes ago, someone on Bodog.com won $1500 in 15 minutes playing Texas Hold'em poker. "He flopped an Ace on the river!" exclaimed Pasha Khosrevani, a first year student at Harold Washington College. With winnings like these it's no wonder people are excited and becoming addicted. Everyone and their friends are playing poker-it seems as if everyone's being swept along with this virtuous vice.
They're after that quick buck, hunting for fun, craving to win, or they might be trying ...
FUNDRAISING ALERT:NO CHARITY POKER GAMES By California Attorney's General Office Published: 2006-02-13 While eligible tax-exempt organizations registered with the Attorney General’s Registry of Charitable Trusts may conduct fundraising raffles, charities and anyone other than a licensed gaming establishment are not allowed to offer poker tournaments, “Monte Carlo” or “Casino Night” events, or casino games such as craps or roulette.
It is the Attorney General’s view that anyone other than a licensed gaming establishment holding controlled card games would violate state law (Penal Code §§ 330;337j). The on...
CEO Poker Championship to be Held at The Palms Hotel in Las Vegas Published: 2006-02-13 CEO Poker has announced plans to host the event at The Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, October 22-26, 2006. Participants will have the opportunity to win the title of Chairman of Poker and a stylish Chairman of Poker ring that will be awarded to the winner of the championship tournament. The Palms Casino Resort & Maloof Productions produces Celebrity Poker on Bravo and is home of the Real Word Series in Vegas.
(PRWEB) February 12, 2006 -- CEO Poker has announced plans to host the event at The Palms Hotel in La...
Bodog Teams With Major TV Network for Reality Poker Show Published: 2006-02-13 LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Bodog Founder and CEO Calvin Ayre is
out to discover the next reality TV star -- and he will do it with the help of
a major U.S. television network.
The Bodog Entertainment Group, the largest North American-facing digital
entertainment and gaming brand, announced the network partnership today, as
well as details of the show focused on finding the most promising poker star
in the United States.
Mr. Ayre will host the six-episode reality show, which will be ...
Poker - The New Phenonomen Published: 2006-02-13 (openPR) - Online poker is a very popular virtual casinos game where real players play against each other not the virtual casino.
The virtual casino does usually take a small percentage of the online poker ‘pot' before paying it over the winner.
Online poker has evolved into many variants, from online Omaha Poker to online Five Card Stud. These online poker games offer different challenges but they have very similar ideals.
Online poker can look quite daunting if you're new to virtual casinos an...
Anna Benson: Poker Commentator? Published: 2006-02-13 Poker has plenty of colorful characters in the game. From the legendary Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson to the latest Foxwoods' World Poker Tour winner, 21-year-old Nick "The Takeover" Shulman, the game is certainly not at a loss for spectacular talent or interesting people.
ESPN, one of the leaders in televised poker and the wonderful people who brought us the commentating duo of Lon McEachern and Norman Chad, is possibly looking at adding another potential flavor to the full-course meal of televised poker...
World Amateur Poker Championships In Making Published: 2006-02-13 The producers of the USA television show and world's largest amateur poker tour, the Small Town Poker Tour, have announced they will be visiting Denmark.
Las Vegas, NV, USA, February 13, 2006 (XTVWorld.Com) -- Mark Fracalossi executive producer stated, "We will be in Europe the first few weeks of February and plan to spend a significant amount of time in Denmark."
The Small Town Poker Tour will travel the world in search of the world’s best poker player. The tour plans to travel all 50 USA states...
For Poker Pro, Golf Is a Side Bet Published: 2006-02-13 By Gary White
The Ledger
Is Dewey Tomko really a subject in a golf book alongside the likes of Jack Nicklaus and David Duval?
You bet he is.
Tomko, best known for his poker, is a king of clubs in another game as well. Tomko's passion for high-stakes golf wagers drew the attention of Rick Reilly, author of the 2003 book "Who's Your Caddy?"
Reilly, a Sports Illustrated writer, devotes a chapter to Tomko and half-seriously suggests he might have won more cash on the links than Tiger Woods. Reilly ...
Bodog CEO Invites Poker Players to His Mansion for Poker Reality TV Show Published: 2006-02-13 Online gaming company Bodog and its high-profile CEO/founder, Calvin Ayre, have, over time, helped make poker much more than just a game; Bodog has worked to create an entire lifestyle surrounding poker. Ayre is getting one step closer to his goal of putting poker on the main stage with a reality poker television series in the works. The poker show, which is slated to start production in about a month, will be set in Ayre's own Costa Rica mansion, unofficially dubbed the Bodog Compound. Seeing as the poker ...
SEC investigation into Doyle Brunson for World Poker Tour's WPT Enterprises, Inc Published: 2006-02-13 More news has surfaced regarding the Doyle Brunson SEC investigation. According to a recent AP article, the government regulatory agency has changed its tactics slightly, as it tries to work around the maneuvering by the Brunson legal team. The SEC is currently looking at whether Brunson and company broke federal securities laws with the offer itself and then the publication of the bid via Brunson's website.
This is the latest fallout for Brunson from the $700 million bid for World Poker Tour operator W...
Is Polk's Poker Master Stil Having Fun? - You Betcha Published: 2006-02-13 By Gary White
The Ledger
Dewey Tomko doesn't wear a poker face in real life. The former Haines City resident breaks into frequent chortles, revealing a network of laugh lines on his rugged face, as he reflects on more than three decades as a professional poker player. And he is not above uttering the occasional phrase Yogi Berra might envy.
