WSOP Sweepstakes Announced

21st Century Technologies, Inc. announced the launch of an ongoing poker sweepstakes promotion via its coupon retail and online trading site- prizeWise.com. The sweepstakes, which is scheduled to run until June 15th, 2005 at 12:00 AM, will send one winner to try his best hand of Texas Hold'em at the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

Monday, 31 January 2005

Illinois Casinos Not Betting on Poker

With the poker room's return to the casinos of Las Vegas and other gambling hotspots across the U.S., it comes as something of a surprise that Illinois' casinos are not following suit. Despite the nation-wide poker craze that has taken hold of North America, only two of Illinois' four casinos provide Texas Hold'em, one of which closes poker its poker tables on the weekend.

Sunday, 30 January 2005

New Poker Website

Tips for Poker launches a new free website for poker players everywhere: Rate My Poker Face, so that players will be able to find out whether they have the guts to bluff or not.

Saturday, 29 January 2005

Poker Tour International Gets Ready to Embark

Poker Tour International has announced tour dates for upcoming Texas Hold'em events. In March, the tour will make a stop at Circa's Hispanola Resort and Casino, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Next stop is the Norwegian Cruise Caribbean Spirit Ship in April. The tour will make additional stops in several locations in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.

Friday, 28 January 2005

Party Poker Takes Steps Toward the Stock Exchange

PartyPoker, one of the biggest poker companies around, is allegedly considering a flotation on the London Stock Exchange. The Company has appointed the firms of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Investec Securities to help oversee strategic measures such as these. It has been reported that PartyPoker's placement within the FTSE 100 is likely.

Thursday, 27 January 2005

Newcomer Takes Home Over a Quarter Million Bucks in Online Poker Tourney

In a recent online poker tournament, a relative newcomer to online poker walked away with more than $265K in his pocket. The lucky contender, "Jonathan M," had only begun gambling with this specific site, sportingbetUSA this past September.

Wednesday, 26 January 2005

From Poker Player to Celebrity

From reluctant celebrity to full fledged star, the advent of televised poker has chanced the face of the professional poker player. Whereas just a few years ago, poker was of little consequence to the society at large, and its professional players were of at most, a marginalized brand of celebrity, today's poker pros possess a serious share of star power. And poker pros are bowing to the attention, adopting signature styles and personal trademarks both in and out of the pit.

Tuesday, 25 January 2005

Online Tournament Searches Colleges for their Best Poker Players

A new online poker championship is being offered exclusively for students, seeking out the best Texas Hold'em player studying at universities across the U.S. Prizes include scholarships of various monetary values as well as all-expense-paid vacation packages for the final championship to be held in Cancun, Mexico in March. At the final championship, $10,000 of the prize pot will also be donated to charity.

Monday, 24 January 2005

Texas Hold 'em for Mobiles now Java-Enabled

With Texas Hold'em being all the rage these days, it's convenient that poker enthusiasts can play where ever they are, thanks to Texas Hold'em by Phil Hellmuth, a wireless game produced by mobile media provider Summus, Inc. The game has recently become available for Java-enabled mobile phones using the J2ME™ platform. The new version of the game, which is endorsed by World Series of Poker champ Phil Hellmuth, is already available through one principle wireless carrier and is expected to become available through several additional J2ME supporting wireless carriers within weeks.

Thursday, 20 January 2005

Poker Tour International Publicizes Tour Stops

Poker Tour International (PTI), a televised tournament series with stops all over South America, Central America, and the Caribbean, recently announced dates and locations for upcoming Texas Hold'em tournaments.

Thursday, 20 January 2005

Macy Shaw Credits Online Site with Helping Her Win

Shaw credits the site http://www.online-poker-gold.com for helping her win the Texas Hold’em tournament. She said keeping the website open while playing the tournament helped her decide which hands to play, which ones to increase and how to calculate the odds of her pot. The big difference according to her is that this time, she was much more confident knowing that she was making the right decisions.

Thursday, 20 January 2005

WPT Boot Camp Builds its Ranks

World Poker Tour is assembling a staff of instructors for its upcoming boot camp, with WPT commentators Mike Sexton and Vincent Van Patten, in addition to Alex "The Insider" Outhred, the show's executive producer, as the first inductees. WPT has assured that these three will make a unique contribution to the WPT Boot Camp, as they each possess an insider's glimpse into the workings of the World Poker Tour.

Wednesday, 19 January 2005

New Poker Flick Prepares to Start Production

With poker's exploding popularity, the game is popping up on more and more television networks. Poker isn't just taking over the small screen though; it's making its way to the big screen as well. Production for a new poker-themed film from Warner Bros., titled "Lucky You," is set to begin production in March on location in Las Vegas.

Tuesday, 18 January 2005

Harrah's Stays with Pilson Communications

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. announced that it will continue to work with Pilson Communications, Inc., a sports television consulting firm, to continue expansions for Harrah's World Series of Poker. Harrah's will also enlist Pilson Communications for its planned renegotiations with ESPN, which is responsible for production and broadcast of televised portions of the tournament. The current contract was drafted before Harrah's acquired the World Series of Poker in the previous year.

Tuesday, 18 January 2005