Archive for January, 2006

Harrah’s, IMG All In For WSOP HARRAH’S Entertainment wants to

Posted by admin @ 9:00 PM, Tuesday Jan 31st, 2006

Harrah’s, IMG All In For WSOP
HARRAH’S Entertainment wants to literally put the world in its World Series of Poker property, and has signed marketing powerhouse IMG to expand poker’s brand and media presence.Efforts include increasing marketing behind the World Series of Poker tournament itself, which this year runs June 25-Aug. 10 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, and building domestic and international partnerships (in Europe, the Far East and Australia) via sponsorships, product licensing and media represent

UA student returns home after poker win of $205,000 BIRMINGHAM,

Posted by admin @ 4:00 AM, Tuesday Jan 31st, 2006

UA student returns home after poker win of $205,000
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – A University of Alabama student who sat out a semester to play in a poker tournament in Australia has won $205,000 playing Texas Hold ‘Em with some of the world’s best players.Family and friends gathered at the Birmingham International Airport terminal Sunday to greet Shannon Shorr, 20, of Irondale, who placed fourth in the Aussie Millions Tournament at Melbourne’s Crown Casino.Shorr started playing Internet poker two years ago, but playing for the first time in a live to

N.S. Gaming Corp. launches youth ad campaign

Posted by admin @ 12:00 PM, Monday Jan 30th, 2006

N.S. Gaming Corp. launches youth ad campaign
CTV – HALIFAX Nova Scotia launched a public awareness campaign Friday aimed at the group considered most at risk of succumbing to problem gambling — young adults. The $150,000 three-month pilot project, called friends4friends, will use TV and newspaper

Online Casino and Poker Group Reports Satisfactory Trading – 01-29

Posted by admin @ 7:00 PM, Sunday Jan 29th, 2006

Online Casino and Poker Group Reports Satisfactory Trading – 01-29
Online Gambling Insider, South Africa - 18 hours ago with Party Gaming . Revenue was split almost evenly between online poker at US$11.3m online casino at US$11.2m. The company still

Bluff Europe to Represent the Poker Lifestyle in Europe January

Posted by admin @ 2:00 AM, Sunday Jan 29th, 2006

Bluff Europe to Represent the Poker Lifestyle in Europe
January 25, 2005 (London, UK) America s #1 Poker magazine, Bluff , is crossing the Atlantic – following the popularity explosion of poker in Europe. The launch of Bluff Europe will be formally announced at Lyceum Media s Fire & Ice party on 25 January. Online poker players will receive their copy of Bluff Europe via the majority of UK & Continental European card rooms. And there are plans in hand to acquire additional distribution partners as the growth of online gaming continues. The com

How to Play Seven Card Stud Poker

Posted by admin @ 11:00 AM, Saturday Jan 28th, 2006

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Mac Poker Games Becoming A Big Hit At MacOnlinePoker.com 

Posted by admin @ 7:00 PM, Friday Jan 27th, 2006

Mac Poker Games Becoming A Big Hit At MacOnlinePoker.com 
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Jan 27 4:00 AM
(PRWEB) January 27, 2006 — Macintosh computer users looking to play online poker on their Macs used to be out of luck until http://www.maconlinepoker.com/ recently came to the rescue. Now Mac and iMac users are getting in on the popular game of online poker in record numbers.Save to My Web

Intuition | Actually, money does buy happiness

Posted by admin @ 1:00 AM, Friday Jan 27th, 2006

Intuition | Actually, money does buy happiness
Philadelphia Inquirer – It’s time for us to shake our wishful collective delusion that the rich are miserable. By Karen Heller Inquirer Columnist The rich are forever being portrayed in books, movies and television as truly miserable when the truth is that, in real life

Close-to-Real Deal: Poker Paying Off Australian gambler Joseph Hachem, a

Posted by admin @ 10:00 AM, Thursday Jan 26th, 2006

Close-to-Real Deal: Poker Paying Off
Australian gambler Joseph Hachem, a three-year veteran of the professional poker circuit, spent eight days during last summer’s World Series of Poker — including 14 hours of play at the final championship table — to win the game’s ultimate title and the $7.5 million prize.Representatives of several video game manufacturers have never spent a minute playing competitive poker. But those manufacturers needed just three months to make millions by selling World Series of Poker-themed video console

Dealt a Bad Hand? Fold ‘em. Then Raise. ONE cold

Posted by admin @ 4:00 PM, Wednesday Jan 25th, 2006

Dealt a Bad Hand? Fold ‘em. Then Raise.
ONE cold night 13 years ago Annie Duke drove from her home in Philadelphia, where she was a doctoral student, to her mother’s apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, sat down to dinner and ate a bowl of rigatoni that set off an exhaustive reassessment of her ambitions. Ms. Duke got sick to her stomach, spent days unable to eat, decided this signaled a deeper crisis, questioned her plan for an academic career, married a friend she had never dated, moved with him to Columbus, Mont., and, no