"I was way more popular years ago than I am now, but nobody knew it," Tomko said, sitting in the clubhouse at Southern Dunes Golf and Country Club in Haines City ...
Rise in Online Gaming Threatens Traditional British Pastimes as People Prefer to Log-On (With 10,000s in the Nude) Than go out or Tune-In Published: 2006-02-12 LONDON, February 13 /PRNewswire/ --
New results from a joint survey of online poker and casino players from Online Gambler Magazine and InterCasino suggests that traditional British pastimes could be at threat from the growing popularity of online gaming. Rather than going to the pub and watching TV of an evening or weekend, the research suggests that just under a million online gamblers will log-on instead, with over a third of those questioned (38%) confirming that they would give up TV to play online...
She knows when to hold 'em: Milan poker player hopes for career Published: 2006-02-12 By KELLY B. SOUTH
kbsouth@jacksonsun.com
Allison Brauer has figured out how to turn $340 into nearly $15,000. She can play and win at the immensely popular poker game Texas Hold 'em.
The 23-year-old from Milan placed second at the 2006 Jack Binion World Series of Poker No Limit Hold 'em Ladies Event held Jan. 22 at the Grand Casino in Tunica.
Her second-place win and earnings secured her decision to quit her four-year job working in the surgery center at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He...
How to Get Poker into the Olympics Published: 2006-02-12 By Pete 'BoneRack' Mills
When it comes to exercise, you’ll find all types in the poker world. From jocks that wouldn’t dream of taking a seat without a strict vegan diet and a regimen of yoga & cardio, to players that just about need to be forklifted from the casino buffet to the table. It’s a beautiful diversity. And now with the Torino Games upon us, perhaps the more lackadaisical of us let our minds wander into the realm of cold-weather sports crossed with our favorite parlor pastime... It just looks...
Female poker novices ante up to the game Published: 2006-02-12 By Emily Seftel
The Arizona Republic
There will be gambling this night, you can bet on that. Stacks of chips will dwindle and re-form, then dwindle again. There will be bluffs and raises and groans over lost pots -- even though there is no money gambled.
More than 40 women are gathered at a restaurant in Phoenix to participate in the Hot Damn Lucky Ladies' Poker Club. They're here to eat, drink and socialize, but most of all, to play cards. Many of them are first-timers and have never played a hand of...
Partners In Poker Published: 2006-02-12 When the World Poker Tour kicks off its spellbinding Season IV action on the Travel Channel March 8, about the last thing you'd expect to experience is love at the poker table. But, in what may be one of the most in intriguing aspects of the WPT, this year the Tour will showcase a half dozen happy couples, who are living the poker lifestyle, with both partners playing professionally.
It's a real "full house" when two people manage challenging poker careers, while raising children, managing a house...
Poker: Know how to Hold 'Em Published: 2006-02-12 Peter Sharkey
12 February 2006
The success of television shows such as Celebrity Big Brother have convinced programme makers that people will watch even Z-list 'celebrities' doing just about anything.
The trend for adding a famous person's face to even the most obscure products started in the States and, given the incredible popularity of televised poker, it was not long before celebrity poker tournaments began sprouting on US television.
Initially, these games were graced by celebrity chefs ...
POKER: MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THE RULES Published: 2006-02-11 By Fred Done
MANY new players come to my poker site everyday and it often takes them a long time to start registering a profit.
This is not because they are all bad players, but because they make simple errors that most newcomers make.
I decided it was about time to offer some advice to these people in the hope that they can start making their poker play more profitable.
The first thing to make sure you do before wagering any cash at a poker table is to make sure you know the rules. If you do ...
Poker Nations Cup in Search of World's Top Poker Playing Country Published: 2006-02-11 The Poker Nations Cup is coming to Wales this week, pitting country against country in a battle of wits. The competition further pushes poker into the realm of traditional sports, which have international competitions of their own, such as the World Cup and the Davis Cup for soccer and tennis, respectively. While the $100,000 prize pool may pale to that of other international poker competitions like the WSOP, it affords the winning team bragging rights for its entire country. And that is priceless.
In t...
PARTY POKER PLAYERS CHOICE: MONEY OR THE JET Published: 2006-02-11 Party Poker winner faced a tough choice
Paul Wieber faced a tough choice this week when he won a major online poker tournament at market leader Party Poker - he had to choose between a cash payout and the use of a private executive jet to fly anywhere he wished for 25 hours.
The 32 year old customer service manager from Grand Rapids in the USA went the responsible route as a married man with a young family, and elected to leave the private jet on the runway and fill up his bank account instead with ...
NEW 3 CARD POKER GAME TO LAUNCH THIS WEEK Published: 2006-02-11 New Game Account peer-to-peer poker offering
Poker fans will be on the lookout for a new game from London-based skill gaming operator and white-label provider Game Account, which has announced that it is to launch its 3-Card Poker game this week.
The peer-to-peer game will be a skill- and rake-based adaptation of the popular poker table game, where online opponents play against each other with the objective of building up the highest chip stack possible through the same sequence of cards dealt to...
Online Poker Group Excapsa Seeks IPO Published: 2006-02-11 Rumors have it that Excapsa, the company that powers Ultimate Bet online poker room, is seeking a London listing this year. The company is apparently looking to raise £75m on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM)...
The rumor started last year and was further fuelled by a visit to London by Jim Ryan, Excapsa CEO.
Early reports are that institutional response was good, and that the offers will be three times over subscribed.
Rumors first started in September 2005 when the company appointed a corp...
Fund-raisers that involve poker move to Juárez Published: 2006-02-11 Louie Gilot
El Paso Times
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Texas has said no to charity poker. But El Paso charities have an ace up their sleeve: Juárez.
