2006 April 27 Poker News, Events and Happenings

In this iPod, Xbox age, the question is no longer under the table: Is poker a sport? The dictionary definitions of the two words seem to render the case closed. They don’t belong in the same sentence. But Webster and colleagues haven’t taken into account the effect of television and the blurring of our cultural boundaries everywhere.

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Sometimes it pays to be crazy. In poker, being crazy and making irrationally large bets is usually a recipe for disaster. But in the game of no limit hold ‘em there are times when being crazy (along with a little luck) can pay off big. In September 2005, I won an online poker tournament in which one of the craziest plays of my life turned into the pivotal hand that gave me the chip lead for good

(Press Release) MANSION, the an online Poker, Casino, Sportsbook, and Sports Exchange gaming entertainment firm, has announced a multi-tiered sponsorship of budding poker star, professional tournament player Erica Schoenberg.

PokerBiz411.com launches today as theInternet’sindependent source for news about the online poker industry.

LAS VEGAS (PRESS RELEASE) — The poker boom of the past several years is often attributed to two elements: the televising of live poker events, such as the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour; and the growth of online poker rooms, where anyone can learn to play the game without the pressure of other players across the table.

Both players were winners in Everest Poker’s Direct Entry Satellite for the WPT Championship, held on March 25. Each player earned a $25,000 prize package, which included the $25,000 WPT Championship buy-in, as well as $3,000 in spending money.