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YouTube Being New Poker Tool
Nov 28, 2007
Category: General Poker News
When the game of poker very first moved into the world of the Internet sites, a lot of people were taken by surprise. Then ...
Poker Stars Winner Is Driving Away From the Table
Nov 28, 2007
Category: General Poker News
There is one Poker
Stars player that is leaving the table driving, this is the poker player who
uses the online name DDBeast a twenty one year old from the United S...
Five Diamond Poker Classic to begin December 12
Nov 27, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Doyle Brunson will be lending his name in kicking off the main event of the festivities beginning today with the Sixth Annual Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classi...
Gambling Cost on the Rise in UK
Nov 26, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Within the next year the expected rise in the sots of gambling will rise approximately fifty percent being the largest rise since the year 1960 in the UK.&nbs...
CD Poker Medals Race Coming To The End
Nov 26, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The Medal Race
began on October 12th and is set to end on November 30th
and the poker players who have been involved in this type of poker tou...
Bodog Pokers 1 Billionth HAnd
Nov 26, 2007
Category: General Poker News
For some time at Bodog Poker they have been awarding certain poker players and the table that they are seated for being the number that was a landmark leading ...
Brunson makes History with win at High Stakes Poker
Nov 26, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Grabbing a record win in the latest episode of the popular TV show High Stakes Poker, is "The Godfather of Poker" Doyle Brunson. The winner for the 800k pot...
No Visa For Jerry Yang
Nov 25, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Jerry Yang who was
a winner at the 2007 World Series Of Poker was expected to return after being
absent for some time was a no show at the Asian Pacific Poker Tourn...
Macau 's Asian Pacific Poker Tour Stop Big Success
Nov 25, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The Asian Pacific Poker Tour Macau proved to be an enormous success this past weekend, being the first poker tournament eve...
Bad Beat Has Six Figure Jackpot
Nov 25, 2007
Category: General Poker News
There has been
new in the recent past about the bad beat poker games and these games are being
held at Absolute Poker and now the jackpot has grown to six figures f...
Poker Stars Nabs A New Pro
Nov 25, 2007
Category: General Poker News
There are reports
that there is a new member of the Poker Stars and while some may know him by
the name Boom Boom there are also those who call him baron Von Slam b...
UK Player Wins Freeroll To Aussie Millions
Nov 24, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Pacific Poker has been holding qualifiers and satellites to win a seat to the 2008 Aussie Millions. These poker players who have participated in these tourname...
Update On Absolute Poker Investigation
Nov 24, 2007
Category: General Poker News
There has been an
update on the investigation into Absolute Poker this week by the Kahnawake
Gaming Commission who issued Absolute Poker's license. The investig...
Irish Open 2008 Schedule Announced
Nov 24, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The full schedule
has been announce for the 2008 Irish Open by Paddy Power Poker and included in
the 2008 Irish Open there is set to be a ladies event for the first...
Land Based Poker Online
Nov 24, 2007
Category: General Poker News
In a partnership
between the land based Admiral Tavern in the UK and Victor Chandler who is a
Gibraltar based online betting group have launched a pub poker online ...
Cristiano Blanco wins a seat at WPS
Nov 23, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Cristiano Blanco is one of the five Titan Poker players to win a seat in one of their major live events over the past couple of weeks. Blanco, the happy winner to be ...
Hellmuth Helping with Charity Events
Nov 23, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Many players may very well be surprised to find that Phil Hellmuth is scheduled to help with two charity tournaments in December. Hellmuth, generally known for puttin...
Higher Age Limit Possibly in the Future for Macau
Nov 23, 2007
Category: General Poker News
In a recent announcement made by Macau's chief executive, Edmund Ho Hau-wah, revealed his plans of changing the legal minimum age for gamers to enter casinos from...
Online Poker Players Targeted for MTV Show
Nov 23, 2007
Category: General Poker News
On a thread on 2+2, that was posted last week by a person called 'TrueLife', it stated that MTV would be looking for people who lead online alternative lives....
Online Poker Pro Scandinavia, a Huge Success
Nov 23, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Distributing 40,000 copies, the Online Poker Pro Scandinavia, has become the biggest magazine publication for poker in Scandinavia. This new magazine brings its reade...
Visa Issues put a Hold on Yang Appearing in Macau
Nov 23, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The very well known 2007 World Series of Poker Champion, Jerry Yang has failed to appear for his greatly anticipated game in the APPT Macau. This well known world pok...
Caribbean Qualifiers Set to Begin
Nov 23, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Poker Stars is gearing up for the start of the 5th
annual Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure qualifiers. The Poker Stars Caribbean
Adventure is being held a...
Norway is One Step Closer to Gambling Ban
Nov 21, 2007
Category: General Poker News
For some time it
has been in the news that the Norwegian Minister for Culture and Church affairs
has been on a mission to create laws in Norway that are equal to th...
Preview of Dusk Till Dawn's New Website
Nov 21, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The opening of Europe's first licensed poker club in Nottingham, Dusk Till Dawn, is eagerly being awaited by many on th...
Betwin Poker and Ladbrokes to Have 2008 Qualifiers
Nov 20, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Online poker players as well as some online casinos are gearing up for the 2008 World Series of Poker to be held in...
Get To Aussie Millions with Bodog
Nov 20, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Coming up fast will be the Aussie Millions Poker Championship that will be held from January 14th thru January 20th and Bodog is going t...
