13 April 2004
World Poker Tour Announce Plans for College Competition
Steve Lipscomb, CEO of the World Poker Tour, has told the Las Vegas
Sun that a poker competition between colleges for scholarship money
and other prizes is currently in the offing.
Professional Poker Player Doubles his Money
U.K professional poker player, Ashley Revel, has emerged victorious
after deciding it would be a good idea to bet all his worldly
goods, including his clothes, on a roulette wheel in Vegas.
Snooker Legend Reveals Passion for Online Poker
Seven times snooker world champion, Stephen Hendry has revealed a
secret love for online poker in an interview with the Glasgow Mail.
The snooker ace, who this week begun his bid to win the prestigious
Embassy World Championship for the eighth time,
Bugsy’s Getaway Tournaments Launched
Bugsy’sClub.com has announced a new series of unique, two-day
tournaments which, up until the grand final on at the end of May,
will see them giving away cash, holidays and, ultimately, a brand
new Mini Cooper worth $20,000.
07 April 2004
Poker's Float on Berlin Stock Exchange
LegalPlay, operators of Skillpoker.com, one of the few poker sites
permitted to operate on North American soil, has announced the next
phase of its European expansion in the form of flotation on the
Berlin Stock Exchange.
AngelCiti’s Online Poker Operations Split
AngelCiti Entertainment, Inc. has announced that its board of
directors are unanimously behind the decision to transform its
online poker operation into a separate publicly traded company to
’more fully exploit the growth of the industry.
LadbrokesPoker's Six-Figure Onslaught
Ladbrokes has announced its intention to ‘own the online poker
space’ during the Sky Sports’ ‘Poker Million – the Masters II’
tournament, through an ambitious six-figure e-marketing and
sponsorship campaign, which will see its LadbrokesPoker.
UltimateBet.com’s Press Only Poker Fest
UltimateBet.com has invited U.K. racing and entertainment press to
take part in an online poker tournament to celebrate its
sponsorship of Newmarket’s famous Guineas races and Jockey Club
Stakes this year.
Google and Yahoo Pull Poker Ads
Google and Yahoo have announced their intention to pull online
casino advertising by the end of April – a move which is certain to
have a detrimental effect on the runaway success of the Internet
poker industry.
30 March 2004
Amateur Internet Qualifiers Throw World Series Wide Open
Harrah’s has announced that legendary casino, Binion’s Horseshoe,
will be reopening on April 1st three weeks before the 35th annual
World Series of Poker kicks off. The casino giant has said that the
Horseshoe’s rooms are already filling up with rese