October 10, 2007
Party Poker, aided by Irish events company Pokerevents.ie is gearing up for its first first major tournament sponsorship in Ireland and Europe’s first major tournament of 2008. The Irish Poker Championship 2008, will be held at the Radisson Hotel & Spa, Galway, Ireland, from January 3 to January 6, 2008 with up to 400 players […]
October 10, 2007
The 39th World Series of Poker 2008 poker championships will be held at the Rio in Las Vegas again, according to an announcement from Harrah’s Entertainment this week which gives the dates as May 30 through July 17, 2008. “The team is still hard at work on the schedule of events for next year,” said […]
October 10, 2007
Montana resident and online poker player “MCBill” probably feels like he’s struck gold this week after winning access to a possible over $100 million in online poker tournament prize pool money. Absolute Poker revealed that the online poker player hailing from Helena, Montana has won the 5th Absolute Dream Package on October 7th. MCBill beat […]
October 10, 2007
The merger between online poker firms 24hPoker.com and Martinspoker.com reported in bulletins several weeks back has been confirmed, with the combined companies now falling under the new Casablanca Gaming Group operating out of Malta. Peter Anstrom, CEO of 24hPoker which has recently announced staff cuts, said that going forward Casablanca will operate his company’s online […]
October 8, 2007
After braving wind, sun, insects and a tension filled heads up that lasted only a few hands, Travis Rice emerged as the winner of the Ultimate Bet Aruba Poker Classic over the weekend when he saw off second placed James Mordue to collect the winner’s cheque of $800 000 and the respect due to the […]
October 7, 2007
Poker fans will enjoy some high tension and big money as major names in the poker tournament world clash in the latest version of the NBC action television show ‘Poker After Dark’ scheduled for screening soon. Among the big names who will be seen in action are Phil Ivey, David Benyamine and Eli Elezra, all […]
October 7, 2007
Taking Texas Hold ‘Em to the exotic Turks & Caicos Islands, World Poker Tour and The Players’ Club welcomed hundreds of locals, poker players and pros who gathered last week on the Island of Providenciales in the British West Indies to take part in the inaugural WPT Turks & Caicos Classic. Welcoming the island visitors, […]
October 7, 2007
Paddy Power Poker.com has added further incentives to the Euro 3 million Irish Open poker spectacular scheduled for 2008. If the player who wins the 2008 Irish Open qualified online at the sponsor’s site, he or she will win the golden ticket of poker – free entry to Europe’s premier poker tournament for the next […]
October 7, 2007
World Series of Poker ace player Richard Lee (56) now knows what charges he faces in his home town of San Antonio, Texas following the announcement that the local District Attorney has filed charges for promoting gambling San Antonio news media reported this week that the poker ace will finally have his day in court. […]
October 7, 2007
According to Gambling News Review this week, the National Institute of Public Health in Sweden has been conducting a study of internet poker in the country over the past year, and the results are a cause for concern, with indications that poker players may have a greater propensity to become problem gamblers than online casino […]