Members of the Vista Hills Rotary Club, who had been trying to spice up their fund-raising with poker for years but couldn't find a legal way to do it in El Paso, came up with the idea of having a poker tournament in Juárez.
Today, they are expecting 300 El Paso poker enthusiasts to pay $125 to be bused from the El Paso convention center to the posh ...
Poker Strategy VI- Playing with a Maniac Published: 2006-02-10 Instead of attempting to identify a possible leak in our game for which we could then
formulate a goal to eradicate, today let's discuss an event that dramatically changes the
dynamics of the game. Playing with a maniac. Recently I was sitting in a game in a card
room which I don't normally frequent so I didn't know the players well. As a new player
arrived to take his seat, the player to my right leaned over and whispered, "Fasten your
seat belt, this guy is a real maniac". Well, knowledge is pow...
Andy Beal: Finished Playing Poker? Published: 2006-02-10 Texas Billionaire Backs Out of 2006 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship
by Lisa Wheeler
See Related Article Andy Beal Really is Back to Wynn
According to the Public Relations Department of Beal Banks, Andy Beal will no longer be playing poker. In a phone call to the Texas billionaire’s office this afternoon, Beal’s PR representative stated for the record: “Andy Beal will not be participating in the 2006 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship (NHUPC) and he’s done with poker for good.”
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Reno Hilton holds boot camp for poker players Published: 2006-02-10 DON COX
RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
You know how to play poker, so now it's time to get good at it.
There's a school to teach you how. It's in session Saturday and Sunday at the Reno Hilton. The class is limited to 60 students. But there may be a few spots left. You can buy one for $1,695.
That's the price to join the WPT Boot Camp, a two-day program with professional instructors from the World Poker Tour, the television series shown on the Travel Channel.
"There are people, they know the basics of ...
Gaming Commission Gets Panties in a Twist over Topless Poker Tournaments at Las Vegas Strip Club Published: 2006-02-10 Sin Gentlemen's Club was slated to be the first Las Vegas venue to host topless poker tournaments, until the Nevada Gaming Commission stepped in and put the breaks on the affair. Although the topless poker tournaments were to be free to enter and devoid of cash prizes, the Commission still said that the strip club was unauthorized to host these events.
The topless poker tournaments were planned for Tuesday nights, starting this week and running all the way through mid-December. As mentioned above, no ca...
Charities take a gamble Published: 2006-02-10 Using poker to raise money has pluses -- and risks
Each Friday, SI.com's Justin Doom offers his take on the week's most interesting stories.
I'd like to thank Mark Twain for writing the following, which more or less holds true today: "There are few things that are so unpardonably neglected in our country as poker. The upper class knows very little about it. Now and then you find ambassadors who have sort of a general knowledge of the game, but the ignorance of the people is fearful. Why, I have known ...
So far we hold ’em Published: 2006-02-09 By: Robson Fletcher
The province has told a Winnipeg bar owner to stop running poker tournaments but the games are still on at bars and restaurants in Brandon.
Coyotes Nite Club in Winnipeg stopped offering poker tournaments this week after the Manitoba Gaming Control Commission said the games were against the law.
It was the first time that a bar in Manitoba was told to stop offering poker tournaments, according to MGCC spokesperson Andrea Kowal.
But she said the MGCC is investigating up to 20...
Titan Poker Launches Its Popular Poker Software in German, Italian and Spanish Published: 2006-02-09 Titan Poker players can play poker with players from all over the world while viewing menus and information in their native language.
(PRWEB) February 9, 2006 -- Titan Poker (http://www.titanpoker.com), one of the fastest growing online poker rooms, has launched its popular poker software in German, Italian, and Spanish. The three new languages complement Titan Poker's existing software in English and French.
New players are given the option to choose the language of their software when downloading th...
Cashing in on the Wave of 3D Poker Software Published: 2006-02-09 Yatahay Ltd., publisher of the most proven 3D poker software used in real money online poker, has announced that it offers skins of its 3D http://www.truepoker.com software for white label additions to its poker network.
(PRWEB) February 9, 2006 -- Poker’s popularity wave is riding high on World Series of Poker software offerings recently announced by companies such as Activision, Play Station and XBOX for the video games market. Those are First Person “kids games”, but savvy investors who want to cash i...
Chuck Blount: Poker: Negreanu is offering up the chance of a lifetime Published: 2006-02-09 I've only spoken with Daniel Negreanu once in my life, but I probably have more insight into his high-rolling poker life than most people I see on a daily basis.
I know he hates dealing with airports, and is an adamant vegetarian. His mother is a gourmet cook and her meals have provided the fuel to many World Series of Poker championship bracelet winners.
The Toronto native loves to play video games (his favorite is the golf game "Golden Tee") and can't watch an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm...
CardPlayer.com Launches Fantasy Poker Contest Published: 2006-02-09 Free Contest Offers Nearly $1,000 in Prizes
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Sports fans have their fantasy football, baseball, and hockey leagues. Now poker fans can join in the fun.
CardPlayer.com recently unveiled the first round of its Card Player Fantasy Poker Contest.
The first contest, which will begin Feb. 16 at the Commerce Casino's LA Poker Classic, will be free for all users.
This contest is sponsored by UltimateBet.com and the winner will receive a seat in the $500-buy-in weekly to...
Among college students, poker is big again Published: 2006-02-09 By Joe Killian
Staff Writer
For generations of American college students, poker night was as much a tradition as pledge week and homecoming. But with the dominance of video gaming, it has for years been much easier to find students playing Halo than Hold 'Em. Until recently, anyway.
