February 8, 2006
The coming weekend will see some exciting finals action in a major online poker tournament at Eurobet Poker.com, when a guaranteed prize pool of at least $500 000 will be the reward for the skilled and the fortunate. Schduled for Saturday 11th February, and branded “Grand Tournament VI”, this event will begin at 15.00 ET. […]
February 8, 2006
Planet Ace (Gibraltar) Ltd. has received a clean bill of health and randomness on its Random Number Generator from the Australian test specialists iTech Labs Australia. The certification is that the RNG used to shuffle cards by the companys PokerPages software has been independently examined and has passed inspection as at the date of test […]
February 7, 2006
The growing number of poker fans in Europe will soon have easier access to World Poker Tour merchandise following a deal signed between the US poker competition group and ITV’s Granada Ventures. Andrea Green the vice president of global consumer products at WPT Entertainment Inc. says that the partnership with Granada will work well for […]
February 7, 2006
The Doyle Brunson – World Poker Tour dispute from last year (see previous reports) continues to attract the investigative interest of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States. Media reports this week suggest that considerable pressure is being applied, including two attempts to subpoena Wallace Nakano who operates the online poker room […]
February 3, 2006
Major online casino and poker room group 888.com’s fourth quarter results this week again illustrated the staying power of the online poker phenomenon, with poker revenues up 22 percent from the previous three months, the company revealed. “Our new financial year has started well,” the owner of the Pacific Poker site said after reporting poker […]
February 3, 2006
PokerStars.com, one of the world’s largest poker rooms has launched a new VIP Club intended to reward players with a wide variety of prizes. Pokerstars, which claims over 4,000,000 registered players and is one of the poker industry’s fastest-growing poker rooms was created with poker players in mind, and this is reflected in the new […]
February 3, 2006
Getting poker to the people is to get a technological boost from a company called Wi-Fi TV Inc., trailblazer that streamed the first full-length film online, and is now adding poker to its offerings. Wi-Fi TV has partnered with Poker TV Network Inc., an Internet TV network devoted exclusively to poker programming, and will soon […]
February 2, 2006
Irish betting group Paddy Power Poker revealed the April dates for its 25th Irish Open Tournament this week. The event is to take place on 10 – 16 April at Jurys Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin in association with Liam Flood and the Merrion Casino Club. The Irish Open has become one of the richest poker tourneys […]
February 1, 2006
Card Player magazine will be rolling out the red carpet on February 15th at the Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre in Los Angeles for the poker industry’s first Player of the Year Awards Gala Banquet. Co-sponsored and produced exclusively by online gambling group Bodog.com, the awards show will feature Hollywood and poker superstars gathering for […]
February 1, 2006
Action Poker Network, home of ActionPoker.com, TigerGaming.com and PokerInCanada.com has launched a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool freeroll tournament series, giving poker enthusiasts a chance to win hundreds of thousands of dollars with no tournament entry fees. The new freeroll competition started on January 15th and will feature tournaments running daily through to October 1st. This […]