21.09.2010 tagged in Industry News,
It was announced today that the massive online betting organisation Betfair is looking to float on the stock market in October of this year. Betfair has been valued at a massive £1.5 billion. This will really put the cat among the pige...
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10.07.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
This Sunday 11th July 2010 you can secure yourself a place in the 2010 Croatian Poker Series. All you have to do is get yourself to Hollywood Poker where you can enter the satellites that are running every Sunday till the 25th July. The direct buy-in to the satellite is $300 + 20 or you can get a place in the satellites thro...
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11.06.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Titan Bet are leading the way in great offers for this World Cup. You can get £/$/€ 10 Free when you make your first deposit during the World Cup. A lot of people signed up to a Titan Bet Account in the lead up to the World Cup. If you haven't made your first deposit then make sure you use this instant bonus while i...
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09.06.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Gambling is risky lets not pretend in any way, shape or form that there is such a thing as a 'dead cert' when placing a bet but you can make some good money in the World Cup 2010 with sensible betting. Let me explain why this tournament is easier than any league fixture to make money. The World Cup is like mixing the Premiership with the Conference and has everything in between...
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09.06.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Casino gaming on the move
According to recent research by UK market research company Mintel, the number of Americans using online casinos is increasing. According to the survey, 12% of US adults have visited an...
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09.06.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
William Hill Poker have launched a great series for their poker players this summer. William Hill are giving their poker players the chance to combine to great past times, football and poker, and win prizes and cash in the process. There are two great offers up for grabs. The first one ends today.
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15.05.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
It could be the most ridiculous promotion ever! Titan Bet is offering punters a $100 Million prize if you correctly pick the outcome for all 64 games in the Football World Cup. Played in South Africa, the Football World Cup begins in June and will host the biggest names in the sport.
achieve it. So why are we talking...
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25.04.10 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
The 2010 Pokerstars.com EPT Grand Final has begun in Monaco. Millions are for grabs over the next few days. Poker pro's from around the world are battling it out for supremacy. For those of you who have never been to Monaco let me enlighten you. I was lucky enough to visit last year as the F1 race was taking place. This s...
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25.04.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
William Hill has made one new Online Casino player very happy when he won a massive jackpot of £234,399.29 on Leprechaun Luck. William Hill's Leprechaun Luck is one of their newer online slots.
The winner was Jamie from Scotland, he was used to using the ...
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08.04.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Online Gambling has been given the go ahead to privatise in France. The market which is worth several billion Euro's finally opens its doors to the online poker and casino companies. The bill passed with a majority of 299 to 223. The governement have said that they will tax poker at 2% and other online gambling at 7.5%.&n...
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21.03.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
The German authorities now have four suspects in connection with the EPT Berlin Robbery. Some of the suspects handed themselves in.
The story broke like someone breaking wind in an elevator. The news spread fast through conventional and new media forums like twitter. Four men have tried to make off with the prize money at the Berlin EPT. They cam...
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21.03.10 tagged in Industry News,
Super Slots are continusing their March Madness with this fantastic first time deposit bonus deal. From Monday 22nd March when you open a new Super Slots Account, they will match your first 4 deposits up to $500 per deposit. This gives you the chance of getting up to $2000 for free. Offers like these don't last long so open an account sooner r...
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16.03.10 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
The WSOP have annouced this week that their Tournament of Champions will have 20 out of the 27 seats awarded by the votes of poker fans. This is a new move by the WSOP in an effort to engage its fanbase and give them some ownership of the tournament. The tournament of champions is a $1 million dollar event.
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08.03.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
The €1,000,000 first prize at the Berlin Leg of the European poker tour was won by American Online Poker qualifier Kevin Macphee. Unfortunately for this talented player who qualified for the event through top rated online poker room. Pokerstars , all of the Headl...
