17 Apr 06
"Puggy" Pearson Cashes Out
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Poker legend Walter Clyde "Puggy" Pearson, the man credited with creating the style of play made famous by the World Series of Poker, has died. He was 77.
... Pearson was known as the father of no-limit freeze out poker, the game Benny Binion turned into the World Series of Poker at his Horseshoe Club casino in downtown Las Vegas in 1970.
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17 Apr 06
PokerStars set to float
LONDON (AFX) - Pokerstars, the world's second-largest internet poker company, is preparing to float on the London stock market before the end of this year with a value likely to exceed 1.1 bln UKP (2 bln USD), The Sunday Times said.
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14 Apr 06
Still On The Rise
"Data from the Poker Pages Industry Index, an industry standard when it comes to measuring the growth in Online Poker, has revealed that the game hasn't missed a beat as far as its soaring popularity is concerned.
The PPII for the first quarter of 2006 resides at 130, indicating a growth of 30 percent versus the same period last year - with total buy-in dollars just over $98 million. The growth over the last 12 months remains very strong, with the Buy-in Index for the period at 155, indicating growth of 55 percent over the previous 12-month period."
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14 Apr 06
UA student plays with pros
"A marketing student at the UA won more than $36,000 playing poker in Las Vegas against professionals last weekend, and he has won more than $100,000 since August.
Justin Gaines, a marketing senior, ranked fourth place and won about $36,700 in a live poker tournament in Las Vegas last weekend and played against renowned poker professionals."
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14 Apr 06
Ladies Now Have More Chance To Win
"Poker.com is set to become the home of ladies poker after they announced the addition of several WSOP Ladies Event Satellites to their service. From this month onwards, there will be daily satellite tournaments into the Poker.com Ladies Grand Finals, where $2,000 prize packages will be given away."
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13 Apr 06
"No Limit": Poker Doc makes the rounds
"A new feature-length documentary is touring the nation's film festivals, and its name is No Limit: A Search for the American Dream on the Poker Tournament Trail. A combination of Susan Genard's love of poker and film and Timothy Rhys' love of film directing has created a movie that gives an insightful look into the world of poker tournaments, professional players, and people who strive for the American dream."
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13 Apr 06
$10M WSOP Promotion
FullTiltPoker.com is offering to the most valuable free prize ever offered by an online poker room. A player that qualifies for the 2006 World Series of Poker at FullTiltPoker.com and goes on to win the $10,000 buy in Main Event will be awarded an additional 10 million dollars by Full Tilt.
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12 Apr 06
Ivey and Negreanu Favs to Win WSOP
April 12, 2006 (Las Vegas, NV) -- The online casino most like Las Vegas itself is among the first to post odds on the biggest poker tournament in Sin City this season. Aces.com has posted early odds on the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and favors Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu to win the prestigious tournament.
'With odds like 200-1, even the favorites look like long shots, but that will change quickly as the field narrows.' said Aces.com Manager Rene Quesada. 'Who knows, maybe there’s another Chris Moneymaker in the crowd!'
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12 Apr 06
Binion's to WebCast Tournaments
"The Nevada-based American gambling group Binion's has announced plans to broadcast poker tournaments over the Internet.
The group's director of poker, Jim Delorto says the webcasts are being designed to present opportunities for ordinary players to get on-air and will be a valuable marketing tool for the Binion brand.
'You've got so many young people playing poker, and they all want to be on TV,' said Delorto. 'This is going to be a big draw.'"
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12 Apr 06
Establish Your Image
Daniel Negreanu - The Detroit News
"Understanding how people perceive you at the poker table is often as important as knowing which cards to play. In fact, the most important adjustment I was forced to make, in order to beat the world's best players, was to become aware of how my play was affecting my table image."
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12 Apr 06
Interpoker Upgrades
April 11 - Cryptologic, the software provider behind Interpoker.com, has released a major upgrade of its software. Players are in for an adrenaline rush with faster tournaments and an all new, and more realistic, satellite tournament format.
The intention with the new software is to more closely resembles the feeling of playing poker in a real live environment, with the launch of the new Super Satellite system. Players will immediately note the difference from the previous version. The tournament status and layout has a far more realistic edge to it.