With televised poker on cable networks as varied as ESPN and Bravo and the explosion of online gaming sites, poker is the new music downloading -- and area college kids are anteing up.
"I started out playing online a...
Poker Frenzy Fueling Gambling Addiction Published: 2006-02-09 One In Two College Males Gambles For Money Each Month
MADISON, Wis. -- The poker craze is sweeping the nation.
According to statistics more than 50 percent of college males gamble each month. Those numbers are fueling poker parties at homes, dorms and bars across the country.
At Middleton's Freinz Bar poker enthusiasts play for free every night.
Bar owners say it's purely entertainment.
Gambling experts say poker for entertainment is fine, but when money gets involved or the gambling moves on...
It's no bluff - Girls Night Out hosts poker clinic tonight at Reitz Published: 2006-02-09 ith Valentine's Day less than a week away, many girls are looking to make a pair.
For a select group tonight though, one pair may not be enough; they'll be looking for at least two pair, if not more.
These competitors will have a chance to meet tonight, as the Reitz Union Game Room hosts a clinic on the poker game Texas Hold 'Em as part of its Girls Night Out Series.
The event's purpose is to help female students, faculty and other women in the community learn to appreciate the fad of the moment - ...
C'mon, ladies, throw in your ante and play Published: 2006-02-08 Jill Cohen
The Desert Sun
A long, long time ago, in the seventh decade of the last century, when I first began playing casino poker, there were almost no women in the game. On many occasions, I was the lone female in the room. Even in home games, I was the only one without facial hair. But times have changed, and women are finally coming into their own in the poker world.
Today it is estimated that 1 in 10 casino poker players is a woman. Poker Stars, a major online site, says that 1 in 3 of their play...
River Belle Partners with Poker Night Live Canada, Giving Poker Players the Opportunity to Become TV Stars Published: 2006-02-08 Program to Air on CGTV Nightly from 11pm - 1am EST for Three Months
GIBRALTAR, Feb. 8 /CNW/ -- River Belle, one of the most recognized
and trusted online entertainment brands in the world, announced today that it
has partnered with Poker Night Live Canada to bring exciting poker activities
to poker enthusiasts in Canada. The program will be broadcast daily by CGTV,
a Canadian cable channel specializing in gaming entertainment, on Rogers
Digital Cable channel 228. During Thursday and Saturd...
Poker Parent Nips Gambling Fears in the Bud Published: 2006-02-08 Loren Ackerman's new book helps parents and their players avoid the pitfalls of the poker craze
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Christopher Ackerman started playing poker for baseball cards at eleven years old. By the time he was 18, Texas Hold'em was his game, and in college he found himself continuously playing online poker. Since his grades were good, his parents weren't that concerned, until the day the credit card company called, wondering why Chris's overdue payment wasn't sent.
Hi...
Titan Poker Player Will Compete at French Open Poker Tournament Published: 2006-02-08 Titan Poker player Christian Mounier will compete against the world's best poker players at the prestigious Casino Barriere de Deauville in France.
(PRWEB) February 8, 2006 -- Titan Poker (http://www.titanpoker.com), one of the fastest growing online poker rooms, will be represented by player Christian Mounier at the European Poker Tour French Open poker tournament, taking place at the prestigious Casino Barrière de Deauville in Deauville, France, starting February 8, 2006.
Christian Mounier won Titan...
Online Poker Room TouchStone Poker Launches "Player Notes" -- Creates an Opportunity for Players to Boost Total Wins Published: 2006-02-08 Online poker room TouchStone Poker has just launched, Player Notes, a new feature which will allow its players to keep the card sharks at bay and increase their winning potential while playing online poker.
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles (PRWEB) February 8, 2006 -- Online poker room TouchStone Poker has just launched a new feature which will allow its players to keep the card sharks at bay and increase their winning potential while playing online poker.
The new feature, called Player Notes, allows pla...
WORLD POKER TOUR(R) Scores Full House With Fourteen New 2006 Licensees Published: 2006-02-08 Leading Manufacturers to Bring WPT-Branded Merchandise to
Market by Father's Day
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- After another
record-breaking holiday season of sales, WPT Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: WPTE)
has kicked off 2006 with the addition of 14 new consumer products licensees,
bringing to more than 40 the total of licensees in its fast-growing stable of
domestic and international product partners.
Expected to be on store shelves in the U.S. in t...
Everest Poker Announces 2006 Winter Olympics Promotion, Featuring Daily Prizes During All 16 Days of Events Published: 2006-02-08 MONTREAL, Quebec (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Everest Poker, the premier online poker room, has announced its Winter Olympics sweepstakes, 16 consecutive calendar days from February 11-26 where prizes will be awarded each day.
On each day, the country that wins the gold medal in the events listed below will be a determining factor. Of all the Everest Poker players from that country who play at least 50 hands on that day, 10 will be randomly chosen to win $30 in bonus dollars.
February 11: Freestyle Skiing...
$500,000-Guaranteed Poker Tournament at EurobetPoker.Com Published: 2006-02-08 (PRESS RELEASE) -- Eurobet Poker will host its biggest ever online poker tournament on Saturday 11th February, with a guaranteed prize pool of at least $500,000.
The tournament, called "Grand Tournament VI", will begin at 15.00 ET on Saturday. Online 'Qualifiers' have begun, and can be found in the 'Qualifiers' section of the 'Tournament' tab in the EurobetPoker.com lobby. Winners of the stage two qualifiers will automatically be entered to the final; players can also buy in directly for $1000.
