Poker News
Save My Finger
January7, 2006
Man is betting his right index finger on the outcome of a heads-up poker tournament at www.savemyfinger.com. Another man ups the anti with his site, www.preventmycastration.com
Nick Schulman Youngest WPT Winner
November 18, 2005
Already a pool champion, NY native Nick Schulman wins the World Poker Tour just days after his 21st birthday makes it legal for him to gamble...
Mistake Sends Man To World Series Of Poker
All Headline News - USA
65-year old Robert Guinther is on his way to Las Vegas to compete with the “big boys and girls” at the World Series of Poker thanks to a error on his part...
Going All In for Online Poker
Newsweek - USA
...hosting poker on the Web is a little like going a few miles over the speed limit. It's technically illegal, everyone does it and you probably won't get in trouble...
Men and Poker Pro Phil Gordon Go All-In
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Poker Boot Camp Launches Today to Teach Men When to Risk Their Chips: When should you bluff? Bet on the river? What should you ask yourself before going All-In?...
Texas Hold 'Em poker takes hold of nation
Herald & Review - Decatur,IL,USA
Can $40 start a revolution? It did for the world of poker. That measly sum is all Tennessee accountant Chris Moneymaker paid to enter an online tournament in 2003....
No Cell Phone Poker for US Players
E-Commerce Times - USA
Poker has come to the mobile phone. The service from PokerRoom.com, launched in March, highlights the fast growth and accessibility of online gambling. The business has grown so much that investment bankers are circling the major players seeking lucrative new stock offerings. Yet any such offerings will not be in the United States ...
Canadian Holdem Tournament
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
Casino Regina Will Host Canada's Largest Poker Tournament - One thousand players will converge upon Casino Regina July 27-30 to contend for a prize pool of more than $1,000,000 at Canada's largest ever poker tournament....
Poker Boot Camp
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
The World Poker Tour Boot Camp at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood this weekend is sold out. Other WPT Boot Camps at the casino are Sept. 10-11 and Dec. 10-11....
Newfound celebrity has poker champ Annie Duke betting on Hollywood now
UK News
Professor of Gambling at Nottingham Trent University, Dr Mark Griffiths, identified ten key traits which determine whether you would make a good or bad poker player...
Whiz-kids gamble on TV channel for poker
By Nigel Reynolds, News.Telegraph
As a theatre of cruelty, it is held by many to be the latest thing in cool. But can poker, possibly less exciting to watch than even synchronised swimming, really become a spectator sport? ...
Online poker: Easy money for smart people?
By ANDREW CLEVENGER, Columbia News Service
Even before he entered kindergarten, Greg Shahade excelled at chess. In the two decades since, he has worked his way up to the second highest level, just below grand masters like recently retired world champion Gary Kasparov. ...
Internet sites show poker pros the money
LAS VEGAS SUN
In the last couple of years poker professionals -- many of them Las Vegas residents -- have struck endorsement deals with Internet poker sites and regularly tout them during casino appearances... ...
Prima Poker Sponsors 'The Hendon Mob' for The $1.25 Million
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Prima Poker, the world's largest online poker network, announced today its $1.25 million sponsorship of The Hendon Mob, four of ...
Prima Poker Sponsors 'The Hendon Mob' for The $1.25 Million
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Prima Poker, the world's largest online poker network, announced today its $1.25 million sponsorship of The Hendon Mob, four of ...
It's Men vs. Women for Seven Episodes of GSN's 'POKER ROYALE: BATTLE OF THE SEXES'
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
...Do men have the advantage over women in the game of poker? GSN, the network for games, dares to find out pitting 12 of the world's top professional poker players together in a no-holds barred poker tournament like never before seen. POKER ROYALE: BATTLE OF THE SEXES, is a seven episode invitational tournament hosted by syndicated radio personality Tom Leykis, who is known for defense of the male species....
University student wins big playing online poker
Minnesota Daily - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... Online gambling is a criminal activity, said Jim Arlt, of the state Department of Public Safety's Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement division. ...
Poker: The Art of Bluffing
Online Casino Reports - USA
The best way to be successful when playing online casino games is to have a winning strategy. Although some online casino games really mostly on luck (such as roulette or slots for example) three is always some elements of strategy you can learn in order to improve your playing skills...
Know when to Fold'em
Daily Mississippian - MS,USA
Freshman Peyton Smith said he knows when to quit when playing poker for money. But with the obvious craze of Texas Hold ‘Em, other college students may not share the same ability...
ONLINE gambling more lucrative than banking
CNN/Money - USA
An Irish mathematics graduate turned down a 40,000 pound a year banking job, saying she could earn more money playing internet poker...
The changing face of poker
Long Beach Press-Telegram - Long Beach,CA,USA
Nyla Wells, 44, is a mother of four. But when her daughters are in school, she puts her motherly duties aside. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on many days, she can be found at one of the local Indian casinos, participating in one of the fastest-growing leisure activities -- poker.
