2008 December 16 Poker News, Events and Happenings

“mmcgenius” freerolls his way to $9,800 on back of Marty Smyth’s Poker Million victory as 50 players share 5 percent of his $1 million payday

Reports late Monday by UK business stalwart ‘The Financial Times’ have led PartyGaming to issue a release today clarifying the company’s ongoing negotiations with the United States Department of Justice. According to the…

Ariel Schneller, a professional poker player who claims to have won $182,000 in a single weekend, has bought a television commercial to promote his website. This is Google’s fault. No, really….

It didn’t take long for the 35 remaining players in the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Harrah’s Atlantic City to winnow down to the final table. In just over six hours, the final table was set, with Brent ‘Astrolux85′…

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Is poker a game of luck or skill? A judge in South Carolina, will hear arguments on that question. Five poker players were busted for illegal gambling at a Mount Pleasant home. State law bans most games of chance.

Several UK services have broken the news that PartyGaming co-founder Anurag Dikshit has agreed to plead guilty to one or more charges relating to illegal online wagering, and pay US authorities a massive fine reported…

Executives with Zen Gaming announced the immediate availability of two new poker games on their National League of Poker website. The launch of the games is sponsored by New Poker LLC. a wholly owned division of Zen that holds the exclusive marketing rights to operating the two new games, No River Hold’em(TM) and Royal Hold’em(TM).