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Tuesday 17th June 2008

Online French poker player wins twice French poker player Olivier Bouillerce has finished high up in the ranking in two consecutive online tournaments with Titan Poker. Bouillerce won $13,500 (£6,750) in the first tournament by s...

Tuesday 17th June 2008

Plans to raise Nevada casino tax scrapped The Nevada Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an appeal to raise casino taxes in Nevada. A teachers union had petitioned the high court for the increase, but a deal was struck between the Las Veg...

Tuesday 17th June 2008

WSOP Event #28, $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys: Galfond Beats Them All The table was packed with some of the best ever poker players. Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan, Daniel Negreanu, John Juanda and David Benyamine circled around each other, titans of the live poker...

Tuesday 17th June 2008

WSOP Event #30, $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship: Rob Hollink Leads the Way With the boom of televised poker, No Limit Hold’em rocketed itself to the most popular game in the US and beyond. Before the use of the hole cam transformed the game into the beast it is...

Tuesday 17th June 2008

Kinnander Joins Betsafe Board Online gambling provider Betsafe has announced the appointment of Johan Kinnander to its Board of Directors. Kinnander is the Chief Executive Officer for Glife AB, one of Sweden's leading online...

Tuesday 17th June 2008

PPA Debuts WSOP Advocacy Booth In America, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) advocacy group has debuted its Poker Advocacy Booth at the 26th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournament taking place this month in Las Vegas. ...

Tuesday 17th June 2008

Online Poker Room Hosting Its Largest Ever Tournament Gibraltar-licensed VCPoker.com will be hosting its largest ever tournament on September 7 with one lucky winner walking away with $500,000. The online casino stated that new players would...

Tuesday 17th June 2008

PokerStars Sending 200 To World Series Online casino PokerStars.com has announced that it has invested $2.5 million in order to send 200 players to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas next month. PokerStars.com has promised...

Tuesday 17th June 2008

Man vs Machine Poker Challenge Announced After narrowly losing out during last year’s inaugural Man Versus Machine Poker Championship, a redesigned Polaris artificial intelligence (AI) computer programme will again be taking on...

Tuesday 17th June 2008

Online Casino Targeting Asia Launched Online casino operator Mong Ha Media has announced the launch of a new Internet casino at VivaMacau.com powered by I-Gaming Software with casino games, sportsbetting and poker. Targeted at the...

Tuesday 17th June 2008
Bwin Sponsors MotoGP Online gambling provider Bwin.com has announced an agreement to sponsor the British round of the high-profile MotoGP World Championships being held this Sunday at the world-famous Donington Park...


Tuesday 17th June 2008

EU Officials To Interview Senior White House Figures Officials from the European Union (EU) have announced that they will interview members of the Bush Administration next month as part of their ongoing investigations into the Unlawful Internet...

Tuesday 17th June 2008

Hinkle brothers make history Blair Hinkle made history this week when he won the $2,000 (£1,000) no-limit hold'em event at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) just 11 days after his brother Grant collected the bracelet for t...

Monday 16th June 2008

Online casino set to challenge Asia's gambling hub Mong Ha Casino has announced that it is opening a new online casino Viva Macau. It is hoped that the new website will bring the experience of gambling in Macau into the homes of gamers. Viva Maca...

Monday 16th June 2008

WSOP Event #26, $1,500 Razz: Greenstein Completes His Hat-trick 2008 is becoming the year of the pro. Following on from the successes of fellow pros Negreanu, Matusow, Lindgren, Pescatori and Tran, Barry Greenstein is the next to add his name to the...