June 13th, 2008 by Maria T
Games Show Network (GSN) has let its option for exclusive broadcast of the World Poker Tour’s Season VII expire.
This decision was taken after GSN broadcast WPT for only Season VI. The first five seasons of WPT were broadcast on Travel Channel.
Despite not committing for Season VII before the expiry date, David Goldhill, the CEO of [...]
June 10th, 2008 by Renee K
Before this win, Philip Tom was perhaps better known as the father of Scott Tom.
Scott Tom is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Absolute Poker. Scott Tom and his Ivy League friends started Absolute Poker in 2003 using funds put up by their fathers.
In 2007 Absolute Poker was rocked by a cheating scandal. Though [...]
June 7th, 2008 by Matt W
In the context of the ongoing debate whether only women events have a place in poker today, the subject of “Women Players at WSOP 2008” may sound chauvinistic.
But no one can deny that women celebrity players have a special appeal for fans of both genders.
Therefore it is interesting to look at some of the [...]
June 7th, 2008 by Roger S
There are millions of poker players around the world playing poker in online poker rooms who want to play in a grand tournament of the stature of the World Series of Poker at Las Vegas, but cannot.
And it is not only the huge buy ins ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 (not to mention the whopping [...]
June 3rd, 2008 by Roger S
WSOP 2008 has begun and for a month and a half the poker world will be talking of little else.
The tournament consists of 55 events, the last of which will commence on the 7th of July.
Unfortunately the proceedings will end without there being a winner for the main event, the World Championship No Limit Texas [...]
June 3rd, 2008 by Tom L
Christina Lindley will be at WSOP 2008 to participate in the Ladies Event starting Sunday the 8th of June.
Christina is a fitness model and will definitely add pizzazz to the proceedings.
Christina is more known for her lingerie shoots for Maxim and modeling assignments for Playboy, but that does not mean that she is not serious [...]
June 2nd, 2008 by Renee K
It is confirmed that from 2009 to 2012 the National Heads-Up Poker Championship (NHUPC) will be held in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
This announcement was made by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), the television network that organizes the poker championship.
This news comes as no surprise because for the last three years the NHUPC has been [...]
June 2nd, 2008 by Matt W
All through the last twelve months accusations have been flying on the Internet of fraudulent activity taking place at the online poker room UltimateBet.
So far UltimateBet seemed to be skirting the issue much to the annoyance of those who had suffered.
However now Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG, the proprietors of UltimateBet, have accepted that unfair play did [...]
