15 January 2008
MANSION Announces Sponsorship Deal with Shannon Elizabeth
Shannon Elizabeth, the actress from American Pie and fast improving
professional poker player, has signed a sponsorship deal with
MANSION Poker. Elizabeth joined MANSION’s first official ambassador
Marc Goodwin at a conference this Monday morning, wh
14 January 2008
Howard Lederer wins Aussie Millions $100k Event
The biggest buy in event in the 2008 Aussie Millions saw some of
the world’s top stars taking their seats in a bid to win the
$1,250,000 first prize. In the end it was Howard ‘The Professor’
Lederer who handed out his own poker lesson to the rest.
Everest Poker Finds Nationality Can Influence Playing Style
The Swedes are super aggressive, the Italians are tricky and the
Germans don’t do things by halves. If you thought you had a hunch
about the styles of various nationalities, you might just be right
according to Everest Poker.
Gus Hansen Becomes ThePlayr.com
He might already be one of the most recognisable faces in poker,
but Gus Hansen is now looking to cement that image by launching his
ThePlayr.com website.
Reminiscent of Daniel Negreanu’s Full Contact Poker,
ThePlayr.
Aggression Meets Gamble in Ireland
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Paddy Power Poker have warned Irish players of an incoming invasion
of aggressive Finns in a poker tournament scheduled for May.
Ireland’s largest poker room, together with Poker Magazine Finland
and Poker-lehti, have organised a tournament between p
Betfair Poker launches weekly $100k Guaranteed
Betfair Poker are moving up in the poker world, let’s make no bones
about it. The sponsors of the inaugural World Series of Poker
Europe, Betfair now guarantees $4 million in tournament prize pools
every month with the addition of a new $100k Sunday
11 January 2008
Elky Wins EPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
In what is sure to be a popular win amongst the online poker
community, Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier won the PokerStars Caribbean
Adventure in impressive fashion last night.
Party Poker Late Night Poker Heats Drawn
Late Night Poker returned to British television screens last week
with a celebrity special. Now it is time for the real action to
begin, with some of Europe and America’s biggest players descending
on the Cardiff studios.
Poker Stars Guarantees 16 Seats to EPT Grand Final
The PokerStars European Poker Tour grand final takes place 12th –
17th April in Monte Carlo, and as always with the EPT events,
PokerStars to send as many of their players as possible to the
event.
Rapper Jay-Z Allegedly Loses $500,000
According to MediaTakeOut.com, rapper Jay-Z may have suffered some
hard knocks at the poker tables recently in Las Vegas having
indulged himself to a spot of high-stakes poker. The man who was
reported to have been in attendance at the game said, “It