2006 December 19 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Harrah’s Entertainment finally announced today that it accepted a buy-out bid by two private equity firms, Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group, for a total $27.8 billion…
Online poker took a major hit with the passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 as numerous companies were forced out of the U.S. marketplace due to investor and legal concerns….
The end of the year brings a time for sharing time with friends, reminiscing, a looking back at what life has brought. Over the coming days, Pokernews.com will share a retrospective of 2006 with you…
As the first poker game for the Wii, World Series of Poker is serviceable, though the lack of online play and lackluster presentation don’t help its cause.
Atlanta, GA (December 19th, 2006) Bluff magazine (www.bluffmagazine.com), Americas leading poker magazine, has announced the winners of their 2006 Readers Choice Awards in their January issue, available on newsstands now. These awards are determined by the fans of poker–not the industry–and are the only magazine awards of their kind. Highlighting the award competition was a contentious battle for the top online poker room between Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker. To view a full list of the A
Pacific Poker is one of the leading online poker rooms in the world today, and while most of the players who belly up to the virtual felt are English speaking, there are plenty who are not, or who are at least native speakers of another tongue. It makes sense, therefore, that Pacific Poker would release its interactive poker tutorial in other languages, such as French, Spanish and German. The various languages have their own sites, at school.pacificpoker.com/de for German, school.pacificpoker.com/fr for French, and school.pacificpoker.com/es for Spanish…
The TV cameras will be warming up on Wednesday for two tables of live no limit poker with a $25,000 buy in at the birthplace of the World Series of Poker, Binion’s. That won’t be the only action going on at the famous casino in Las Vegas for the month of December, as the books are open for sign ups for a $10,000 freeroll to be held on December 28. Up to 800 players can be handeld for this free event, according to Director of Poker Operations for Binion’s Las Vegas, Gary DeWitt.
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