2006 March 05 Poker News, Events and Happenings
LONDON - Betfair has unleashed a huge marketing drive to get women into online poker, including the prize of a handsome poker dealer paying a home visit.
The transmogrification is complete. Actress-turned-poker-star Jennifer Tilly has become so infatuated with high stakes Texas Hold ‘Em, that for the first time in more than a decade, she’s skipped the red carpet of the Oscars for the green felt of the poker table.
Decked out in stunning form-flattering undergarments, Courtney Friel is busting out onto the poker scene in style. The hottie hostess of the World Poker Tour (WPT) for just over a month, Friel is making waves with a newly-released video on Maxim Online. The men’s lifestyle magazine chose to feature the curvaceous Courtney in a video shoot that is sure to make your average male poker player forget what cards he’s holding.
LAS VEGAS Actress-turned-poker-star Jennifer Tilly has become infatuated with high stakes Texas Hold ‘Em.
In the competitive online poker industry, is it crucial that no company miss a beat when it comes to keeping up with the competition. Doylesroom.com has done just that by offering a top job to outgoing PartyGaming CEO Richard Segal. Last week, OPN reported that PartyGaming CEO Richard Segal would be parting from the online poker giant, as a result of his unwillingness to move to the company’s headquarters in Gibraltar. Enter Doyelsroom.com, the namesake online poker room of 10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Doyle Brunson, with an offer to accommodate Segal’s London-based working preferences.
When the war in Iraq was well underway, a novel method of assisting in the capture of terrorists and other targets of the United States got a lot of media attention when figures like Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden were placed on a deck of playing cards. The cards, which have been successful in aiding in the capture of the wanted men, have spawned and inspired a new deck, this one to aid Florida police solve unsolved crimes.
In the eight months that bars and clubs in Minnesota have been allowed to host Texas Hold ‘em tournaments, the game has become bigger than, well, Texas.There are poker games going on just about every night at some tavern or sports grill. There are Web sites that list tournament schedules and track winners. There are new businesses that do nothing but set up and run games.But the boom, spawned by a state law that took effect in July, has not been trouble free. Each month, state regulators receive
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