December 21, 2006
Melbourne, Australia poker ace Joseph Hachem added a World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship win to his c.v. this week and in the process pocketed a winner’s check for almost $US2.2 million at the Bellagio Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. His winnings include a $25 000 seat sponsorship in the WPT World […]
December 21, 2006
37 year old New Jersey roofing contractor Rick Rosetti took home the big money – all $368 096 of it and a $10 000 WSOP sponsorship to boot – this week when he won the Harrah’s World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) main event in Atlantic City. In an exciting heads up with management consultant […]
December 21, 2006
Some of the top names in poker, and former World Series of Poker champs will be passing on their expertise and knowledge at the first WSOP Academy in Tunica next January 27 – 28; on the tuition staff roll call are Greg Raymer, Joe Navarro, Scott Fischman and Alex Outhred. Post Oak Productions, a Toronto-based […]
December 20, 2006
The Calgary-based Canadian online gambling turnkey provider Chartwell Technology Inc. has announced the completion and release of its popular European-style 32 Card Poker product in Flash technology, opening the way for more players to enjoy the game. This new non-downloadable poker client offers immediate benefits to Chartwell customers and their player base and enhances the […]
December 20, 2006
Piquing interest in its January issue now on sale, the popular poker magazine Bluff announced the top poker room award from its Readers’ Choice Awards this week. Poker Stars pipped Full Tilt Poker as most popular site, according to the magazine, which runs the awards in which readers vote for their faves in various categories. […]
December 19, 2006
The main regular weekend tournaments continued to attract thousands of players this week, with Poker Stars again leading the pack. The Sunday Million tourney at Poker Stars.com brought 6 628 players to the virtual tables, competing for a prize pool of $1 325 600 which put almost a thousand players “in the money.” That gave […]
December 19, 2006
When Jamie Gold won the World Series of Poker’s gigantic first prize of $12 million this year it triggered a nasty dispute which has taken some of the gilt off a great honour. It has been alleged by British television producer Crispin Leyser that he had a prior agreement with Gold to share in half […]
December 19, 2006
Pacific Poker speaks your language. Or at least it’s more likely they do at their online poker school now that it’s being offered in French, German and Spanish as well as English. “We now provide our valued foreign language speaking players a unique opportunity to get the best start in the world of poker,” said […]
December 18, 2006
Major industry turnkey provider Cryptologic has launched re-designed and improved online poker software developed by subsidiary Wagerlogic, with improved navigation, new choices and more information The appealing new design includes enhancements to the main lobby, game tables and tournament lobby, making it easier for players to navigate, select their game and stake level, and access […]
December 18, 2006
Back in the States with a bang after its recent acquisition from LVFH by the Norwegian public company Playshare Holdings AS (see previous reports) the Action Poker Network launches its “$30 000 U.S. Poker Experience” this week with online qualifiers at Action Poker.com, Tiger Gaming.com and Poker in Canada.com. Describing the event as “…a tournament […]