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Monday 7th April 2008

Murphy wins National on Comply or Die Timmy Murphy rode his first ever Grand National winner at Aintree this weekend on the David Pipe-trained Comply or Die. The 7/1 joint betting favourite survived a late challenge from King Johns Ca...

Monday 7th April 2008

WSOP Main Event Final Table to Play in October? In what would be a remarkable move, there are rumours that this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event final table may be broadcast nearly live and only after it had been delayed by several...

Monday 7th April 2008

EPT San Remo won by Online Qualifier On a final table table dominated by Europeans, it was a PokerStars qualifier from America who went home with the cheese. Jason Mercier took home $1,340,867 for his win in San Remo, having been...

Monday 7th April 2008

WPT Foxwoods Classic Heating Up The first two days at the WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic was card-based carnage. Of the 346 who sat down, only 75 of them made it back for the third day of play at the Connecticut casino. Day Three...

Monday 7th April 2008

Rousso Drops Out of Governor Race Lee Rousso, the Seattle lawyer fighting to overturn the online casino ban in the western state of Washington, has abandoned his campaign to unseat Governor Christine Gregoire after less than 80...

Monday 7th April 2008

Rakebreak.com Personalises Service Online poker information portal RakeBreak.com has re-launched with new personalised services including additional freeroll tournaments, a revamped referral programme and an around-the-clock live...

Monday 7th April 2008

Three Ways To Win At TitanPoker.com Leading online casino TitanPoker.com has announced that it will be sending a large delegation of players to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas this summer. The Kahnawake-licensed site...

Monday 7th April 2008

Poker Channel Goes Dutch The Poker Channel has announced that two networks will now carry its programming in The Netherlands following a restructuring of the company. Over 550,000 subscribers to UPC’s basic...

Monday 7th April 2008

Paddy Power’s Billionth Hand Promotion Online casino PaddyPowerPoker.com has launched its Billionth Hand Promotion, which will see one lucky winner walk away with $50,000 while the other participants in its billionth cash table will...

Monday 7th April 2008

Poker Argument Leads to Fatal Stabbing Details have emerged this weekend over an incident at an Atlantic City casino will ended up with one man being fatally stabbed. According to reports on majorwager.com, Vicente Perez, a 57-year old...

Monday 7th April 2008

No Approach For Rank According to numerous reports out late last week, Kuala Lumpur-based gaming and leisure group Genting International has not made a bid approach to British casino operator Rank Group and is unlikely...

Monday 7th April 2008

PlatinumPlay.com Break Da Bank Online casino PlatinumPlay.com has announced the launch of its Break Da Bank Again following numerous player requests for a sequel to the popular Break Da Bank video slot. The Kahnawake-licensed...

Monday 7th April 2008

William Hill Expanding In Madrid British gambling group William Hill has announced that its joint venture with Spanish gaming machine operator Codere has been awarded a gaming licence by the autonomous Madrid regional authority....

Friday 4th April 2008

Female player describes her love for poker Saint Ralph star and World Series of Poker bracelet winner Jennifer Tilly has spoken of her love for poker. A rising star of the World Poker Tour, Tilly said this can be attributed to the "de...

Friday 4th April 2008

David 'Raptor' Benefield Becomes a CardRunner Just after they had signed a deal with Full Tilt Poker, CardRunners have announced the latest addition to its quickly growing stable of top instructors: David “Raptor” Benefield....