July 19, 2006
UK mother of two Sarah Lang (31) was over the moon with joy this week at the news that she had won the GBP 1 million top prize in a television gameshow. Sarah hit the bigtime on the show Pokerface, screened on the ITV network and has some big ambitions that include buying a plot […]
July 18, 2006
Leisure & Gaming plc’s subsidiary gambling group VIP Services has carried out an extensive re-branding of its online poker offering which re-launched this week on a revamped site powered by Microgaming software, with players empowered to compete in the large Microgaming Poker Network. The old VIPpoker is now rebranded VIP.com Poker, providing players with access […]
July 18, 2006
Top professional player and certified “Bad Boy” Tony G has entered the online poker business, launching his own online poker room at TonyGPoker.com with a Malta license. And just like Tony, the new site is brash, in-your-face, and full of attitude. Tony G is one of the most recognisable and outspoken stars on the poker […]
July 17, 2006
Associated Press reported this week that the efforts of North Dakota Rep. Jim Kasper to introduce legislation aiming to legitimise online poker in the state could fall foul of the recent federal attempts to ban this form of entertainment across the nation. If Bill HR 4411, the ” Internet Gambling Prohibition Act 2006″ is approved […]
July 16, 2006
The visual media is going to love this one, assuring it of plenty of eye-popping coverage – the renowned Playboy brand is putting together a poker team that combines beauty with brains. Playboy’s Alta Loma Entertainment has commissioned the Players Network to produce “Playboy’s Women of Poker,” a multipart television series that will feature beautiful […]
July 16, 2006
The World Series of Poker event that has grabbed the headlines this week was undoubtedly the H.O.R.S.E. tournament (see previous bulletins) where the creme de la creme of players in several variations of the game paid $50 000 a pop entry fees for a crack at the $1.7 million first prize, or a share in […]
July 15, 2006
Six weeks back the advent of “live over the internet” poker using Webcam technology was announced by Pharaoh’s Poker Palace.com, with Beta testing scheduled for this (July) month, and it now appears there will be some competition for the first operator into this new Internet gambling niche: JNQ Global Inc. has announced an August launch […]
July 15, 2006
After the extensive word-of-mouth and gambling show exposure new 3D poker online site PKR has been receiving recently, one could be forgiven for thinking that an advertising campaign was unnecessary, but the newcomer shows no sign of turning down the volume of its promotional efforts and this week hired an agency to boost it. Digital […]
July 14, 2006
Poker professional Gavin “Birdguts” Smith is the new champion in the Mansion Poker World Pro-AM Challenge…and he has a cheque for $500 000 in his pocket to prove it this week. After a titanic struggle of 149 hands and four hours of intense Mansion Speed Poker play, Smith was crowned the Mansion Poker.net World Pro-Am […]
July 14, 2006
It’s mainly professionals who comprise the 143 starting players in one of the high points of the World Series of Poker that started this week – Event 20 – the $50 000 buy-in, H.O.R.S.E. tournament. If you’re wondering what that equine acronym is all about, here’s the interpretation: “H”: Hold’em “O”: Omaha Hi/Lo “R”: Razz […]