Ivey becomes the 2005 Monte Carlo Millions champ!

November 24, 2005

Following on from last night’s update on the Prima Poker Monte Carlo Millions final table, played in the awesome ambience of the Casino de Monte Carlo itself…. Phil Ivey and Paul Jackson were the last men standing at 8.36 local time after Marc Goodwin went out at 3rd place. The two battled on with some […]

Monte Carlo Millions update

November 23, 2005

The final table for the Monte Carlo Millions was in full swing with the last two players, Phil Ivey and Paul Jackson going at it hammer and tongs as the InfoPowa office closed. Around 5pm Monte Carlo time host Matt Savage graciously introduced the final players and the seats and chips are as follows: Seat […]

Historic venue for Monte Carlo Millions final

November 23, 2005

Just six players remain in the Prima Poker Monte Carlo Millions high value tournament final, currently being held in Monte Carlo. The final table this week, with a US $ 1 million prize at stake will be a truly historic marriage of the old and the new – it will take place amid the traditional […]

First iTV Multiplayer Poker launches

November 23, 2005

British poker fans can take a look at some ground-breaking new iTV technology on the UK’s fifth largest land casino channel, Five, this week. Technology developer Zone4Play has just announced the live launch of the first ever Interactive TV Multi Player Texas Hold’em Poker, which has been uniquely developed for Five by Zone4play and is […]

World Poker Tour Winner takes home $2 142 000

November 22, 2005

A 21 year old online poker player, Nick Schulman is the new World Poker Tour champion following the finals this week. He takes home over $2 million in prize money after just over three and a half hours of play in the final to enter the history books as the youngest player yet to take […]

Absolute Poker prize won by 21 year old

November 22, 2005

Absolute Poker.com’s college student targeted “Win Your Tuition” online poker tournament has a winner 21 year old Jeremy Olisar of Carnegie Mellon will receive a cheque for his Fall tuition fees after winning the tournament in October. The student from Naperville, Ill, bested opponents from over 300 colleges in the freeroll No Limit Texas Hold’em […]

Russian, Polish language poker sites launched

November 19, 2005

The major Swedish poker provider, Ongame has launched real-money poker websites in Poland and Russia, making it the first big operator to offer Internet venues in the native languages in these territories. Europoker.com’s Russian language site will be promoted vigorously in a multi-million dollar marketing campaign centred on Moscow, which will include TV and radio […]

Want to play at your own personalised table…here’s how

November 19, 2005

Proud of your university team or service in the forces, and want to stress the fact during your poker playing? Absolute Poker has come up with a facility that allows you to do just that. Starting this week, players at Absolute Poker can add a touch of personality to their game with the launch of […]

Free poker tutorial

November 18, 2005

Sportsbook.tv have launched a free DVD-based initiative aimed at training and educating their members to play better poker. The complimentary Ultimate Poker Company’s “Winning Texas Hold’em” DVD features best selling poker author, Ken Warren, and World Poker Tour co-host, Vince Van Patten, in an extensive tutorial of poker in its purest form, Texas Hold’em. From […]

BetOnSports reports surging poker room business

November 18, 2005

The major US-facing betting group BetOnSports is the latest to report buoyant online poker business according to a report from Reuters this week. The firm grew online poker like-for-like sales ten-fold in its third quarter from a year earlier, Chief Executive David Carruthers said on Thursday. “Growth has been very, very large,” Carruthers told Reuters. […]