16 May 2008
BetFred Poker Room Up The Ante
British casino, poker room and sports-betting site BetFred have
decided to increase the bonuses on their poker room to $600.
In addition to this generous increase, first-time players will
be entered into two $1,000 first-deposit freerolls.
15 May 2008
WPT Set to Return to Spain
Kicking off all-new action in Season VII, World Poker Tour returns
to Casino Barcelona next week for the second WPT Spanish
Championship.
Held from 21st – 27th May, the Second WPT Spanish Championships
features a €5000 + 300 main event beginnin
Bodog offering WSOP Prop Bets
If I had a pound for every time I had to write about some sick prop
bet, I’d be rich. Then I would go and gamble it away on some sick
prop bet myself. Now Bodog have caught on to the fact that poker
players ‘like the action’ by offering odds on some
Amsterdam Master Classics – Get Registering Now!
Coming into its seventeenth year, Holland Casino has announced the
registration details for the 17th Master Classics of Poker in
Amsterdam later this year. The event, which runs from 7th -15th
November, will see anyone who enters before 23rd June hav
14 May 2008
Irish Super Casino on The Harrah-zon?
The Sunday Business Post newspaper in Ireland has suggested that
the Irish government has been lobbied by casino operators wanting
to set up casinos in the country.
Harrah’s have allegedly proposed a €350 million resort casino,
which would crea
Kayleigh Dropped as WPT Hostess
Three years running, three girls having their shot as the resident
hostess on WPT broadcasts. It wasn’t to be for Layla Kayleigh
either as the company accounced they will not be renewing her
contract for Season VII.
Bluff Media Purchases Woman Poker Player Magazine
Bluff Media, publishers of our American sibling Bluff Magazine have announced
the purchase of the print component of Woman Poker Player magazine.
13 May 2008
The Jung One Wins Party Poker Million VI
For the first time in the competition’s history, the Party Poker
Million has been won by a German. Twenty-five year old Mathematics
student Alexander Jung beat 171 other players to the first place
prize of over $350,000.
Bickering Imminent on 'Poker After Dark'
I don’t know if the producers of Poker After Dark own a stick with
which to stir this stuff up with, but they’ve excelled themselves
again with the announcement of a Couples Night on the show.
PKR Raises £200,000 For Kids Charity
This weekend saw the likes of TV chef Jamie Oliver and former
England international football player Teddy Sheringham take to the
tables alongside WSOPE runner-up John Tabatabi to raise money for
the One to One Children’s fund.