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To correspond with the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Wednesday broadcast on the Travel Channel, 4thStreet Media Group has begun syndicating a 60-second audio feature called "WPT Poker Corner." Via a licensing agreement with WPT Enterprises, 4thStreet Media earned the rights to exclusive syndication of the radio program, which is available to broadcast and satellite radio, subscription services, and Internet sites.

Online poker room DoylesRoom.com, the namesake site of poker champion Doyle Brunson, will benefit from a new marketing strategy provided by iMedia International. Specializing in digital media solutions, iMedia has begun developing an interactive marketing CD-ROM disk, promoting the online poker room. The disks will be distributed among poker players and gamers in specific target locations, in an effort to draw greater traffic to Doyle's Room.

In what may be the scariest game of Texas hold'em around, authors of horror fiction will face off against each other at the World Horror Convention. Taking part in the charity Texas hold'em tournament are F. Paul Wilson, Jack Ketchum, John Skipp, Tom Monteleone, Michael Arnzen, David Morrell, Christopher Golden, Carlton Mellick III, Monica O'Rourke, Michael Huyck, Adam Pepper, Bill Breedlove, Valarie Thorpe, Simon Wood, Chris Treagues, and Jeremy Robert Johnson, with additional participants to be announced. The tournament winner will get to select the charity to which proceeds will be donated

Today, online poker room Pacific Poker is hosting one of the largest poker tournaments ever to be held online. The no-limit Texas hold'em tournament features a guaranteed prize pool totaling an impressive $1,000,000.

Professional poker player Howard Lederer has signed an agreement with Summus, Inc., a wireless media provider, to develop "Professor of Poker," a Texas hold'em game for mobile phones. The game gets its name from Lederer, known on the poker circuit as the Professor of Poker.

Phil Gordon, host of Bravo's "Celebrity Poker Showdown," did his part to help Minnesota residents get one step closer to playing legal Texas hold'em tournaments. He was in the capital, endorsing a bill, which would assign Texas hold'em poker to the list of legal "social skill games." The bill recently secured committee approval before being forwarded to Minnesota's Senate Crime Prevention and Public Safety Committee.

A new poker program on the Sky Platform will begin broadcast this Wednesday. Poker 425, which will air on Channel 425, otherwise known as William Hill TV, will focus its coverage on the most recent and significant happenings at the European Poker Tour. It touts a magazine format, including tournament updates, analyses, interviews and pointers from eminent pro players competing on the European Poker circuit. The late-night poker program aims to snag a large portion of the late-night viewer constituency.

Texas hold'em software RealTimePokerOdds was recently released free of charge for users agreeing to add a hyperlink to the software's site on their own websites. The software helps players calculate the exact odds for Texas Hold'em hands played online, as well as helping them determine which pot odds they should look for.

With college students becoming one of the larger audiences for online poker, more and more online poker sites are looking for ways to tap this target group. One such offering is the College Poker Championship, which is currently running its second annual event. The tournament will crown one player the best college Texas Hold'em player in the world after eight weeks of online competitions. Total prize pool is $135,000.

Will Clarke, an avid poker player from Winnipeg, has nabbed a seat at the prestigious European Poker Tour's Grand Final in Monte Carlo by qualifying through an online poker room. A number of poker sites regularly give away seats at major tournaments, including the European Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker.

The LIPS (Ladies International Poker Series) tour joins a growing number of poker events attempting to widen the appeal of poker to women. Poker has spread like wildfire, but it still has the reputation of being a male-dominated game. Competitions like GSN's "Battle of the Sexes" and the LIPS Tour are looking to dispel that stereotype, demonstrating that more and more women are falling for poker.

March Madness is officially here, but it's not only taking hold of bookies and sports betters; online poker site Pacific Poker has the March Madness bug as well. In honor of March Madness, Pacific Poker has launched a million dollar tournament going by the name "Big March Poker Blitz."

Online poker site "World Poker Exchange" recently announced that is will stream portions of its first annual World Intercollegiate Poker Championship via broadband entertainment site IFILM.com. The final championship, held in Cancun, Mexico between March 12th and the 14th, had its final table taped by IFILM.com.

All World Poker Supplies, a retailer of poker accessories and furniture, recently announced that it now stocks full-sized Texas Hold'em poker tables, available for both consumers and retailers. The tables come in a number of colors, and can seat up to ten players comfortably. Texas Hold'em tables feature a padded rail and the ability to include as many as ten cup holders plus a dealer position. The table can be easily stored, thanks to steel folding legs.

Online poker room AbsolutePoker.com recently announced its ranking as the fifth largest poker site on the web. According to a source for the site, Absolute Poker has grown by leaps and bounds in recent months, which has translated into twice the revenue, deposits. The number of simultaneous users has also doubled, clocking in at over 10,000 users logged in simultaneously.

Bodog.com Sports Casino Poker, one of the world's largest online gaming operators, announced that it recently became an officially licensed trademark in the U.S. It is the first gaming operation to have achieved this. Bodog.com's trademark is further indication of online gaming's gradual shift to the mainstream.

Casinos in New Jersey donate $600,000 a year to combat problem gambling. A legislator in the state is calling on a number of television networks to shoulder their share of the responsibility. Joan Voss, D-Bergen is proposing that television networks broadcasting poker programming be required to donate money to agencies treating gambling problems.

Poker stars and Hollywood celebs came together for the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Stars Tournament in San Jose. Today marks day four of the five-day tournament, which commenced on March 7th. The tournament brought together 22 poker pros, putting one at each table. The tournament added a twist by placing a bounty on the "heads" of star players. Accordingly, contenders succeeding in knocking his or her table's star out of the competition automatically win $5,000.

UK television network sky TV has one-upped American networks that offer poker programming by devoting an entire channel to poker. Although the U.S. started the televised poker phenomenon, Sky is taking it to new levels with its new interactive channel. The Poker Channel, which is currently in the final stages of audio and video testing, will present documentaries, tips, as well as live poker tournaments, the initial catalyst of the televised poker boom.

NBC's "made for TV" National Heads-Up Poker Championship crowned Phil Hellmuth the winner after the competition finally ended in the wee hours of Monday morning. The Texas Hold'em championship whittled the initial 64 players down to just two in the final table, pitting Hellmuth against Chris Ferguson. Following an intense game, Hellmuth finally emerged victorious after 3 a.m., potting the $500,000 first prize.

One of Denmark's few full-time professional poker players, Kim Birch, recently made his poker strategy available to the public. Birch released an online poker course for purchase through his website, onlinepokeradvantage.com. The guide is aimed at poker players who want to turn their poker hobby into a lucrative profession.

Online Poker Room Absolute Poker is anticipating its upcoming 100 millionth hand played on the site. To celebrate this colossal number, the online poker site is offering prizes for players logged into the site when the 100 millionth hand is clocked in.

The Interactive Gaming Council (IGC) recently declared its support for an online poker bill, which recently passed in North Dakota's state House of Representatives. The bill would legalize, regulate and tax online poker.

Online poker players frustrated by their luck in internet poker rooms might now have a solution. CasinoRobots.com recently released the Poker Robot Collusion Edition for Microsoft Windows, which claims to help online poker players succeed in online poker rooms.

Students at college campuses across the U.S. are trying their hands at internet poker. Some such students have turned poker playing from a hobby to a job, one with the potential to bring in more than just any old watering job.

Online gambling Company OnGame, based in Sweden, has plans to hit the Israeli Market, which many believe to be bursting with potential. The company, best known for managing the online poker site pokerroom.com, intends to create a special language site to serve Israeli poker players, despite the country's small size.
 
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