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Thursday 27th April 2006

Bluff Makes Its Move Down Under One of the world’s most popular and widely-read poker magazines is now even bigger. Bluff Magazine is continuing to demonstrate poker's massive growth by launching a new edition in Australasia. B...

Thursday 27th April 2006

Empire Poker Sale Hits Q1 2006 Revenue Empire Online has announced Q1 2006 financial results that included an expected shortfall in revenue after the sale of its Empire Poker site. The online gaming operator is now concentrating on new ...

Thursday 27th April 2006

Poker Sale Hits Online Casino Profits Empire Online has announced Q1 2006 financial results that included an expected shortfall in revenue after the sale of its Empire Poker site. The online gaming operator is now concentrating on new...

Thursday 27th April 2006
Online Casino Tops Up Women’s Wimbledon Prize Money The days of inequality at the All England Lawn Tennis Club may be numbered. This year Gamebookers, an online sportsbook, has thrown an extra £30,000 into the Female’s Singles winner’s prize fund a...


Thursday 27th April 2006
Speculation Mounts Over Roger Clemen’s 2006 Home Base Several major league baseball teams are after Roger Clemens services and Sportsbook.com are offering odds on where the all-star pitcher will start the 2006 season. Alex Czajkowski of Sportsbook.c...


Wednesday 26th April 2006

Joe Bartholdi Wins WPT Championships It started off with 605 competitors and ended with a relative unknown walking away with a multi-million dollar cheque. This year’s World Poker Tour Championship at the Bellagio certainly didn’t dis...

Wednesday 26th April 2006

Fifteen Years Later WSOP Action Returns to Caesars After a fifteen year hiatus, tournament poker is set to return to Caesars, Las Vegas. The World Series of Poker rolls into town on the 27 April with a beefed up schedule that will not only include ...

Wednesday 26th April 2006

Daniel Negreanu Backs New Poker Console Game With the variety of console poker on the market at the moment, it’s almost impossible to pick out the best. However, the release of STACKED – backed by Daniel Negreanu – is sure to entice poker afi...

Wednesday 26th April 2006

Mansion Sponsors Poker Beauty Erica Schoenberg They may have missed out on Manchester United, but Mansion’s latest sponsorship deal will see the poker world sit up and take notice. Erica Schoenberg, who has just pocketed $100,000 at the WPT Cla...

Wednesday 26th April 2006

Eunice Waterfield Crowned Women’s Poker Tour Champ The first ever Women’s Poker Tour champion has been crowned in London. Eunice Waterfield from Dudley, England scooped the ‘Queen of Diamonds’ title, $40,000 prize money and a $20,000 diamond ring, ...

Wednesday 26th April 2006

Louisiana Heads-Up Legal Battle Continues The battle for relaxed poker laws in Louisiana continues apace. After Governor Blanco threw her weight against any legislative changes and caused some serious disquiet amongst State Senators, the H...

Wednesday 26th April 2006

The Magician Launches Poker Cash Game Book They can already take some of the credit for the massive growth in live poker events, but now the World Poker Tour can also boast about becoming a publishing phenomenon. With titles including Mike ...

Wednesday 26th April 2006

Mansion Push Forward Despite Difficult Start to 2006 They may have lost out on a massive sponsorship deal with Manchester United, but Mansion is continuing to battle through 2006. The online poker site has announced a new version of its software that...

Wednesday 26th April 2006

Absolute Poker Sponsors Ferrari F340 in Gumball 3000 It’s the biggest annual excuse for the global playboys (and girls) to drive fancy cars around the globe rather than shopping or hang out in Monte Carlo. And this year, online poker is playing its p...

Wednesday 26th April 2006

Paris Loses Bentley, Raises Ire Of Mr and Mrs Hilton She’s already made it clear that poker is her new obsession, but for Paris Hilton her latest foray at the table has left a bitter taste in her mouth. The heiress, who recently boasted that she alwa...