September 24, 2006
400 players with big-money and poker glory visions front-of-mind packed The Vic in London just before the weekend as the European Poker Tour’s London sector kicked into gear. Taking half the field on Day 1 A and the balance on Day 1 B the promise of expert and high energy poker was soon realised as […]
September 24, 2006
A bridge expert has developed a unique twist to the game of poker that he is confident will give the game more ‘legality’ in the USA by overlaying the rules with the duplicate scoring elements of bridge to eliminate the luck of the draw. Pinhas Romik is a highly experienced bridge player with international credentials […]
September 24, 2006
Following the failure of Senator Bill Frist’s attempt to attach an anti-online gambling ban to an unrelated Defence Bill last week, the 110 000 Poker Players’ Alliance leader Michael Bolcerek has launched a strong attack on politicians who seek to push repressive legislation through Congress at any cost. Indicating that his organisation was strongly opposed […]
September 23, 2006
Tucson, Arizona resident Deb Blair beat out a field of 400 entrants in the inaugural Arizona Ladies State Poker Championship this week to win a champion’s trophy, a $7 000 diamond pendant and a $40 000 grand prize. Held at the Casino Arizona over the weekend, the tournament launched at 9 a.m. with a starting […]
September 21, 2006
The Las Vegas Sun newspaper this week reported more domain litigation, but with a difference. This one involves an executive from a company taken over by the giant Harrah’s Entertainment group in Vegas, and at centrestage is a world famous brand – the World Series of Poker – that is worth millions. The newspaper reports […]
September 21, 2006
One of Boss Media’s more recent online casino licensees, Maharajah Club.com is making a major investment in Asian poker this week with the launch of Asian Poker Classic, bringing the game of poker to Indian fans in a professional tournament first in that country. With a $1million prize pool guaranteed by Maharajah Club, APC will […]
September 21, 2006
With a starting field of 540 ambitious and skilled poker players it was never going to be easy to win through and claim a $1.5 million grand prize payday, but that’s exactly what Mark Newhouse (21) did this week to become the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open champion. Newhouse was the chip leader going […]
September 21, 2006
Top online poker company Party Poker.com will be entertaining Channel 4 viewers in the UK with some hot action poker later this month when the Late Night Poker program returns to television screens. Party Poker announced this week that the tournament coverage that many believe kick-started poker on television in Britain is back. Late Night […]
September 20, 2006
The new queen of the Party Poker.com World Open II championships was crowned at The Poker Den in London this week. UK mother of two Pippa Flanders took down a starting field of 70 top players that included herself and one other women. Players travelled from around the world to compete and go after a […]
September 20, 2006
ZDNet carried details of an intriguing patent application that brings virtual and real poker playing closer this week. United States Patent #20060205508 filed on March 14, 2004, was published on September 14, 2006. In it, the listed inventor Darryl Green of a company called Original Deal, Inc. claims to have developed a way in which […]