POKER NEWS

24 October 2006

Record Attendance Expected at EPT Irish Masters Event

The Irish Masters, the fourth event of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour (EPT), looks set to attract a record field for the €5,000 buy-in poker tournament.
“We had 480 players at the Barcelona EPT last month, and it looks like the Dublin E

Online Poker Room Celebrates Dealing of Billionth Hand

Royal Vegas Poker celebrated its billionth hand dealt by The Microgaming Poker Network by giving lucky players a number of valuable prizes.
The Billionth Hand Promotion gave poker players the opportunity to win large cash prizes, seats at freer

PokerListings and Bodog Launch Triple Bonus Promotion

PokerListings.com and Bodog.com have announced a triple bonus package worth a combined value of $60,000. Participating players could win a $12,500 prize package to the World Poker Tour (WPT) LA Poker Classic Season 5, the chance to play in three diff

Small Town Poker Tour to Sponsor Charity Poker Event

The Small Town Poker Tour (STPT) has today announced they will be one of the participating sponsors of 'Vince Neil's Off the Strip Poker Tournament' which benefits the T. J. Martell Foundation.

23 October 2006

Paddy Power Adds Markets to EPT Dublin Event

Paddy Power has now added “outright betting” and “to make final table” markets for the European Poker Tour’s fourth outing of the 2006/7 season in Dublin.
The Dublin European Poker Tour (EPT) event, held in the Regency Hotel from October 26 to

Third Tournament Titan Sit and Go Player Qualifies

Titan Poker has announced that Simon Leetsaar, 28, from Sweden, is the third player to have qualified for their Tournament Titan tournament.
The Tournament Titan is a sit and go tournament with a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, apparently ren

Scandinavian Poker Site Signs with Cryptologic

CryptoLogic today announced an exclusive three-year contract with Betsafe, one of the fastest-growing poker sites in Scandinavia. The agreement, made through CryptoLogic's wholly-owned subsidiary WagerLogic Limited, will introduce CryptoLogic's poker

20 October 2006

Belle River Celebrates One Billionth Hand

To celebrate their billionth poker hand dealt, today Belle Rock Entertainment announced a brand new promotion granting players freerolls every two hours this weekend, October 21 and 22, at River Belle Online Poker and The Gaming Club Poker Room.

Deal a Winning Hand with New Poker Product

Shuffle Up has launched a product which it claims could change the way poker games are played and eliminate the need for a human card dealer.
Developed in Silicon Valley by Binh Quach, a technology-savvy poker enthusiast, the product eliminates

Former FBI Agent Explains How to “Read ‘Em and Reap”

Former FBI interrogator Joe Navarro has announced that he will host his first full-day seminar, “Read ‘Em and Reap,” at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on November 19.
The announcement follows a series of well received seminars at Camp Hellmuth.