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Casino Launches New Poker Room |
A veteran in the gambling industry,
Betmaker offers categories such as Sportsbook, Casino and
Racing. The company recently unveiled their new and improved
homepage at www.betmaker.com and now includes popular poker
games such as: Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha High/Low, 7 Card
Stud and 7 Card Stud High/Low. The site offers a different
tournament every hour, and more than 150 tournaments per
week. |
September 29, 2005 |
| Full
House: Pro poker players go from disrespect to celebrity |
Doyle Brunson, 72, can remember
when being a professional poker player meant being an embarrassment.
The Texan recalls old friends crossing to the other side
of the street when they saw him coming, and pulling out
of the finals of a televised high-stakes tournament in 1972
because he didn't want to shame his family by advertising
what he did for a living. |
September 26, 2005 |
| It's
Time to Get Rich Playing Poker at CelebPoker.com $50k Night |
| CelebPoker.com is hosting the $50k
Guarantee this weekend and it is sure to go down as one of
the biggest online events of the year. Online Poker is at
the highest point in history and with the stakes growing and
the number of people getting larger CelebPoker.com has decided
to add some "fuel to the fire." |
September 25, 2005 |
| New
Mac Texas Holdem Poker Room |
| Pacific Poker recently announced that
its online poker room is now Mac Texas Hold'em friendly at
www.Mac-PacificPoker.com. Mac users say this Mac Texas Hold'em
site lets Mac users play online poker without having to purchase
expensive Virtual PC software for online poker compatibility. |
September 24, 2005 |
| World
Poker Tour owner plays hand in court |
| The parent company of the "World
Poker Tour" has sued its outlet, the Travel Channel,
for allegedly interfering with plans to develop a new poker
series on ESPN. |
September 22, 2005 |
| 'Average
Joe' Poker Players - Here's Your Shot at $1 Million |
| "Average Joe" Poker Players.
Finally, here's your chance to play against other recreational
poker players for a shot at the world's top poker pros and
nearly $40 million in prize and bonus money in your own televised
tournament series. |
September 21, 2005 |
| World
Championship of Online Poker - Final Report |
| The Fourth Annual World Championship
of Online Poker concluded last night with the $2,500 No-Limit
Hold 'Em championship event. 1,494 players won their entry
or paid the full fee to have their shot at the $859,050 first
prize. This was a record for the WCOOP, and the $3,735,000
prize pool was a record for online poker. |
September 20, 2005 |
| TJ
Cloutier Enters Game Market With "World Class Poker" |
| Of all the things that the current
resurgence in poker has brought, one of the things that has
had problems catching up is in the world of computer poker.
Games that have been released in the past have had pitiful
artificial intelligence, leading the computerized players
to get involved with pots with unbelievable hands. |
September 18, 2005 |
| Seven
rules of poker etiquette |
| With the explosion of poker tournaments
on television, a novice player may get the wrong impression
of what constitutes acceptable behavior at the poker table.
These unofficial rules apply to both traditional cardrooms
and online sites. |
September 16, 2005 |
| Five
unconventional tips to poker success |
| There's a reason that conventional
advice is called “conventional,” and it's related
to the same reason that obvious plans are considered “obvious”
— they are ultimately effective. |
September 15, 2005 |
| America's
Largest Poker Brand, Sets New Standards in the UK |
| WPT Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:WPTE)
today announced the UK launch of its WORLD POKER TOUR(TM)
(WPT) branded real-money gaming website. WPTonline.com makes
participation in the WPT phenomenon possible the world over.
The website serves to compliment its unprecedented poker broadcast
success, professional merchandise range, UK mobile phone gaming
and the renowned WPT Boot Camp. |
September 14, 2005 |
| Online
poker deals punters a bad hand |
| There were 27 pages of risk warnings
in the prospectus for the flotation of PartyGaming, the online
poker company, covering everything from the threat of regulation
in the US to the prospect of its directors being jailed. |
September 13, 2005 |
| Online
Casino Poker Championship Kicks Off |
| The World Championship of Online Poker
has begun and there are top prizes in the $500 No-Limit event
that offer online casino player a chance to take home $306,200.
This online casino competition is four years old and it has
a well know amount players from over 50 different countries. |
September 12, 2005 |
| Celebs
Play Poker at World Music Awards in LA |
| The 2005 World Music Awards was held
this week in Los Angeles. Entertainers from around the world
made their way down the red carpet, onto the stage and then
to the poker tables for some “Texas Hold’em”. |
September 11, 2005 |
| World
Series of Poker Review (Xbox) |
| There are many debates in the sports
world, and one that I took part in focused on the notion that
bowling was not a sport, and ergo, should not be on ESPN.
The large men, strange and smelly shoes, and abundance of
beer didn’t fit the mold I had in my head of a sport.
I want to see larger than life men (preferably not in the
waist), facing off on a field, fighting like dogs for an ultimate
goal. |
September 10, 2005 |
| 'King
of Beers' Signs as Official WORLD POKER TOUR(R) Sponsor for
Action-Packed Season IV |
| World Poker Tour welcomed Budweiser
today as the "Official Beer" of the WORLD POKER
TOUR(R) (WPT) for the WPT's fourth exciting season of riveting
televised poker on the Travel Channel. The WORLD POKER TOUR
was the show that ignited the worldwide poker boom when it
launched in March 2003 and continues to lead the way in developing
poker as a major international sport. |
September 8, 2005 |
| Teens
hooked on poker |
| NEW YORK -- Kevin figures about half
the male students at his suburban high school are regular
poker players. It's the latest teen rite of passage -- a little
low-budget action on the weekend. |
September 6, 2005 |
| Opinions:
Poker on campus: a royal flush |
| Up until about a year ago, if anyone
had asked me what "flop" or "river" meant,
I would have answered with straightforward definitions of
the words and possibly with examples (see "From Justin
to Kelly," and a dry, sandy wash, respectively). |
September 4, 2005 |
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