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Wednesday 13th June 2007

Leprechauns attend Irish Open One in five players claim that they encountered a leprechaun at this year's Irish Open poker tournament, a new survey reveals, although the poll did not ask how much of the time the mythical men we...

Wednesday 13th June 2007

Van Patten spills on pokerati Vince Van Patten has described the appeal of poker to him and his fellow actors, telling USA Today that bluffing is just like acting. Van Patten, who has featured in numerous films and TV series, ...

Wednesday 13th June 2007

PlayersOnly Sends Players to Playboy Mansion All Star Night June 13, 2007 (St. John’s, Antigua) – U.S.-facing online poker room PlayersOnly.com is sending five tournament winners to compete in the All Star Night at the Playboy Mansion celebrity fundraising ...

Wednesday 13th June 2007

Great British Poker Tour Heads to Bournemouth The next date of the Great British Poker Tour (GBPT) will take place at the Gala Casino on Westover Road in Bournemouth from June 13 to 17 and will feature local and national celebrity players. Th...

Wednesday 13th June 2007
SportsBookReview.com Launches Live Betting Odds Sportsbookreview.com (SBR) has announced that it has launched the latest in a line of Free Live odds programs featuring lines from over 20 online sportsbooks, a range of betting calculator tools i...


Wednesday 13th June 2007

World First: Magazine Subscriptions by SMS June 13, 2007 (London, UK) - Bluff Europe (www.bluffeurope.com) is the first magazine in the world to offer its magazine subscriptions by SMS. By texting ‘bluff’ to short code 60155, poker enthusia...

Wednesday 13th June 2007

IGA in 3D Advertising Deal with PKR Online poker room PKR.com has announced an exclusive agreement that will see it place in-game adverts from IGA Worldwide across its play money tables. PKR.com features real-time 3-D graphics and a...

Wednesday 13th June 2007

Successful Danish Poker Team Splits Danish poker group PokerTeam.dk has decided to split despite enormous success since its start only one and a half years ago. The Danish poker group has won two World Poker Tour (WPT) events, one E...

Wednesday 13th June 2007

IGA Advertises Three-Dimensionally On PKR Online poker room PKR.com has announced an exclusive agreement that will see it place in-game adverts from IGA Worldwide across its play money tables. PKR.com features real-time 3-D graphics and...

Tuesday 12th June 2007

Greedy Phone Companies Hindering Mobile Entertainment? June 13, 2007 (London, UK) -- While analysts continue to predict great things for mobile entertainment, delegates at the recent Mobile Entertainment Market (MeM) conference in Monte Carlo were talk...

Tuesday 12th June 2007

US Offline Casinos Flourishing While online gambling in the United States is being attacked, land-based casinos across the country are expanding at exponential rates and the mid-western state of Iowa has become the latest to fo...

Tuesday 12th June 2007

Taiwan to Introduce Sportsbetting In an effort to stimulate economic growth in the poorer central and southern areas of Taiwan, the island nation could launch sports gambling as early as next year. The Director of the Council on ...

Tuesday 12th June 2007
Phil Hellmuth Sets Another Record With 11th WSOP Bracelet Phil Hellmuth added another record to his list of achievements when he won his 11th World Series of Poker Bracelet. He is the first ever player to achieve this, though Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson...


Tuesday 12th June 2007

Vinny Vinh – Alive, But Possibly Unwell Vinny Vinh is reportedly alive, though his whereabouts and condition are still a mystery. There is much speculation over what has happened to Vinny Vinh since he failed to return for the second day...

Tuesday 12th June 2007

Promoting Your Local Poker Game The Poker Project, based in the UK, aims to promote social poker for all levels of player. The mini tournaments, usually hosted in pubs, are a great introduction to live games. The first attendance...