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06.03.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Super Slots are holding one of the Biggest Slots Tournaments available. Throughout March you can take part in this Online Casino event. Once you credit your Super Slots Account you simply register in the Online Casino Lobby and buy in for $10 to enter the Slots Tournament. There is a massive prize pool of $300,000 and the overall win...
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03.03.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Ladbrokes have two great offers this month. Ladbrokes Casino are in the final month of their £50 no deposit casino offer. If you don't already have a Ladbrokes account you only need open one to get £50 credited to your Online Casino account. This offer is open to UK players only. You can read more about why this deal is ...
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02.03.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Other News,
Betfair have begun mixing the beautiful game with Kenny Rogers favourite past time. Not an obvious mix of sports but bear with us and we will try and explain how this works. Betfair have two football and poker related promotions. The first is called 1 x 2 Footie Special
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24.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
The National Heads Up Championship is back at Caesars Palace 4th March - 7th March and Huck Seed will be there to defend his poker title. The organisers have now released the invitation player list. We know the Mr Brunson has said he will be giving the event a miss due to his health. NBC, the massive television network sponsor this event so you ...
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23.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Full Tilt Poker are giving players at least $50 in bonus money because of the launch of Rush Poker. The new high speed form of Texas Holdem that can only be played online at Full Tilt. Accept your $50 bonus by March 14th 23:59 ET and start earnin...
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22.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Pacific Poker, which is the poker arm of the 888.com group, is offering its poker players a chance to fast track to becoming a VIP player. If you have only just started out playing poker online then it may not be obvious what this means. Most poker rooms have a VIP service which is what they reserve for their big money poker players...
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22.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
The Anton Wigg, 22 year Swedish Poker Pro from Stockholm took home 3675000 Danish Kroner ($676,000) at the EPT Copenhagen. Wigg really had to show some determination as he was stuck in a heads up situation with Francesco de Vivo for the best part of 3 1/2 hours. Copenhagen Casino came to a stand still as they wanted to see a winner ...
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22.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
The Amateur Poker Association and Tour have picked up a major sponsor in Betfair. The unique betting platform is now backing the Association over the next season. APAT is in its 4th season and they are expecting this one to be its best yet. Having Betfair behind them will add that bit of magic to the mix as Betfair's...
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20.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Paddy Power Casino are running the second stage of their Chase to Win promotion. All players need to do is opt in to the promotion and when they start playing any of Paddy Powers Instant Casino Games they will begin earning points. If you get enough points and get high enough up the leader board you then get the big money and prizes. Last...
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20.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Ladrokes are still giving customers £50 no deposit required with their online casino. Ladbrokes Share Price dropped this week following a terrible set of financial results which told share holders they dropped 28% in profits in 2009. This lead to a mass exodus as investors scrambled for the panic button. The share price hit 15...
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18.02.10 tagged in Industry News,
Isildur1 is a person who loves the lime light and we have to keep reporting on this high stakes poker danger man. Since our last story on Isildur1 he has continued to play over 10 000 hands and he isn't even playing Rush Poker at Ful...
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18.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Full Tilt Poker Academy is arguably the most comprehensive learning facilty for new poker players. The way it works is that you open a Full Tilt Poker account as you would normally and then you have access to the Full Tilt Poker Academy. Once you click on the Academy link you are taken to a subsite on the Full Tilt website. This is dev...
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17.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Isildur1 is the elusive high stakes poker player that we reported on in the past. After a rollar coaster ride in 2009 he is back at the Full Tilt tables. Isildur1 loves the High Stakes and this Monday he was playing against Isaac Haxton and Justin Bonomo. To begin with Isildur was playing against Haxton at the Omaha cap ...
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15.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
It was made public today that major online Bingo Software Company, Virtue fusion has been purchased by Playtech. The company which power Ladbrokes Bingo is believed to have gone for around £36million.
For the new owner, Playtech, this deal can only be a good thing. Virtue fusion is considered by many to be the ma...
