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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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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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 - […]
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 […]