Euro...
Get to the World Poker Tour For Less Published: 2006-02-08 While players at many online poker rooms are spending upwards of US$30 for a chance to compete in a WPT event, CelebPoker.com has developed a system where players can pitch in a small fee of US$9 dollars and compete in a smaller player pool of approximately 150 people and move quickly on to the chance of a lifetime.
Exclusive to Celebpoker.com is the chance to play with future WPT competitor and movie star Lou Diamond Phillips. The poker room regularly hosts celebrity games and events online as well as ...
Aces worrying about their faces on poker tour Published: 2006-02-08 Jeff Haney on the dispute over WPT's film release that players must sign. Are they giving up marketing rights to their names and images?
A handful of poker pros continue to opt out of playing in World Poker Tour events in a dispute involving the filming release all players must sign before participating in the made-for-TV tournaments that air on the Travel Channel (Cox cable channel 66).
Professional gambler Andy Bloch believes the release is too broad and gives World Poker too much leeway regarding ho...
Know when to fold 'em: province on poker tournaments Published: 2006-02-08 The Manitoba Gaming Control Commission is cracking down on bars and restaurants that challenge patrons to compete in a popular card game.
Texas hold'em is one of the most popular types of poker game played in casinos. Its popularity as a spectator sport has exploded over the past decade, with international championships and "celebrity" games featured on television.
Coyotes nightclub in Winnipeg has packed in hundreds of players over the past two months for Texas hold'em tournaments.
But owner Carey...
Online Poker Site Hosts the Least Inexpensive Way to Play in the World Poker Tour Published: 2006-02-07 CelebPoker.com has developed an innovative new “step system” into qualifying players and bracelet hopefuls into this years World Poker Tour 2006. The tables filled with cash prizes, celebrities and poker professionals world renowned are vying for a chance to catches aces and fame starting online.
(PRWEB) February 7, 2006 -- The 2006 World Poker Tour has come full circle and picked up massive endorsements from all over the world. Top poker rooms and celebrity players will be filling the tables online and ...
Internet poker plan needs help Published: 2006-02-07 By Janell Cole
BISMARCK – A Fargo legislator who wants to legalize Internet poker said he needs a financial commitment from Internet gambling companies before he can go forward with a proposed initiated measure.
Republican Rep. Jim Kasper said a statewide petition drive and campaign backing a constitutional amendment would be more expensive than he could bear.
“I need a million dollars,” he said.
During last year’s Legislature, Kasper sponsored a constitutional amendment and companion bill to le...
Hela Perific Mouse Is The Poker Mouse Published: 2006-02-07 There are lots of wireless optical mice on the market but the Hela Perific Mouse is the only mouse that you can take off the desktop and use in mid-air or in your lap and still maintain all the functionality of a desk-bound mouse. This makes it ideal for playing online Poker and other online games. The Perific mouse looks and works like no other mouse you have ever seen. Its highly ergonomic design lets you sit comfortably up to 6ft from your computer, hold it with two hands in your lap or walk about and pl...
Poker Star Annie Duke Recounts Bluffing Her Way to $2 Million Published: 2006-02-07 By Bill McGuire
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Annie Duke has a lot to teach Wall Street traders about how to make big bets under heavy pressure.
Duke won the 2004 World Series of Poker by making icy calculations on $100,000-plus bets under the heat of television cameras in a Las Vegas casino. For added pressure, the promoters dumped $2 million on the table when the contest went down to just Duke and Phil Hellmuth.
Hellmuth is the ``bad boy'' of pro poker. He chided Duke, the only woman contender, for bl...
First Two Winners Earn World Series of Poker Seats Published: 2006-02-07
FRAMINGHAM, MA -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Scott Burress, of Columbus, Ohio and Greg Sellmeyer, of Cincinnati, Ohio, won the first two World Series of Poker (WSOP) seats in the Milwaukee's Best Light free online "Texas Hold 'Em Challenge" tournament. Milwaukee's Best Light will be giving away four additional seats to the 2006 WSOP, over the next four weeks in the richest U.S.-based, free online poker tournament.
The "Texas Hold 'Em challenge" can be found online at http://poker.milbestlight.com and is power...
Gambling common on campus, though not heavily hyped Published: 2006-02-06 By Ashley Luther
Athens NEWS Campus Reporter
While the most obvious forms of recreation on the Ohio University campus (sports, movies, video games and parties) are typical of a college environment, one trend among college students is often overlooked: gambling.
"You can find a poker tournament here on campus seven nights a week," confirmed a student, "Steve," who requested anonymity to avoid running afoul of campus discipline.
According to a report from the University of Pennsylvania's Annenb...
Florida Should Listen To The Experts Published: 2006-02-06 by I. Nelson Rose
It always amazes me that highly intelligent men and women make and interpret laws without having the slightest idea what they are doing.
Actually, that is unfair. Judges and regulators try to do what is right, although they are often limited by statutes. Scandals involving a few corrupt lobbyists and members of Congress give a false picture of legislators, who are usually good people.
But where these leaders of society fall down is in their refusal to listen to experts. Espe...
Online Poker Stars Shine At The Borgota Published: 2006-02-06 Full Tilt online poker room had some strong representation at the Borgota Winter Poker open, with two of its pro's making the final table, and an online qualifier just missing out on a final table appearance...
John D'Agostino and Erick Lindgren, both pros who are endorsed by Full Tilt Poker, finished second and third respectively. The online qualifier, Peter Feldman, narrowly missed, finishing seventh.
