27 May 2008
Shannon Elizabeth Joins DoylesRoom
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DoylesRoom today announced the addition of Shannon Elizabeth to
their celebrity roster. Comprised of a potent mix of both acclaimed
poker pros and card savvy celebrities, Team Brunson is always
equipped to make a splash at the hottest live, online, a
Irish Connection for Ciaran O'Leary and Paddy Power
Paddy Power Poker have revealed they have added to the list of
players on their books for the World Series after Ciaran O'Leary
has been signed to represent the Irish bookmakers and poker room in
Vegas and beyond.
23 May 2008
PokerStars Open Live Poker Room in Macau
PokerStars have announced they will unveil a live poker room in
Macau tomorrow. The new ‘PokerStars Macau’ poker room will host
upto 250, and is to be situated inside the Grand Waldo Hotel and
Casino in Cotai.
Full Tilt Poker Expand The $25k Heads-Up Tournament
The online poker world was rocked by Full Tilt’s announcement of a
$25,000 buy-in heads-up tournament – the largest online poker
tournament in the history of the game.
Anyone is eligible to enter the tournament, but the excitement
generated by
Bet365’s European Championship of Online Poker Begins Today
Bet365’s European Championship of Online Poker kicks off today,
with $3.5m guaranteed and dozens of players qualifying via
freerolls.
As well as picking up mountains of cash, the winners of each of
the ten events across the festival will win th
22 May 2008
Dusk Till Dawn Goes Seven Days a Week
The biggest fully licensed poker club in Europe has just announced
they will be open seven days a week. Dusk Till Dawn has played host
to the Norwegian Championships, and is being rumoured to be holding
some other major tournaments later in the year.
Roy The Boy Helping Autistic Kids Charity This Weekend
Irish pro poker player Roy Brindley will be the host this weekend
at a €25 rebuy charity tournament in the Liffey Arms, Newbridge,
Co. Kidare, Ireland, all to help Saplings, a school for autistic
children.
Lee Watkinson To Host Charity Event on FTP
It will be a late on for us Europeans, but at 9pm EST, Lee
Watkinson will host a charity tournament on Full Tilt Poker.
Much like the tournament run by Jen Harman a few months back,
the buy in to this tournament is $10, half of which goes to the
21 May 2008
Tabatabai Joins Team Betfair
John Tabatabai has become the latest rising young poker star to
join Betfair’s elite team of talent. The 23 year old takes his
place alongside Sorel Mizzi and Annette Obrestad as Team Betfair
continues to build a roster capable of beating the very be
$25K Heads-Up World Championship This Saturday
With a tournament buy-in of $25,000 per player, the Full Tilt Poker
Heads-Up World Championship is the largest heads-up tournament ever
held either live or online. To add to the excitement, the
tournament will be hosted by 2008 National Heads-Up Poke