August 26, 2006
World Poker Tour group’s legal counsel filed the company’s first response this week in an interesting case brought by leading poker players who claim that the WPT tournament agreements place them at a personal and business disadvantage WPT has hired top legal councel in Makan Delrahim of the Washington D.C. law firm of Brownstein, Hyatt […]
August 24, 2006
A Vegas entrepreneur has come up with the ultimate in eye-catching poker tournaments to titivate and intrigue a wide audience and attract television exposure, too. He plans a strip poker match between World Series of Poker champions and Playboy Playmates, most of them novices at the game. Tentatively planned for Las Vegas next February, the […]
August 24, 2006
Party Poker marketers are determined to get the attention of potential customers wherever they may be, and that includes public washrooms according to media reports this week. The biggest online poker room on the Internet has engaged with advertising company AddDirect to place advertising material in up to 300 washrooms in up-market clubs throughout the […]
August 23, 2006
Fighting her way through a starting field of 419 players, Californian Kelli Griggs took the top money prize at the Bicycle Casino’s Ladies Event this week, more familiarly known as the Ladies Poker Party. Kelli’s prize includes being selected for the World Poker Tour‘s Ladies Night IV, giving her the opportunity to play against women’s […]
August 23, 2006
The current 2006 World Series of Poker main event winner, Jamie Gold will not be enjoying his $12 million first prize just yet; a law suit claiming half of the giant bonanza has been filed in Las Vegas, and WSOP host Harrahs Entertainment has been restrained by court order from paying out until the case […]
August 22, 2006
One of Europe’s most respected no limit Texas Hold ’em poker tournaments, the event has been boosted by a doubling of the guaranteed prize pool to Euro 2 million, making it not only one of Europe’s richest tournaments but also its largest in terms of players. This year’s capacity will be 800, with players being […]
August 22, 2006
The regular weekend, big-money tournaments continued to flourish this week with the organising online poker rooms all meeting their participation targets, thus ensuring that the guaranteed prize pools were reached. In the Poker Stars.com $1 Million Guaranteed weekly event this popular site (it’s the second biggest on the Internet) welcomed a little shy of 6 […]
August 21, 2006
X-Box fans will be able to get their hands on poker’s most popular game – Texas Hold Em – this week as Microsoft releases it on the Xbox Live Arcade on August 23. And for a limited time players will be allowed to download the game for free. The original intention of Microsoft was to […]
August 21, 2006
One of the many record statistics flowing from the recently completed multi-million dollar 2006 World Series of Poker championship is the impact that online players have had on the world’s greatest poker tournament. Poker Stars in particular sponsored 1623 players at the 2006 WSOP, accounting for just under 19 percent of the total entrants, who […]
August 21, 2006
Moves by US politicians to put an end to online gambling in that country have had little effect on the growth in the number of online poker rooms, according to Poker Site Scout.com. The site reports that there are now 600 online poker rooms and counting, giving players an unprecendented choice for entertainment venues Poker […]