20 July 2004
Vinnie Jones to Become the Poker Face of Getmintedpoker.com
Cashcade, the company behind the first pound sterling poker room
getmintedpoker.com, has signed up ex soccer hard man turned
Hollywood star, Vinnie Jones as the chiselled face of its new
marketing campaign.
Full Tilt Poker Backs Poker’s Olympic Bid
Full Tilt Poker, the new software that some of the world’s greatest
players helped to design, has thrown its full weight behind the
“Poker for Athens” campaign. “Poker for Athens” is an organization
whose ultimate goal is to get poker internationally
Poker Champ Wins Monopoly Title
New Zealand Poker Champion, Andrew Dimock, is proving he has
something of a monopoly on championship titles by winning the
Monopoly Championship title. Andrew, 26, triumphed by scoring
$4,964 worth of assets during a 90-minute game in Auckland on
Fr
PokerBook Gaming Corporation To Launch Charity Poker Room
The PokerBook Gaming Corporation has announced it is the process of
developing www.worldpokercharitytour.com the first ever charitable
poker site and what the company claims will be the only legal poker
site based in the US.
Rock Star Poker Hits Vegas
Clear Channel Entertainment is offering poker fans the opportunity
to play their favourite rock stars in the first ever Vegas Rock
Star Poker Tournament and Sweepstakes. Clear Channel has go
together with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authori
08 July 2004
Gambling Exchange.com’s New Commercials
The Gambling Exchange said it wanted a fresh new angle for its new
poker commercials, so it hired innovative writer/director team, the
Goetz brothers, to help create something a little bit different.
PokerStars.com’s World Championship of Online Poker
PokerStars.com has announced it is running satellites for
qualification into its World Championship of Online Poker, the
Internet’s biggest poker tournament. The tournament will run from
July 28th to August 8th and will guarantee $4 million in payout
Claws Come Out in Celebrity Poker World
Acting is a notoriously catty profession; so given Ben Affleck’s
recent triumph at the poker tournament it was only a matter of time
before the venomous backbiting started. The New York Daily News has
reported that Wilie Garson, who plays Sex in the
‘Poker Kings’ Film Released
After two and half years of shooting and editing, Poker Kings, a
documentary following the fortunes of five poker players on the
road to the 2003 World Series of Poker. Directed by award winning
filmmaker Maciek Wszelaki, the film follows English tri
World Poker Tour Company To Float on Stock Exchange
Lakes Entertainment Inc, the company that owns roughly 80% of the
World Poker Tour, has announced that it’s to be listed Chicago
Board Options Exchange and that trading equity options on Lakes
Entertainment common stock began on July 1, 2004.