April 19, 2006
The LA Lakers Youth Foundation received a boost to its coffers this week following the Bodog sponsored Los Angeles Lakers 3rd Annual Casíno Night and Celebrity Poker Invitational. Bodog CEO Calvin Ayre together with Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss was on hand to welcome guests to the event, held at the Barker Hangar in Santa […]
April 18, 2006
Poker Room.com has assembled, at a total cost of well over half a million dollars, a top 19 player team to compete in the upcoming World Poker Tour World Championships. The championship starts today (April 18) at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and runs through to April 24. Poker Room‘s team spots […]
April 18, 2006
After months of uncommunicative procrastination, and several attempts to short-change players on what they were owed the saga of PurePoker.com may at last be coming to an end. PurePoker.com, a Futurebet-powered licensee abruptly closed without a by-your-leave, allegedly because the original owner had done a bunk. Players were left pretty much in the dark for […]
April 17, 2006
The venerable Sunday Times re-ignited speculation in London this week that the second largest online poker site in the world, PokerStars.com is moving toward a public listing The highly respected newspaper surmised that the company is preparing to float on the London stock market before the end of this year with a value likely to […]
April 16, 2006
Bodog founder and boss-man Calvin Ayre has been quick to respond to the news that doccie maker BlueMoon Entertainment has launched litigation accusing the gambling group of copy-catting it’s concept for a poker tournament reality show. According to Gambling911, Ayre says the case has been thrown out but Bodog.com is not through fighting it just […]
April 15, 2006
Poker Pages Industry Index reports that the popularity of the game of poker continues to rise, with a 30 percent growth in the first quarter 2006 over a similar period last year. The PPII for the first quarter of 2006 is currently at 130, indicating a growth of 30 percent over the same period last […]
April 14, 2006
Popular online poker site FullTiltPoker.com is offering $10 million to any player who qualifies for the 2006 World Series of Poker through FullTiltPoker.com and goes on to win the $10,000 buy-in Main Event. To win, contestants this year will have to beat an expected field of 8 000, all going after that top prize for […]
April 14, 2006
This year’s World Poker Tour championships tournament final taking place next week is the biggest and most lucrative ever, according to an announcement this week from the organisers, WPT Enterprises. The event will field some 600 players at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to compete for a total prize pool of $12-$15 […]
April 13, 2006
350 of the world’s finest poker players descend on Dublin this coming Easter weekend to try and get a seat at the final table of the Paddy Power Poker.com Irish Open 2006 Tournament. And couch poker players won’t be left out of the action, which is being screened live across Europe on Sky Sports 2 […]
April 13, 2006
Keeping pace with the international spread of online poker, CelebPoker.com this week launched three new language versions of its popular site. German, Turkish and Spanish poker players will now be able to access all CelebPoker facilities in their own language, making available full download and functional play in the three languages in addition to English. […]