2007 February 18 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Chip maker bets that its Barcelona server processor will trump Intel. If the business of making and selling Windows-compatible processor chips is a $29 billion poker game, then Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is getting ready to put down another big bet.
The consortium of racing interests and Tote staff in talks to buy the state-owned bookmaker for £400m plans to take the business into internet poker and bingo.
Neteller (LSE: NLR), the leading global independent online money transfer business, today issued the following update from its Board of Directors with regard to its principal operations in Calgary,…
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Recently Tribeca tables announced they were going to leave the US market, putting sites like Poker Host and Doyle’s Room on notice that if they wanted to cater to US players, they were going to have to find another network, and Poker Host has done so. Now that they will no longer be served by Tribeca, Poker Host will be moving operations to the Microgaming Poker Network, which allows US players from all but 11 states. Michigan, Illinois, Louisiana, Oregon, Wisconsin, Washington, Indiana, Nevada, South Dakota, New York and New Jersey players are blocked from the network, but players from other states are allowed.
Full Tilt Poker once more surpassed its guaranteed prize pool in event number 8 of 10 in their annual Full Tilt Online Poker Series, running for its third year in a row. The event was a $125,000 Guaranteed Pot Limit Holdem event, and 916 players put down $200 to play, building the prize pool up to $183,200. David Chiu, a pro player and part of Team Full Tilt, made it as far as 16th place, taking home $1,282…
Normally when I play poker I avoid alcohol like the plague. But this was my annual Superbowl poker night with ‘the boys’, something I’d been doing for over thirty years with guys from high school. This wasn’t a time for serious strategy…
Former basketball player Kenny Smith recently hosted a celebrity poker tournament at a club on the Vegas strip. Poker has become the in thing for celebrities of film, television and sports to use as a vehicle for parties and charity events, and Smith’s event was no exception. Tony Parker showed up, as well as Rich Eisen, Cheryl Miller, Avon Barksdale and Antoine Walker…
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