2006 October 03 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Funkitron has released Poker Superstars II for the Mac. The game features three game modes, speed-up options for practice, and a system for tracking best winnings, winning hands, flops seen, and pots won. In addition, it offers AI versions of Johnny Chan, Barry Greenstein, Carlos Mortensen, and 12 other well-known poker masters.

The fifth annual World Championship of Online Poker, hosted by Poker Stars, wrapped up in the early hours of Monday after its record-setting, 16-day run….

In the wake of the passing of the Anti-Online Gambling Act by the US Senate, many in the poker industry began speculating that the poker rooms would turn their back against US players. While some actually did so in advance of the bill’s passing, shutting off access to all customers with a US address, others, like Paradise Poker, have announced that they have no intention of leaving US market. According to the parent company of Paradise Poker, which issued a statement on the topic, they will not leave the US until banks decide to comply with the measure…

Funkitron has released Poker Superstars II for Mac, its poker game that earned the best selling downloadable poker game title on the PC platform. Poker Superstars II for Mac challenges players with its unique poker artificial intelligence that learne…

A leading online casino recently sponsored the World Championships of Online Poker (WCOOP) and caught the world’s attention when its cash prizes exceeded the guaranteed prize of US 10 million dollars with only four poker tourneys remaining!

Planet Poker is located and operated in Curacao which is part of the Netherlands Antilles. Planet Poker does not have ownership or operations in the USA. Planet Poker has a fully authorized gaming operation license issued by the Curacao government.

WPT Enterprises, Inc. , the company that helped launch the current global poker boom, issued a statement today encouraging the U.S. poker community to focus on the bright future ahead in the wake of Congressional passage of the “Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.”