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World Series Of Poker Main Event Recap: Forty-Two Players Remain

admin — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:45:56 +0000

World Series Of Poker Main Event Recap: Forty-Two Players Remain
What started out as 7,319 poker players hoping to become the next World Series of Poker main event champion, has now been dwindled to just forty-two as play continues Friday evening.

Episodic Poker Game Show Beta Testing On Xbox Live?
A leaked beta invite email makes it look like Microsoft Game Studios has a successor to the cancelled Xbox Live interactive show 1 vs. 100 in the works. Full House Poker will pit “thousands of players from around the world” against each other in live UK poker play at Online Casino. Unfortunately, it sounds as though the game will be played with avatars, since the leaked email promises “unique tells and avatar …

Poker Night at the Inventory will unlock items in Team Fortress 2
Weve been mildly curious about Telltale Games upcoming poker game, Poker Night at the Inventory, for awhile now. The game seems like a slice of heaven to a geek, mixing characters from Sam and Max, Penny Arcade, Homestar Runner and Team Fortress 2 in one humor-filled title. It looks like therell be reason to consider buying

The Luckbox Last Longer Challenge (Free strip poker game)

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:30:09 +0000

The Luckbox Last Longer Challenge
Let’s start with the breaking online casino news: online bingo will be adding $2000 to the Luckbox Last Longer Challenge prize pool. Let me say that again. The awesome folks at PokerStars are once again showing their support for the WPBT by adding $2000 to the prize pool for the Luckbox Last Longer Challenge at the Winter Classic (and find it on Facebook). Let’s just say this little contest of pride and wills just grew into something awesome. Now let’s get to the details. With this much money now at stake, we’re putting down some rules. Read carefully! Teams of three must be formed before the tournament begins and submitted to The Luckbox. Team entries can be left in the comments of Up For poker bonus on THIS POST, sent to cusephenom -@- yahoo DOT com, or done in person in Las Vegas casino games online. The Luckbox will be at the tournament site at Noon, one hour prior to the scheduled start time of the tournament. Live registration ends at 12:45pm, 15 minutes prior to scheduled start time of the tournament. Sorry, no exceptions. Each team requires a $30 entry fee ($10 per person). If you are unable to find two teammates prior to the end of the Last Longer registration, you are ineligible to participate in the Last Longer competition. It is each team members’ responsibility to notify The Luckbox (or his representative) upon his/her elimination. If notification is not made at the time of bust out, the online casinos player will be assigned the same amount of points he or she would have earned for busting out first. At the end of the event, each players’ bust out number will be added together and the lowest total finishes first, 2nd lowest finishes second, etc. If two teams finish with the same total, the tie-breaker is the team with the top finishing player. From the added prize pool: $1,500 to winning team ($500 apiece) and then $500 for for second place team ($170 for top player on team, $165 for other two players). The added prize pool will be transferred into your PokerStars account. From the entry fee prize pool: 50% to the winning team, 30% to 2nd place and 20% to 3rd place. The entry fee prize pool will be handed out at the conclusion of the tournament. (Astin asked in the comments about people with no PokerStars account. First, it’s free and easy to sign up! Second, you can provide us with whatever Stars account you wish if you’re on the winning team. So if you want it deposited into someone else’s account, we can arrange that.) Any and all disputes will be handled by The Luckbox and thisisnotapril. All decisions are final. By paying an entry fee, you are agreeing to the rules set forth here. We want to make sure that the great people at PokerStars know how much we appreciate this so when you talk about the Luckbox Last Longer Challenge (we’re going to call it the L-cubed), please give PokerStars some love (your blog, twitter, facebook, etc.). If you have any questions about this, leave them in the comments or email me at the email address listed above!

