Archive for the 'Poker Industry' Category

Gold Strike to Host World Poker Open

Tuesday, November 29th, 2005

The World Poker Open returns to Tunica for its seventh year and will be held exclusively at Gold Strike Casino Resort. Attended by both nationally and internationally renowned poker players, the Gold Strike World Poker Open begins Jan. 9 and culminates with the World Poker Tour’s championship event January 19-23. Considered one of the biggest […]

Small Town Poker Tour Show Blends Real Life and Texas Hold’em

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

The Small Town poker Tour is set to travel the USA in search of the best amateur player in America, along the way featuring a unique blend of characters that make for some very exciting action.
Mark Fracalossi, CEO of AMT Media LLC and Billy Frank Creative,Director/Executive Producer Make It Happen Productions, have announced a partnership […]

NY Crackdown raises the ante for underground poker clubs

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

Boston.com
The raids on May 26, dubbed ‘’Black Thursday” by one poker website, and two more last month have sent a chill through the city’s clandestine poker scene.
Several members-only card clubs closed their doors after 13 arrests on Oct. 16 at the Broadway Club in the Flatiron District. On Oct. 28, a second-floor parlor on the […]

Colorado Poker Laws Up For Interpretation

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

LaunchPoker.com:

As reported by the Colorado Springs Gazette: “The Colorado attorney general says poker games played in bars and restaurants statewide are illegal, but 4th Judicial District Attorney John Newsome, like other district attorneys, doesn’t plan a massive crackdown on poker nights.
“State gaming authorities allow Newsome that latitude. They say enforcement of Colorado’s gambling laws is […]

FSN Goes Down Under for Aussie Millions Poker Tournament

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

Fox Sports Net (FSN) will broadcast the 2006 Aussie Millions, the main event of the Crown Australian Poker Championships. FSN is filming and producing the championship tournament at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, dividing the five-day tournament into a 10-part series. FSN’s forthcoming broadcast of the Aussie Millions is thanks to a newfound partnership between […]

Empire Poker to Sue PartyGaming

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

Casinos.ch:
Empire Online, the former ’skin’ of Party Poker, has decided to take legal action against Party’s
parent company, PartyGaming.
According to a recent report from Ruetuers, Empire Online is preparing legal action
because of the breakdown of recent negotiations for PartyGaming’s acquisition of Empire
Online.
According to Empire’s head of mergers and acquisitions, Andrew Burnett, Empire is
posturing itself […]

World Poker Tour operator may be sold

Thursday, November 24th, 2005

MSNBC reports that Casino developer Lakes Entertainment Inc. of Minnetonka said Wednesday that it is considering selling all or part of its majority stake in World Poker Tour operator WPT Enterprises Inc. to raise cash.
In a prepared statement released late Wednesday, Lakes said it needs $10 million in financing by Dec. 31 and another $10 […]

Team Bodog’s Kido Pham Wins WSOP Circuit Championship Las Vegas

Thursday, November 24th, 2005

“Team Bodog player Thang “Kido” Pham has won the WSOP Circuit Championship Las Vegas at the Bally’s Paris Las Vegas Casino, winning $453,456 and a gold-and-diamond championship ring.
One of the most well respected up-and-coming players, Kido joined Team Bodog for this event through his friend, fellow Dallas-based and Bodog-sponsored pro David Williams.”
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Partygaming and Empire in spat

Monday, November 21st, 2005

Bad news for Party Gaming withEmpire Online saying it has pulled out of takeover talks.
The BBC reports that it also plans legal action “in relation to damage caused” by the conduct of firms in the Partygaming group.
Partygaming confirmed talks had ended and that it made a revised approach last week of 60p a share - […]

HollywoodPoker.com Sees Star-Studded Full House and Raises $50,000 for Charity at One Year Anniversary Party

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

It was a full house at the HollywoodPoker.com, one year anniversary party held at the Montmartre Lounge in Hollywood, CA on November 9, 2005. Hollywood Poker’s Vince Van Patten welcomed celebrity guests and other VIPs, which included Dennis Quaid (Yours, Mine, and Ours), Alana Curry (Terminator 3), Allison Janney (”West Wing”), Ant, Anthony Anderson […]