11 Tournaments stops for WSOP next year

July 9, 2006

Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. has announced that the third season of the popular World Series of Poker Circuit will include 11 tournament stops that will bring high-stakes poker action and excitement to players at nine Harrah’s-operated casinos around the country. “For the first time, our Circuit events are tied to the World Series of Poker in […]

10th WSOP bracelet eludes poker star

July 9, 2006

You had to feel for Phil Hellmuth in the $5 000 No-Limit Hold ‘Em WSOP event number 9 last week. It was an opportunity for the poker star to join the elite group of world class players who have won 10 WSOP bracelets, but it eluded him. Hellmuth fought his way to the final table […]

Futurebet skins in trouble again

July 9, 2006

With the PurePoker debacle barely forgotten, Futurebet was under the critical spotlight yet again this week after complaints on leading poker message boards such as 2+2 of slowpay from FB poker rooms on the Ongame network like Bayou, Carnival and Players Edge. Many players have allegedly been waiting for 30+ days, with the old story […]

Brunson´s A-Team

July 9, 2006

Team Brunson, a collection of some of the best players in poker, has been introduced at this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Harrah’s Rio Suites in Las Vegas, Nevada. Captain Todd Brunson, professional poker player and son of poker legend Doyle ‘Texas Dolly’ Brunson, personally handpicked each team member and the dream […]

Mansion Poker launches US advertising blitz

July 7, 2006

U.S. advertising and design firm 72andSunny has launched the first international campaign for Gibraltar licensed and Indonesian owned Mansion gambling group. The campaign uses six spots for television and web as well as a print campaign, all introducing the new brand idea: “Welcome to The Game.” The concept behind the brand is to showcase poker’s […]

Pacific Poker´s UK Poker Open dates announced

July 6, 2006

Last year’s 888.com UK Poker Open Tournament attracted many players with a $1 million prize pool that included a winner’s purse of $500 000, and that is likely to be exceeded in this year’s event, scheduled for September 25 to October 8. Professional poker players and online qualifiers will participate in the televised event, and […]

Professional Poker Tour coverage starts this week

July 6, 2006

Poker fans with a penchant for fast and professional action will be tuning into the Travel Channel over the next 24 weeks as the Professional Poker Tour gets into its stride. The 24-week series pits a select group of pro poker players against one another in invitational freeroll tournaments with $500 000 pots and big […]

Pokerbok shows them how

July 6, 2006

Mark Vos, a 22-year old Australian online player who uses the handle PokerBok is fast earning respect as one of the world’s top poker players, and he showed his class this week by becoming one of the youngest World Series of Poker bracelet winners in history. Vos collected his first-ever WSOP bracelet in the $2,000 […]

Chen takes WSOP event 7

July 6, 2006

The big money tournaments were coming thick and fast in Vegas this week as the World Series of Poker juggernaut continued to provide great poker and plenty of excitement and rewards for winners. Event 7, the $3000 Limit tournament played on the US 4 July holiday had a smaller starting field than expected at 415 […]

Fast WSOP start for Aussie champ

July 4, 2006

The Australian media were jubiliantly reporting the latest World Series of Poker truimphs of last year’s multi-million dollar champion Joe Hachem (40) this week, as the 2006 action on the world’s biggest poker event ran the opening competitions in its 45 event schedule. The Melbourne-based poker king is in the money again after winning $345 […]