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15.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
If one group of share holders are looking forward to the 2010 Football World Cup it's Ladbrokes. They are the worlds largest and oldest bookmaker. But in recent times their share price does not reflect the successful history this company has had. With their financial results looming Share Holders are looking concerned at the low share price.&n...
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14.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
Phil Laak is on fire at the PartyPoker Premier League IV heats. He has won both the first and second heat. Laak has had some of the best competition in the game against him. Rolande de Wolfe, JC Tran and Phil Hellmuth to name but a few poker greats. On day one Laak had a slightly easier day as he managed to fend his way to the top spot a...
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13.02.10 tagged in Industry News,
Julian Thew has joined the ranks of Pokerstars as his reputation as a great finisher makes headlines across the pond. Thew was previously signed with William Hill bookmaker. Thew has won over $2.5 million in prize money and is currently ranked 13th in the European rankings. Julian last had a big win back in June last year but la...
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13.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
Full Tilt FTOPS XV Events 2 and 3 saw some great action by some of the best poker players in the business. Event 2 was the PL Omaha Hi/Lo - Knockout it had 1,349 players. The Buy in was $240 + $16 and had a guarantee of $250,000 and the actual prize pool was $269,800.
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12.02.10 tagged in Industry News,
The No deposit bonus war is on! William Hill Casino vs Ladbrokes Casino. £66 v £50. On the face of it the winner seems obvious, but we take a deeper look into these two great offers and see which one is truely the champion. This really is a battle as we find two gaming giants competing for players with their latest...
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11.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Other News,
PKR have really grabbed Poker Sharks attention by offering the winner of this Sundays (14th Feb) Nuts about the Girl Tournament the chance to have a date with sexy cover girl Lindsey Strutt. The poker tournament starts at 20:15 GMT and the 32F-26-32 stunner will be waiting to meet the winner in London on the 27th of February. L...
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11.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
California is stuck in a money pit and cant get their heads above water as a result they are now considering how they can allow online poker to take place. California already has licenced bricks and mortar Casino's which are held on Indian reservations and act as the main source of income for these tribes. The tribes currently pay $1 million per day...
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10.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Any FTOPS event is a big deal and the Full Tilt Poker Pro's are preparing to host their events over the coming days. For those of you who are new to FTOPS ( Full Tilt Online Poker Series) then here is a little recap to keep you in the loop.
FTOPS started in August 2006, at the start of the Poker boom, with $1 million in guaranteed prizes. Fa...
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08.02.10 tagged in Industry News,
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08.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
PartyGaming no longer has Dikshit at the helm and has appointed a new COO, Chief Operating Officer, Per Widerstr. PartyGaming have released encouraging financial reports showing great profits over the last Q4 of 2009. Their Casino is particularly doing well. The only thing that isn't moving up is PartyGaming's share price. It has not managed to hold a position above &poun...
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08.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Poker-Shark,
Full Tilt has recently launched its newest and fastest version of Texas Holdem, called Rush Poker. The idea is that as a player you can play a huge numbers of hands per hour. As soon as you play your hand you are zipped to another table where you immediately play another hand. The positives to this will teach a player how to quickly a...
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07.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker-Shark,
Full Tilt February is giving you a chance to win money and stick it to the Poker-Shark team. New players to Full Tilt from Poker Shark this month will be rewarded with a special tournament entry.
Poker Shark has recently celebrated its first birthday and for me, Chip, it has been a time of reflection. A lot has happened in the world of Poker...
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07.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Heads Up Entertainment International Inc. is at the forefront of the poker media and entertainment market. They create branded entertainment through the development, production and marketing of televised shows. Heads Up are looking at launching there new Poker TV channel after the Winter Olympics. Canada is their ...
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06.01.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Day1a at the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure main event is over. 669 players battled it out to reach the next stage of the PCA 2010. Day 1b begins tomorrow with a similar number of people in attendance. Out of the mist at the end of the day came a number of Pokerstar Pro's who have given themselves a good starting platform. Chris Moneymak...
