2007 October 30 Poker News, Events and Happenings

No question in Europe’s trade and development policy is more pressing or politically sensitive than how we can use trade to help African, Caribbean and Pacific countries build stronger economies.

Over 130 online poker players have assembled in Melbourne over the past week, and played their hearts out at the PokerNews Cup. Over 15 different countries were represented among the players, who enjoyed a week of activities and poker…

Over 140 prominent female business executives and lawyers gathered at the Penn Club in New York City on October 17th where their negotiation and high stakes decision-making skills were put to the test at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP’s first-ever Women’s Poker Night.

In a recent column, I covered deep-stack play in tournaments. This week, let’s look at how to play a healthy stack in live games. Playing No Limit Hold’em with a large amount of chips in comparison to the blinds is the most skillful form of poker in the world.

Call it an online game of strip poker, only spammers are the ones walking away with all the winnings. The latest innovation in malicious software takes the form of shapely “Melissa,” an alluring, scantily clad blond who requests the victim’s assistance in disrobing her. In this particular scam, which is assisted by a piece of malware anti-virus firm TrendMicro identifies as TROJ_CAPTCHAR.A, an …

Online poker is finally seeing some encouraging trends. The reopening of Doyle’s Room is one positive step in the direction of reversing the UIGEA and, according to a notable pro, could be a foreshadowing of things to come…

Diamond I, Inc. announced today that its free Poker web site, www.islandbluecasino.net, experienced high traffic and player sign-ups during its first day of operations. In response to the high volume of sign-ups, Island Blue Casino has opened an additional Omaha Poker table for online players to enjoy.