21 September 2006
Paddy Power Launches More London EPT Betting Markets
Paddy Power has added “group betting” and “highest finishing group”
markets for the London leg of the European Poker Tour (EPT) which
takes place at the Victoria Casino, starting today 21 September and
continuing to 24 September.
20 September 2006
Popular “Late Night Poker” Show to Air Again in the UK
PartyPoker.com has announced that popular poker tournament coverage
show “Late Night Poker” will return to UK screens on Channel 4 at
midnight on September 26.
The show will feature coverage of PartyPoker.
Female Flanders Kicks Pro’s Asses
As one of only two women in the field of over 70 UK, American and
European poker stars gathering for the PartyPoker.com World Open
II, Pippa Flanders, was considered an unlikely candidate to win the
top prize.
Activision Launches Improved High Stakes Poker Video Game
High stakes poker looks set to reach new heights with the
announcement of the release of World Series of Poker: Tournament of
Champions, the follow-up to 2005's poker video game from
Activision.
Inaugural Poker League Presents Winner with $15,000 Prize
The first ever season of CelebPoker.com’s Poker League has drawn to
a close and CelebPoker has announced that “El Bis” has won a choice
of a $15,000 cash prize or a seat for the WPT Diamond Tournament in
Las Vegas which has a $15,000 buy-in.
Online Poker Pays Off for Indie Filmmaker
UK film director Nick Scott has used winnings from playing online
poker to chase his dream, setting up a production company and
putting a short film into pre-production.
'We’re pretty sure that ours is the first film to be entirely
funded by on
19 September 2006
Day Three at Borgata Brings Remaining Field to 27
The third day of action at the Borgata Poker Open saw another round
of intense battles and an amateur take the overall chip lead. 68
players began counting their chips at 11am but it wasn’t long
before many of them were eliminated.
Winner of Celtic Poker Tour Takes Home €35,000
Mark Flanagan, 40, from County Wexford in Ireland, beat a field of
216 players to win the Celtic Poker Tour (CPT) Grand Final in
Athlone.
Flanagan works at a road haulage business and spends most of his
spare time looking after his five childre
Poker Plex Announces New Freeroll and Bonus Promotions
Poker Plex has announced the introduction of a new $10K freeroll
which will first take place on October 29, and then on the final
Sunday of each month thereafter.
Players will be able to enter the monthly freeroll through a
series of thrice we
$1 Entry Pokerstars Tourneys to Encourage PPA Membership
As part of a membership drive, the Poker Player’s Alliance (PPA), a
lobbying group for the online poker industry, has teamed up with
PokerStars.com to gold a series of $1 entry online poker
tournaments with $5,000 added to each prizepool.