Poker News
ESPN's new web-only poker show looks like a winner
The online poker advertising websitePokerStars.net and U.S. television network ESPNare partnering in the production of a new, web-only poker show titled "Inside Deal," scheduled for screening early next (August...
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Government regulations mean Italians have to play on the Internet poker firm's Italian website
Italian players on the giant online poker site PokerStars.com are being moved across to the company's PokerStars.it website in order to comply with local regulator AAMS re...
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Macau Festival will run from April 12 to 13 this year
AsianLogic, the online gambling company that owns the Asian Poker Tour, has published the full schedule for the APT Macau Festival which will run from August 12–23, this year at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau.
Last year’s six day event has doubled in size and wil...
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10 million players can't be wrong - it's a great game!
New independent statistics from Poker Players Research show that online poker players in the United States continue to dominate the international market notwithstanding the inconvenience o...
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NZ$87 435 payday for survivor of 134 player entry field
Danny Chevalier (46) out lasted 134 poker hopefuls to become the PokerStars.net Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) Queenstown champion this week, taking the lion's share of the NZ$301 500 prize pool with a first prize payday of NZ$87 435.
This was t...
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Jedlicka back on the nosebleed tables with a vengeance
The name Jedlicka aka KaiBuxxe has been absent from the online nosebleed tables at Full Tilt Poker for awhile following something of a drubbing that soaked up much of his significant millions in winnings from games in 2007, but this week the young Austrian was back with a vengeance.
Playing $200/$40...
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PokerStars seeks clarity on Russian poker ban
The fate of next month's big PokerStars EPT poker tournament in Moscow remains uncertain following the July 20th removal of the game from the list of recognised Russian...
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Phil Hellmuth's latest commercial venture has gone live
Joining the growing number of Texas Hold'em games available for the iPhone and iPod touch is "Phil Hellmuth Poker," backed by the 11-time WSOP bracelet-holder himself. Along...
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New neural study develops some startling AI results
Artificial intelligence works in part to replicate the human mind, and scientists need to know how humans make their next moves, reports Scientific American this week. The article goes on to report that scientists have created a system that can predict the bets of gamblers, with an accuracy "bordering on spooky."
The research to which Scientific American refers was published...
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Annie Duke in 'The Apprentice' and Jean-Robert Bellande in 'Survivors'; who's next?
Poker players-turned-television reality stars Jean-Robert Bellande ('The Survivors') and Annie Duke ('The Apprentice') may soon be joined in the celeb stratosphere by two...
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Major live tourneys may have to be cancelled
Hopes that the game of poker would escape the Russian ban on gambling in its major cities were dashed this week when the Russian Ministry of Youth, Sport and Tourism arbitrarily decreed July 20th that the game is no longer a sport. The order closes a valuable Russian law loophole for the game, which had previously been defined as a sport in...
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Top players interacting with politicians to legalise online poker
This week saw a strong Poker Players Alliance presence in Washington DC as the one million member poker organisation flew in state directors and top poker personalities to interact with politicians and sell the...
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WSOP used as an "economic jolt" example
The state of Delaware, which recently refused to be intimidated by the big US sports leagues and passed legislation to permit sports lotteries to help it through tough ecomomic times, was the scene for a further demand for gambling legalisation at the weekend...
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Full Tilt Poker does it in style, but Poker Stars reclaims record for biggest ever online poker tournament
Sunday's attempt by Full Tilt Poker.com to stage the biggest o...
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November Nine survivor has his own plans if he wins the biggest bracelet in poker
Gathering momentum in the wake of the 40th World Series of Poker this week are critical comments made by one of the main event final tablers - the November Nine - who has his own plans for the most coveted bracelet in poker....if he wins it....
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