2006 October 31 Poker News, Events and Happenings

ZZ TOP star DUSTY HILL, GODSMACK’s SULLY ERNA and KISS guitarist ACE FREHLEY are among the celebrities who will literally play the world’s poker kings

SWEDEN (PRESS RELEASE) — Dynamic poker site Poker Eon is now fully available in Swedish, the native tongue of one of the most avid and successful group of players online. The game of poker, and online poker in particular, has gained massive popularity among Swedish players.

Hot on the heels of Ladbrokes public backing of UK poker regulation, Ladbrokes has announced that they will be setting sail on the high seas of poker cruising with LadbrokesPoker.com Poker Cruise in the Caribbean. Setting sail in January of 2008, Ladbrokes will stake over ten million dollars on the cruise, with an expected compliment of over a thousand players on a nine day poker journey. A two million dollar prize pool for the main event, and a $5,500 buy in will get you a seat…

With the first-ever WORLD POKER TOUR® Canadian tournament stops in the history books, Fallsview Casino Resort has crowned its two new WPT title winners - one each for the inaugural WPT Canadian Open and the WPT North American Poker Championship .

BILOXI - Dave Gafford, the winner of the IP Classic, doesn’t fit any of the poker player stereotypes.He’s never been to Vegas. He’s a family man who home schools his children. And he didn’t learn the game sitting at a computer.Poker is both a social event and serious competition for the winner of the Coast’s first poker circuit event. Gafford was down in chips by a 6-to-1 ratio when he was one of the last two players at the final table, but he came from behind to win $51,122 in cash and a $25,00

Over the past several weeks I asked have asked dozens of professional poker players their reaction to the recently passed internet gaming law. What I actually asked each player was…

With the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (and its signage into law) in October, many of the biggest and brightest online poker room and gaming networks had to decide what to do regarding U. S. operations.