D'Agostino earned $591,312, his biggest payout to date, after he received $349,865 in September l...
Day of reckoning looms on Internet poker measure, supporter says Published: 2006-02-06 DALE WETZELAssociated PressBISMARCK, N.D. - An Internet poker advocate expects to decide soon whether to campaign for an initiative to license the game in North Dakota, although he says the idea's prospects are dim at present.
"At this point in time, there's nothing, and very soon, I've got to say the door is closed, and not go any further," said state Rep. Jim Kasper, R-Fargo. "An initiated measure, you need to do a bunch of things to make sure you have an initiated measure, like get signatures."
During ...
SEC Subpoenas Man In Probe Of Takeover Bid For Poker Firm Published: 2006-02-06 The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to force testimony from the man who it says ran the website of Doyle Brunson, a member of the Poker Hall of Fame now under investigation by the agency. The SEC has twice subpoenaed Wallace Nakano over, where Brunson announced his unsolicited $700-million offer to buy Los Angeles-based WPT Enterprises Inc., creator of the World Poker Tour television show.
Nakano claims that the subpoenas weren't properly served. "We certainly believe that our servic...
Snoop Dogg Deals Into Miami Poker Tournament Published: 2006-02-06 Michael Heaton
Plain Dealer Columnist
Poker is all the rage. It's on television, the subject of books and is even a new source of funding for major charities. Everybody is playing poker these days.
Everybody but me.
Snoop Dogg can now add honorary host to his already impressive resume. The rapper is set to emcee The Rapper's Challenge Texas Hold 'Em Tournament onboard a Casino Ship at the Port of Miami on May 5.
The one-day event, which is expected to draw in famous rappers and top poker play...
Legal or not, charity poker's the new golf Published: 2006-02-06 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The Texas Hold 'em poker craze has become the newest fundraising tool for U.S. charities, with most players unaware of who the money's being raised for.
From local churches and community groups to giants like the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation are using poker events to raise money, in some cases ignoring state laws that outlaw such gambling, The New York Times reports.
"It's not that they're there to support the cha...
Documentary Film Shines Bright Light on New York Poker Published: 2006-02-06 by Wendeen Eolis
Editor's Note: This feature is an adaptation of material that may be part of Ms. Eolis' book in progress, Power Poker Dame.
When Charlie Prince's invitation popped up in my E-mailbox, I assumed, at first, that it was another under-capitalized, disorganized filmmaker-anxious to cash in on the current poker craze. Would I care to participate (with scores of others) in the definitive made-for-television documentary that would chronicle the ever colorful sometimes tempestuous, and neve...
Poker Adding to Atlantic City’s Fortunes Published: 2006-02-06 Television and the Internet have elevated the game, once seen as a rough-and-tumble pastime, into the mainstream
NJBIZ Staff, Thomas Gaudio
2/6/2006
Atlantic City
The popularity of poker across the country is driving big crowds to Atlantic City.
Inspired by innovative and intense TV coverage of the game and the proliferation of gambling Websites, amateurs and experts alike have pushed the combined poker revenues for Atlantic City’s casinos from $37.1 million in 2003 to $67 million during 2005.
...
Poker-News from WSOP Published: 2006-02-06 Harrah's And IMG To Promote WSOP Globally
When Jeffrey Pollack was named the Commissioner of the World Series, it was figured that he would
make significant changes to the World Series. From the introduction of the Players' Advisory
Committee to the return of the mixed game H.O.R.S.E. event to the World Series of Poker schedule,
he has already made a sizeable impact on the fabric of the event. Now, Pollack and the World
Series are preparing to make an even greater move into the worldwide consciou...
Robert C. Schenck America's First Ambassador of Poker Published: 2006-02-06 by Byron Liggett
Although the passion for Poker is international, it is an American game. It developed here in the early 1800s and has been a part our national history and culture ever since.
The British were the first Europeans to embrace Poker. Today, the Brits are among the best. The man who introduced America's Game to the British and the world was Robert C. Schenck, of Ohio, in 1871.
One writer called it, "the most significant export from the New World since the potato."
Born in 18...
Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament Unites Legends Published: 2006-02-06 The worlds of poker, baseball and American football came together this weekend for a unique and exhilirating event in the name of charity.
Poker's finest players squared off against Roger Clemens, Dan Marino and John Elway on turf less familiar to the sporting legends than the card players – the green felt. The 2006 Legends Celebrity Invitational Poker Tournament hosted by the sports trio took place at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
No less than 16 tables were filled by the likes of Marino, E...
Tournament Poker Psychology Published: 2006-02-06 by John Carlisle
We were an hour an a half into the tournament. Thanks to the quick blind structure and the aggressiveness of the 60 starting players, we were already down to the final table. I'd been completely card dead for 20 minutes or more, but I'd found a way to steal enough of the blind money to stay afloat. I found myself in a position that I've been in way too many times before - facing the bubble. This particular Vegas casino paid out the top 6 of their daily No Limit HE tournaments, and the 8t...
Seeking New Sources of Money, Charities Get in on Poker Craze Published: 2006-02-06 By JODI RUDOREN
New York Times
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. Tucked behind a Target store and sharing a strip mall with a dry cleaner and a hair salon, Mr. Peter's Banquet Hall is about as removed from the neon lights of the Las Vegas Strip as anyplace in America. But the drab digs were abuzz one recent weekday with the sound of riffling poker chips nearly $58,000 worth as 478 players bet and raised, bluffed and folded.
Mike Long, a salesman from nearby Elk Grove Village, left in time for supper, up $100.
