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Online Poker News
Archives - October 2006 |
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Put
Yourself In The Game With Xbox |
The Live Vision
Camera supports games with ‘face in game' technology,
starting with Rainbow Six: Vegas and World Series of Poker... |
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Oct
30, 2006 |
Rock
Legends Play Poker in Vegas |
OK. What do you
get when you bring Sully Erna, Vinnie Paul, Ace Frehley,
Dusty Hill, and Scott Ian to Las Vegas? Probably the most
rockin’ poker party in town... |
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Oct
29, 2006 |
Online
Poker Player Bids for Million Prize Pool |
When Jordi Bonell
won three consecutive Sit and Go tournaments at Titan
Poker, he had spent a total of $33. In return, he has
earned himself a seat at The Tournament Titan, the richest
Sit and Go tournament ever played online... |
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Oct
29, 2006 |
Poker
Room.com Opts Out of U.S. Business |
The Ongame owned
and powered Poker Room.com site is to close its virtual
doors to American players with effect from November 6
according to an announcement this week... |
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Oct
25, 2006 |
New
law may hurt World Series of Poker |
Observers say the
recently enacted U.S. law that bans gambling online could
cut into the number of entrants to the planet’s
richest card game — the World Series of Poker... |
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Oct
25, 2006 |
Considering
Online Casino Poker |
Poker changed in
several ways when it made the move onto the online casino
sites. As several aspects have been removed from the game,
online casino poker became more of a skills game... |
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Oct
18, 2006 |
NBC's
"Poker After Dark" Set for New Year's Debut. Shana
Hiatt to Host |
Late-night poker
programming featuring some of the biggest names in the
game? That's what's on tap when NBC rolls out its newest
poker entry, 'Poker After Dark.' Currently slated for
a kickoff on Jan. 2nd, 2007, at 2:05 a.m. ET/PT, the show
promises a stable of poker horses to rival anything on
television... |
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Oct
16, 2006 |
World
Series of Poker Ready for the Hit |
The 2006 World
Series of Poker in Las Vegas last July and August reached
new heights as television revenue and advertising surged,
spectator turn-out was obsessive, and the game of poker
seemingly turned average men into superstars... |
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Oct
16, 2006 |
Alex
Jacob Wins U.S. Poker Championship |
Poker phenom Alex
Jacob captured his first major title Saturday, winning
$878,000 in the 2006 United States Poker Championships
$10,000 Main Event... |
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Oct
10, 2006 |
The
war on poker: Internet gambling is on its last legs |
No more PartyPoker.
No more PokerRoom.com. No more online gambling, period.
On October 11, Congress passed The Unlawful Internet Gambling
Enforcement Act of 2006. The bill prevents you from using
your credit card to place any sort of wager online. Pick
your vice: poker, ponies, packers - no longer can
you bet online. Why?... |
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Oct
7, 2006 |
Absolute
Poker's Official Response to the Unlawful Internet... |
As the 4th largest
online poker company we continue to welcome all Poker
Players. AbsolutePoker.com is Absolutely confident in
its ability to continue to offer US customers the very
best in Online Poker with the fastest secure deposit and
payout solutions, all new and existing customers should
be 100% confident in playing with the very best... |
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Oct
7, 2006 |
Bankers
React to Online Poker Legislation |
An interesting
side note to the recently passed online gaming legislation
is the role banks must play in enforcing the soon-to-be
law. Under the new law, banks would be required to monitor
transactions, and block any kind of transactions designed
to send money to online gaming companies from Americans... |
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Oct
5, 2006 |
Full
Tilt Poker to Stand Pat |
While many of the
online
poker industry’s top sites have stated they
will end business relations with customers located in
the US if the President signs the bill designed to curb
online gaming into a law, the people behind Full Tilt
Poker are standing by their product and services... |
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Oct
3, 2006 |
Hollywood
Loves Poker |
Hollywood has long
known a high stakes poker table is a powder keg of dramatic
potential. Aces.com's sexy new poker flick, Aces the Movie,
is the latest in a long line of poker classics... |
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Oct
1, 2006 |
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