BREAKING: CEO pleads guilty to federal charges
Today, former jeux casino gratuit CEO and Director David Carruthers pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says the Betonsports organization’s conspiracy included: “Creating and disseminating advertising throughout the United States which represented that its Internet and telephone gambling operations were legal and licensed. They failed to disclose known material facts, namely that the U.S. government and most state governments viewed such operations as illegal, and that they did not have a license to operate legally anywhere in the United States.” “Representing to potential customers that money transferred by them to BetonSports on account was safe and readily available to be withdrawn at anytime. BetonSports was actually using the funds to support and expand its operations, including the purchase of Easybets. When BetonSports ceased operations in July 2006, it could not repay its customers over $16 million held on account.” Carruthers now faces up to 20 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. He will be sentenced on October 2nd. The man who hired Carruthers also faces charges along with four other individuals. Those charges range from RICO conspiracy to mail fraud to the interstate transportation of gambling paraphernalia. That trial is scheduled for September.

The WPT gets even better with more tournaments

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:01:00 +0000

The WPT gets even better with more tournaments
by Thursday,8 Sep 2011 The WPT are to hold 5 additional tournaments in the 2011/12 season which are to be screened by Fox Sports The best poker tour in the world just got even better with the addition of five new tournaments to each season. The World Poker Tour (WPT) will now be stopping at two additional cities in the USA and another three in Europe. Jacksonville, Florida and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania are the two new tournaments being held in the US with Malta, Prague in the Czech Republic and Ireland playing host to the new tournaments on the massive poker tour. Season X of the WPT kicked off with the WPT Spain, held in Barcelona in May and has been moving from strength to strength ever since. The extra tournaments reflect just how popular the WPT has become all around the world. Since former US online poker professionals have been moving away from the USA in order to continue to practise their trade the extra stops will make it that much easier for the pros to make it to at least one or two of the tournaments over the course of the season. Since online poker was effectively taken away from US players interest in being able to watch the pro players at work has exploded with various television networks cashing in on the demand to watch high stakes poker. The WPT has been no exception to this with Fox Sports Net (FSN) showing the tournaments in their entirety and will be broadcast from the start of 2012. As well as the tournaments being screened there will also be two, one hour specials looking behind the scenes of the WPT and poker in general. This will compete with ESPNs coverage of the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) as well as the poker covered by other television networks. Along with the new tournaments the WPT have also announced the formation of a Champions club which will afford special perks to all players who have won a WPT event. These perks include a personal concierge as well as VIP treatment at all WPT events. On top of this there is also a WPT champions cup engraved with the name of every WPT champion as well as a crystal trophy for the WPT player of the year. The first of these crystal trophies is to be awarded to Andy Frankenberger the season IX player of the year.

The Gold Rush Poker platform is adopted by ICON

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:30:17 +0000

The Gold Rush Poker platform is adopted by ICON
by Sunday,11 Sep 2011 In the space between online poker and the law ICON are able to offer online poker services Since the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) ejected the top three online poker sites in the world from the US market some crazy things have been happening in the poker world over in the USA. The first thing that happened was a lot of former online pros upped sticks and left the US for a country where online poker is still legal, Canada being the destination of choice for most pros who have left. Other things have happened also, the live game in the United States has picked up in pace and in popularity. The pros who stayed have no option but to play more in casinos. Another thing that has changed is the business of poker where new companies and websites have sprouted to fill the void between the law and the desire of fans to carry on playing. One of these websites is the Independent Casino Online Network (ICON), this network has created a space whereby it can legally provide online poker services in the United States without breaking the law. This is because instead of awarding cash for each win, points are awarded which can then be traded in for expensive items such as cars, computers and ipods. The people at ICON have announced that they intend to operate Gold Rush Poker as their official poker platform. The guys at ICON have established a network allowing other casinos to participate in their poker services. By establishing a network that is open to all casinos ICON are smoothly taking market share so that when online poker is legalised they will already have all of the casinos signed up to their network. When poker is legalised again they will simply awarding cash instead of points to their poker players. The Gold Rush Poker network is a very high tech poker system that provides a really impressive platform for online poker players to practise their game. Of the partnership between ICON and Gold Rush John George the CEO of Gold rush said that “We are excited to be associated with another forward thinking companyThis partnership sets us up to be at the forefront of the future of American online gaming. By using our platform, casinos will be able to increase profit by tapping into our player base and strategic marketing campaigns. This is a great opportunity.”

