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Online poker room VC Poker has announced the second Prague Poker Palooza, the Czech poker event that was very popular last year. The Prague Poker Palooza II will run on November 24 and the following three days, with a $25,000 live freeroll on the last day. The main event has a €1000 buy in but online satellite qualifiers are running now at VC Poker, for this and the other preliminary events… |
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Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear is trying to seize online poker room domain names, claiming they are hurting his state’s gambling properties, and the court case where the issue is being heard was granted a continuance. The judge issued the continuance to allow the defense attorneys – those representing the online poker rooms – a chance to prepare their arguments. The lawyers represent 141 websites named in the lawsuit… |
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For the third year online poker room Party Poker is hosting the Party Poker Den, a thirty six hour cash game poker marathon with some of the biggest names in poker. Timed to coincide with the World Series of Poker Europe running now in London, the Party Poker Den III starts today and will run for thirty six hours. David Ulliott, Robert Williamson III, David Williams and more will play a high stakes game of no limit Texas Holdem cash poker, each putting up $10k to play, with blinds at $25 and $50. Related Articles: |
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Over the last two years the popularity of poker has dropped among the young, according to the research of a social trends organization. With its origins in the UIGEA in the United States, online poker has taken a number of hits in recent years, including a drop in TV ratings, tournament sponsorship and fewer overall online poker rooms to play at. While none think online poker is going away in a permanent fashion, it is apparent that the heyday of online poker from 2005 has come and gone… |
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The Casino Affiliate Programs poker tournament was in full swing with the police stopped by, and they were not interested in taking a seat and drawing some cards. The Barcelona police raided the Hotel Princesa and started shutting down the conference, where former World Series of Poker champ Jamie Gold was scheduled to hold a poker clinic. The reason for the raid is not clear, but all the gambling equipment was confiscated and the organizers of the CAP program were detained… |
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The second annual World Series of Poker Europe is running its main event now in London, and many pros from around the world are competing for the cash and glory won last year by young pro Annette Obrestad. With big guns like Phil Hellmuth, Joe Hachem, Howard Lederer, David Benyamine and Mike Matusow in the filed, it was inevitable that some would fall and some would make their way to the end of the day. By the end of the day the chip leaders included some of those names, like Matusow, and a few more like Andy Bloch and Scott Fischman. Related Articles: |
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An online poker apparel store continues to show their support for US soldiers by donating goods to the free poker tournaments held every Sunday for soldiers, Marines, airmen and civilians. The idea was to have a poker tourney for the soldiers to have a little fun and take their mind of the stress of service, and has grown to incorporate other poker lovers along the way. The store, DonkeyGear, supports the tourney by donating prizes that the players can win, since there is no prize pool generated by entry fees… |
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The latest World Series of Poker Europe event is over, and Theo Jorgensen has captured the crown. The pro poker player from Denmark took the second event of the second WSOPE season with his victory in the £5000 Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) event. Other pros were in the event, such as Chris “Jesus” Ferguson and Max Pescatori… |
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On GSN a new lineup has poker fans setting their digital boxes to record. On Sunday nights High Stakes Poker will run back to back with the World Poker Tour, all starting tonight. HSP will kick off at 7 pm (Eastern Time)… |
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The schedule for the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has been announced, and as part of the information the buy in amounts were released, with some interesting numbers. There will be buy ins including the following amounts: $1k, $2k, $5k, and a whopping $25k. Considering the main event of the World Series of Poker is only $10k, this figure is sure to excite more of the high stakes NLHE players, as well as any lucky poker player that wins a seat for a much reduced cost in an online poker qualifier. Related Articles: |
