January 10, 2007
Some welcome tweaks to the 2006 World Series of Poker schedule were apparent when the official program for the 2007 event was released this week by Harrah’s Entertainment, along with the anticipated wide selection of games in 55 major events over 7 weeks, and a useful range of buy-ins. June 1st is the start of […]
January 10, 2007
The Costa Rican-based betting group Bodog is rapidly carving itself a place in the big Sunday online poker tournaments offered by top Internet poker sites, and this weekend attracted a field of 990 contestants for its $100 000 Guaranteed tournament. With a buy-in of $100+$9 and a guaranteed prizepool of at least $100 000 the […]
January 10, 2007
France has been removed as a venue for the European Poker Tour, the organisers announced this week without giving any reasons. Inevitably, speculation was immediate that the change of plan for the poker spectacle was motivated by the truculent attitude of the French gambling industry to any threat to its monpolistic structure. The decision appears […]
January 9, 2007
The British poker television channel Pokerzone has launched its new look website, which a spokesman said has taken over six months to redesign, with the goal of inspiring current players, while attracting new users and players into the game. The site has an original and creative layout and will display new content on an ongoing […]
January 9, 2007
Promotional material from Sportingbet’s poker arm, Paradise Poker.com this week heralds the launch of a search for the top Canadian poker player, with a main prize of Cdn$50 000. The action in this first-ever exclusively Canadian poker tournament started this week with daily freerolls at Paradise Poker.com and concludes with an online main event on […]
January 9, 2007
Fridays on the Web have a new attraction for pokerheads from this week on with the introduction of UltimateBet’s latest promotional project, offering a $12 000 seat sponsorship to the World Series of Poker every week as a tournament prize. The $200+$15 satellites have already commenced, and will run weekly until June 15. Satellites start […]
January 9, 2007
The energetic poker ace Daniel Negreanu has a new product out this week as his first book “Hold’em Wisdom for All Players” appears on bookshop shelves, claiming to present buyers with 50 strategy tips for winning in poker. Pre-publicity from Cardoza Publishing, which is releasing the strategy guide, promises that Negreanu’s wit and poker skill […]
January 8, 2007
With the holiday season over, poker players turned out in force again for the regular weekend online poker tournaments, illustrating once again that the global online poker sector continues to thrive. Leading site Poker Stars.com generated a massive $1 425 800 prizepool with 7 129 registered players raring to chase after the Sunday Guaranteed Million […]
January 8, 2007
The Pokerstars.com Moneymaker Millionaire poker extravaganza culminated in the final table over the weekend, held at the Atlantis Resort and Casino in the Bahamas, where the Chris Moneymaker legend of an unknown player beating formidable opposition was extended by another unfamiliar player who became a major winner. An incredible 830 000 players started out in […]
January 7, 2007
A longtime ban on poker playing in the state of South Carolina will soon be under the legislative microscope if state Representative Wallace Scarborough of Charleston has his way. The state lawmaker wants to revamp South Carolina’s gambling laws to legalise in-house poker games, and is busy drafting legislation to permit the games as long […]