Online poker news

Compete for WSOP seats at Player Only
04/08/2007 - Players Only.com has budgeted an impressive $150 000 for a new series of tournaments in which a World Series of Poker sponsored seat worth $12 000 will be won each week for the next three months.

Heads Up Poker video game from NBC
04/07/2007 - The major television network NBC and games developer 5000ft Inc have released a new video game that is going to wow pokerheads with a yen for some big tournament action. The new interactive game is based on NBC's action-packed Heads Up Poker Tournament television series, with the theme enhanced with really cool 3-D graphics.

French researcher combines physics and games to study poker player behaviour
04/07/2007 - News reports of a French study of player behavioural patterns in the popular poker variant Texas Hold 'Em have been fleshed out in some interesting Easter holiday reading from The Scientific American this week.

Russia rules that Poker is a sport
04/05/2007 - The respected poker portal Poker News.com published a truly encouraging story for poker players this week with the news that the Russian Federation's 'Federal Agency of Physical Culture and Sports' has cleared the way for a new Russian poker boom by characterising the game as a sport.

The National Poker League's 2007 circuit tour is truly a global affair
04/05/2007 - A Euro 3.6 million prizepool and television action coverage that will be viewed in over 500 million households around the planet are just two reasons why the National Poker League's 2007 Global Circuit Tour will attract top players and solid sponsors.

Betshop joins Microgaming's online poker network
04/04/2007 - Leisure and Gaming plc subsidiary Betshop.com has signed up with the Microgaming Poker Network for its online poker activities, joining a growing number of new additions that have joined the network this year.

Griffin takes Monte Carlo Poker crown and euro 1.82 million
04/03/2007 - A pair each of British, Scandinavian and American players sat down with a Canadian and an Irishman this week to decide who would take home an almost Euro 2 million pay check and the respect for winning the prestigious European Poker Tour Grand Finale in Monte Carlo.

Party Gaming to invest $5 million a month in online poker tournaments
04/02/2007 - Online poker players, hold on to your hats! From Monday 2nd April, Party Poker.com will be holding tournaments that guarantee over $5 million a month in prixe money! And on top of this there is over $50 000 in freerolls scheduled every month and hundreds of thousands of dollars up for grabs from the Bad Beat Jackpot.

First WPT title for Tran
03/30/2007 - Pro poker player J.C. Tran crossed off one of his career targets this week when he won his first World Poker Tour champion title in the World Poker Challenge at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno.

Chan launches new poker site
03/30/2007 - "The Oriental Express" - international poker ace Johnny Chan - gets into the online poker operator world this week with the launch on the Ongame Network of his clean, businesslike Chan Poker.com site.

Brit cops sued by poker league
03/30/2007 - English police officials who advised local public houses (bars) in West Mercia that hosting poker games could cost their licence may have some explaining to do following litigation launched by a poker league this week.

Mansion invests $4 million in tournament overlays
03/29/2007 - According to figures released by the company, online gambling group Mansion.com has now given away in excess of $4 million in online poker tournament overlays since the launch this year of its daily "$100K A Day" online poker promotion on January 3rd.

Now the Swedish cops bust a poker tournament
03/28/2007 - Hard on the heels of a similar police action in Ireland last week the Swedish police broke up a major poker tournament this week in Grebbestad.

Good rewards for Swedish government poker monopoly
03/28/2007 - The release of the 2006 financial results by Swedish government gambling monopoly Svenske Spel underlines one reason why a state dominated online gambling asset is a difficult thing to share.

Negreanu book on poker in second printing
03/28/2007 - American poker ace Daniel Negreanu is counting rewards other than those from major global poker tournaments on the news that his book on poker's most popular game "Daniel Negreanu's Hold'em Wisdom for All Players" has not only been listed as the best-selling book in its category at Barnes & Noble, it is also going into a second printing less than three months following launch.

WPT stays hands on with mobile texas hold´em
03/28/2007 - Players who get a kick out of the mobile action of the World Poker Tour Texas Hold 'Em game have literally years of gambling capability stretching ahead following the extension of the licence agreement between WPT Enterprises and developer Hands-On Mobile Inc. for the game.

Blackberry based online poker
03/27/2007 - Blackberry owners will soon be able to play Texas Hold 'Em on their hand held communications devices following the release this week of a new version of the popular online poker game from software developer Gameloft.

Actor wins the Cardiff leg of major UK poker tour
03/27/2007 - There was a payday of note even by television actor standards this week for British actor Michael Greco, who won the Cardiff leg of the Grosvenor Poker Tour in the UK. One of Greco's career roles was as Beppe di Marco on the long-running EastEnders television soapie.

Pacific Poker to upgrade online poker software soon
03/27/2007 - 888.com subsidiary Pacific Poker.com is about to launch a newer and better version of its online poker software according to press material from the company.

Big night for Poker Stars manager
03/27/2007 - The weekend online poker tournament action has once again been impressive, with a note of regret at PokerStars as popular poker room manager Lee Jones supervised his last Sunday Millions before departing for new responsibilities with the European Poker Tour organisation.

