2006 January 12 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

Steve Paul-Ambrose has beaten out more than 700 other poker players to win $1,363,100 at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas. The third annual Caribbean Adventure poker tournament took place on Paradise Island at the Atlantis Casino Resort.

The Australian Poker Championship began this Friday, and will culminate in one of the biggest no-limit poker tournaments in the world with an estimated prize pool of $5 million. The event, better known as the Aussie Millions, will attract many of the world’s top poker players, including the defending World Series Of Poker champion, Australia’s own Joe Hachem…

Poker chips are the benchmark of success in the world of poker. As a whole, however, they aren’t exactly the most aesthetic item to look at….

The U.S. economic position on Internet poker is changing but not with the government’s approval. Although it is still considered by some to be illegal to participate in online poker in the U.S…

MAXINE McKEW: It was Kenny Rogers who sang “you’ve got to know when to hold `em, know when to fold `em, know when to walk away and know when to run.” And in so doing, he forever immortalising the game of poker in song.

Bluff Magazine , America’s leading poker magazine, announced today that they will begin taking online voting for the first ever Bluff Magazine’s Annual Readers Choice Awards.

Poker ads on TV and online have almost always had a tinge of humor in them, or if not humor than chutzpa. When not designed to make you chuckle, they are designed to make you feel cool or appeal to your avarice with chances of winning money and the like. One recent marketing effort seeks to appeal to all of the above, with the site www.kickjacksass.com…