2008 March 05 Poker News, Events and Happenings

HONG KONG , March 5 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — GigaMedia Limited (Nasdaq: GIGM ) announced today that its acclaimed Everest Poker offering has secured a key multi-year promotional agreement with the world’s largest and most prestigious poker tournament — the World Series of Poker.

Hamburg - The wave of interest in poker is not receding and it continues to boom on the internet. Apart from that, in countries like Germany, hardly a weekend without passes without one or more tournaments in large cities. But it hasn’t fully overcom…

Hamburg - A poker player who relies solely on luck will never be a good gambler. Experienced players say certain skills are required to consistently be on the winning side. Katja Thater of Hamburg, considered the top female poker player in Germany, r…

Photo by Nikolaj Lasbo. Kappa Sigma fraternity members turned out to play poker last night. The grand prize is an Xbox 360. Photo by Nikolaj Lasbo. The Alpha Phi sorority sponsored the first round of a Texas Holdem tournament yesterday to benefit the UW Mens Cardiac Center.

LOS ANGELES—-World Poker Tour® crowned its first female champion Monday night at the 6th Annual WPT Invitational hosted by the Commerce Casino. This special event marks the first time in history that a female player has won a major televised WPT tournament.

Today, PartyGaming released its preliminary 2007 full-year results and the news that CEO Mitch Garber would not be renewing his contract in May 2009. In late January, PartyGaming announced its net revenue numbers, which showed…

On the heels of winning last week’s L.A. Poker Classic and his first World Poker Tour bracelet, and then placing third in this weekend’s NBC National Heads Up Championship, the usually private and reserved poker professional Phil Ivey made a generous $50,000 donation to Empowered 2 Excel, a local Las Vegas Christian Academy.