Online poker news

"Texas Dolly" works for the environment
05/23/2007 - The friendship between US poker legend Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson and Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has blossomed into a partnership to produce an environmental awareness documentary that is already receiving major international publicity in the wake of former Vice President Al Gore's campaigns to save the environment.

Smoothing the payouts at WSOP
05/22/2007 - News items on the next World Series of Poker are proliferating as the biggest poker event in the world draws closer, and this week the subject was how busted players who are in the money bubble are paid out.

FTOPS main event winner collects $336 218
05/22/2007 - Someone who is clearly an action movie fan took home a bank-boosting winner's check of $336 218 at the weekend, truimphing in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) main event.

Pokerstars report biggest ever sunday turnout
05/22/2007 - Continuing to break online poker records in its regular Sunday tournaments, Poker Stars.com achieved a stunning new all-time attendance record this weekend when 10 894 players pitched for its big Sunday Millions event.

Big money for Danish poker winner
05/22/2007 - Paradise Poker named it "The Battle of the Nordic Countries" (Slaget om Norden) and in its third edition this poker tourney lived up to its name, with players from the Scandinavian region competing fiercely for the big main prize of SEK 1 million, or around $147 000.

Poker Stars hits its 10 billionth hand
05/21/2007 - Over 100 000 pokerheads were on the Poker Stars.com tables this weekend, hoping they would be at the right time and in the right seat for the 10 billionth hand of online poker, imminent at the world's biggest online poker venue

"Ante Up For Africa" drive star big name poker players
05/19/2007 - The Poker Stars and Ocean 13 cast initiative to help starving Somalian refugees has been followed by news of a second major Hollywood + Poker drive that has the backing of the World Series of Poker. It's called "Ante Up For Africa" and has already attracted top poker pros and Hollywood stars.

Harrah´s poker czar on the move
05/18/2007 - A press release from Standard Newswwire this week announced the appointment of Robert Daily, former World Series of Poker Tournament and Events Director at Harrah's to the DG Holdings board, leading the company's online gaming platform division.

Sweden takes best poker nation trophy
05/18/2007 - Sweden defied huge odds to pull off a spectacular triumph at the PartyPoker.com Poker Nations Cup in Cardiff this week. The winning team, captained by Bo Sehlstedt, included 2006 WSOP bracelet winners Anders Henriksson and Mats Rahm, as well as Johan Storakers, William Thorsson and online qualifier Hans Isoz.

Louisiana poker proposal fails
05/18/2007 - Hopes were high that a Lousiana state legislature bill, number HB 484 introduced by Representative Warren Triche, would liberalise the game of poker in the state, but news just in indicates that the attempt has failed.

888.com to sponsor World Heads Up Poker championship
05/17/2007 - Gibraltar-based Internet gambling group 888.com is the new sponsor for the seventh World Heads Up Poker (WHUP) championship which starts on May 21 and runs through to May 29 at the Casino Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain.

Poker Stars to support Dafur initiative by Hollywood Stars
05/17/2007 - The Internet's biggest and most active online poker site, Poker Stars.com has announced that it will make a $1 million donation to the Dafur humanitarian crisis in Africa in support of a major fundraising effort by the stars and cast of the upcoming gambling movie "Ocean's 13."

WPT sponsorship for CAP Spring Break
05/17/2007 - Casino Affiliate Programs, organisers of the CAP Spring Break convention for online gambling marketing affiliates celebrate the support of a major new sponsor this week. Heavyweight poker company World Poker Tour has stepped up as host of the Late Night Party element of CAP's next big event at the Aura Night Club in Atlantis, Bahamas.

Who bought the poker.com domain?
05/16/2007 - In the two weeks since the Casino Affiliate Convention ended, there has been growing speculation about who bought the Poker.com domain....and how much they paid for it. The domain was part of a silent auction held during the event, in which high prices were recorded for a number of singular domains.

WSOP blitz at Mansion
05/15/2007 - The Gibraltar-based Mansion online gambling group is building up some serious World Series of Poker steam with a change in focus on its daily $100 000 guaranteed tourneys that will make 8 WSOP main event packages available every day for the next week.

PPA membership nearing 500k
05/15/2007 - A new feature article on the PPA site by Dan Cypra of the PocketFives.com portal reveals that the Association has enjoyed an astonishing growth in membership to almost 500 000 - most of it since the advent late last year of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in the USA.

"The boy" takes Betfair Masters of Europe
05/15/2007 - Roy "the boy" Brindley took home the Betfair.com Poker Masters of Europe trophy and $120 000 at the weekend after an exciting heads up with top Swedish pro William Thorson, who had to be content with a second placing payday of $70 000.

Playwize looking for business
05/14/2007 - It appears that Playwize plc, the AIM-listed games developer with links to Microgaming may be gearing up to market its reportedly exciting new animated 3d poker software package which was the subject of much publicity last year.

Texas poker proposal folds
05/14/2007 - Texas state Representative Jose Menendez's bill HB 3186, which proposed improving the legal position for Texas poker players' game of choice, has been [temporarily] stymied by a procedural time-out according to media reports from the state that gave Texas Hold Em its name.

