2006 August 09 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 4

According to information on TikGames Xbox.com page, the creators of the Texas Holdem game for the Xbox 360 Live Marketplace, it looks like poker fanatics will be able to breath a sigh of relief on August 23. The game, which is supposed to support standard, turn it, and scenario game modes, has been hotly anticipated as a free offering due to a sponsorship by online casino room River Belle Casino. Following its initial announcement the game seemed to disappear as no news was forthcoming about whether or not it was still to be free, thanks to the sponsorship, or if it would be released at all…

Entering into the eleventh hour of play, ten players remained out of the original 27 that started the day. Prominent professionals Prahlad Friedman and Jeffrey Lisandro bit the dust…

August 9 - Poker player, David Einhorn, not only made it through to the last 20
players of the 2006 World Series of Poker, but says he will donate his $650 000
in winnings to The Michael J. Fox Foundation.

Less than 30 minutes before he was due at the table to begin his last push toward the final table of the main event at the World Series of Poker, Jamie Gold of Paramus was spending quality time with a man who’s been there.

One of the things that makes poker such an appealing game is when the amateurs compete with the pros and walk away with the big prizes, such as a North Wales amateur poker player who beat out top players to take home over $50,000. His World Series of Poker win came just a few days before his 30th birthday, giving the driving instructor a birthday present that put him in the top 1% of world players. Only two years into the game, Matt Morgan from Brumbo, Wrexham, won his spot in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker by winning an online qualifier at Betfair that included is $10,000 entry fee, airfare, hotel and spending money….

Online entertainment software company Giga Media Ltd. said on Tuesday that its second-quarter profit jumped by more than eight times leaning mostly on the strength of its poker software products. Giga Media’s quarterly earnings increased from $1.2 million, or two cents per share last year to $11.2 million, or $.22 per share this year…

Scottsdale poker player loses in showdown with most recognizable player left in World Series of Poker main event.