2006 December 04 Poker News, Events and Happenings
At its spectacular pay-per-view event on Saturday, BodogFight recognized Chael Sonnen as the viewer’s choice for favorite fighter. In a strictly fan-based voting contest, Sonnen beat out all other fighters who competed in the first season of the newest mixed martial arts (MMA) program created by billionaire Bodog.com Entertainment Founder Calvin Ayre.
The secret password to title-claiming success in Sunday night’s major online poker tournaments was ‘comeback.’ Each of the four tournaments featured a late surge that saw a player come from well behind….
Shares of Las Vegas Sands Corp. surged Monday after the casino operator reached a deal to launch an online casino and poker Web site for the United Kingdom market.Save
(PRESS RELEASE) — Titan Poker, one of the fastest growing online poker rooms, has now launched its popular poker software in Polish and Turkish, and plans to introduce more languages in the coming weeks.Save
December 4 - To most online poker players, winning $10 000 in an online tournament is a big deal, so imagine how wild online poker players will go with the chance to win VC Poker’s super-lucrative Grand Slam tournament and walk away $10 million richer!
Thanks to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, some workers in the poker industry may have a short-stack Christmas. According to Paul McGuire, writing in the news portion of online site Poker Player, the UIGEA is having an impact on who gets to keep their poker related jobs. The loss of ad revenues from large poker companies that have pulled out of the US thanks to the UIGEA is mostly responsible, according to McGuire, as those companies have taken a hit in loss of revenues after dumping the most lucrative part of the market to stay true to their public-trade charters.
The Lucky Buck Card Room in Livermore was the setting, and some hundred poker players provided the cast for a celebrity poker tournament set right before the kick off to the five-day California Independent Film Festival. Attendees included Clint Howard, Edward Kerr, Kathy Wagner, Jeff Morris, A.J. Buckley, Susan Ruttan, who was made famous for her role as the legal secretary on TV’s L.A…
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