2006 August 01 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

Web site won’t be available in U.S., where government calls online gambling illegal Chicago-based Playboy Enterprises Inc. said Monday that it will jump into the burgeoning online poker business–though not in the United States.

LAS VEGAS Defending champion Joseph Hachem turned the poker table into his bully pulpit Monday, aggressively raising players he considered out of line and increasing his own stack at the main event in the World Series of Poker.

August 1 - Well-known poker pro, Joe Sebok, son of legendary poker ace, Barry Greenstein, has made a colorful splash at the 2006 WSOP Main Event by arriving each day dressed in different costumes.

While the last 2000 (plus) players ground their way through the last of the Day Ones, I was actually able to step away from the main battleground there at the Amazon Room for some….

If you’re like many of the poker fans around the world cannot afford either a plane ticket to Las Vegas or the time off work to attend the World Series of Poker, you have been following the poker news via the Internet. Soon, however, you will be able to see for yourself when Phil Hellmuth won his 10th bracelet, or when Jeff Madsen won his first bracelet, becoming the youngest WSOP player to do so - or his second bracelet, making him the youngest WSOP millionaire. When ESPN begins broadcasting on August 22nd, thousands of poker hands will be edited down into two-hour episodes to make them manageable for the viewing audience…

In May Cryptologic announced that they would be launching a Playboy branded Internet casino as well as providing electronic cash management, customer support and marketing support necessary in order to make such a measure success. On Monday Playboy Enterprises Inc. confirmed that they will be using poker software from Cryptologic in order to run their website…

Party Poker has always had a reputation for its ability to cater to its players. Its reputation just got stronger with the announcement of a mammoth freeroll tournament….