February 26, 2007
The L.A. Poker Classic started over the weekend at the classy Commerce Casino near Los Angeles, attracting 791 players who each bought in for a $10 000 shot at the hotly contested $2.4 million first place prize. Players who survive to the final table are guaranteed to win at least $250 000. By way of […]
February 26, 2007
Day 2 of the L.A. Poker Classic, currently being contested at the Commerce Casino near Los Angeles had a somewhat shorter run than day one, with play commencing at 3.30 Sunday afternoon and the action over by midnight on the same day. Nevertheless it was sufficient time to see more top players hitting the rail, […]
February 24, 2007
Affiliates with French connections were wondering what the future had in store for them this week following the brief appearance of a notice on the Party Partners.com affiliate program site, suggesting that French player days on Party Poker could be numbered. The notice, dated Friday 23 February said that PartyPoker will no longer accept deposits […]
February 24, 2007
Trumpeting the slogan ‘Real Games for Real People for Real Money’ a company called Prime Gaming has launched the latest entrant to the online poker market, Prime Poker.com. Making the unusual business claim that “Prime Poker is a site that is not about figures and statistics, it is about ‘you’ the player,” the owners say […]
February 24, 2007
WPT Enterprises, Inc. will roll out the red carpet on March 3 for one of the most glamorous stops on the poker circuit – the 5th Annual World Poker Tour (WPT) Invitational. Each year, the exclusive, invitation-only event welcomes famous Hollywood faces and world-class poker professionals who go head-to-head in a freeroll Texas Hold ‘Em […]
February 22, 2007
The confidence and grit of professional poker players was on display this week in a high stakes confrontation between poker stars Phil Ivey and Finland’s Patrik Antonius when the two gambled on three $100 000 plus pots in under an hour. Playing heads up in the final showdown of a $300/$600 No Limit Texas Hold […]
February 22, 2007
Expanding online poker network 24hPoker has been making some shrewd moves this week with a deal that will enable it to offer its network player liquidity to some 11 Wagerworks licensees. The companies have signed a letter of intent which opens the poker network to Wagerworks clients, and makes Wagerworks casino solutions available to 24hrPoker’s […]
February 21, 2007
In a move to boost recruitment for the Poker Players’ Alliance the Full Tilt Poker.com site has informed its members that they can get up to a thousand dollars in bonuses if they sign up for the poker advocacy body. In an email to members, the site encouraged enrolment in the PPA and suggested that […]
February 21, 2007
The cross-marketing synergy between land and online gambling operations is clearly at work in Nottingham, England where the final preparations are being made to the 46 table Dusk Till Dawn land poker room due for launch by gambling entrepeneur Rob Yong in April this year. The cardroom is being hyped as the largest in Europe […]
February 21, 2007
Perhaps triggered by transfers of Doyle’s Room poker players across to Full Tilt Poker.com with full priveleges, the rumours are currently rife that Full Tilt has acquired the US operations of the popular poker site by outbidding rival Bodog.com. There are also reports that Doyles Room player accounts are currently being transfered en masse to […]