Fred Hepburn to Host 24 Hour Poker Marathong for Charity
Nov 20, 2007
Category: General Poker News
With a marathon poker session planned for next month, Warwickshire will be taking their spot on the map. December 29th, a 2...
Legal Clarity Predicted by Online Casino Chief
Nov 20, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Norbert Teufelberger, Co-Chief Executive Officer for Austria's Bwin Interactive Entertainment, announced his optimism growing on the liberalization within the Eur...
Ladbroke Poker Site Now 3D
Nov 19, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Although it may have taken a little bit of time for Ladbroke
to kick off their 3D virtual reality poker games, they have finally arrived.
And they do say that all g...
Jerry Yang to Play Pokerstars APPT
Nov 19, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Since winning the big World Series of Pokers Main Event, Chris Moneymaker has been added to the star spotlight overnight. This is usually how it happens and normally ...
iPoker Pulls Plug On Online Poker Site
Nov 19, 2007
Category: General Poker News
They can't say that they weren't warned. Playtech, a
provider of online poker games, had just scolded its iPoker sites that they are
against rakeback deals ...
Betfair Gets New Talent
Nov 19, 2007
Category: General Poker News
It has been
announced that Betfair Poker had appointed a new director of poker for their
online gaming, this new director is Bruce Stubbs and according to reports h...
B.C. Championships Hosted By Mansion Poker
Nov 17, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Mansion Poker will be sponsoring this years third annual
B.C. Poker Championships that will begin on November 18th, they made
this announcement earlier i...
Limited Poker Tourneys Allowed with new Florida Deal
Nov 17, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Signing a gambling 'compact' agreement this week by Governor Charlie Crist and Tribal Chairman Mitchell Cypress, has allowed the Seminole Tribe casinos in Flo...
Positive Reviews for WSOP 2008 Battle For the Bracelets
Nov 17, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The World Series of Poker 2008: Battle For the Bracelets, has recently been released by Activision and Left Field Productions, again producing a game on the market to...
Titan Poker now Offering Millions
Nov 17, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Sure to gain the appeal from many players all around, are the prize pools that are continuing to grow, and now the huge amount of $8 million in prize pools that i...
Critics Speak Out On Internet Gambling Ban
Nov 16, 2007
Category: General Poker News
We all know the details of the ban and whom it does and does
not affect. The only real thing left on everyone's mind a year later is how
this even makes sense. ...
CelebPoker Raises Prize Pool
Nov 16, 2007
Category: General Poker News
There has been an
announcement by CelebPoker that they have raised their guaranteed prize
pool for their online tournaments and feel it will give their poker player...
Harrah’s Entertainment Revels Online Plans
Nov 15, 2007
Category: General Poker News
According to
reports and statements from the CEO of Harrah's Entertainment Inc. Gary Loveman
there are plans of placing the World Series of Poker on an Int...
Scalp Tournaments Becoming Popular
Nov 15, 2007
Category: General Poker News
With others already turning to the action to be found in 'Scalp' events, some including a €330 freeze out, where players would receive €30 each time...
NLOP to Sponsor TechCrunch
Nov 14, 2007
Category: General Poker News
On November 16, The National League of Poker, a wholly owned subsidiary of US-publicly traded Power Play Development (OTC: PWPY.pk), will be demonstrating to many com...
Bodog Hits Poker Player 980 Million
Nov 14, 2007
Category: General Poker News
In Sunday's tournament there were eight poker players and the prize pool
was $4,000 guaranteed when they hit one of their milestones at Bodog in their
quest...
Hellmuth Back For More Poker After Dark
Nov 13, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Coming back for possibly more take-downs, after already having been a five-time loser in the $120k winner-take-all spectacle - of Poker After Dark (PAD), Phil Hel...
Betfair Adds Blogger, Annette Obrestad
Nov 13, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Becoming well known as Annette_15 after becoming the youngest winner of the World Series of Poker, Annette Obrestad will now have a regular blog on Betfair Poker'...
Wildest Pot Ever for High Stakes Poker
Nov 13, 2007
Category: General Poker News
In the latest episode of the TV show High Stakes Poker, the biggest pot yet, was played. With Jamie Gold and Patrik Antonius in the game, over $700k was on the ta...
Bluff Gone Bad
Nov 13, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Sunday night saw a
poker game at Full Tilt Poker was a game that might not be forgotten soon by
one poker player who trie...
The World Poker Store Opening in China
Nov 12, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The World Poker Store has made announcements this week of their subsidiary named Shenzhen WPS Entertainment Development Co. Ltd. (SWEDCL), now offering a branch in Sh...
World Series of Poker Circuit WSOPC Lake Tahoe
Nov 12, 2007
Category: General Poker News
An astonishing 484 players entered the opening events for this years 2007 World Series of Poker Circuit WSOPC Lake Tahoe games. The only other year that has attracted...
GBPT Bristol Winner
Nov 12, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The Bristol £2,500 Main Event has been played out at the Great British Poker Tour and this event was filled with excitement. There were entrants for this...
WSOP 2005 Winner Arrested
Nov 12, 2007
Category: General Poker News
During a recent gambling raid this last week, police officials of Tennessee arrested William Paul "Cigar" McKinney, past winner of the 2005 Seniors Event of...
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