Lou Diamond Im A Celebrity USA

admin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:30:14 +0000

Lou Diamond Im A Celebrity USA
CelebPoker Star in Im CelebPokers resident Texas Hold em coach and established movie actor, Lou Diamond Phillips is playing a whole new game this summer as the star of Im A Celebrity USA. The former professional Poker player and star of Young Guns, who is now the face of the CelebPoker.com Poker School, is proving a big hit in the American version of the show, which also includes Stephen and Daniel Baldwin, brothers of Alec, and Janice Dickinson, who was runner up in the British series in 2007. Its great to see Lou proving such a hit in Im a Celebrity and were hoping hell show the same staying power in the show that hes demonstrated at the Poker table, said David Donovan, Chief Executive Officer of CelebPoker.com. Hes a really charismatic guy, which is why we chose him as one of the faces of CelebPoker.com. The 47-year-old actor, who also directs movies and television shows, entered the show when it began on June 1st and has been game for all the challenges that the shows producers have thrown him, beating all the other contestants to win Hang Tough a game that involved hanging from steel bars above a tank of stagnant water. The team are all glued to the coverage of the show, which we can catch over here on ITV2 and weve got our fingers crossed that Lou can win this one, added David, In some ways its a bit like poker as you need to mask your true feelings and hang in there if you want to win the big prize. When Im a Celebrity comes to an end, Diamond Phillips will return to work on the TV mini-series Love Takes Wing, which he is currently directing, as well as a part in Stargate Universe and the lead role in paranormal movie, The Invited. 17th June 2009 Issued on behalf of CelebPoker.com by Julian Bewley For further information please contact: (01244) 679 660julian@celebpoker.com About CelebPoker.comCelebPoker.com was voted the Best Poker Software 2007 by readers of Gambling Online Magazine and is an exciting, fully licensed and regulated online poker room available in 14 languages. We are dedicated to helping online poker players find fame and fortune by honing their skills on the site and providing them with the opportunity to become sponsored players at major live poker events. We also have an excellent online poker league and great monthly promotions. Check out www.CelebPoker.com today. Publish Date : 17/06/2009 Print Article Send To Friend

