2006 January 25 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Limit poker may not be today’s mostpopular form of poker but the game is still alive in Atlantic City thanksto the strong die-hard player base that is willing to come out and supportthis kind of event. Many of Borgata’s limit cash game players and severalmore well known pros took to the felt for two days, Monday and Tuesday, inthe only non-No Limit Hold’em event of the Borgata Winter Poker Open.

All-In Poker for Xbox heads to retail in March; casino sim features five poker variants, online tournaments.

Baltimore’s chief legislator says a City Council bill changing video poker gaming regulations is not a done deal.

The World Poker Tour (WPT) has announced the addition of Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas as its newest ‘member casino’.

NLOP, Inc. the leader in online poker promotion tournaments, today announced a multi-week poker promotion in conjunction with Casino Media Group, a multi-media gaming agency based in Las Vegas.

Absolute Poker ( http://www.absolutepoker.com/ ), one of the world’s largest online poker sites, has announced that their $150 entry tournaments will now have a guaranteed prize pool of at least $100,000.00 each week. The tournament awards the first place finisher a minimum prize of $25,000.00. The tournament format is No Limit Texas Holdem, the same game that is played in the annual World Series

An emerging trend is underway, whereby online poker sites are offering players the option of playing poker through a three-dimensional graphic interface. One of the trend setters, Live 3D Poker, already went 3-D last year when it launched a play-for-fun online poker site.