From famous poker players, to amateurs, to pros, and internet wizards, everyone was focused on winning the coveted WPT Borgata Winter Open title and $1.6 million prize purse. Six players have achieved at least part of their dreams, advancing to the WPT Final Table beginning this Tuesday afternoon at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Virtually every major name in poker ascended upon Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino Hotel and Spa for the start of $10,000 World Poker Tour Main Event. Five hundred and seventy players filled the beautiful 85-table poker room with dreams of winning the first place prize [...]

From a press release.
Tuesday’s poker tournament began with the $500 buy-in Texas Holdem No Limit poker event at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa. The large crowd of 661 was ready for action and anxiously waited for the first cards to be dealt. The energy continued to build as players took their seats [...]

Bluff Magazine, a leading poker publication, has named the Most Powerful People and Organizations in the poker industry. Bluff’s Poker Power 20 is an annual listing of the cream of the crop in poker. The Poker Power 20 is more than a top earnings list for poker players, it recognizes and identifies who is shaping the game of poker today, and providing direction for the sport into the future.

COMMERCE, California - For any woman who has ever dreamed of a seat in a World Poker Tour (WPT) event, Commerce Casino has a “can’t miss” opportunity on Saturday, Feb. 3 — the Los Angeles Poker Classic Ladies No Limit Hold’Em Tournament. The winner will get both a spot in the WPT Celebrity Invitational from March 3-5 and a seat in the WPT World Championship in April. That’s a chance at two for the price of one $1,060-buy-in!

Tain Poker Sites to Switch to Playtech
A host of online poker card rooms will migrate from the Tain Poker Network to the iPoker/Playtech Network next month.
Among those making the move include Expekt.com, Gutshotgaming.com and Pokerducks.com.
Tain has been supplying software to the gambling industry from its base in Stockholm since 1999. Playtech is the world’s largest [...]

NBC’s new late night poker show, Poker After Dark, hosted by Shana Hiatt has out-rated CBS’ Craig Ferguson show the week of Jan. 8-13 and pulled within a tenth of a point of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel show despite airing two hours later than Kimmel and 90 minutes later than Ferguson. The show received a 0.5 rating in adults 18-49, 0.5 rating in adults 18-34.

The poker action was hot inside Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa during the first day of competition at the 2nd annual Borgata Winter Poker Open taking place January 17-30, 2007. There were 1,370 poker players participating in Event #1, now the largest poker tournament in Atlantic City’s illustrious history.

Neteller has announced its complete withdrawal from the US gambling transaction market with immediate effect. Fellow payments processor Citadel has also announced its official exit from the US. The Neteller news came in a trading statement to the London Stock Exchange this morning.

The 38th edition of the world’s most prestigious poker tournament, set for June 1 through July 17, 2007, at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino - and televised exclusively by ESPN - features 55 bracelet events with buy-ins up to $50,000. Among the additions to the schedule are $2,500 HORSE event and $5,000 Mixed Hold’Em Events and a $5,000 Heads-up No-Limit Hold’Em World Championship.