2006 October 05 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The things Tournament of Champions does well aren’t quite enough to make it stand out from the many, many other poker games available.

ECW.com has an article up about “Extreme Strip Poker” next week on ECW on Sci Fi involving Divas from Raw, Smackdown & ECW. Video clips hyping “Extreme Strip Poker” are also on ECW.com.

ATLANTA, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ — The following statement has been issued by Bluff Magazine, America’s largest poker magazine.Congress passed legislation late in the evening on September 29th making it illegal to use credit cards, checks and electronic fund transfers for online poker. Known as the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, President Bush is expected to sign the legislation within the next two weeks. Senate Republican leader Bill Frist of Tennessee attached the bill to the popular

A Kalamazoo couple touched by suicide are planning a poker tournament Saturday to raise money for the “Out of the Darkness Overnight'’ suicide-awareness walk in New York City in June.

Day Three of the 2006 United States Poker Championships concluded at 10:30 p.m. EST Wednesday night after the field was narrowed to 81 players. The event began with a professional-laden group of 261.

With poker’s unprecedented success and blackjack right behind it as the next social, recreational and professional phenomenon, Kasey Thompson, publisher of ALL IN Magazine, has uniquely married his new Blackjack publication with the successful ALL IN Magazine to create the only synergized, all-in-one magazine that appeals to players across the board.

Card Player Media, the parent company behind Card Player Magazine, has recently announced that it has entered into new content licensing agreements with foreign language poker websites and magazines. The agreements would allow these other sources to use material created by Card Player under license, spreading the reach of Card Player around the world. Following the success of Card Player Europe, a magazine from Card Player that focuses on the European poker scene, Card Player will now have content distributed with the following partners: Card Player Dansk, from Denmark, Lehti Poker, from Finland & Estonia, Card Player
Italia, and Card Player Norge, among others…