May 7, 2007
Mobile games developer Hands On Mobile, and Blackberry’s BPlay have at last launched the eagerly anticipated World Poker Tour (WPT) Texas Hold’em game on Blackberry personal devices. Players can buy the game by visiting bplay.com from their mobile phones, selecting Top 10, followed by WPT Texas Hold’em for a one off cost of $8.95 for […]
May 5, 2007
With two winners already enjoying some of the benefits of the Poker Pro For A Year online poker promotion, Poker News.com and the Gibraltar-based Internet gambling group 888.com, working through subsidiary Pacific Poker have just launched the third series of the popular competition. The tournaments in the year-long league culminate with a poker player’s dream […]
May 5, 2007
Enterprising crooks have apparently been trying to scam poker players with offers of heavily discounted seats for the main event of the 2007 World Series of Poker epic scheduled for July in Las Vegas. WSOP officials have issued a warning after receiving reports about “sensational” offers currently circulating on email and instant messenging channels, cautioning […]
May 4, 2007
The relatively unknown Cory Carroll was the surprise winner of the World Series of Poker Circuit event at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas this week, taking the top prize of $506 176 along with a seat into the WSOP Main Event in July at the Rio. Over three days and against a starting field of […]
May 3, 2007
Finnish online gambling company Ålands Penningautomatförening (PAF) has signed up with Sweden’s Boss Media for the use of the latter’s online poker systems and network. The agreement will see Boss deliver a downloadable poker software in five languages, followed by a web-based product in the latter part of this year. The poker product, which will […]
May 3, 2007
The North Carolina Appeals Court established a US legal precedent this week by upholding the decision of a lower court regarding poker in North Carolina, stating “…while skillful players can reduce the chance factor, they cannot control the turn of a card.” Poker will therefore remain illegal in North Carolina unless new situations arise. The […]
May 3, 2007
UK poker fans are in for a feast of quality poker entertainment later this month when Party Poker’s Premiere League poker tournament, featuring world class players, airs on May 22 on Channel 4. The poker room has teamed up with Matchroom Sport to offer a sneak preview of the tournament, which can be viewed at […]
May 3, 2007
Bookmaker.com, the US brand for the Costa Rican-based group BetCris has acquired players from the Americas Card Room network and marked the occasion with the launch of new 3D graphics software. The Betcris group has traditionally used Digital Gaming and Ongame software, and the identity of the new poker software is at this stage not […]
May 3, 2007
The famous American poker star and author Daniel Negreanu, who has been the public “face” of Full Contact Poker which he owned at one time, will soon be considering other endorsement deals as his contract with Full Contact comes to an end. The star’s public relations consultants told Casino City this week that Negreanu will […]
May 2, 2007
Betfair Poker has completed the latest in a series of upgrades to its software. Renamed “Betfair Poker Plus”, the software gives players the most significant increase in capability since the site re-launched on its own poker platform in October 2006. Among the 25 individual enhancements is the option to choose from a selection of different […]