Archive for November 15th, 2007Nov 15 2007 Harrah’s Entertainment might get into online poker in Europe (KTVN Reno)LAS VEGAS (AP) - Casino giant Harrah’s Entertainment says it is looking at taking its World Series of Poker brand into the realm of Internet poker in the U.K. and continental Europe. More: continued here Nov 15 2007 Harrah’s eyes online poker realm (CNN.com)LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) — Casino giant Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.’s chief executive said Wednesday he’s looking at taking the World Series of Poker brand into the realm of Internet poker in the U.K. and continental Europe. More: continued here Nov 15 2007 New York: Manhattan: Charge in Poker Killing (New York Times)A Bronx man has been charged with murder and robbery in the holdup of a crowded Manhattan poker club, the police said yesterday. More: continued here Nov 15 2007 Charges filed in poker room death (The Record)New York City police have charged a Manhattan man with murder in the shooting death of Frank DeSena, the Wayne resident who was killed during a robbery of an illegal poker club on Nov. 2. More: continued here Nov 15 2007 GigaMedia 3Q Profit Up on Poker Software (AP via Yahoo! Finance)GigaMedia Ltd., a Taiwanese online gaming company, said Wednesday its third-quarter profit climbed 49 percent, driven by growth in its core poker software and Asian online game businesses. More: continued here Nov 15 2007 Harrah’s Entertainment might get into online poker in Europe (KVOA Tucson)Associated Press - November 14, 2007 9:04 PM ET LAS VEGAS (AP) - Casino giant Harrah’s Entertainment says it is looking at taking its World Series of Poker brand into the realm of Internet… More: continued here Nov 15 2007 Harrah’s Entertainment might get into online poker in Europe (Las Vegas Sun)LAS VEGAS (AP) - Casino giant Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.’s chief executive Gary Loveman said Wednesday he’s looking at taking the World Series of Poker brand into the realm of Internet poker in the U.K. and continental Europe. More: continued here Nov 15 2007 23 charged in illegal gambling ring run out of Borgata poker room (Centre Daily Times)An illegal sports gambling ring run out of a high-stakes poker room in a posh Atlantic City casino was busted Wednesday and 23 people were charged, including four with alleged mob ties and six casino employees. More: continued here Nov 15 2007 23 charged in illegal gambling ring run out of Borgata poker room (phillyburbs.com)ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - An illegal sports gambling ring run out of a high-stakes poker room in an Atlantic City casino was busted Wednesday and 23 people were charged, including four with mob ties. More: continued here Nov 15 2007 BAD HAND IN POKER SLAYING (New York Post)A convicted killer who was the sole arrest in last week’s Flatiron District poker-game slaying was sprung from jail yesterday after prosecutors failed to win a timely indictment. By law, prosecutors had only 144 hours from suspect William… More: continued here Nov 15 2007 Poker Room: RedkingsRoom: Redkings. Description: Good luck! NoLimit TexasHoldem. Buy: 20. Fee: 0. Prize: 580. When: 2007-11-16 00:00 More: continued here Nov 15 2007 Cowboys Test Nerves in Bull PokerIt can be hard to keep your seat in a game of poker, especially if you have a lot riding on how the cards turn out. For four cowboys at the Canadian Finals Rodeo, they had their health - and perhaps their very lives - riding on their decisions to keep their seats as they braved a charging bull. The event, called Cowboy Poker, seats four players at a table… More: continued here Nov 15 2007 Poker Tournament to Result in FireworksIn what has become an ubiquitous move, the leadership of a Fourth of July fireworks celebration for next year has scheduled a series of Texas Holdem poker tournaments to raise the needed money to put on the show. The president of the Moontide Water Festival Committee, Eddie Shurtleff, is the man behind the idea, and also the man who is going to run the event. Each event will max out at 100 players, who will each pay $105 to play, and the top prize could be as much as $2,600… More: continued here Nov 15 2007 Cage to Play Poker LegendThe man they call Amarillo Slim has always been a character in the poker world, and it seems he will be a character in an upcoming movie of the same name. Thomas Preston Jr, who picked up his nickname in his early poker years, was one of the first poker pros to implement self marketing, a skill that seems to go hand in hand with the profession these days. The upcoming movie is rumored to have Nicholas Cage play the poker legend, something that Slim has said he is agreeable to, after a meeting between the two.Related Articles:Poker movie at film festivalPoker driven Bond movie tops in Argentina… More: continued here Nov 15 2007 New Event at Irish Poker OpenThe Irish Poker Open, sponsored by the online poker room Paddy Power Poker, will be held over Easter next year, and there is a new event that is building even more than the normal amount of excitement. The “Double Chance Scalp” event has two elements that are guaranteed to add some fun into the event. First, players start with only half of their chips, and can request the second half anytime between the first hand and the first break… More: continued here Nov 15 2007 New Poker Software ToolPoker Crusher is the latest poker software tool being offered that will help online poker players beat their opponents - at least, that is according to a recent press release from the software’s creator, Mutatum Solutions. Poker Crusher provides “immediate access to millions of hands worth of information”, providing the user with the details on how other players play their games. Figuring out an opponent’s betting style is instrumental to beating them at online poker, which this software says it can help to do… More: continued here Nov 15 2007 Rabbi Seeks Poker Loophole in TorahThe Torah, the holy book for the Jewish religion, prohibits gambling when it is done for greed, or as a profession, but gambling for fun is allowed. Following this idea Rabbi Harry Manhoff of Temple Beth Sholom decided to hold a Texas Holdem tournament and invite the locals. The idea is to use chips as a point system, with players hitting different chip levels qualifying for prizes… More: continued here Nov 15 2007 Titan Poker Offers $3 Shot at ECOOP SeatsOnline poker room Titan Poker is holding super satellites to win seats in the upcoming European Championship of Online Poker, also known as the ECOOP. The events start November 30th and run through December 9th, and have buy in prices that range from $100 to $1,000, but players at Titan Poker could win events that lead to free tickets in the ECOOP. These feeders start as low as $3… More: continued here Nov 15 2007 The SqueezersDid you know you can sometimes read a player’s hand strength by how hard they squeeze their cards? It’s true, and its just one of the many ways you can glean information about your opponents from the opponents themselves and their behavior at the table. More: continued here Nov 15 2007 Poker Bot Fears RisingA recent column in an Australian newspaper once again brought up a topic that has alternatively been dealt with scorn and worry, that of the poker bot. A poker bot is a software program that could potentially play poker better than humans, making playing online poker a “suckers game” if too many were in force. Poker bots would work in concert with human operators, who already use versions of poker bots - software that calculates odds based on the information at hand - to help them win… More: continued here |
