2006 February 24 Poker News, Events and Happenings

LEARNING what sort of opponent you are likely to come up against when playing poker is just as important as knowing the rules. For you have to be able to change your style to take advantage of different players.

What an odyssey. Over the last three plus weeks, the story of a billionaire, and his fascination with poker has enthralled the poker world.

PartyGaming has announced the release of its new integrated online gaming platform. The much-anticipated innovation allows all PartyGaming players to easily switch from playing online poker, at Party Poker, to online casino games at the new Party Casino site, and vice versa, with the benefit of having a shared account for both. Further improvements were also made to Party Poker, allowing players to navigate the site more easily, and have better access to poker tables.

Springfield business owner Kevin Levesque has been entranced with Texas Hold em poker since 2003, when he saw an amateur card player named Chris Moneymaker turn $39 into $2.5 million.

By Philadelphia Daily News Feb. 24–Due to a production problem, Phil Hellmuth’s poker column does not appear in today’s Daily News. It will be back next Friday.

CONCORD, North Carolina — (PRESS RELEASE) — Play poker against a “Pair of Kings and a Full House” on March 7-8, 2006 in the poker room at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, as poker professionals Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Robert Williamson III, Steven Dannemann, NASCAR star Tony Stewart and bull-riding champions Justin McBride (2005 PBR World Champion), J.W. Hart, Ross Coleman and more join Jeff Gordon,

Barry Greenstein is the chip leader at the final table of the latest World Poker Tour event, the L.A. Poker Classic. Greenstein knocked out WPT founder Steve Lipscomb as well as poker hottie Connie Glowen, moving to the head of the field…