2006 October 02 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Monday brought a flood of action in response to the passage of Internet gaming legislation in the U. S. Congress late Friday evening. Some companies have come out already and stated that they will suspend American action…

October 2, 2006 - Chicago punk band Rise Against (Tim McIlrath, Chris Chasse, Joe Principe, and Brandon Barnes), will take to the Net for a little friendly game of poker.

Now that the NFL season is back to delight gridiron fans around the world, one online poker site is capitalizing on football fever with the Party Poker Gridiron Games promotion. The promotion gives players a chance to play for either $10,000 or $2,500 depending on which team playing on Sunday night wins. By earning 300 regular PartyPoints during a one week period you are awarded a Gridiron Games freeroll ticket…

Millions of American poker players may soon find they have nowhere to place a bet.

October 2 - The world’s largest online poker room, PartyPoker.com, announced last week that users of Apple Macintosh computers can now download and enjoy PartyPoker’s free online poker software and play alongside its estimated 100 000 real money players.

The face of poker has changed its look many times over the last few years. As pros adjust to the influx of amateurs on what used to be exclusive stomping grounds, and as newcomers to the game of poker struggled to make their way from internet to live play, the net effect has been a lot of energy and attention pointed towards poker in general. While it used to be the pros getting invaded by the internet players, the reverse is now also true…

When poker first came to the internet it was completely new ground. Expectations and profit margins were simply question marks in the beginning, as investors and businessmen were uncertain how poker would catch on online. Since the mid-1990s, online poker has been building a head of steam, and now one company is firmly seated among the top 50 largest companies in the United Kingdom…