POKER NEWS

07 July 2005

World Series of Poker Lifestyle Show a Player Favorite

The World Series of Poker Lifestyle Show opened today at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, showcasing hundreds of poker items, gadgets and accessories to an expected 7,000 poker enthusiast audience.

06 July 2005

Prima Network Adds Three New Card Rooms

The Prima Network has announced the addition of three new card rooms. The newly added card rooms include BoylesportsPoker.com, an independent betting and gaming company from Ireland; 24poker.

Monte Carlo Millions offers a $3 million prize pool

The Prima Network has guaranteed the largest prize pool in European poker tournament history. Monte Carlo Millions will offer a $3 million prize pool with $1 million designated for the champion.

05 July 2005

William Hill’s Poker 425 Brings Live Coverage of WSOP

William Hill will be reporting live coverage of the World Series of Poker worth over $6milion, exclusive to the UK between July 4th – 16th. The Poker425 website (www.poker425.com) and the Poker425 Sky Channel, hosted by William Hill, will deliver the

04 July 2005

Top Women Players Looking to Conquer Poker's Main Event

No woman has won the prestigious no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event at the World Series of Poker. In fact, in the tournament's 35-year history, only one woman has made it to the final table.

01 July 2005

Poker heavy Josh Arieh W i ns 2nd WSOP bracelet

Josh Arieh won his second World Series of Poker bracelet in the WSOP $2,000 Pot Limit Omaha event. The Atlanta resident also finished in 3rd place of the main event in last year’s WSOP.

Poker Powerhouse Breaks New Ground with WebDecoder

PokerRoom.com, one of the world’s largest online poker sites, is the first internet card room to use the patented WebDecoder interactive game piece in a bold move to gain market share.

Full Tilt Poker’s Phil Ivey Continues Historic 2005 Run

Poker superstar Phil Ivey made poker history again on Tuesday 28th June, besting a field of 133 of poker’s toughest players to win the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event at the 2005 World Series of Poker.

Media Battle at the Poker Table

After a gruelling 4 hours at the table, Ben Beasley-Murray, freelance journalist for The Times, took home £2,500 in prize money and the bragging rights as the best poker player in print, from the

28 June 2005

Party Gaming: Biggest Poker Company in the World

PartyGaming has completed its flotation on the London Stock Exchange and shares rocketed from an Initial Public Offering of 116 pence per share to129p when the markets closed. This makes the Party Gaming flotation the biggest on the London Stock Exch