04 Jan 07
One Writer's View of the Top Nine Players of 2006
pokernews.com - [T]he world of poker in 2006 brought many names to the forefront, some perhaps surprisingly.
The following nine men displayed exceptional poker skills over the course of 2006 and, in doing so, made the year the best in poker history. While there is plenty of room for debate (feel free to leave your comments at the bottom of this story), in my opinion, these players made the most noise over the past twelve months. ...
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04 Jan 07
First Winner of Mansion's $100K-A-Day
uk.pokernews.com - The inaugural tournament took place earlier today, UK time, at 03.00GMT and resulted in the $100,000 prize pool offering a massive $52,690 overlay! This was fought over by under 500 players, giving everyone who played a realistic chance of cashing in what was effectively a huge cash giveaway by MANSION.
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03 Jan 07
Women and Poker: A 2006 Retrospective
pokernews.com - [A]ll in all, 2006 was a great year for women in poker; a year when well known women pros added to their stellar track records and some new talent emerged on the scene.
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03 Jan 07
Everest hosts $100,000 tournament
casinocitytimes.com - Everest Poker has announced a $100,000 guaranteed no-limit holdem poker tournament to be held on 27 January, 2007 at 14:00 GMT. As with all guaranteed tournaments held at the online poker room, this $100,000 tournament features a prize pool that is assured by Everest Poker to be paid out to the winners.
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03 Jan 07
PokerRoom.com Ignores Outcry
gambling911.com - A widely publicized complaint surrounding OnGame Network's PokerRoom.com has been widely ignored by the company, but those who play online poker have already begun pulling their money out in earnest. The OnGame Poker Network routinely ranks among the top 5 rooms, with PokerRoom.com among its biggest brands.
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03 Jan 07
Online Poker Strong Entering 2007
online-casinos.com - The field may have been smaller than usual due to the old year exiting and the new one arriving, but the online poker action was still brisk and the winnings were spectacular, showing once again that it takes more than political shenanigans to keep a good game down.
Mansion boosted their tournament cash ... as did Party Poker and Poker Stars, with the latter launching a special $1 000 buy-in competition that attracted a few big names using online *handles* and gave the winner a larger than usual pay check.
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02 Jan 07
Motley Fool Backs Crypto
Respected online market analyst Motley Fool has recently given a thumbs up to online poker software provider Cryptologic, which has been tagged as a possible "best performer" for the new year. The company’s share prices took a hike last week when the announcement that William Hill, a British bookmaker, had renewed their contracts with Cryptologic
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02 Jan 07
Multiplayer poker for cellphones
gamesnews.virgin.net - Concrete Software, a mobile content publisher, announced the release of its new, 'Multiplayer Aces Texas Hold'em' card game for mobile phones.
Social gaming has been a growing sector in mobile games with lots of buzz around multiplayer games. The new 'Multiplayer Aces Texas Hold'em' allows you to connect and play poker in an online community.
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02 Jan 07
A Quick Look Back: 2006 – Part 1
uk.pokernews.com - UK Poker News takes a hurried look back over its publishing efforts during the year of 2006 – which has not been one of the quietest of periods in poker, it has to be said!
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02 Jan 07
Bond baddie in real-life poker probe
dailyindia.com - It seems that the high-stakes poker game in Bond flick 'Casino Royale' was not enough for baddie Mads Mikkelsen, for he's now landed in a soup after allegedly taking part in a illegal poker tournament.
Mikkelsen reportedly got into trouble in his native Denmark after the card game in Copehagen's Club Dakota where he defeated other professional gamers, even using a hand of two jacks, the same with which his character Le Chiffre defeated Bond in 'Casino Royale'.
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29 Dec 06
Mansion Poker adds daily $100k tournament
The new tournament is a daily $100,000 guaranteed poker tournament that will play each day at 3 a.m. (GMT). No matter how many people show up to play, the prize pool will be guaranteed to always be at least $100,000.
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29 Dec 06
Party Gaming Buys Noble Poker and Other Websites
uk.pokernews.com - Party Gaming plc, the London Stock Exchange listed group that owns Party Poker, has acquired "certain businesses and assets" from both Empire Online Limited and Intercontinental Online Gaming Limited. These assets include "several leading online gaming websites".
These deals will expand Party Gaming's casino and poker operations and strengthen its management and marketing teams.
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29 Dec 06
Negreanu: Five tips to thrive in big events
nj.com - If you're saving up your money to play in one of the big $10,000 events on the poker circuit, these five tips will help make you a winner.
1. Don't lay odds on your pre-flop raises. ...
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29 Dec 06
Negreanu: On Playing a Rush
fcnp.com - You'll occasionally find yourself in a poker game where it seems you can do no wrong. Every hand you play comes out a winner and lady luck is definitely on your side. This is known as playing a rush.
Depending who you ask, you'll get a variety of advice on what you should do when the cards keep coming and you’re on fire. One thing’s for sure, you should never leave a poker game that you’re destroying.
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28 Dec 06
Book Review: The Mathematics of Poker
pokernews.com - Experts encourage one to play the man as opposed to his cards. But what if such conventional assumptions proved to be only partially true? This eventuality is addressed in the recently released "The Mathematics of Poker". Authors Bill Chen and Jerrod Ankenman definitely state that it is the numerical reasoning behind our decisions that is more important than the searching for tells or the twitching of our guts.
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28 Dec 06
3-D Poker Site Launched by French Co.
cardplayer.com - French video game company Mekensleep launched a new 3-D real-money poker site, pok3d.com. The site immerses players into a complete three-dimensional environment and brags that it represents a revolution in Internet poker because players can customize their own avatars and use them to express emotions to their opponents.
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28 Dec 06
Full Tilt Playing Santa Until New Year
cardplayer.com - FullTiltPoker.com is wishing everyone a Merry Christmas with its “12 Days of Christmas” promotion that is running on the site from now until Dec. 31. It’s awarding cash and prizes from its Full Tilt store to players who earn at least one Full Tilt Point (FTP) each day until the new year. Here’s how it works:
Play at FullTiltPoker.com and earn at least one FTP in any of its cash games to become eligible. All players who earn at least one FTP will be put into a drawing for the day’s grand prize.
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27 Dec 06
Doyles Room: Aggressive Advertising
gambling911.com - Doyles Room Poker has begun advertising heavily on US television recently with the legendary player himself, Doyle Brunson, discussing how to play poker. The ads themselves direct viewers to the free education version of the Doyles Room website - DoylesRoom.net. That site does not permit betting.
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27 Dec 06
Most Important Court Case in Poker History
uk.pokernews.com - The New Year will bring the most awaited verdict in the history of UK poker. Is poker a game of skill? Now, this is in the history of UK poker alone for a little known fact, not often seen in the forum postings, is that European law has already judged poker as a game of skill - well, almost.
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22 Dec 06
Judge keeps poker prize on ice
seattlepi.nwsource.com - A judge turned down a motion to lift a freeze on half the World Series of Poker pot and said a TV producer would likely win his claim to the $6 million.
U.S. District Court Judge Roger Hunt turned down the motion by lawyers for main event winner Jamie Gold to lift an injunction set in September on half the $12 million pot won in the annual no-limit Texas Hold 'em tournament.
Hunt said he had concerns Gold would turn over the money to plaintiff Bruce Crispin Leyser if the TV producer were to win his case.
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