18 January 2007
APAT Announces Welsh Championships
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The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) has released entry
details for the third live event in its tour for non-professional
poker players.
The Welsh Amateur Poker Championship, APAT’s third live event,
will be held at the Grosvenor Cas
17 January 2007
Liam’s Expertise Floods Through at European Open
Liam “The Gentleman” Flood proved there is no substitute for a wise
head and experience as he tied up the PartyPoker.com European Open
in emphatic style to take the $125,000 first prize kitty.
Everest Poker Partners with Direct 8 in France
Everest Poker is to take France by storm with a new sponsorship
deal in association with poker TV show Direct Poker. The show will
be aired weekly on one of France's most popular free digital TV
channels, Direct 8.
Paddy Power’s New Market for EPT Denmark
Paddy Power has today launched the “outright betting” market for
the European Poker Tour’s fifth outing of the 2006/7 season in
Casino Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Irish bookie is pricing up markets for each stop of the
European Poker Tour which in
Everest Poker Launches Austrian Open Satellites
Everest Poker has announced the beginning of a series of satellite
tournaments for the upcoming seventh Austrian Open to be held at
Casino Bregenz in Austria on March 3 and 4.
Satellites with a buy-in of $11 plus 1 are held daily, with
daily re
InterXgaming Improves its Offerings
InterXgaming has announced the launch of enhanced versions of its
online poker room as well as its casino and sportsbook.
Improvements reportedly include the introduction of new games,
the embedding of new features and a better overall online
e
16 January 2007
No Worries For Lindgren in Aussie Millions
Poker star Erick Lindgren found his bank account just slightly
healthier as he took down the $100,000 Hold Em Event at the Aussie
Poker Millions, bagging a not-insubstantial $1 million for his
efforts.
May The 4s Be With You
…on the big screen that is. Hayden Christensen, who portrayed Darth
Vader in the Star Wars prequels, is set to play an even more
fearsome character: WSOP legend and all-round poker brat Phil
Hellmuth.
Online Gambling Costs UK Business £300 Million
UK firms are losing more than £300 million in lost productivity due
to online gambling at work, a survey has suggested.
Researchers from consultancy firm Morse, who commissioned the
survey, claimed that almost 30 percent of British office worker
UK Supercasinos To Cause Problem Gambling
The Government’s plans to introduce Vegas-style casinos in the UK
will cause an epidemic of gambling addiction and crime, a report
has claimed.
Doctors also warned that more Health Service money would be
needed to tackle the increased number of