POKER NEWS

01 December 2006

PokerPadz Launches New Affiliate Campaign

PokerPadz and ClickXchange have announced the launch of an affiliate network campaign and during the first 15 days of the launch, the companies are offering two of their PokerPadz computer mouse pads for the price of one.

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With Christmas just around the corner, Poker.com is launching a new promotion which will continue to the end of December. Every single item in the Poker.com points store will be sold at half the normal price.

30 November 2006

Major European Languages Added to Purple Lounge

Purple Lounge is the latest online poker room and casino to announce the launch of further foreign language sites.
Purple Lounge software is now available for download in French, Spanish, Italian and English as well as the website being availabl

PaddyPowerPoker.com Goes Crackers this Christmas

PaddyPowerPoker.com has announced its Christmas present to poker players, with the return of the “Christmas Cracker” in Dublin’s Sporting Emporium on December 9.
With €5,000 added to the prize pool and the registration fee (€50) paid by the web

Danielle Lloyd and Teddy Sheringham Take to the Felt

The tale of a beauty and ‘baller wouldn’t normally make many bat an eyelid but next week in Maidstone, Kent, former Miss Great Britain Danielle Lloyd and Teddy Sheringham, the oldest football player in the Premiership, will turn up at the tables.

Daniel Negreanu Donates Poker Essentials to Charitable Cause

Poker pro Daniel Negreanu has been showing his altruistic side by providing equipment for a US charity to organise a fundraising poker game.
Apparently, upon hearing of plans for the tournament from a colleague at an online poker site, Negreanu

Ultimate Bet Launches $2,000,000 Online Tourney

Poker website UltimateBet.com has announced that it will be holding its Online Championship Event (UBOC) from December 1 to 10. The tourney will see poker players the world over compete for huge prize pools totalling a guaranteed $2,000,000.

29 November 2006

Jody Trainer wins first place in Limit Hold'em Tourney

British Columbia native Jody Trainer has cashed in at Western Canada’s biggest poker tournament winning $130,000 –his biggest pot to date.
Trainer won the Limit Hold'em tournament at the B.

Poker Players Advised to Try Crazy Variant Game

According to the writers at a new blog, poker players who tire of Texas Hold’em should consider playing a hand of a different variant of the game called Crazy Pineapple poker.
The game is not new but has traditionally been played in brick-and-m

New Poker Game to Comply with US Prohibition Act

GamingPublic.com, a provider of investment information on internet gambling, is plugging a version of online poker called Duplicate Poker which they say contains a high enough degree of skill for it to be exempted from the new online anti-gambling pr