Skybet chooses Orbis Openbet Systems for online poker
03/27/2007 - Fresh from installing its Openbet online gambling system at the Australian Internet casino Lasseters, which entailed testing by the Western Australian government, Orbis Openbet has announced that it has been chosen to power the new Skybet online and interactive television poker operation.

Big buck Betfair poker tourney for london
03/26/2007 - The UK online gambling group Betfair has announced it is to sponsor an exclusive and televised poker tournament for the first time in its history. The Betfair.com Poker Masters of Europe is a 36-player invite-only event with a live audience, scheduled for the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith on the 11th-14th May and featuring players from around the world.

Planet Poker shuts down
03/25/2007 - The owners of Planet Poker have decided to call it a day, citing the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act as their reason for closing the virtual doors of a pioneer in online poker. From March 31 a site which claims to be the first to offer poker online will cease to offer real money games.

Current top ten online poker sites
03/25/2007 - According to the latest statistically based chart positions at Poker Scout.com, Poker Stars.com remains the top of the pops with poker players around the world, fighting off a strong challenge from a resurgent Party Poker.com.

Poker Stars management astonished by anniversary tourney success
03/21/2007 - When PokerStars sweetened the pot to celebrate its one year anniversary for the regular Sunday Million tournaments it was a safe bet that the event would be exciting and the player support significant...but it soared above expectations in both departments.

Cardroom2 debuts
03/20/2007 - The 24hPoker online poker network has introduced Cardroom2, a common-e-wallet concept allowing players to play on Boss Media's International Poker Network (IPN) network as well as on the 24h Network.

Raymer hacking a warning for all
03/20/2007 - A shocking if somewhat basic hacking of a well known poker player's account took place at PokerStars.com over the weekend, highlighting once again the danger of constantly lurking criminal hackers looking for opportunities to steal players blind, and the consequent need for care and vigilance.

Thriller of a climax to Spring Poker Festival
03/20/2007 - A Croatian student lawyer who plays poker part-time was the surprise winner of the 2007 Party Poker.com European Challenge this week in a thrilling close to the Spring Poker Festival at the Concord Casino in Vienna, Austria

Bluff Magazine in WSOP partnership with Harrah´s
03/20/2007 - Bluff Media signed up probably its biggest business deal yet this week, reinforcing its reputation as poker's biggest and most respected poker magazine.

Irish snafu
03/20/2007 - This week's Northern Ireland Poker Championships were ruined by the questionable actions of the local Garda (police) who closed the event down despite its apparent legality.

Join the PPA says Cabot
03/19/2007 - Leading U.S. gaming authority Anthony Cabot has come out in strong support of the Poker Players' Alliance, an American body dedicated to defending the game of poker from the depredations of U.S. politicians and self-interested gambling entities that seek to hamstring the game's development.

Big money won in online poker over the weekend
03/19/2007 - Seriously big winnings at various tournament final tables were recorded in the online poker sector this weekend, with six figure numbers commonplace even among runners up.

French strike at online poker
03/16/2007 - The head of the famous French Groupe Partouche, which owns some 50 or more land casinos and operates Partouche Interactive has reportedly been handed stiff fines and suspended jail punishments by a French Court this week.

Titan Poker gets more reach
03/16/2007 - Playtech's Titan Poker has extended its reach to Northern Europe with the announcement that it has added Danish and Finnish language options to its site.

Summary judgement requested in WPT fight with poker pros
03/15/2007 - Seven of the world's leading professional poker players filed a motion for summary judgment against WPT Enterprises, Inc. in federal district court in Los Angeles this week.

Illinois machinist realises his online poker dream
03/15/2007 - Absolute Poker.com has announced the winner of its Absolute Dream Package worth $125 000, which gives the winner generous buy-ins to 10 major tournaments, coaching from a top poker ace and the opportunity to compete for prize pools worth $100 million in total.

WSOP prepares for biggest entry field ever
03/15/2007 - The trials and tribulations of online gambling in the United States notwithstanding, Harrah's Entertainment as organisers of the World Series of Poker are planning on the basis of a record breaking entry field of 10 000 players this year. In previous years a significant number of WSOP hopefuls have qualified online at numerous Internet poker sites offering sponsored WSOP packages.

A gem of a win for Danny
03/15/2007 - Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but poker works just fine for New York jewelry store owner Danny Yousefzadeh, who has just taken the Atlantic City World Series of Poker Circuit title and the top prize of $488 828.

Good times roll for the WPT
03/14/2007 - The founders and organisers of the global World Poker Tour action poker television series were in buoyant mood this week and with good cause. World Poker Tour Enterprises Inc's (WPTE) results for the full year ended December 31 2006 showcased healthy finances and a clean slate on debt.

Party Poker's geographic grapple goes to western players
03/14/2007 - The Cold War was replaced by hot action in a Vienna casino this week. With five players each from Eastern and Western Europe, both cultural pride and a Euro 100 000 prizepool were at stake at Party Poker's East vs West Cup final table poker confrontation.