July 10, 2005
After months of satellite tournaments online, poker cruise championships, land casino competitions and tons of media coverage the biggest event in international poker has started, and with some surprising results in the first rounds. The winner can expect a first place prize jackpot of roughly $7.5 million, and as the World Series of Poker nine-day […]
July 10, 2005
The latest round of World Series of Poker games has seen many pros bite the dust according to Poker News reports. The attrition rate was high for most top pros, and dozens of leading players did not manage to fight their way through the large number of contestants. In the first day of action 650 […]
July 9, 2005
Surprise news of the week came from Reuters, reporting that U.S. poker champion Doyle Brunson had bid $700 million cash for WPT Enterprises Inc. just days after the company known for its World Poker Tour television show launched an online gaming site. Market rumors of the bid, which were later confirmed by WPT, sent its […]
July 8, 2005
Poker News reports that some suprisingly big names were among the many contestants to crash out of the World Series of Poker on the first day today (Thursday) as literally thousands of would be global poker champs competed in Las Vegas. Among those who had been expected to go further were: Jen Harman Scott Fischman […]
July 7, 2005
The 2005 Bodog Conference – the betting companys third -opened this week with founder and CEO Calvin Ayre explaining that “This (conference) is our attempt to bring people together who have long been neglected, from the sports and poker side of the industry. “Nearly every major sports betting company has a poker room and there […]
July 7, 2005
The Prima Poker Network powered by Microgaming guaranteed the largest prize pool in European poker tournament history this week with the announcement that its Monte Carlo Millions tournament will offer a US$3 million prize pool with US$1 million designated for the champion. Poker’s best and brightest players will fill the 120 seats available at the […]
July 7, 2005
Playboy Enterprises and the company of former world poker champion Chris Moneymaker, Moneymaker Gaming have teamed up to create a co- branded poker product. Moneymaker, who became an overnight sensation after turning $40 into $2.5 million at the World Series of Poker, launched Moneymaker Gaming earlier this year to make and market an upmarket collection […]
July 7, 2005
Poker champion Daniel Negreanu and the mass media MTV group will be teaming up shortly to air the former’s “Stacked” Texas Hold ‘Em video game to an audience of millions come Fall 2005. “Stacked” has been attracting widespread interest as the first video game to present very advanced and constantly evolving artificial intelligence (AI) technology […]
July 6, 2005
Another sports star left Britain bound for Vegas this week to join the more than 6 000 players vying for the top prize in the World Series of Poker. The multi-millionaire Scots snooker champion Stephen Hendry (36) is aiming for the top position and a different kind of pot – the lucrative prizes offered by […]
July 5, 2005
Poker heads anxious to stay in touch with the exciting developments of the World Series of Poker championships at the Rio in Vegas have a new service from July 4 at their convenience. Poker 425 will provide a daily news summary from poker expert Tony Kendell who will be reporting live from the event. Poker […]