November 2, 2006
Ongame has reminded pokerheads that only three days remain for poker players to enter the Ongame Network Poker Classic and have a chance at winning their share of more than a million dollars in an innovative tournament with both online and offline finals. 231 players currently have tickets for this $5 000 buy-in no-limit hold’em […]
November 2, 2006
The National League of Poker (NLOP) has not wasted any time in gearing up promotions following its reverse merger with Power Play Development and subsequent publicly listed status last week The company, which claims startling growth of 750 player signups a day, has launched Poker and Pigskin to run weekly through to January 8th, 2007. […]
November 1, 2006
Niagara Falls was the spectacular setting for two major World Poker Tour tournaments this week as top poker players battled it out in Season 5 of the North American Poker Championship, and the inaugural Canadian Open Poker Championship. In a switcheroo result, an American took the Canadian Open, but a Canadian wears the North American […]
November 1, 2006
The Isle of Man registered turnkey provider and poker network company Microgaming has announced the addition of a new member to its growing golbal online poker network. Poker Arena.com is the new arrival, joining the Microgaming Poker Network this week. The card room is the first brand that the owner company, Poker Arena is launching […]
November 1, 2006
Online Poker room Poker Eon.com is now fully available in Swedish, the native tongue of one of the most avid and successful groups of players online. The game of poker, and online poker in particular, has gained massive popularity among Swedish players, where poker has received the approval of the Swedish government since April this […]
October 31, 2006
PokerStars’ record breaking run of giant prizepools (see prevous reports) continued this weekend with a third consecutive weekly record breaker. This weekend’s Stars Sunday Million ($500 buy in) saw 2 785 entrants join the fun, translating to an incredible $1 392 500 pool, with a scheduled first-place payout of $249 396.75 falling only hundreds shy […]
October 31, 2006
Beer, almonds and an energy drink are the sponsors for a major poker tour this year. World Poker Tour Enterprises has confirmed that the famous beer brand Budweiser has renewed its multi-year sponsorship contract for the World Poker Tour (WPT) Season 5, joining fellow sponsors Xyience and Blue Diamond Growers. “Budweiser is a classic American […]
October 31, 2006
Haul out your diaries and put a big red circle around June 1 2007, which has been announced as the start date for the 38th World Series of Poker 2007. Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. has announced that the 38th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light will begin June 1, 2007 at […]
October 31, 2006
The bank balance of London-based poker ace Roland De Wolfe will take a Euro 554 300 credit boost this week when he deposits his winner’s cheque from the European Poker Tour tournament held in Dublin over the weekend. De Wolfe bested a starting field of 389 players to add the EPT to an impressive c.v. […]
October 30, 2006
In past articles I repeatedly iterated the importance of sticking to a sound poker strategy no matter what, and to concentrate on not letting the sharks at the table ever get a sense that you’re hurting. Sharks – by virtue of their extreme olfactive sensitivity – can literally detect a drop of blood in the […]