Poker News

Excalibur temporarily closes poker room, replacing live games with automated tables (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

August 18, 2008 – 11:08 pm
The Excalibur closed its 12-table poker room Sunday at midnight and will replace its live games with 12 automated poker tables. More: continued here

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Hollywood Poker all set with two PNC Australia packages

August 18, 2008 – 10:08 pm
Hollywood Poker's two upcoming PokerNews Cup Australia Freerolls give players the chance to compete for entry to Australia's most anticipated poker event, plus entries to qualifiers for other major poker tourneys… More: continued here

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Mister Poker Launches Essential Online Poker Portal (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

August 18, 2008 – 10:08 pm
A new poker portal has been launched for budding poker players to find the best games and great tournaments on the net. More: continued here

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FTOPS IX, Event #22 $2,500 NLHE: ‘hAAydon’ Tops in Three-way Chop

August 18, 2008 – 10:08 pm
The tournament with the largest entry fee of FTOPS IX at Full Tilt was the two-day, deep-stacked NLHE Event #22, which attracted 942 players who each put up the $2,500+$120 buy-in. Notable finishers here included Tom 'SBRounder' West... More: continued here

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Poker Battle Warriors to Appear at WSOPE, Partouche Tour; New Vegas Poker Event Announced

August 18, 2008 – 10:08 pm
New online poker social networking site Poker Battle (www.pokerbattle.com) has announced an event-based premiere of its high-end poker community at upcoming events in Cannes, France and London. Poker Battle, which also features... More: continued here

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Poker starts tonight with charity games at Tri-State (Charleston Daily Mail)

August 18, 2008 – 10:08 pm
NITRO -- After more than a year of delays, the cards will finally be dealt at Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming Center in Nitro.Practice runs for new poker dealers will take place at charity events tonight and Tuesday.The proceeds benefit the March of Dimes... More: continued here

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Poker News Bytes, August 17, 2008

August 18, 2008 – 10:08 pm
PartyPoker's recurring bad beat jackpot paid off in a big way on Thursday evening when the prize find climbed to $1,013,381.63, a new record for an online poker jackpot, before being hit. German player 'Judith75' had the losing... More: continued here

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World Series of Poker Chip Leader Pledges to Put a Bad Beat On Cancer (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

August 18, 2008 – 9:08 pm
DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Aug. 18, 2008 -- Dennis Phillips, the current 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event chip leader, will donate 1 percent of his tournament winnings to Prevent Cancer Foundation's "Bad Beat on Cancer" fundraiser after the Final Table event in November. More: continued here

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Právo: Poker becomes phenomenon in ČR (Prague Daily Monitor)

August 18, 2008 – 9:08 pm
Prague, Aug 16 (CTK) - Poker has become a phenomenon in the Czech Republic over the past two years and the Association of Poker Clubs has proposed that the Finance Ministry recognise it as an official sport which the ministry is reluctant to do, Právo writes Saturday. More: continued here

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First-ever European Poker Tour Awards Announced

August 18, 2008 – 9:08 pm
The first-ever awards for the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour have been announced, with the purpose of honoring the most exceptional people and performances during the EPT's outstanding fourth season. Over the next month... More: continued here

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