Archive for June, 2007

Asia Pacific Poker Tour hits Manila, Seoul and Sydney

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Qualify now for the APPT on Poker Stars!
PokerStars satellites for the first APPT event at the Hyatt Hotel in Manila, Philippines (August 24-26, 2007) start on July 1 and will run until August 12, 2007. There are daily satellites starting from as little as $22, giving you the chance to win an APPT package worth [...]

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$1.7M prize pool at Borgata Summer Poker Open

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

$1,700,000 Up for Grabs at Borgata Poker Summer Open

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., June 27 /PRNewswire/ — The biggest $5,000 buy-in poker tournament in the history of Atlantic City got underway this weekend at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa. The field started with 337 players making for a $1,685,000 prize-pool with over $500,000 for first place. Players [...]

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Top Poker Cities are London, Dublin, Tallinn (Estonia), Barcelona and Monte Carlo

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Bluff Europe Magazine Names Poker’s Big Five Cities
Wednesday June 27, 6:17 am ET

London Tops List of Europe’s Number One Poker Destinations
LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bluff Europe, Europe’s most widely read poker magazine, has named Europe’s top five poker destinations based on a number of criteria and on the general level of poker enthusiasm in the city.
The 2007 list, [...]

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Borgata Summer Poker Open Steams Ahead Into Second Week of Action

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey - Three hundred and seventy- eight (378) players marched into the Poker Room at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa yesterday for the start of Event #9. Players took to the felt like fish to water for the $500 buy-in event, which offered a total prize-pool of $189,000 — [...]

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220 WSOP Main Event seats given away by Poker Stars

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

2007 World Series: Poker Stars awards 220 Main Event seats in mega satellite
As has become almost a custom in the big Poker Stars events, the online poker giant guaranteed 150 World Series of Poker Main Event seat packages in its mega-sat and the players blew the guarantee away. Tonight, Poker Stars awarded 220 World Series [...]

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UK Poker Clubs Seek Review

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

The UK Poker Clubs Association (UKPCA) declared that the DCMS’ treatment of poker clubs was totally irrational and announced that it was applying for a judicial review over the matter.
Barry Martin, a spokesperson for UKPCA, said that the government was not listening to the industry, despite attempts to communicate in an ‘open and transparent manner’.
“Venues [...]

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Daniel Negreanu Signs With PokerStars

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Top poker pro Daniel ‘Kid Poker’ Negreanu has signed on to represent Team PokerStars and in a separate agreement all player accounts on his online poker site, Full Contact Poker, will be transferred to PokerStars.
Although FCP will be shutting down its casino and poker operations, the site will continue to host Negreanu’s blog, the forum, [...]

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Milwaukee’s Best Light Sponsors 2007 WSOP Player of the Year

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

The Milwaukee’s Best Light sponsors this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year, which will be presented to the player accumulating the most points throughout the 2007 WSOP. Points are earned will be based on finishing position in all open bracelet events with the exception of the Main Event and $50,000 HORSE [...]

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Poker After Dark Debuts 2nd Season with “Champions Week”

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Ten new episodes of NBC’s hit program Poker After Dark were filmed at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in early May, and this week’s show is the first of these never-before-seen exclusive matches. Once again, each episode will feature six of the best poker players in the world engaged in [...]

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