25 April 2007
CEO Poker Announces Partnership with Casino Playing Cards
The CEO Poker Tour has announced a marketing partnership with
Casino Playing Cards Ltd. The strategic marketing endeavour will
begin at the Trump Taj Mahal, from 19 to 25 May 2007, where players
will battle over the green felt of the poker table with
PokerTime Seeks Patriotic Players for Smackdown Tourney
PokerTime is asking users to be patriotic and defend their
countries in the exclusive World Wide Smackdown (WWS) Poker
Tournament.
Players from around the world will get the chance to show of
their poker skills and attempt to prove that their c
24 April 2007
World Poker Tour Update
There were many surprise bust outs from big names as day two of the
World Poker Tour World Championship event at The Bellagio in Las
Vegas came to an end. The field was reduced from 479 players to
218, and those by the wayside included Daniel Negrean
Dusk Till Dawn Players Triumph at GUKPT Manchester
Dusk Till Dawn (DTD) sponsored player Dave ‘El Blondie’ Colclough
has won the GUKPT Blue Square Manchester Leg taking home £100,000
and a seat in the GUKPT final. And he wasn’t the only DTD player at
the final table.
Daniel Negreanu the New Face of I-play
Daniel Negreanu will launch the new range of mobile products from
I-play, a fast-growing mobile entertainment company. Diversifying
into mobile video, the company has managed to win a suitable
publicity partner, as Negreanu is one of the better known
Brian Townsend takes $120,000 from Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey has lost $120,000 to and Brian Townsend or ‘Sbrugby’ as
he is often known online, in one of their regular clashes. One of
the losses occurred in one heads up battle and at $300/600 and the
other was at a $200/400 table.
The Grand Performs Well at Tribeca Film Festival
Zak Penn’s ‘mocumentary’ The Grand, which will debut on April 27,
gathers comedians Woody Harrelson, Judy Greer, Richard Kind,
Michael McKean, Jason Alexander, among others, and gets them to
play a poker tournament.
23 April 2007
World Poker Tour Celebrates Milestone
Bringing World Poker Tour (WPT) history full circle, the WPT will
film its 100th episode and wrap up its fifth anniversary season
this week at Bellagio, the location where the very first WPT
episode was shot five years ago.
Mansion Poker Puts $5.2 Million into the Overlay Pot
Mansion Poker has confirmed that it has now given away over $5
Million in tournament overlays since the launch this year of its
daily $100K A Day online Poker promotion.
Since its launch on 2 January 2007, Mansion has injected a
substantial $5
Everest Poker Launches Second European Cup
Everest Poker has announced the launch of the second annual Everest
Poker European Cup (EPEC), a freeroll poker tournament that allows
players from all over Europe to compete for a €100,000 prize.