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03.12.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
In 2009 there have been a few players that have stood out; Joe Cada (WSOP Main Event Winner), Darvin Moon (Lumber Jack who was chip leader in WSOP) and now Isildur1 who to begin with wiped the floor with some of the biggest names in Poker. He is ultra aggressive and was making money like it was going out of fashion. In the last couple of weeks he has lost as big as he was winning an...
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03.12.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Circus Poker is about to reach a milestone – their Two Billionth Hand!
To celebrate Circus Poker are giving away over $100,000 in prizes including a package to the WSOP 2010Main Event.
The countdown will start with hand 1,999,000,000 at a cash table and the winner of
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22.11.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Titan Poker have returned with the next European Championship of Online Poker. ECOOP V promises to be their best yet. There is a guaranteed $4.5 million across the championship. Previous big money winners include “Intruder123” who beat a field of 1283 players to take home $315,000 in December 08. Titan Poker are one ...
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21.11.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Poker player Marcus Bebb-Jones, 46 faces extradition to the US to face the charge of murder. Bebb-Jones is accused of killing his wife, Sabrina Bebb-Jones, 31 in 1997 and then dumping her body in a national park.
Employees of the hotel they ran in Colorado informed the authorities that she was missing along with their 3 year old son. Bebb-Jones told the...
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02.10.09 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
Barry Shulman was has just won an epic WSOPE Main Event battle to be crowned the 2009 Main Event winner. Shulman took home this morning £801,603 and Daniel Negreanu £495,589. Getting to final tables is a family trait with the Shulman's as Barry's son James is awaiting next months WSOP Final Table to start in Las Vegas.&n...
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01.10.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Ladbrokes online casino are offering new players from the UK and Ireland a No Deposit bonus of £25. Not only can you get £25 without registering a card, new players are also eligible for the £100 Match deposit bonus. Established for over 100 years and online since 2000, Ladbrokes are our most trusted gaming company a...
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27.09.09 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
Day 1a of the WSOPE main event closed at the felt last night with 79 of the original 156 remaining hopeful in the tournament. These guys will resume their play on Monday. Now there were some set backs for some of the Big Gun poker players as day 1a of the WSOPE Main Event waved goodbye to Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Huck Seed and Dario Minieri. ...
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25.09.09 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
The 3rd event of the WSOPE came down to a gruelling headsup battle between Jani Vilmunen and Howard Lederer. Both players fought hard through the early rounds and at one point it looked like it would be an all Finnish finish. Jani Vilmunen walked away with £204,048. The poker tournament is heating up nicely for the ...
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25.09.09 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
Olivier Busquet made one of the most dramatic turn arounds in poker history to win the Borgarta Poker Open. The online poker genius managed to carry his game plan across to a live game situation and win the main event. Busquet won $925,514 in the most exciting way, at one point in the game he was short stacked to 1.5 million chips compared to Jeremy...
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23.09.09 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
Event 2 of the 2009 WSOPE the $2500 Pot Limit Holdem/Omaha has nearly come to an end with Mat Gavatin in pole position with 448,000 chips at the end of day 2. This tournament fielded158 players and we are down to the final 5 players. The field was a tough one with the poker heavy weights coming in to sling their aces around. ...
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17.09.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Bodog and their founder Calvin Ayre are building something special and it only seemed a matter of time before the Bodog Brand would decide to take on the biggest Poker Networks in the world. The Bodog Network will initially just use Bodog Licensed rooms e.g. Bodog.com & Bodog.ca but in 2...
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17,09.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
PKR poker room have gone from strength to strength and their increasing market share and reputation has now allowed them to look down new avenues. One of the Poker-Shark.co.uk top 10 rated poker rooms will soon be offering its players a new produc...
