November 3, 2005
Joe Hachem, the 2005 World Series of Poker champion, has signed an agreement with PokerStars.com, the world’s largest tournament poker site. Hachem, who won the record $7.5 million top prize at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas in July, will represent PokerStars.com as a sponsored player and ambassador. The signing of Hachem […]
November 3, 2005
“This was a natural area of expansion for the Kiwi Gaming group, which is continually seeking to add to its impressive portfolio,” commented a spokesperson from Kiwi Gaming. “It also represents a clear response to player demand which had been crying out for an online poker room in the same successful Kiwi formula present in […]
November 3, 2005
Poker software provider Las Vegas From Home.com Entertainment Inc. (“LVFH”) has announced that it has entered into an exclusive title sponsorship with the Heartland Poker Tour (“HPT”) for 52 weeks. The HPT is a weekly televised poker tour series that takes place at several casino venues in the Midwest United States and is currently being […]
November 3, 2005
Hard on the heels of its annoucement that it is to continue using Cryptologic poker software for the next few months at least, come reports that Betfair has just closed a deal it has been working on for months – the acquisition of Danish online poker site Poker Champs, and their software company Aglet. “We […]
November 2, 2005
A new college poker site, HoldEmRivals.com has taken the initiative to set up fan vs. fan online poker tournaments for major US college rivals. The tournaments will be held over the next year, giving fans the chance to win money from their most competitive rivals in poker tournaments scheduled just days before the opposing teams […]
November 1, 2005
Veteran Swedish gambling software provider Boss Media has signed up Virgin Poker, part of the Virgin Games Group to its platform, ending a long search by the latter to find the ideal partner for the relaunch of its Poker game. “Boss has everything we were looking for in terms of playing experience, site stability and, […]
November 1, 2005
British poker fans can look forward to some exciting World Poker Tour action this month when prime time TV screens series I and II of the popular poker tournament. ITV4 has licensed the series for prime time Friday night viewing, first airing on Friday 4 November 2005 at 10:00pm. World Poker Tour is a massive […]
November 1, 2005
Eric Morris’s Bluff Media scored a honey of a deal this week with the announcement that it is to provide a wide range of poker content and information to the ESPN Poker Club section of this leading sports site that boasts tens of thousands of unique visitors daily. The combined collection of content will join […]
October 28, 2005
The giant CIRSA leisure and entertainment empire will be helping spread the word, and the WSOP satellite tournaments action, in Latin America this year following an agreement signed this week with the World Series of Poker owners, Harrah’s Entertainment. The terms of the deal call for CIRSA (Compania Internacional de Recreativos SA) to organise the […]
October 27, 2005
Top poker publication Bluff Magazine is hosting a specially customised poker odds calculator from US company Pokulator. Started in 2004, the technology company has created a variety of unique poker odds calculators and recently developed the customised version for Bluff Magazine’s web site. Publisher Eric Morris seems to like the facility, and says: “It’s the […]