December 28, 2006
Pok3d.com is the latest arrival on the 3D online poker scene, and its outstanding graphics are already generating favourable comments. Launched by the French video games developer Mekensleep, the new site claims that it represents a revolution in Internet poker because players can customise personal avatars and use them to project emotions to their opponents. […]
December 28, 2006
The Which Poker site has declared after online research that since the signing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) in the US, PokerStars has become not only the world’s largest tournament online poker room, but also the world’s largest cash game online poker room. The new ranking follows the poker room’s decision to […]
December 28, 2006
Allyn Jaffray Shulman, a respected legal eagle in the USA takes an objective look at the 1961 Federal Interstate Wire Act at Card Player.com this week in a well argued article that puts this outdated law into perspective. It should be required reading for every Department of Justice official tempted to apply the law to […]
December 28, 2006
Live Poker.com, a progressive online poker community that engages players with realistic, full-screen 3D game play, is using the latest media to communicate with players, launching a free series of original Live Poker Podcasts designed to help online poker players improve their game and enhance their online experience. The Live Poker Podcast topics range across […]
December 27, 2006
Online poker room Everest Poker has joined the million dollar tournament league with the announcement this week of a competition with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool. “This is our biggest event yet, and I’m tremendously excited to roll it out and see what happens,” said Jonathan May, Everest Poker property manager. Spanning nine months, […]
December 23, 2006
The dispute between WSOP champion Jamie Gold and television produced Crispin Leyser took a new turn this week when a U.S. judge upheld the continued freeze on half of Jamie Gold’s $12 million 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event winnings. The court agreed, however to a request from attorneys for both parties for the […]
December 21, 2006
Rajesh Modha, a middle aged London nuclear physicist and father of three was celebrating a million dollar poker achievement this week as he banked a $1.2 million check from the Ladbrokes Poker Million having started the tournament as an outsider in a field of 25 000 players. After nine months of intense competition, the starting […]
December 21, 2006
American poker fans can look forward to some entertaining and perhaps educational television on their pastime of choice early in the new year, when NBC debuts “Poker After Dark.” The show is an exclusive visit to the Las Vegas poker scene that debuts on January 2 at 2:05 a.m. ET/PT. The nightly hour-long show, hosted […]
December 21, 2006
The growth of the European Poker Tour has been further strengthened with the announcement of a new Series 3 event to be staged in Dortmund, Germany from 8-11 March, 2007. Capped at 400 players, the four-day, the Euro 5 000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold’em tournament at Hohensyburg Casino in Dortmund will be part of the […]
December 21, 2006
Card rooms across Ireland and the UK are gearing up for live satellites for Euro 2 million guaranteed Paddy Power Poker.com Irish Poker Open 2007, with the betting company announcing the first wave of venues holding live satellites for the big event. Dozens of Europe’s leading card rooms are hosting satellites from January right up […]