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17.09.09 tagged in Industry News,
Poker player investments is a relatively new sector to the online gambling market. Companies such as Chip Me Up work as an interface between players and investor from around the world. Chip Me Up is making player investments easy and up front, also history of a players track record is there for everyone to see.
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17.09.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
32 Red Casino has just announced that one of their casino players has won the Progressive Jackpot with the Online Slot Machine Cash Splash. The 5th win happened on the 12th of September and we can only imagine that the player cant believe their luck. The streak started in October 2008 and the player has made over £100,000...
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16.09.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
For further proof that one of our top rated online poker rooms is the real deal check out the recently published Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Ladbrokes Poker are now a “world leader” for not just Gaming but across all industries!
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01.09.09 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
Poker Stars is looking for ladies to win their seat in the Poker Stars EPT London Ladies Event. If you make the top ten of the Poker Stars freeroll final you will get your seat paid for in the EPT Ladies Event, a night in the 5 Star Hilton Metropole Hotel and £100 spending money.
You can win your seat at Poker Stars by enterin...
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31.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
If you want to qualify for a major live poker event then look no further! Hollywood Poker, one of the top rated poker rooms here at Poker-Shark.co.uk are offering three more chances to qualify for the Rigged in Riga live poker event!
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31.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
32 Red are one of the few respectable Casino Operators that offer Paypal as a deposit method. This is because Paypal withdrew their alliance with Gambling operators following the change in US gaming legislation in 2006. Paypal have now started to tentatively accept some gambling operators that strictly do not accept US customers.&nb...
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30.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Vladimir Geshkenbein has just won the APPT Macau High Rollers Event. Day two was always going to be a tough day for the 'Russian Bomber.' It was clear that Geshkenbein was going to burn out rather than fade away. He held a chip lead for a large portion of the day, this was due to his aggressive play that left many opponents stunned.&...
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30.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Cake Poker, the poker room with attitude, have teamed up with Neteller to give someone the chance to win $2000 with the Neteller Freeroll. If you have a Cake Poker account but don't have a Neteller account then getting a free Neteller account could make you just a little richer than not having one. If you need a Cake Poker Account then sign up at ...
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29.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
When I get asked to write about Hollywood Poker I find it hard to focus as I am constantly straying glances at the Hollywood Poker Girls section of the Vince Van Pattern website. Today is my lucky day as I was asked to look at what is happening with the voting for the Hollywood Poker 2010 Calendar.
You can have your say at Hollywood Poker and you don't even need t...
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28.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Poker Stars are geared up for the World Championship of Online Poker, or as it is fondly known as WCOOP. You have got to love poker for its ability to abbreviate everything! Poker Stars are kicking things off with on the 3rd September 09 with a six seat NL Texas Hold'em ...
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24.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
Another major Poker Tournament and another newbie pro winner. Adrien Allain AKA zlatan35 won his place into the Asian Poker Tour (APT) with a win in a $5.00 Satellite tournament at PKR. Adrien Allain is only 23 years old from Rennes France. This is not the fi...
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18.08.09 tagged in Industry News,
PKR have really had something to celebrate this year on their birthday. They have had their 3 millionth player register in 3 years of business. This is testament to the hard work that PKR have put into their site over the past 12 months. This past year we have seen PKR focus community and added value products. The 3d poker market is firm...
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17.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
The WSOP is the biggest Poker Tournament in the world and as expected it has a massive following of Poker Junkies that need their thirst for poker quenched. ESPN, the collosal US sports media company, currently have the rights to broadcast the WSOP event from Las Vegas. The tournament is held in two stages. The main event in November and every...
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17.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
Tom Durrrr Dwan is offering a new challenge to the world. He wants a Million Dollar Heads Up Poker tournament. Each player is to stake $500,000 and the blinds are set at $500/$1000. Tom wants the game played over 4 parts, each part having 500 hands. A player cannot quit the match until they have played a full set of 500 hands or lost all...