Winslow puts online poker on the debate

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:30:32 +0000

Winslow puts online poker on the debate
Winslow puts online poker on the debate Choose your language Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 Home > Poker News > Winslow puts online poker on the debate by Sunday,9 Oct 2011 There is good news for online poker fans in Massachusetts as online poker is on the table for debate Things are looking up for those who enjoy online poker in Massachusetts as their representative, Daniel Winslow, introduces a new amendment to a bill that would see more gambling in the state. The amendment would see the state gaming commission called upon to “establish a committee to analyze and develop recommendations and model legislation” as well as “include an analysis of applicable federal and state law,” in a report that would need to be ready by July 2012.The amendment is a very small, though potentially significant half page addition to a bill that is already 164 pages long. The majority of the bill details very carefully how the state will implement live casino gaming rather than facilitate gaming online. The amendment was probably kept short on purpose so as not to affect the way any of the state representatives are likely to vote. The bill was in fact passed by the House with a massive margin at 123-32 and now has to be ratified by the state senate. The bill is to be discussed by the senate at the end of September.For internet poker to be legalised in the Massachusetts area all that has to happen now is that the senators pass the bill in full without referring to Winslows half page addition. There is still a long way to go before online poker becomes state law. This is particularly because the bill goes through the conference phase that ensures the bill passed by the senate is the same as that passed by the House. The governor will still have to agree to the plan as will the legislature ensuring that there is a lengthy process ahead for those who enjoy online poker in the Bay State with pundits expecting that not before 2013 will players be able to take to the virtual felt if at all.Many fans of the game will take it as a victory that the introduction of online poker is even up for debate. In the past 10 years there have been attempts to introduce legislation for online gaming into other bills that have fallen flat and even discussion of it was considered taboo. The truth of the matter is that regardless of what the state decides the real decision is going to depend on what happens in Washington DC as lawmakers are already debating whether or not to maintain the nationwide ban still in effect. Top Bonus FreeRolls Top-Rated Poker Rooms Based on Player Reviews Poker Rooms with Highest Sign-Up Bonuses Online Poker Freeroll Specials Number of games:124 Payout percentage:98% William Hill Poker Number of games:10 Payout percentage:98.01% Lucky Ace Poker Number of games:3 Payout percentage:98% CD Poker Number of games:7 Payout percentage:99% Mansion Poker Number of games:5 Payout percentage:97% Titan Poker Number of games:6 Payout percentage:98% Pacific Poker Number of games:7 Payout percentage:99% Mansion Poker Number of games:6 Payout percentage:% Bodog Poker Number of games:6 Payout percentage:98% Full Tilt Poker Number of games:5 Payout percentage:98% Absolute Poker Number of games:6 Payout percentage:98% VC Poker Number of games:3 Payout percentage:98% CD Poker Number of games:6 Payout percentage:98% Full Tilt Poker Number of games:5 Payout percentage:98% Poker Room Number of games:6 Payout percentage:98% VC Poker Number of games:6 Payout percentage:% Bodog Poker Number of games:5 Payout percentage:97% Titan Poker Number of games:7 Payout percentage:99% Mansion Poker Interested in learning more about online poker? Try Google, or Open Directory Project About Us | Site Map | Contact Us | Webmaster Poker.onlinecasinoswiss.com is an independent online poker information Web site. not affiliated with any poker room and contain poker information. Copyright 2003-2007 poker.onlinecasinoswiss.com – All Rights reserved please read our Privecy Policy and Disclamer

Last chance for the Outplay Poker giveaway!

admin — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:45:08 +0000

Last chance for the Outplay Poker giveaway!
Today is the final day for the Outplay Poker giveaway for 200 14-gram poker chips and carousel. Please visit the Outplay Poker Giveaway thread for info on how to register for this giveaway.Good luck, nutn

Google Fascism

admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:15:06 +0000

Google Fascism
I made a post a little whiles back at Poker Affiliate Listings about how much Google sucks. Aaron Walls just posted over at SEO Book about Googles policies and how they are penalizing affiliates and categorizing them as spammers. Im happy to be posting again on poker affiliate forums but its amazing to what lengths affiliates will go to to acquiesce to Google and other monopolies like Caesars. In fact, most people would be afraid to post something like this in fear Google will sandbox them. To tell you the truth, I dont care anymore! Google is just part of the fascists that have ruined this great country of ours. If you have done 1000s of hours researching corporations and government like I have, you would come to realization that Google and Facebook are part of the NSA. Facebook and Google are intelligence gathering tools for the NSA. Google circles is a mechanism that enables google users to collate their friends into circles because the AI cannot do it for itself yet. I have sold domains to government contractors who were buying for Facebook but I knew this way before that. So what now? Should I not use Google and switch to Bing? Apple, Microsoft, Google are all working together via cross-board directors. The only solution would be for webmasters to do some sort of occupy movement, or in this case a boycott of all the major engines and Facebook. I also made a post like this a while back on Poker Affiliate Programs. Few people listen to me if ever and the others, well I guess Im preaching to the choir. Im not putting down anyone that adapts to this tyranny, Im just saying they make my life harder. Its a survival instinct and people have to feed their families. Im just saying that if we ALL worked together on some sort of poker affiliate search engine or something, we could put a small dent (pin hole maybe) in Google. Maybe it wouldnt do anything on its own but maybe other niches would follow? Take a look at Aaron Walls post on SEO Book on Google screwing affiliates. He posts interesting points in the comments too: ..about that type of discrimination (outside of Google itself being an affiliate in many of the markets it polices) is that the whole theory on why they needed to do the Panda update & make things algorithmic was because sites like eHow or Mahalo (and Mahalo was nothing more than a glorified scraper website) were in the gray area & were (allegedly) not totally spam, so they couldnt just discriminate against them. They had to do this big elaborate update that came with thousands of false positives & tons of collateral damage so that things were algorithmic.Yet they train that same algorithm to discriminate against competing business models based on no factor outside of the actual business model.If you create a great site but it is monetized with affiliates you may be labeled as spam no matter what.If you create a crappy content farm it takes them years to address the issue & even then when they do so it has to be a partial hit rather than the complete torch job affiliates could expect. Outsource your programming for less.

