May 3, 2005
Another industry initiative based on the opportunities afforded by UK online gaming regulation surfaced this week when Internet video games provider CYOP Systems International Inc. announced it is to launch a poker software licensing subsidiary titled Red Felt Software Ltd. based in the United Kingdom. The Canadian company has engaged a London firm to form […]
April 26, 2005
The blurb asks “Are actors better bluffers or will the poker professionals sweep the celebrities in the high stakes game of No-Limit Texas Hold ‘Em?” in a press release this week. The question will be answered when GSN premieres Poker Royale: Celebrities vs. Poker Pros, a seven-episode U.S. TV series debuting as part of GSN’s […]
April 26, 2005
LA resident Tuan Le is the new World Poker Tour champion, taking home $2.9 million after 7 tough hours at the Bellagio tables in what has become the world’s most expensive poker tournament, reports the Las Vegas Sun. Now in its third year at the Bellagio, the tournament draws only a few hundred people compared […]
April 24, 2005
Judging by reports from a number of reliable sources this week it seems that the Party Poker vs PokerNow issue is to end with the disappearance of the latter. The reports indicate that PokerNow is to be absorbed by Party Poker as the main skin on its network. PokerNow has been in trouble with licensor […]
April 21, 2005
The seemingly insatiable demand for all things poker found another outlet this week with the launch of the latest Nintendo DS system game titled World Championship of Poker: Deluxe series. Publisher Crave Entertainment says the game was developed by Sensory Sweep Studios and offers players the opportunity to take their poker game to the next […]
April 20, 2005
31 online poker rooms on the Prima Poker network provided plenty of action and $250 bounties in a promo involving the network’s signature professionals, The Hendon Mob last week. In the “Beat the Mob” Tournament of 2005, poker players from around the world were given the chance to go heads up with the poker playing […]
April 19, 2005
Latest study from the Research and Markets organisation continues to paint a rosy picture of the online poker business: The amount gambled on poker websites around the world is estimated to be more than US$ 60 billion for 2005. More than 60% of the industry experts surveyed believe that online poker will be the dominant […]
April 16, 2005
The Las Vegas Sun carried an excellent article this week on the big name poker players and their endorsement deals in respect of online poker companies. The story points out that many highly successful professional poker players have struck lucrative endorsement deals with Internet poker sites and regularly tout them during their celebrity appearances. Poker […]
April 14, 2005
Top people in the online poker business will be flying in to London, England later this month for an important event. The US focused online gamblíng group, Bodog is sponsoring eGaming Review’s Power 50 Summit this year that will be attended by the 50 most influential execs in the online poker and gamblíng world. Scheduled […]
April 8, 2005
Poker prizes just keeping getting bigger and better, it appears from the most recent announcement by Full Tilt Poker.com. The US company has launched the richest poker giveaway ever just two months prior to the World Series of Poker with an unprecedented $10 million promo. Players who qualify for the WSOP Main Event by playing […]