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10.08.9 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
FTOPS is the online poker series hosted by Full Tilt and is now in Full Swing! First hosted by this popular online poker room in 2006, FTOPS has rapidly grown to become one of the biggest online series of tournaments anywhere online.
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07.08.09 tagged in Industry News,
Yesterday the US senate recieved a Bill from Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ). The name of this Bill is the Internet Poker and Games of Skill Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act. This Bill will give a framework for the governement to begin the regulation of online poker and skills games like poker and Majong. The Poker Player Alliance is a ...
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4.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Biggest First Deposit Bonus Ever!
Poker Stars are now offering a 100% up to $600 first deposit bonus for PokerStars.com players.Participants may make up to three deposits in total to claim the full bonus amount, but they must be made within 60 days of the first deposit.
Players will have...
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1.08.09 tagged in Industry News,
William Hill are going to be announcing that they are moving their online gambling operation to Gibraltar. This is because in Gibraltar they only pay 1.5% tax as opposed to the 15% they have to pay in the UK. William Hill have explained that there position has been made uncompetitive due to the UK governments taxation system. The worry for the...
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28.07.09 tagged in Industry News,
The United States still have 10 million online poker players, according to Poker Players Research, despite Washington banning online gaming since 2006. The law, which is known as the 'Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act' (UIGEA) has seen some of the biggest poker and casino operators run for the hills. Some however did not bow down to Wash...
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24.07.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Paddy Power Poker want to give one of their players to live the life of a Poker Pro for a year. Paddy Power is a well known and trusted online Poker and Sportsbook site. What Paddy want in order for them to consider you as Poker Pro material is for you to sign up to Paddy Poker if you aren't already! Then play enough to qualify as a 'General' in thei...
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20.07.09 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
Antoine Saout has taken the WSOP main event by storm by becoming Frances only member of the November Nine. Antoine was born in Morlaix France. Saout has quickly mastered the art of poker after only playing the game for 18 months and soon became one of the best French Poker players in the country. He got his poker education from playing online an...
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19/07/09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Today the two biggest poker rooms on the planet try to take the Guiness World Record for the most competitors in a poker tournament. The current holders are Poker Stars who set the record with 35000 players in December 2008. Full Tilt Poker, who are the second biggest poker room in the world planned to break this record today by holding their own tournament with a $...
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2.7.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Russia has recently had shock legislaton passed that does not allow gambling in Moscow. Russian Poker has been growing in popularity over the years and there was panic among players that the game would come to a grinding halt. Since the first of July the law came into force but luckily for the Russian Poker Players Poker is classed as a sport and not a game. This means that th...
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30.06.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
The Grand Slam of Slots 2009
One of our trusted partners, Ladbrokes Casino and their Software supplier, Microgaming have just announced the biggest online slot tournament ever. The Grand Slam of Slots has a top prize of 1million Euros and they will be paying out to 500 places. This is a seriously big event and will be tak...
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26.06.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
PKR have launched a pioneering community site that will have the likes of Full Tilt and ...
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22.06.09 tagged in Industry News,
Bodog are looking forward to giving you a piece of the main event action at the WSOP because they are taking bets on which celebs are going to show themselves as true Poker Stars or will the drama get the better of them. I commented a few time now on ...
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15.06.09 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
One of the UK's best players, Roland de Wolfe, made history today by taking a Bracelet in the WSOP $5000 Omaha Hi-Lo event. This means that Roland de Wolfe has now won titles in the WSOP, EPT and WPT. This Poker Triple Crown has only be...
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06.06.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Sexy Poker Players are everywhere these days, one site specialises in gorgeous naked calendar girls others have suductive women draped over a poker table. Then there are the celebs who make me lose all composure when I'm in their presence.
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15.05.09 tagged in Industry News,
Everybody loves Poker and Celebrities, so its time Poker-Shark.co.uk begins a little expose on how the cross over stardom to poker ace occurs. Each month we will be focusing on different celebrity poker players how their past influences their style of play. The obvious advantage that many celebrity poker players have over the mere mortals like us is that t...