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12 Apr 06
Best Sites Announced
"BestPokerWebsites.com has announced its list of the best online poker rooms for the first quarter of 2006. In addition to website statistics, Best Poker Websites uses visitor's anonymous feedback from the Ratings and Rankings section of the site in order to understand which online poker rooms are most popular in real time."
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11 Apr 06
Reading Poker Shorthand
"Message boards and websites are filled with quality poker information, but sometimes the authors use 'poker shorthand' to describe the game situations. If you're not familiar with the terms, you can't take full advantage of the knowledge being shared. Reading through the Poker Shorthand Primer will help you understand what people are actually saying when they say, 'YMTC, playing Kxs in LP'."
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11 Apr 06
"Big Deal": One Year as a Pro
"In 1990, British biographer (and former speechwriter for Prince Charles) Anthony Holden published Big Deal: One Year as a Professional Poker Player. Salman Rushdie called it 'The best description of world-class poker we've been given.' And Holden earned himself a lasting place in poker lore with this: 'Poker may be only a game, but it is not a matter of life and death. It's a lot more serious than that.'"
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11 Apr 06
WPT Makes It To The Big Screen
"It was only a matter of time – poker has hit Hollywood. The World Poker Tour will get its first Hollywood close-up with a starring role in the upcoming movie 'Deal', which films this month in New Orleans. Alongside the film's stars Burt Reynolds and Bret Harrison, filmgoers will be able to see WPT hosts Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten and Courtney Friel who will all be playing themselves."
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11 Apr 06
Poker Night Live in Canada
"Poker Night Live originated in April 2005 on the UK's number one gaming channel, Pokerzone. Since its launch, Poker Night Live has surged in popularity and now has over 200,000 unique viewers who watch the program every week. Poker Night Live was recently awarded 'Poker TV Programme of the Year' at the prestigious 2006 UK Gambling Awards."
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10 Apr 06
Moneymaker Wins, Esfandiari Leads
"Chris Moneymaker was the second person eliminated in his first round Poker Superstars Invitational 3 match, but that wouldn’t happen the second time around. Thanks in part to a run of good cards, he won his table and earned 10 desperately needed points after earning just a single point his first outing.
Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow, on the other hand, has zero points after his first two matches when he was the first person to bust out again Sunday. He was sent away from the table after Jeff Shulman called Matusow’s all-in with T9. Matusow was ahead until a AAT hit the flop with no help on the turn or river."
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10 Apr 06
Vic Ramdin Captures Title at Foxwoods
"The final table of the Foxwoods Poker Classic was setting up to be quite a battle. The six finalist had fought through a field of 431 player to have a chance of winning the first prize of $1,331,889. The remaining contestants were a mix of a pro player and internet poker guru, along with some unfamiliar faces that were not intimidated in the least bit. ...
That led to a heads up confrontation between internet poker guru Alex 'Yahtzem' Jacob and top poker pro Victor Ramdin. Jacob held the chip lead when they started heads up play. However, the two got all of their chips in the middle quickly and Ramdin doubled through when his pocket nines held up against Jacob’s A-K."
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07 Apr 06
Shares Jump as Bills Lose Steam
[Proposed US anti-gambling legislation] lost some steam Thursday, as debate in the house judiciary committee for the first time showed real problems and complications with these bills, and cast a pall over their chances to progress into law. Apparently, normally a bill like this being debated in committee would have a second debate scheduled to continue discussion. At the close of the debate on these bills yesterday, no new debate was scheduled. With Congress in a short session, analysts say it is doubtful discussion on the bill will continue during this session - usually a bad sign for a piece of pending legislation.
This news sent gaming stocks soaring, as investors were driven back to the sector by the news. The leading stock of the online gaming sector, PartyGaming, gained over 10% on high trading volume, and stocks like 888 Holdings (up 11%), and SportingBet (up 9.5%) were also higher amidst heavy trading.
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07 Apr 06
MacFolk Get Free Custom Poker Room
(PRLEAP.COM) Pacific Poker's new Apple poker room will allow Mac users to play online poker for free without the aid of a Virtual PC software. Virtual PC software programs cost on average of $250. (www.mac-Pacificpoker.com)
This Apple online poker software will run in the browser for quick play modes. Pacific Poker stated they will be giving new Apple poker players up to $100 instantly upon opening a new real money account.
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