August 21, 2006
The September 16 starting date for the fifth annual World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is just around the corner, and Pokerstars organisers will be burning the midnight oil getting ready to host players from more than 80 countries competing in 18 tournaments for a guaranteed prize pool of $10 million. The WCOOP will run […]
August 21, 2006
The Amateur Poker Association and Tour (“APAT”), in association with PokerStars.com and PokerPlayer Magazine, announced the launch of the APAT Online Series this week, promising loads of poker action on one of the Internet’s top online gambling sites. APAT Online is a series of 30 International tournaments hosted exclusively at Poker Stars. The inaugural APAT […]
August 18, 2006
Poker star Daniel Negreanu and FullContactPoker.com (FCP) will ante up again soon with the launch of Negreanu’s Protege 2, a contest where one lucky member of the FCP community will win the chance to become a poker star in their own right – bankrolled by FullContactPoker.com and under the watchful eye of Kid Poker himself, […]
August 17, 2006
With ladies poker growing at a phenomenal rate, it’s not surprising that there are good opportunities for fun, thrills and reward in major “ladies only” tourneys upcoming this (August) month. In California, both the Bicycle and Commerce casinos are getting the tables ready, starting on August 19 at the Bicycle, where as part of the […]
August 15, 2006
Shannon Shorr, a 21 year old poker ace wrapped up his first World Series of Poker appearance this week with a big win at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, and now has more than enough cash in the bank to cover his tuition fees at the University of Alabama, where he is studying civil engineering. […]
August 15, 2006
Some schedule changes to this year’s (second) Professional Poker Tour were announced this week. The PPT starts on September 11th during the Borgata Poker Open, and the schedule has now been changed to move the first event of the second season to Foxwoods during the WPT stop there on November 7th. While the Borgata will […]
August 14, 2006
Several new online poker rooms have joined the huge Ongame poker network, and as a result it has been decided to both expand and reschedule the upcoming Ongame Network Poker Classic, Ongame announced this week. With a guaranteed prize pool of $5 million, of which a million will go to the overall winner, this is […]
August 12, 2006
Poker fans in Eastern Europe can look forward to a new online venue, Perpetuum Poker launching in September following a deal between the Allgames operator group and Swedish software and games provider B2B Poker. Eastern Europe is becoming an increasingly attractive market for gambling groups, and Allgames has been building experience and business in the […]
August 12, 2006
The World Poker Tour has announced that the World Poker Finals tournament will be held between October 25 and November 17 at the Foxwoods Resort Casino. WPT officials say that this year’s prize pool is likely to top $15 million, ensuring fierce competition for big money prizes – last year’s winner took home $2.1 million. […]
August 12, 2006
The new World Series of Poker champion is Jamie Gold following a tough 14 hour slug-out at the final table (see previous bulletins) that culminated in the early hours of Friday morning Las Vegas time in a heads up between former movie star agent Gold and Paul Wasicka. Gold had amassed a chip armoury 7 […]