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13/05/09 tagged in Industry News,
PKR's Poker Bounty Tournaments are a great way to extract money for being brave and taking on the pro players.
Take on the 'PKR Open Bounty $10,000 GTD' this Wednesday at 18:15 GMT and you'll have the chance to take down the cream of the PKR crop as 'Team PKR Pro' roll up at the tourney.
Buy-in to PKR's most popular event for just $18 and you'll get ...
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06.05.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments,
Titan Poker are giving first time depositors entry to massive freerolls throughout May 09. Titan Poker is the largest cards rooms on the iPoker network. New Titan Poker players will recieve free seats in a series of Texas Holdem Freeroll tournaments that have a massi...
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05.05.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Ladbrokes are ever increasing their market share of online gaming. This mainly because they give you money to play! Ladbrokes Casino are operating a Freeroll Slots Tournament for all their players. The top 600 win and $10 000 is up for grabs to the slots champion. The tournament is running between 00:00 7th May till 23:59 10th May. ...
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05/09 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
Full Tilt have signed a three year sponsorship for the Match rooms Sports Poker Millions Tournament. The competition that was previously sponsored by Ladbrokes. The change of sponsorship has meant a change in the size of the winning prize. Many of us wouldn't complain at $600k but it is a significant drop from the one million dollars prev...
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29.04.09 tagged in Industry News, Live Tournaments,
Celebrities turned out in droves (as my dad would say) to begin the first European Ante Up for Africa. Princess Zara Philips was looking very Bond Girlesque in Monaco. The principality is known for it glamorous night life in its idylic Medditerranean surroundings. The buy-in was 4000 euros and was won by the poker hottie Isabelle Mercier. Over 300000 ...
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28.04.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Cake Poker Mobile is still in the Beta phase but it is set to rock the world of poker giving Americans the chance to play real money poker wherever they are. The Cake poker mobile client is set to work with Mobiles that use a Windows platform. Blackberry and symbian support will be available soon.
The games offered at the moment are Cas...
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17.4.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Other News,
When we hear about an offer as good as this, its quite difficult for us not to tell people about it! OK, so its not a poker offer but it is from one of our Partners..... Ladbrokes. If you have had a chance to read our Ladbrokes Poker review, you will know that the company (the oldest gambling company in the world) ...
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17.04.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
If you turn on the TV, radio or any other information giving device then you will know that the world is in turmoil. We've run out of money..... Well the banks have. With the global downturn no industry is safe and the online gaming industry isn't in a bubble.
Poker Room.com closed their doors to online poker 14th April 09. Sadly its not th...
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15.04.09 tagged in Industry News,
Poker is big business across the globe and the boom has been particularly strong in europe. In the UK we have a rough diamond who can, on the day, out perform many of his peers. Ladies and gentlemen I give you Julian Thew.
Formerly a draughtsman who gave it all up for a shot as a pro poker player. Julian has been on the scene since 2001 and has m...
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05.03.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Poker Stars VIP Programme has changed. Now it gives you more opportunity to climb the VIP ladder to the riches you deserve!
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26th Feb 09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms,
Bodog Poker now offer its players a more convenient way to play. Instant play poker allows you to begin playing without the rigour of downloading the software on your computer. This is great for players who want to play cash games on a friends computer that doesn't have the Bodog software installed. Also this version is great for Mac users.
With the instant play poker ...
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12.12.08 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments, Other News,
Friday 12th December, Mince pies in the oven and one of Europes biggest Poker tournament finals to entertain. Poker-Shark HQ was a hive of activity once again as we settled into a crate of Belgium’s finest! Having seen Chase the Chair winner, Svein Nielsen secure a place in the final, excitement grew as we prayed for one of the online qualifiers ...
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