Cyberarts to provide new WPT Online poker software

June 28, 2006

World Poker Tour Enterprises, Inc. announced this week that it has reached an agreement with the Silicon Valley software development company CyberArts to provide technology and software for re-launching WPTE’s online gaming business. “This relationship will make it possible for us get to market faster with a superior product,” said Steve Lipscomb, founder and CEO […]

Wear the name, share the fame

June 28, 2006

Full Contact Poker.com has developed an ingenious marketing concept for the next WSOP, using the catch phrase “Wear the name, share the fame.” The online poker site offers FCP members who play in WSOP events the chance to share in potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars, just for wearing FCP apparel in the TV-intensive competition. […]

Poker tournaments are a big, million dollar deal

June 28, 2006

One of the online gambling phenomena that reporters have increasingly noticed is the high value tournament, and this week we took a look at the most popular of at least three different big bucks competitions that have become a regular happening in online poker. The PokerStars $1 Million Guaranteed tournament attracted “only” 1301 players with […]

Party Gaming to sponsor WSOP

June 28, 2006

Full details are still awaited on a terse announcement by PartyGaming and Harrah’s Entertainment that they have signed a deal for PartyGaming.com to be the official sponsor of the World Series of Poker. The agreement apparently gives the major London-listed gambling group serious advertising and publicity exposure for its PartyPoker.net information site on the well […]

Sexton takes the gold at first WSOP big event

June 28, 2006

If the rest of the World Series of Poker competitions are anywhere near as fiercely contested and skilled as the 2006 WSOP Tournament of Champions, poker fans are in for a real feast of excitement and big money action. The free roll tourney was held earlier this week and attracted large crowds of spectators to […]

World Series of Poker 2006 fever

June 28, 2006

The excitement and anticipation attending the big-time nature of the World Series of Poker in Vegas is already almost tangible as the media machine behind poker’s most globally watched event goes up a gear with the tournament date now visible on the horizon. Last year’s WSOP recorded the most successful run in its history with […]

The comical face of online poker

June 28, 2006

Internet message boards often carry interesting, not to mention intriguing tidbits of information and business offers, and this was the case on the popular Winneronline.com forum this week. Using the eye-catching *handle* “Suited Pocket Rocket” an American poster revealed that he or she was about to start up a really innovative venture – a daily […]

Pokerstars competition brings home the bacon for Polish team

June 28, 2006

In last week’s “forthcoming attractions” we reported on the upcoming clash of top poker players from 8 nations around the world at the third annual PokerStars.com World Cup of Poker in Barcelona, Spain. Ultimately, it was Team Poland that defeated Team United States to take the top prize as the Polish team battled their American […]

One hand between victory and defeat in final heads-up

June 28, 2006

It took nearly four hours for Erick ‘E-Dog’ Lindgren and Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow to get heads up at the FullTiltPoker.Net Pro Showdown at Red Rock Casino, but just one hand for Lindgren to claim the victory and the $600 000 first-place prize last week Lindgren and Matusow outlasted five other Team Full Tilt members, […]

Payday for Paris World Poker Tour 2006 winners

June 28, 2006

PokerTeam.dk team members Christian Grundtvig and Henrik Witt enjoyed a lucrative payday following the Paris World Poker Tour champs at the Aviation Club de France earlier this month; Grundtvig picked up a cheque for Euro 712 500 as the winner, and fourth placed Witt banked Euro 168 750 to add to his salary as a […]