July 30, 2006
Hollywood Poker.com was in shock this week following the sudden death from a heart attack of Michael Woods, the brother of actor James Woods who helped manage the online poker site. The 49 year old died Wednesday after going to the local hospital complaining that he was not feeling well and had a sore throat. […]
July 30, 2006
The $10 000 buy-in No-Limit Texas Hold ‘Em main event in this year’s 37th World Series of Poker started Friday afternoon in Vegas at the Amazon Convention Center at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino with a giant prize pool reported to be in excess of $72 million. Up to 8 000 entrants – a […]
July 30, 2006
The start of the eagerly anticipated main event at the World Series of Poker in Vegas was briefly delayed Friday when officials from the tournament directorate enforced a ban on players wearing .com sponsored advertising on caps and shirts. The $10 000 buy-in No-Limit Texas Hold ‘Em event that will pay the winner a $10 […]
July 28, 2006
The Party Poker marketing machine has been firing on all cylinders over the past few weeks, cleverly using executive hints and word of mouth speculation to prepare the market for a new promo that they promised would be the biggest ever. They’re probably right, because the *official* announcement on the “PartyPoker.com Monster” showcases what is […]
July 28, 2006
The third in InterPoker’s popular Extreme Poker Challenge tournaments came to its spectacular climax this week as Nick Grudzien took on three other InterPoker.com online qualifiers and poker star Phil Laak. Grudzien was the last one still flying after some frenzied airborne poker, and was declared the champ. The latest Inter Poker Extreme Poker Challenge, […]
July 28, 2006
The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), a grassroots organisation dedicated to promoting and protecting the game, announced with some satisfaction this week that membership has more than doubled since the U.S. House of Representatives voted to ban online poker. PPA spokesmen revealed that current membership figures are around 75 000 and growing. President Michael Bolcerek attributes […]
July 28, 2006
Spicing up the social scene at this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) will be a private rock concert sponsored by BetUS.com and poker magazine Bluff this weekend. Taking place at The Joint, Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas and featuring pop punk group Goldfinger, the concert will be directed into the small hours of […]
July 27, 2006
After a few disappointments where being at a WSOP final table has not resulted in a winner’s bracelet, this week Phil “The Professor” Helmuth joined greats Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan as the holder of 10 World Series of Poker winner’s bracelets. It’s a milestone that represents hours of play, fighting through starting fields of […]
July 26, 2006
Phil “The Professor” Helmuth has been developing additional income streams over and above his international poker tournament winnings, it appears. His mobile gambling game “Texas Hold’em by Phil Hellmuth”, produced since May 2004 by Oasys Mobile, Inc., has achieved the unusual honour of making the top 10 list of mobile games in the United States, […]
July 25, 2006
When 27 year-old Tennessee accountant Chris Moneymaker turned a $39 online satellite tournament win on PokerStars.com into a $2.5 million windfall at the World Series of Poker back in 2003, people around the world asked “Why not me?” Poker Stars has answered that question with the announcement of the Moneymaker Millionaire, the biggest ever, free […]