29 March 2007
Poker’s Good Boy Beats Poker’s Bad Boy in Poularity contest
Michael ‘The Grinder’ Mizrachi has won Cardplayer’s Player of the
Year title. A sample of 50,000 online poker players who were asked
which pro most deserved the title.
Absolute poker.
Police Shut Down Tournament in Sweden
Last week we reported that a tournament in Ireland was called off
minutes after it had started. This week, over 700 Swedish poker
players were disappointed at the 2007 European Poker Challenge in
Sweden when police adopted the same approach.
28 March 2007
Mansion Continues Daily $100K Tourneys
Gibraltar based Mansion Poker, having given away over $4 million
dollars since January 3rd this year, is continuing to promote its
site with $100K a day tournaments. The tournaments have an average
of 530 players, so a relatively small field competes
Bad Beat Poker Psycho Skips Town
A man who tried to shoot his opponents following a home game of
poker, has gone on the run after a County Judge in Williamsport,
Pennsylvania issued a bench warrant against him.
45 year-old Harold Hoskins, decided to run rather than face
senten
27 March 2007
Soap Star Finds New Celebrity at Poker Tables
A Welsh fish and chip shop owner and Hoss Parhizkar were both left
disappointed when Michael Greco won the Welsh leg of the Grosvenor
Poker Tour in Cardiff. Roman Romanello has a string of family-run
restaurants in Cardiff.
Sky Bet Poker Takes Off With OpenBet Platform
Orbis, the world’s leading provider of interactive gaming and
betting solutions, recently released its Texas Hold‘em poker
solution as part of the OpenBet Rake Games module. The Sky Poker
launch includes a web-based portal, as well as a dedicated Sky
Sponsors Will Not Be Disappointed by WSOP 2007
Jeffrey Pollack has held a conference call with reporters about the
2007 World Series of Poker, in which he said that he expects the
event to be 14% bigger than last year.
Online poker site sponsors were let down when organisers,
Harrahs Entert
Planet Uninhabitable in Hostile Online Poker Environment
Planet Poker has decided to end all real money games on its site in
response to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act
(UIGEA).
In a press release the management said that they sincerely
regretted the decision but explained, “it has bec
26 March 2007
Titan Poker Sends Three European Players to Monte Carlo
Online poker room Titan Poker has confirmed that it will send three
of its best poker players to participate in the European Poker
Tour's Grand Final Tournament in Monte Carlo this month.
Paddy Power Announces Broadcast Partner for Irish Open
PaddyPowerPoker.com, in association with Winmedia International
Ltd, has announced the television broadcast details of the 26th
Irish Open tourney.
Extensive coverage of Europe's largest and longest running poker
tournament will be televised b