2006 October 23 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Last night’s major online events saw Poker Stars shatter its own week-old record prize pool for a weekly-held event, and Sweden’s ‘osten87′ came back from the shortest share of a three-way deal for the win….
More than 260 government workers in Chuzhou city, east China’s Anhui province, were either given disciplinary warns or sacked for playing computer games or poker during office hours, according to a local newspaper report.
UNITED KINGDOM — Ladbrokes, the bookmaker and gaming operator, is to invest £3 million in its Poker Million tournament next year in an effort to turn the event into a European competitor to Las Vegas’s World Series of Poker.
LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Progressive Gaming International Corporation (NASDAQ: PGIC - News; “PGIC”), a leading provider of diversified content and technology products and services used in the gaming industry worldwide, announced today it intends to introduce an exciting new way to play Texas Hold’em poker: the World Series of Poker® “Peer to Peer” Texas Hold’em game.The World Series of Poker “Peer to Peer” Texas Hold’em gaming system will be designed to allow patrons to play poker on a wired
As I write this, the World Poker Tour (WPT) rolled on through the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The $10,000 buy-in poker tournament began on Monday and ended on Friday. With more than 600 players and a first place prize of more than $1 million, winning it will be pretty sweet for someone (I wrote this article on Wednesday).Day 1 things didnt go very well for me, although I did make it to Day 2. I didnt pick up very many strong hands and my bluffs didnt seem to work out very well. When you have a day
When the actors and musicians that were playing like regular people participated in the 2006 World Series of Poker’s Main Event, they performed like you might expect - just like everyone else. Some did great, others not so great, but one surprise performance came from Sully Erna, the lead singer for rock group Godsmack. Erna made it further than the majority of the celebrity players, cashing in the event, and as such is going to be something of a guest of honor when he joins other rockers for the VH1 Classic Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Tournament, scheduled for November 2nd at the Flamingo in Las Vegas…
Comcast Sports Network has local sports broadcasting, including episodes from The Heartland Poker Tour, with No Limit Texas Holdem events like those found in casinos around the country and on TV, on shows such as the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker. The Majestic Star Casino in Gary, IN will soon be a host of the Heartland Poker Tour, with $550 entry qualify tournaments running from October 23rd through October 27th, in the Majestic Star II poker room. Twenty percent of entries will make it to the final event, which will be televised, including the final table on October 29th…
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