2006 January 17 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2
(PRESS RELEASE) — PokerFishTracker.com has added new features to the website including an online poker forum. This forum covers topics from the World Series of Poker to playing against weaker opponents online.
NEW YORK — (PRESS RELEASE) — 2K Sports, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced that World Poker Tour(R) (WPT) for the PSP(TM) (PlayStation(R)Portable) system is slated for release this spring.
World Poker Tour begins dealing this spring; game marks series’ debut on Sony’s handheld.
HOLLYWOOD, California (PRESS RELEASE) — Hollywood Poker has announced that it will be hosting a weekly celebrity tournament on its website, which will have a different celebrity guest host each week.
FT. LAUDERDALE, Florida — (PRESS RELEASE) — Are you the kind of poker player who plops down at a table, crosses your fingers for luck and lets the chips fall where they may?
In Central Florida a poker game got decidedly unfriendly when an off duty reserve police officer opened fired in an extreme case of going on tilt. The Maitland officer was recently released from jail on bond after his arrest.
Going on tilt is part of poker terminology and refers to a player losing emotional control when suffering a bad turn of luck at a game, or just being frustrated at poor play. In this case the reserve officer, Daniel Metevier, didnt get a chance to see how his luck was running as he was not allowed to play, according to investigators. The game taking place in the Oakhurst Reserve community in Seminole County was busted up when Metevier opened fire at two people…
It makes sense in a cosmic sort of way; the winners of the first ever paddypowerpoker.com poker event, called the Grand Slam, are a team of poker players from Scotland. Held at the Star City Casino in Birmingham on January 11th and 12th, the Grand Slam saw teams from all over the United Kingdom as well as parts of Europe. Sweden, France, Wales, England, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and, of course, Scotland, all were represented by teams of poker players.
The team prize of 110,000 was paid out to the Scots, and there were individual prizes of 50,000, 30,000 and 20,000 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively…
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