Blackberry hold´em launches

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 […]

Third series of Poker Pro For A Year launched

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 […]

Watch out for WSOP scams

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 […]

Carroll the champ

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 […]

Boss online poker for P.A.F.

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 […]

North Carolina appeals court rules that poker is a game of chance

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 […]

Great poker television for UK fans

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 […]

Americas Card Room players welcomed at Bookmaker.com

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 […]

Negreanu available for endorsement deals

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 […]

Major software upgrade at Betfair Poker

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 […]