...
Poker Guru Roy Rounder Unveils Sit & Go Shark Published: 2006-02-05 (PRLEAP.COM) Texas Holdem poker players who have long shied away from or struggled to win online Sit and Go tournaments can now get their own personal “poker coach” with a new free product from poker expert Roy Rounder called Sit & Go SharkTM.
Sit and Go Texas Holdem poker tournaments have quickly become the rage in the online poker world as players can play a full tournament and make big bucks sometimes in only a matter of minutes.
Any poker player who has played one of these Sit and Go tournaments h...
Poker rooms cash in on TV success Published: 2006-02-05 By PETER COOPER
Staff Writer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Driving north on I-65 from Nashville into Louisville, there's a large billboard on the right side of the highway with the words ''Seize the Day.''
The billboard isn't touting a self-help process, a spa or a Churchill Downs horse race. It's an advertisement for Caesar's Indiana casino, located 20 minutes from Louisville, and the photo on the billboard depicts a smiling elderly couple amidst slot machines.
If tugging on slot machine arms is a preferre...
Online poker 101: A lesson in losing Published: 2006-02-05 Internet card games are the new campus craze. For some, it's a test to prove their intelligence. But the gambling can spin out of control.By Patrick KerkstraInquirer Staff WriterAri Paul's dorm room at the University of Pennsylvania has the trappings of the contemporary collegiate male: acoustic guitar, Hooters calendar, supersize bag of tortilla chips on the floor, and dual flat-screen computer monitors at which he's playing three simultaneous hands of online poker.
The game is Omaha high, close to Texas ...
Poker player is one of a kind ... just don't bet against him Published: 2006-02-05 BY TERI MADDOXNews-DemocratThe stereotypical poker player drinks whiskey and smokes cigars. But not Tom Eversgerd.
"I drink soda when I'm playing cards," he said. "(Alcohol) messes your mind up. You get too cocky. You get too brave."
Tom, 62, of Germantown was 12 or 13 when he discovered five-card stud. Kids in the neighborhood sat on a quilt under a tree and played for pennies.
Since that time, Tom has played in weekly poker games at homes, taverns and community centers. He has won a few tournaments but...
Never Underestimate the "Rake" in Poker Published: 2006-02-05 By Fred Renzey
5 February 2006
Live poker is the only casino game in which you play against the other players rather than against the house. Poker also involves more skill than any other casino game. These two conditions make live poker a "beatable" game – if you know what you're doing.
That "if" however, is a huge one. The thing that makes it so big is not necessarily your opponents. The "rake" can be an even larger factor in many games. Remember, the house doesn't run poker games out of the goodn...
Poker Strategy VI- Today's word is... 'Amount' Published: 2006-02-04 "You gave them the ass whooping they rightfully deserved!" That was the sentiment of one
player who cornered me at Foxwoods yesterday. He was responding to my last column. But,
wait! I wasn't trying to "whoop" those poker authorities who argue that limit poker is
more complex and requires more skill than no-limit. I was respectfully pointing out the
tenuousness of their arguments.
By Mike Caro
"They're truly idiots," the player continued.
"I don't think they're idiots," I said. "They're just ...
POKER: START BY KEEPING IT TIGHT Published: 2006-02-04 BETFRED POKER
By Fred Done
THE cards you're dealt at the start of each hand are always random and only luck will determine whether you receive a good hand or a bad one.
But something you DO have control over is which starting cards you play and the way you play them.
Playing tight is often the best way to go in poker and by only playing very good starting hands you are giving yourself a better chance of having a profitable session.
Sometimes you can get lucky with bad hands and even 2-7 off ...
Poker Pro Phil Hellmuth to Shack Up Next to Paris Hilton's Penthouse Spread Published: 2006-02-03 The W Las Vegas, a planned hotel-casino and condominium in Las Vegas, is reportedly slated to become home to some famous neighbors: professional poker player Phil Hellmuth and professional party girl Paris Hilton. Phil Hellmuth recently won the W Las Vegas Poker Invitational, a celebrity poker tournament hosted by the residence-to-be at the Sundance Film Festival, and won a new home. Hellmuth beat a star-studded playing pool that included Dave Navarro, Anne Heche, Gina Gershon, Shannon Elizabeth, Danny and ...
More on Texas Hold'em Poker Published: 2006-02-03 By Linda Mabry
Last week, we started discussing how Texas Hold'em Poker is played. If you'll recall, the following are steps in playing one hand of hold'em.
(a) The dealer "button" is moved one spot to the left; (b) players in the "blind" positions put their bets in the "ring;" (c) two cards are dealt to each player, and then (d) there's a round of betting; (e) the dealer burns a card and "flops" three cards, turning them face up; (f) another round of betting takes place; (g) the dealer burns another ...
Full Tilt Poker's John D'Agostino and Erick Lindgren Turn up the Heat at the Borgata Winter Poker Open Published: 2006-02-03 Pros finish second and third at World Poker Tour Event.
Atlantic City, NJ (PRWEB) February 3, 2006 -- Full Tilt Poker pros John D’Agostino and Erick Lindgren each had very strong showings at the Borgata Winter Poker Open, finishing second and third respectively out of a field of 381. Additionally, Peter Feldman, who earned his $10,000 tournament entry by playing online at Full Tilt Poker, just missed the final table, finishing seventh.
D’Agostino’s second-place finish earned him $591,312, the biggest ...
