Archive for March, 2008
Poker After Dark Jam Up Week Made History
Jam Up week at Poker After Dark ended with two young guns heads up and it also started with a big bang by making a little history. This week featured 6 aggressive pro poker players, David Williams, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow, Barry Greenstein, Antonio Esfandiari, and Eli Elezra taking a seat for the $120,000 winner-take-all [...]
Blackjack Movie ’21′ Debuts – ‘Winner Winner Chicken Dinner?’
Based on “Bringing Down The House” By Ben Mezrich, 21 made its way into theaters across the United States today. The latest in gambling movies, 21 opened today in the United States. 21 was based on a book about blackjack card counting written by Ben Mezrich, a nonfiction bestseller. In both the book and the [...]
PartyPoker Nations Cup Back Again this April
PartyPoker has announced that their Nations Cup will be returning April 7th-10th. Teams from all over the world including the United States, Sweden, Holland and Ireland will be fighting for the top prize and the title. PartyPoker has assembled the teams from each country with the best poker players including one VIP qualifier. The competition [...]
PokerStars Spending Millions to Send Players to WSOP
It was recently announced that the Poker Stars website has set aside more than $12.5 million to send 1,000 players to this year’s World Series of Poker. That’s right I said over $12 million dollars! This will create a huge possibility for an online poker player to go to the WSOP and possibly win the [...]
Fantasy Vegas Poker Package At Doyles Room
Doyles Room is giving their poker players a poker fantasy to remember with the start of their latest promotion, Vegas Poker Fantasy. The winner of this promotion will spend almost 2 weeks in Vegas during which they will receive a chance to receive training from some of the greatest poker minds during a 3-day WPT Bootcamp [...]
Poker Players Alliance Opens Litigation Support Network This Week
It seems that almost every day there is a different story in the news about poker players, gambling raids or charity organizations being bombarded by law enforcement on poker or gambling issues. The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has decided to aid their members in the subject of law by opening the Litigation Support Network. The [...]