Young online poker gun takes the Grand Prix de Paris
05/14/2007 - The 18 year old Canadian online poker star Will Ma (better known as cuteipi314 in the virtual arena) emerged as the champ in the final table of the Grand Prix de Paris at the Aviation Club de France in Paris this weekend.

Florida ups the poker ante
05/12/2007 - Unless Florida governor Crist vetos it (an extremely unlikely occurrence) Florida poker players will be able to up their bets from July 1 following passage of a bill through the Florida House and Senate that raises the maximum betting limits in the state.

Party Poker presence at WSOP
05/12/2007 - Despite its cautious approach to Internet-sponsored contestants, the World Series of Poker appears to have no problem with accepting heavyweight advertising from online poker companies, judging by an agreement signed this week.

Two big poker battles this weekend
05/11/2007 - There's a tough weekend for poker tournament fans and players ahead as the erstwhile World Poker Tour's Grand Prix de Paris and Betfair's Masters of Europe events unfold in Paris and London respectively.

Iowa 19 year old busted for illegal poker
05/11/2007 - The Des Moines Register reports that a 19-year-old University of Iowa student has been charged by local police with four gambling offenses on allegations that he was hosting illegal Texas Hold'em poker games with pots of around $800.

Bad news at 24hPoker
05/11/2007 - Shares in the Scandinavian focused online poker provider 24hPoker Holdings AB took a 19 percent dip this week on weak first quarter results.

honing your WSOP skills
05/10/2007 - Would be World Series of Poker champions will have an opportunity to be coached by some of the top names (and former champions) in the game before this year's epic starts.

"The Booky" wins Party Poker World Open
05/10/2007 - Old opponents clashed again in the final heads up of the current edition of the Party Poker Open 3 tournament, held in London recently....and this time yesterday's loser was the winner.

Expanding the money bubble at WSOP
05/09/2007 - Revised payout schedules announced by the organisers of the World Series of Poker 2007 will mean a slightly lower main event winner's check, but a wider distribution of cash to participating players.

First Quarter 2007 results from WPT
05/09/2007 - WPT Enterprises, Inc. has announced financial results for the first quarter ended April 1, 2007. Highlights for the quarter include the delivery of five episodes of Season V of the World Poker Tour (WPT) television series and the signing of a Professional Poker Tour (PPT) Season I agreement in Finland, which represents the first executed agreement under the Party Gaming sponsorship agreement.

Bluff Europe on Brit newstands from June
05/09/2007 - Bluff Europe, a European edition of the most popular poker magazine on the market is due to appear in British newstands from June 1st. Circulation will embrace Britain, Scandinavia, Continental Europe and Russia.

DTD delayed again
05/09/2007 - Dog-in-the-manger tactics from competitors who themselves are not all operational has again stalled the big opening of Rob Yong's Dusk Til Dawn land poker club in Nottingham, UK.

Great Bristish Poker Tour will be on ITV
05/08/2007 - British viewers have a poker treat in store following an agreement between Gala Casinos and ITV4 which will result in all six festival events in the Great British Poker Tour being televised later this year.

Blackberry hold´em launches
05/07/2007 - Mobile games developer Hands On Mobile, and Blackberry's BPlay have at last launched the eagerly anticipated World Poker Tour (WPT) Texas Hold'em game on Blackberry personal devices.

Third series of Poker Pro For A Year launched
05/05/2007 - With two winners already enjoying some of the benefits of the Poker Pro For A Year online poker promotion, Poker News.com and the Gibraltar-based Internet gambling group 888.com, working through subsidiary Pacific Poker have just launched the third series of the popular competition.

Watch out for WSOP scams
05/05/2007 - Enterprising crooks have apparently been trying to scam poker players with offers of heavily discounted seats for the main event of the 2007 World Series of Poker epic scheduled for July in Las Vegas.

Carroll the champ
05/04/2007 - The relatively unknown Cory Carroll was the surprise winner of the World Series of Poker Circuit event at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas this week, taking the top prize of $506 176 along with a seat into the WSOP Main Event in July at the Rio. Over three days and against a starting field of 336 players, many of them top names in the poker world, Carroll proved he had what it takes to be a champion.

Boss online poker for P.A.F.
05/03/2007 - Finnish online gambling company Ålands Penningautomatförening (PAF) has signed up with Sweden's Boss Media for the use of the latter's online poker systems and network. The agreement will see Boss deliver a downloadable poker software in five languages, followed by a web-based product in the latter part of this year.

North Carolina appeals court rules that poker is a game of chance
05/03/2007 - The North Carolina Appeals Court established a US legal precedent this week by upholding the decision of a lower court regarding poker in North Carolina, stating "...while skillful players can reduce the chance factor, they cannot control the turn of a card." Poker will therefore remain illegal in North Carolina unless new situations arise.

Great poker television for UK fans
05/03/2007 - UK poker fans are in for a feast of quality poker entertainment later this month when Party Poker's Premiere League poker tournament, featuring world class players, airs on May 22 on Channel 4.

Americas Card Room players welcomed at Bookmaker.com
05/03/2007 - Bookmaker.com, the US brand for the Costa Rican-based group BetCris has acquired players from the Americas Card Room network and marked the occasion with the launch of new 3D graphics software.