January 5, 2007
Another long-running online poker promotion has been launched, put together by 888.com’s Pacific Poker.com and Poker News.com. Titled “Poker For A Year” the twelve month-long online poker league offers over $150 000 in prizes and will culminate with a ten-player Final to be played offline at a secret location – all expenses paid. The winner […]
January 5, 2007
A seat in 10 poker tournaments with a collective prize pool of over $100 million; a buy-in to the biggest televised Texas Hold’em cash game and personal training with a top global ace….could this be a dream? Absolute Poker, fresh from its intriguing tete-a-tete with the Canadian Mounties last year (see previous reports) has revealed […]
January 5, 2007
Polish poker players will this year join thousands of their European counterparts in following the European Poker Tour action, as the wide ranging contest adds the Eastern European country to its list of venues. Entering its third successful season, the Tour has added Warsaw to its action-packed list leading up to the Monte Carlo Grand […]
January 5, 2007
The Hollywood Poker.com site is ringing in the new year with a new VIP program branded the $25 000 Walk of Fame Freeroll that has been much anticipated by members. Going into 2007, players who accumulate 25 000 Poker Points automatically achieve Walk of Fame status and gain access to new benefits, such as exclusive […]
January 4, 2007
A festive season poker tournament that went horribly wrong following a software glitch was belatedly resolved this week by the million player Poker Room.com. Cash removed unilaterally from the tournament winner’s player account was re-deposited as the poker room admitted its screw-up in a somewhat provocatively worded public announcement on the Poker Room forum. The […]
January 3, 2007
A new online casino and sportsbook has been launched by gaming company, Ocean Breeze Poker.com, as part of its new online multiplayer software from the Futurebet company. Unfortunate but true, several Futurebet licensees have not been hassle-free for players in the past, which will discourage some gamblers from trying out the new facilities. Ocean Breeze’s […]
January 3, 2007
For the past two weeks online poker message boards like Winneronline, 2 + 2 and Poker Room’s own message board facility have been clouded by growing condemnation of an online poker tournament that appears to have gone horribly wrong. The issue centres on a $20 + 2 buy-in Christmas tournament that took place on December […]
January 3, 2007
In an interview with Playtech CEO Avigur Zmora this week, Reuters reports that integrating the players of former rival Tribeca, which Playtech agreed to buy in November 2006, would probably be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2007. The $75 million deal brought with it a number of Internet gambling websites operating […]
January 2, 2007
The field may have been smaller than usual due to the old year exiting and the new one arriving, but the online poker action was still brisk and the winnings were spectacular, showing once again that it takes more than political shenanigans to keep a good game down. Mansion boosted their tournament cash (see earlier […]
December 30, 2006
Mansion Poker is to make a major investment in daily online poker tournaments according to an announcement from the company this week, which promises a “$100K A Day” guaranteed poker tournament series starting on January 3. The new series has been planned to commence as the existing $250 000 Added Value Tournament Series ends on […]