March 21, 2006
Proving once again that the youth movement is on the march in poker, a quiet 22-year-old college student from Minneapolis became the youngest winner in the five-year history of the prestigious PartyPoker.com Million this week, claiming the $1 million first prize in a display of poker playing that impressed even hardened professionals. James Schneider truimphed […]
March 20, 2006
The luxury cruiseship MS Westerdam has been the scene of high excitement this week as 528 top poker players competed on the high seas in the Party Poker Millions. With a $10 000 buy-in and a wide selection of sponsored players who had battled through online qualifying tourneys it was a tough field to beat, […]
March 18, 2006
The name Dave “The Devilfish” Ulliot is known to most poker enthusiasts as a great British player who has won millions in a brief poker playing career that started in 2003. This week he signalled his intention to make millions more with the launch of his own online poker room, Devilfish Poker.com. Powered by the […]
March 18, 2006
Riding the “unstoppable wave of poker popularity”. Every day, 1.8 million players – more than 70 percent from the United States – throw their chips into the virtual pots of the Internet An article in Newsweek highlights the intense investor interest in online gaming in general and poker in particular this week The article reports […]
March 17, 2006
When Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey and other pro poker stars sit down at a World Series of Poker table this year, it’s likely they’ll be facing at least one member of Team Bodog. The online gaming giant announced this week that it will be qualifying more than 700 players for the WSOP this summer. “We […]
March 17, 2006
Absolute Poker, arguably the fourth largest online poker website in the world, announced today that it has passed the 300 million mark for the number of poker hands dealt on their website since the company’s inception in 2003. The company also released a number of technology updates aimed at improving the performance of the site […]
March 17, 2006
Aston Martin, a famous British marque associated by many with the Bond secret agent film series, has joined with Poker Stars.com in a sponsorship deal that has continuing possibilities in the future. Both of the team’s Aston Martin DBR9 racing cars will carry a special PokerStars livery when they start the 54th annual Sebring endurance […]
March 15, 2006
Poker’s prominent position as a source of entertainment and a test of skill in the States was reinforced recently by a sponsorship move from mainstream corporate America. Exxon-Mobil is offering its customers the chance to win a seat to the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas this summer through the […]
March 14, 2006
Scandinavian poker fans with access to the Viasat Channel “Quiz Nation” can look forward to Pokerzone’s popular “Poker Night Live” every night from 11pm to 4 am following a recent agreement that will see the show beamed into over 6 million homes. Poker Night Live claims that it is the first programme to integrate live […]
March 14, 2006
Eurobet Poker.com is putting up WSOP sponsorships worth a total of $30 000, offering customers the chance to win one of three seats at the ‘World Series of Poker Circuit’ event at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas in May, which has an estimated $3,000,000 prize pool. The World Series of Poker Circuit is a series of […]