Fulltiltpoker.co.uk

admin — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:30:06 +0000

Fulltiltpoker.co.uk
FullTiltPoker.com was seized by the United States governement on Friday as part of an indictment served against eleven separate defendants, including Full Tilt Poker CEO Raymond Bitar. The indictment charges Mr. Bitar with both conspiracy and violations of the UIGEA, running an illegal internet gambling business, and conspiracy to money launder and commit bank and wire fraud. The government followed this indictment by filing a civil suit that is asking for $3 Billion from the defendants, and specially $1 Billion from Full Tilt Poker. They also seek to take control of Fulltiltpoker.com and any companies associated with Full Tilt, such as Tiltware LLC. As a result of these charges, Full Tilt Poker has been forced to ban US players from its real money tables and put a temporary freeze on all withdrawal and transfer transactions. In addition, the website Fulltiltpoker.com has been seized. For the foreseeable future, players may access Full Tilt from the new site of Fulltiltpoker.co.uk. The site is the same as the .com site. For those not located in the United State, your service is uninterrupted and it is business as usual. Fulltiltpoker.co.uk Outsource your programming for less.

Full Tilt Poker maintain their gaming license

admin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:15:05 +0000

Full Tilt Poker maintain their gaming license

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by Tuesday,23 Aug 2011 In the wake of Black Friday Full Tilt Poker have slid further and further down the totem pole Full Tilt Poker have paid off the 250,000 that was outstanding for their online gaming license to the regulator the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC). This means that the poker website could now be a more attractive prospect for investment, or at least that was the thinking behind the AGCCs decision to allow them to continue negotiations with a consortium of European businessmen who are interested in buying the crippled poker giant. The roots of Full Tilt Pokers demise lie in the events that occurred on April 15th 2011 also known as Black Friday. On this day the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) swooped down the top three online poker companies in the world and ejected them from the US market by freezing their bank accounts and their URLs preventing them from operating in the United States. In the wake of these measures the poker firms, Full Tilt, Poker Stars and Absolute Poker were forced to comply with the demands of the DOJ which included repaying their American clients all of the money that they had in their accounts and not marketing themselves in the US. In contravention of this deal Full Tilt Poker failed to pay back their former clients in the US and ended up having their gaming license suspended by the AGCC as a result. The public hearing in the swanky Belgravia neighbourhood of London was supposed to be a full and frank discussion of the issues affecting Full Tilt Poker but instead turned into a farce when the hearing was put behind closed doors after a request by the full Tilt lawyer. As things stand the website has until September to secure a bid for their site from this European consortium behind closed doors. What has really made Full Tilt Poker a source of ire for the online gaming community is that when the AGCC suspended their license they stopped trading and ensured that every single player was unable to gain access to their money wherever in the world they were located, regardless of the laws of their country. Other poker rooms, such as William Hill Poker have been seeing a lot of new players coming to them since the collapse of Full Tilt Poker with the William Hill brand proving a strong incentive to players looking for a safe place to put their money while they play poker.