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Thursday 17th April 2008

Chorny Leads EPT Monte Carlo Day Four proved to be a long trek for those still in the hunt for the EPT Grand Final crowd. While Esfandiari took his stack of 1.6 million and redistributed the majority of it in one hand, a...

Thursday 17th April 2008

Baxter Does the Double at Five-Star Poker Classic Prelims One of the names which has been with poker for as long as the likes of Doyle Brunson and Amarillo Slim, Billy Baxter is one of the pioneering card players in the infancy of the Las Vegas poker...

Thursday 17th April 2008

'OMGClayAiken' Up Almost $1 million This Month From time to time we like to have a look at who’s running hot and who’s not over on some of the major poker rooms. Over here in the Bluff Europe offices we were very happy to hear that...

Thursday 17th April 2008

PKR.com Takes To The Skies Online three-dimensional casino PKR.com has announced a new marketing campaign featuring a giant banner three-quarters the size of a soccer field trailed through the skies behind a helicopter. ...

Thursday 17th April 2008

Online Casino’s $3,200 Freeroll Finale Online casino 32RedPoker.com has announced that the prizes in its 30 Day Poker Festival are getting increasingly larger and will culminate in a $3,200 Freeroll Finale on April 30. The...

Thursday 17th April 2008

One-Billionth Hand Promotion Online casino VCPoker.com has announced that it will soon deal its one billionth cash game hand and will be celebrating the landmark by offering over two million dollars in cash and token prizes...

Thursday 17th April 2008

Britain Wins Nations Cup Outsiders Great Britain won the 2008 PartyPoker.com Nations Cup poker event last week following a heads-up triumph over Ireland. Poker professional Roland De Wolfe captained the British team,...

Thursday 17th April 2008

AsianLogic Profits Triple Asia-focused online gaming firm AsianLogic has announced that its pre-tax profits for the year tripled as it is close to completing three acquisitions using money it raised during December’s...

Thursday 17th April 2008

MGM Announces Job Cuts The largest casino operator on the Las Vegas Strip, MGM Mirage, has announced plans to lay off 440 employees at both the property and corporate levels in response to the sluggish American economy...

Thursday 17th April 2008

New Casino In the Pipeline For Mexico In the northern Mexican city of Tijuana, businessman and ex mayor Jorge Hank Rhon has inaugurated a refurbished Casino Caliente, which features 1,030 slot machines. Following an investment of $25...

Thursday 17th April 2008

The Return Of Power Hour Malta-licensed InterCasino.com has announced the return of its Power Hour promotion for this weekend where players can win almost $20 just for playing. The online casino stated that it would be...

Thursday 17th April 2008

Ladbrokes’ Millionaire Offer Gibraltar-based Bingo.Ladbrokes.com is giving players the chance to become actual millionaires in its new Who Wants To Be A Millionaire room. The innovative room features television host Chris...

Wednesday 16th April 2008

Esfandiari on top at EPT: Grand Final Iranian-born Antonio Esfandiari has risen to the top of the rankings after day three of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final. The Magician leads the Monte Carlo event with a chip stack of 1,1...

Wednesday 16th April 2008

Esfandiari Working his Magic in Monte Carlo Records were broken, and a father and son combination cashed for the first time at an EPT event. While some where looking at the record books being rewritten, one Mr Esfandiari was busy raking in...

Wednesday 16th April 2008

Hansen 'not at his best at EPT: Grand Final' The Gus Hansen who crashed out of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final in Monte Carlo this week was not a man playing at his absolute peak. At least this is what Hansen has suggest in his Pla...