27 Apr 07
Yahoo Does Poker Deal with Boss Media
eog.com - Boss Media AB, in partnership with St Minver Ltd (Gibraltar), has announced that the leading Internet player Yahoo! UK has joined Boss Media's and St Minver's partner-based International Poker Network.
The launch is in response to the increasing demands of its expanding audience for an entertaining poker product within a safe playing environment. The new service offers an innovative and user-friendly experience through a flash-only, browser based design that requires no download.
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27 Apr 07
PPA Applauds Frank
online-casinos.com - The 400 000 member Poker Players' Alliance was first out of the gate with support for the new online gambling proposals titled Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act launched today (Thursday) by Congressman Barney Frank.
In a press release, the PPA said it supports House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank's introduction of sensible Internet gambling legislation.
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26 Apr 07
Negreanu: When to Bet, When to Check-Raise
fcnp.com - I often discuss the importance of mixing up your play in order to remain unpredictable. One of the best ways to do that is by occasionally betting the flop and sometimes going for a check-raise.
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26 Apr 07
Real money online poker on Yahoo.co.uk
gamingintelligencegroup.com - Today’s news may well mark a shift in the balance of power in the online gaming industry. Gaming Intelligence Group has reported in the past on the potential for one of the giants of the internet to enter this market, and their prospects remain good.
As one of the most recognisable brands in the world, with one of the biggest databases of online consumers, Yahoo is in a position to rapidly challenge the established online gaming companies.
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26 Apr 07
“The Grand” Sells Out At Tribeca
bodogbeat.com - The latest project from writer/director/producer Zak Penn, The Grand, debuts this Friday at the Tribeca Film Festival and tickets have already sold out in advance making it one of the most talked about films of the festival. ...
Following in the vein of Christopher Guest’s genre-defining Spinal Tap and drawing comparisons to the cult classic Best in Show, Penn has created a poker "mockumentary" that relies on live poker action and the actual play of the actors.
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26 Apr 07
Japan Enters the Poker World
cardplayer.com - Finally, Japan will have its own poker tournament. The All-Japan Poker Championship Committee has announced the first annual All-Japan Poker Championship (AJPC).
The no-limit Texas hold’em event will take place June 2 and 3 in Tokyo, Japan. The winner of the AJPC will receive an entry into the 2007 World Series of Poker
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25 Apr 07
Amarillo Slim opens website and writes poker ebook
businessportal24.com - Amarillo Slim Preston ... has announced the opening of his new website, amarilloslim.org On his website, you will find news and events as well as information pertaining to the gambling legend. ... Also he has just released a new E-Book, All In: An E-guide To No Limit Texas Hold’em ....
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25 Apr 07
Sopranos Boosts Poker Popularity
gambling911.com - "We at Absolute Poker definitely notice an increase in online signups following any popular television show that depicts individuals playing poker."
Poker was a common theme during this past week's episode of The Sopranos where we found Uncle Junior gathering resident fellow delusional cases like himself for a friendly game of Texas Hold Em, featuring prizes such as candy bars and poker chips made of buttons.
Immediately following that episode, there was a surge in signups.
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25 Apr 07
Frank To Introduce UIGEA Repeal Tomorrow
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank on Wednesday said he will introduce a bill this week to lift a ban on online gambling.
"Why anyone thinks it is any of my business why some adult wants to gamble is absolutely beyond me," Frank told a community bankers group conference.
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24 Apr 07
Kenny Rogers: Back In The Game
Kenny Rogers knows when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, but with the launch of his TheGamblerPokerClub.com website, there's no doubt the country music legend knows how to open 'em as well.
"It's amazing how many people are out there that love to play poker, but there are so few legal and safe places to play. That's what makes us so special" says Rogers.
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24 Apr 07
Invitations for Titan Poker $500k Giveaway
pokerlistings.com - There's a poker party coming up at Titan Poker, and it's one that you'll definitely want to get an invitation to. With a $500k prize pool on the line for free, invitations may be cheap, but they won't be easy to come by.
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24 Apr 07
The "No Third Party" Shuffle
A few months ago we flagged reports from Harrah's announcing that "third party" WSOP registrations would no longer be accepted if they came from "online pay-to-play poker sites that do business with U.S. residents." ...
What exactly that meant no one seems to know or care. The bottom line according to WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack is this: "If a player shows up with $10,000 and wants to register for the tournament, we will allow them to play."
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23 Apr 07
Record-Setting $3.9 M For WPT Champ
bodogbeat.com - The World Poker Tour World Championship got underway this weekend at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, and with 639 entrants paying the steep $25,000 buy-in, a record cash purse of $15,495,750 has been set aside with an amazing $3,970,415 going to the first place finisher and $2,011,135 to second.
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23 Apr 07
Book Review: Idiot's Guide to Tournament Poker
pokerplayernewspaper.com - Playing in a poker tournament for a fi rst time can be intimidating. Since the vast majority of participants of nearly any tournament are experienced players, tournament staff generally assumes that the players know what's going on. If that's not the case, tournament rules, procedures, and etiquette can be bewildering.
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23 Apr 07
SA looks to legalize online gambling
casinocitytimes.com - As reported by the South Africa Herald: "If you can't beat them, join them . . . or at least regulate them. That is the attitude that the government has adopted towards the rapidly expanding online gambling industry.
"Having learnt from the United States that outlawing online gambling does little to solve the problem, the government is now on course to legalise it.
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23 Apr 07
"The Grand" Takes The Pot
nymag.com - Zak Penn’s hysterical mockumentary The Grand (which debuts April 27) starts with the simplest premise: celebrity-poker improv. Penn gathered a bunch of famous funny people—Woody Harrelson, Judy Greer, Richard Kind, Michael McKean, Jason Alexander, and others—and had them play a real poker tournament as fictional characters. And though he outlined basic character traits, it was up to the actors to improvise the vicious trash-talking and Best in Show–ish backstage psychodrama.
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23 Apr 07
"Wacokidd" Doms the Bellagio Poker Classic
poker-king.com - To say that Jared "Wacokidd" Hamby is having a strong month playing live poker would be an extreme understatement. Like many other online poker pros, Hamby had made most of his money playing online; hundreds of thousands of dollars compared to a paltry $20,000 in live poker tournament wins.
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20 Apr 07
UK Pubs attack "social" poker deal
uk.reuters.com - Pub and private club operators lodged an appeal on Friday against new government restrictions on poker playing. ...
Clubs are attacking the new limits as draconian, while the government has asked for consultation before they are implemented later this year.
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20 Apr 07
Bellagio WPT Championship Starts Saturday
poker-king.com - The fifth $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship starts on Saturday, and it should be one of the biggest poker tournaments ever. Any worries that the turnout to the main event might be down should be squashed, as event organizers are expecting a much larger turn-out than the 605 people who entered the event last year. Preliminary estimates are calling for a field of about 800 entrants, which should create a first prize of over $5 million dollars.
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20 Apr 07
Spain Says “Bienvenidos” to WPT
bodogbeat.com - The World Poker Tour and Grup Peralada, the largest casino group in Spain, have announced an agreement to bring the first ever WPT stop in Spain to the Casino Barcelona. The event has been added to the line-up for the sixth season of the popular poker television show and will be filmed in October 2007.
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