2007 February 24 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The L.A. Poker Classic Championship event at Commerce Casino smashed records for largest field and largest prize money ever for a $10,000-buy-in World Poker Tour® event and for a WPT event in the continental U.S.

TAMPA - There is no poker face. Tampa Bay Storm coach Tim Marcum has no need to hide what’s in his hand. Or in this case, on his roster. He can’t.

Until about five years ago if I sat down at a table with someone I did not know, the chance of them being an okay to good player was less than one percent. Now, however, at almost every tournament I enter…

One of the larger UK based online poker firms, Ladbrokes Plc, recently posted an annual pretax profit of 246.5 million pounds, which is up from 232.1 million pounds in 2005 by 6 per cent. This makes earnings per share up to 22 pence, as opposed to 12 pence in the previous year. Along with the announcement of the good earnings year the parent company of Ladbrokes Poker also said they will be in the bid for the super casino projected for the UK and would like to run it…

This Saturday, February 24, online poker room Everest Poker was holding a Round 3 Avalanche event at 15:00 GMT. This was part of an ongoing series of online events that will wrap up in a finale to be held on 17 September, 2007 at 15:00 GMT. The ten winners of that final event will win a trip to a live final table event at a secret location, playing for their share of a $1 million prize pool…

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 23 — After resolving a lawsuit over his victory in the World Series of Poker last summer, Jamie Gold acknowledged he had some regrets about his experience at the tournament, although…



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In recent years it has been a common practice to see ads for online poker rooms ending in “.net” at the World Series of Poker, but no longer. According to a recent announcement from Harrah’s Entertainment, the .net ads that are affiliated with real money .com sites, such as Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars, will no longer be allowed. On the flip side, however, the ban on player apparel has been lifted, meaning that players can wear brands ending in .com…