June 25, 2006
The Internet’s largest poker site, Party Poker.com has announced it is to partner with the international women’s magazine Elle to sponsor a women’s charity team in the upcoming World Series of Poker Ladies Event starting July 9. Competing under the title “Queens of Heart” the team will be captained by WSOP bracelet winner and Hollywood […]
June 24, 2006
Pharaohs Poker Palace claimed this week that it is set to become the first online poker room to offer live interactive poker play over the Internet. Using proprietary software on a new dynamic poker platform, the company is about to offer the webcam-based service as an optional, complementary facility available to all players, in an […]
June 24, 2006
Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. announced this week that ESPN will telecast 32 hours of original programming of the 2006 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light. The ESPN telecasts will be aired every Tuesday at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time beginning July 18 and continuing through October 31. In addition to […]
June 24, 2006
Inter Poker.com’s unique and innovative marketing vehicle Extreme Poker has to be one of the biggest attractions around in online poker, with previous games by top players taking place underwater and on freezing Arctic icefields. This year it’s literally going to take off to new heights with a sky-high game that will also be a […]
June 24, 2006
The competition is heating up at all levels of the projected 8 000 player World Series of Poker this year, and the Ladies Event is no exception. 888 Poker has announced its sponsorship of a lean and mean women’s team that includes European players with formidable credentials. On the way to Las Vegas this summer […]
June 23, 2006
Full Tilt Poker’s beautiful and skilled poker pro with a heart, Clonie Gowen offered heiress and socialite Paris Hilton the chance to play poker for charity on Fox Sports Network’s Best Damn Sports Show Period this week. Backed by Full Tilt Poker, Gowen challenged Hilton to a $100 000 charity poker tournament. The winner will […]
June 23, 2006
Poker Blue.com has announced the formation of “Team PokerBlue”, a first-ever team concept designed to dramatically improve player odds in the $80 million 2006 World Series of Poker, scheduled for July 28-August 10. High limit poker impresario Yosh Nakano is the brains behind Team Poker Blue and serves as Chief Ambassador for the site. His […]
June 23, 2006
Poker players are constantly trying to improve their skills and their emotional control for those big bluffs, and it was only a matter of time before someone came up with a mind program to help them achieve their goals. Certified hypnotherapist Michele Burghardt is first to the draw with her Mind Mentor Coaching Program designed […]
June 21, 2006
PRLEAP.com reports that two bold poker players using the handles Fast_Freddie and bad_ip set a new record for the largest hand in a cash game last week whilst playing a heads up game of Texas Holdem on the Microgaming Poker Network. According to PRLEAP, this was the biggest cash game in the history of online […]
June 21, 2006
Fox Sports Net (FSN) will be airing more live poker tomorrow (Thursday) with the Full Tilt Poker Pro Showdown, during which a Magnificent 7 group of poker pros will be battling for a $1 000 000 prize pool. The winner will receive $600 000, with the second place winning $280 000 and third place winning […]