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| Software
allows users to play live poker on their cell phones |
| Poker is now firmly established as
one of the most popular pastimes around the world with casinos
reporting record numbers of players. Even bigger than the
bricks and mortar boom, is the online phenomenon, which has
now gone mobile. PokerRoom gives players the option of taking
their game with them, wherever they are, with its live mobile
poker games. |
August 31, 2005 |
| Poker
Tour Searches the World for Players |
| The producers of the Small Town Poker
Tour(STPT) announced today the venues for season one. The
following states will be in the first tour, Vermont, Maine,
New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Florida,
Mississippi Texas, California and Washington. Executive Producer
Mark Fracalossi stated, "Anyone with a valid state driver’s
license or ID may play". |
August 30, 2005 |
| The
Bicycle Casino's Prestigious 'Legends of Poker' Tournament
- Making Legends... |
| The Bicycle Casino's Legends of Poker,
one of the most prestigious tournament series on the circuit
today, began earlier this month with thousands of tournament
players descending on Bell Gardens! With an estimated prize
pool of over $7,000,000, including $600,000 in guaranteed
prize money in five different events and the unprecedented
"Poker fever" that is sweeping the country, this
year's tournament is turning into one of the largest poker
tournaments in the history of The Bicycle Casino! |
August 29, 2005 |
| World
Series of Poker Hands-On (Xbox) |
| Poker, poker, poker. Is there anything
else on TV anymore? We’re fans of playing Hold ‘Em
when we have the time, but what’s up with every channel
- even the religious zealot cable access station - having
some type of poker show? |
August 28, 2005 |
| Dad
gambles on poker career |
| Poels, who lives on the Gilbert-Mesa
border in Dana Ranch, took home a gold bracelet and more than
$270,000 in cash as the Hi/Lo champion at the June World Series
of Poker in Omaha. |
August 26, 2005 |
| Party
Poker to promote online poker tournament to golfers |
| GPS Industries, Inc. an innovator
of Wi-Fi wireless and GPS-enabled multimedia communications
and management solutions for golf facilities and Party Poker
today announced a joint marketing program to enable Party
Poker to promote an online poker tournament to more than 80,000
golfers. |
August 25, 2005 |
| Online
Poker VIP Plan Announced by Getmintedpoker |
| Online poker room Getmintedpoker.com
recently announced a new VIP plan that will award privileges
to players for their loyalty. Starting September 1, players
racking up at least 5000 poker points will achieve VIP status,
which will give them a variety of benefits. Players earn poker
points for each raked hand they play. |
August 24, 2005 |
| Online
Poker Horror Film Comes to DVD |
| Offbeat poker horror film The Card
Player (Il Cartio), from Italian director Dario Argento, comes
to DVD on August 23rd amid, at best, mixed reviews. Theatrical
release in the U.S. was limited, but the movie will be widely
available for purchase online. If the very notion of a poker
thriller seems a bit odd, then the plot itself is downright
weird, if not a bit silly. |
August 23, 2005 |
| Bikers'
poker run pumps $10,000 into hospital |
| Motors were rumbling and the Southern
Steel Band played as more than 200 bikes were rolling in Sunday
for St. Mary Mercy Hospital's second annual Hawgs for Hearts
Motorcycle Poker Run. |
August 22, 2005 |
| PokerRoom.com
keeps growing: Now third largest online poker site |
| Since its inception in 1999, PokerRoom.com
has quickly catapulted into one of the most popular poker
sites. It is now pleased to announce that it is now the third-largest
online poker site in the world, as reported on www.PokerPulse.com,
the leader in providing accurate, actionable information to
the online poker industry and to the online player community. |
August 19, 2005 |
| World
Championship of Online Poker 2005 |
| The World Championship of Online Poker
(WCOOP), the largest online poker tournament in the world,
is coming back to Poker Stars, this time with a main event
guarantee of $2.5 million |
August 18, 2005 |
| PokerClub24
Rewards Players with up to 35 Percent Rakeback |
| The thing that makes poker infinitely
deep and endlessly challenging is the psychological aspect
of the game. If your blackjack dealer could choose whether
to hit or stand on 16, for example, playing your own hand
would be far more complicated. |
August 15, 2005 |
Activision
Unveils World Series of Poker® Video Game
|
| Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) will
unveil a sneak preview of the highly anticipated World Series
of Poker video game based on the widely popular World Series
of Poker (WSOP) Tournament at this year's Lifestyle Show in
Las Vegas on July 6 - 10. |
August 13, 2005 |
| Annie
Duke Returns to Chicago for the Chicago Poker Championships |
| Eagle Games announced today that world-class
professional poker player Annie Duke will be playing in the
DD Poker event of the Chicago Poker Championships to be held
this Friday August 12th. The Chicago Poker Championships run
from August 1-14th and are presented by Resorts East Chicago
Casino, Q101 and the Loop. Duke will also be present at the
Championship event held on Saturday August 13th. |
August 12, 2005 |
| Jupiters
Casino deals in to poker mania |
| JUPITERS Casino has moved to cash
in on the international poker craze whipped up with the help
of Aussie poker king Joe Hachem and celebrity card sharps
such as Ben Affleck. |
August 9, 2005 |
| Crazy
Poker Gives Players a 33% Rakeback |
| Crazy Poker has stunned the online
gaming community when it announced that it will offer it’s
players a 33% rakeback every month – the only site to
offer such a high amount. |
August 8, 2005 |
| Nickelback
Lead Singer Chad Kroeger Joins Vegas Rock Star Poker |
| The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors
Authority (LVCVA) and Clear Channel Entertainment Properties
today announced Chad Kroeger, lead singer of Nickelback, will
join rock greats, Gene Simmons, Dave Navarro and Jerry Cantrell
at the second annual Vegas Rock Star Poker Tournament on August
25th-27th, 2005 at The Palms Casino Hotel Las Vegas. |
August 4, 2005 |
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