2006 October 16 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

When online poker really began to take off about two or three years ago, nearly every software platform that was developed was developed for PC (Windows) based computers….

CryptoLogic Inc.(NASDAQ: CRYP)(LSE: CRP), a leading software developer to the global Internet gaming industry, today unveiled Hold’Em Blackjack, a brand new game that combines the simplicity of blackjack with the intensity of poker.

College dropout, ambivalent restaurant manager, video-game junkie, feverish gambler - yes sir, Paul Wasicka would seem to have all the makings and résumé of a massively underachieving ne’er-do-well, except for one minor detail.

Every American poker player felt like they were stun gunned over the weekend as the biggest blow to USA poker players hit, Party Poker closed to Americans. In the aftermath a new webpage was developed which tracks poker rooms as they close or release statements of staying open to USA. (PRWeb Oct 16, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/dingpr.php/Q3Jhcy1TcXVhLUNvdXAtQ3Jhcy1JbnNlLVplcm8=

Thirty six top German poker players will be hitting the felt this Tuesday in London in a poker event sponsored by Party Poker. The German Open, recently publicized by Party Poker in a press release, will be paying the top finishers about 50,000 Euros. Each player will pay 2,500 Euros for the buy in, adding up to around 117,000 Euros as the total prize package to be distributed…