Rumble in the green felt jungle Published: 2006-02-03 Harrah's, MGM Mirage throw their chips on the table in competing poker tournament tours
By Jeff Haney
Las Vegas Sun
TUNICA, Miss. - It's a long way from the Las Vegas Strip, but an emerging battle between the world's biggest casino superpowers just had its first public skirmish.
On the felt poker tables of Tunica, Miss.
The two biggest forces in gaming compete every day, in a variety of venues. Harrah's Entertainment is the world's biggest casino operator, measured by...
ONLINE POKER ROOM POKERSTARS SHOWCASES NEW VIP CLUB Published: 2006-02-03 4 million online poker players all use one of the Internet's largest poker venues
Online Poker Room Pokerstars, one of the world's largest Internet poker card rooms has launched a new VIP Club intended to reward players with a wide variety of prizes.
The poker site, which claims over 4,000,000 registered online punters and is one of the poker industry's fastest-growing online poker card rooms was created with poker players in mind, and this is reflected in the new focus on loyalty awards. Top rewards...
Poker: A Big Deal--Part IV Published: 2006-02-03 Ever play bingo? Plenty of people do. But gambling's illegal in most places. What's the difference? While many civic and community groups have talked about having a poker night, it hasn't gotten off the ground. It all comes down to regulations.
Bingo is regulated by the State of Georgia. Poker--and gambling in general--is not. Some say a charity poker night could be a big fundraiser, but they also worry it could open up all sorts of other problems.
"Bingo is acceptable," said Jeb Newton, commander o...
Poker icon's employee subpoenaed Published: 2006-02-03 By Jim FuquayStar-Telegram Staff WriterThe Fort Worth office of the Securities and Exchange Commission isn't bluffing when it says it wants to talk to several parties related to the agency's investigation of poker legend Doyle Brunson's July buyout offer for the company that produces television's popular World Poker Tour.
On Wednesday, SEC lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Terry Means to enforce the agency's subpoenas issued to Wallace Nakano. According to the filing, the SEC says Nakano operated Brunson's...
IMG AND HARRAH’S IN POKER ALLIANCE Published: 2006-02-03 IMG has teamed up with the world’s largest gaming company, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., to promote the World Series of Poker.
The pair have set up an exclusive global sales and marketing alliance in relation to the gaming company’s signature sports property.
Said Jeffrey Pollack, commissioner of the World Series of Poker and vice president of sports and entertainment marketing for Harrah’s: “With our 36-year tradition and heritage, the World Series of Poker is already the category leader, but with IMG...
Linux poker online Published: 2006-02-02 By: Brian L. Shaver
Poker is everywhere nowadays, from television to books to poker rooms popping up in almost every casino -- and of course, you can play poker online. Unfortunately, many of the most popular sites say they require Windows. However, as with most software strings that bind you to a particular proprietary operating system, these bonds are easily cut.
Looking to improve my game but frustrated by some sites' lack of support for Linux clients, I sent an email to the support for PokerStars...
Everest Poker hunts for European ad agency Published: 2006-02-02 LONDON - Everest Poker, a Canadian-owned online gaming company, is looking for an ad agency as it prepares to launch across Europe.
The company has approached a number of UK agencies about developing a multimedia advertising strategy that will be used across the UK and continental Europe.
No budgets have been disclosed, but a significant portion of the spend will be used in Germany and France.
Representatives from Everest are due to visit London next week to talk to agencies about promoting the br...
Chuck Blount: Parental mind games can apply to poker, too Published: 2006-02-02 While growing up, your typical child is subjected to all sorts of parental mind tricks in order to correct behavior or simply go along with their bidding.
Many tricks have elevated into cult-like status where everybody has used them at one point or another because they work. It turns out, these tricks can also apply to poker in a strange, twisted way.
There is the infamous "Count to 10" trick, where the parent lets everybody in the room know how many seconds the child has before severe punishment wil...
Poker Pro "The Grinder" Captures Borgata Winter Poker Open Title Published: 2006-02-02 Earns $25,000 Seat at World Poker Tour Championship Event and 2006 Cadillac Escalade
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/02/2006 -- Day Four and the final table of the inaugural Borgata Winter Poker Open came and went Wednesday with more than just a big bang as three of the game's top players took on three unknowns in a massive chip battle that will go down in the record books of Borgata's growing poker legend.
Although there was excellent play from all players at the final table, only one player...
DoylesRoom.com Hosts Online Poker Celebrity Bounty Tournament with Nicky Hilton and Kevin Connelly Published: 2006-02-02 Nicky Hilton's and Kevin Connelly's heads are on the chopping block at the Celebrity Bounty Poker Tournament at DoylesRoom.com.
San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) February 2, 2006 -- If only it were strip poker. DolyesRoom.com presents their Celebrity Bounty Tournament where players have a chance to compete against Nicky Hilton, heiress to the Hilton hotel fortune.
In addition, her boyfriend, Kevin Connelly who stars in the Golden Globe nominated HBO hit series "Entourage” will be participating. Connelly c...
888 boosts poker revenues Published: 2006-02-02 By Pete Harrison
LONDON (Reuters) - Online gamblers flocked into 888 (888.L: Quote, Profile, Research) poker rooms in the fourth quarter, sending poker revenues up 22 percent from the previous three months, the company said on Thursday.
"Our new financial year has started well," the owner of the Pacific Poker Web site said after reporting poker revenues of $36 million (20.3 million pounds) in the three months to December 31. Compared with a year before, poker revenues were up 138 percent.
"Trading in...
Poker: A Big Deal--Part III Published: 2006-02-02 Where there's gambling, chances are there are addictions. Experts say online gambling, especially poker, has not only become popular, but dange
