2006 October 01 Poker News, Events and Happenings

When the PokerStars.com World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) made a guarantee to pass out $10 million in cash prizes for its series of poker tournaments, it brought more than twenty thousand players into the game. With so many players the prize pool became inflated, and with four events still to go, the WCOOP is on track to pay out more than double the guarantee. More than 23,000 players who have participated so far already made the WCOOP the largest online poker event of all time, and the $3 million guaranteed Main Event is still to come…

Saturday brought out the stars in a major way at Poker Stars’ fifth annual World Series of Online Poker, especially for Event #16, the $5,200 H.O.R.S.E. tournament….

Yes, there was another tournament at Poker Stars’ fifth annual World Championship of Online Poker. Almost lost in the glare of the phenomenal turnout for the $5,200 H.O.R.S.E event running in concurrence….

RALEIGH — The video poker phase out has started. Beginning Sunday, any place with three or more video poker machines is breaking the law. Only two machines are allowed in each location starting with Sundays deadline.

Internet gambling has been around since the mid-1990s. Today, many online casinos are worth billions. One such company, PartyGaming, made $12 billion last year with a $400 million profit. PartyGaming is now the 47th largest company in the United Kingdom.

Police said a fight over video poker ended with one man dead and another in jail. Michael Segal of Charlotte is in jail, charged with killing Delmer Sisk of Cherryville.

Obviously it wouldn’t surprise our online casino players to learn that Caribbean Stud Poker was developed in the Caribbean, but what might come as a surprise is that once you have mastered the game at the online casino and took in a few strategies, the house edge can be cut down to a mere 5 percent.