January 5, 2006
Earlier this year, pessimistic views on the staying power of the online poker phenomenon were soundly discounted by impressive trading numbers from leading online poker sites. Just before the holiday season, some business writers opined that sales of poker accessories would decline in line with decreasing interest in the game – they were proved wrong […]
January 5, 2006
The Times carried an interesting article this week on the changing gender balance in online poker, reporting that in the past year the number of female players has risen dramatically. Without quoting a source, the story reveals that more than a third of the tens of millions of online players are now women. In common […]
January 2, 2006
Online poker giant Party Poker’s recent deal with the British TV network Five is the largest deal of its kind in the latter’s 9 year history according to advertising media reports this week. The sponsored events-based poker programming sees Party Poker become the sole sponsor of Five’s late-night broadcast of three major poker tournaments taking […]
December 30, 2005
Online poker for Apple Mac users is a fast growing sector in the industry, but until now there has been little help provided for Mac users in navigating to safe and efficient Mac-compatible poker sites. This deficiency is now being addressed by a new portal, iMacOnlinePoker.com which is updating its content daily to provide visitors […]
December 30, 2005
William Hill Poker has announced that it is to sponsor the 2005 European Poker Awards and the European Ranking Awards. Previously held in the Grand Casino, Helsinki, the awards which started in 2000 have moved this year to the ACF Club in Paris, and will take place on Sunday January 8, 2006. European Ranking Prizes […]
December 29, 2005
Poker News reports that one recent PartyPoker.net winner has taken his faith in luck to a whole new level in a poker tournament. Winner Bruce Bartfield is convinced that his cat Sadie brought him good fortune and the winner’s prize of a super-expensive Ferrari F430 Coupe with a 4.3-litre, V8 engine. “I was really short […]
December 29, 2005
The growing importance of Mac poker players has been showcased once again by the announcement this week that Full Tilt Poker.com has made available a downloadable Mac-compatible poker facility. 888.com/Pacific recently introduced a similar extention to their offering. Full Tiilt Poker boasts that at any given time pokerheads can log in and play with over […]
December 28, 2005
Describing herself as the “most dominant Bali women poker player” an attractive young woman called Prima (now where have we heard that name before!) Rini has successfully built up a poker club for like-minded women on the tropical paradise of Bali. putri-bali.com tells us that Putri (Ladies) Bali Womens Poker Club loves challenges and “quells […]
December 23, 2005
The online poker division of Irish bookie group Paddy Power started the holiday season off with a little fun this week with a preview of the Paddy Power Poker survey, due for release early in the New Year. The Emerald Isle-flavoured Paddy Power Poker study discovered that many poker players play nude, tell white lies, […]
December 22, 2005
Card Player reports that Caesars Palace will open a $12 million poker room this week, the casino’s first poker room in 16 years and another illustration of the power of the poker phenomenon. The famous land casino, now operated by World Series of Poker owner Harrah’s Entertainment, will offer a permanent 30-table poker room next […]