2006 February 10 Poker News, Events and Happenings

MANY new players come to my poker site everyday and it often takes them a long time to start registering a profit. This is not because they are all bad players, but because they make simple errors that most newcomers make.

Our friends at Noble Poker have come to the party, big time, as they have agreed to sponsor a series of five freeroll tournaments to earn you a seat at the WSOP, pay all your travel costs…

Tennis has the Davis Cup. Soccer has the World Cup. Golf has the Ryder Cup. Now, poker has a truly international team competition of its own, with the Poker Nations Cup. The poker tournaments, slated to take place from February 16th-19th in Cardiff, Wales, will feature some of the world’s greatest poker-playing nations: Sweden, England, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, and, of course, the United States.

Sign up for poker! Texas Hold’Em Poker Fundraiser on Wednesday, March 15, 2006, 1st Floor of the Student Center, University Rooms, 6:30 P.M. Great prizes to be won!

Each Friday, SI.com’s Justin Doom offers his take on the week’s most interesting stories.

Empire Online, operator of online poker room, Empire Poker, said today that it was in “advanced discussions” with former partner, PartyGaming …

LOS ANGELES (PRESS RELEASE) — When the World Poker Tour kicks off its spellbinding Season IV action on the Travel Channel March 8, about the last thing you’d expect to experience is love at the poker table.