World Poker Tour - North American Poker Championship - Day 2
October 31, 2007
Day 2 of the World Poker Tour’s North American Poker Championship has drawn to a close.
A total of 504 players entered the tournament, each contributing their $10,000 buy-in to generate a prize pool of almost $5 Million. First place in this event will take down an impressive $1,361,724!
Only 232 players remained in the tournament as Day 2 got under way, the first day of play in which all remaining players in the tournament were seated at the same time.
Titan Poker will be staging nine super satellites to the 2008 Aussie Millions in Melbourne.
October 31, 2007
Titan Poker will be staging nine super satellites to the 2008 Aussie Millions in
One Aussie Millions satellite per week will be held at Titan Poker, with the last one being played Jan. 4.
The prize packages available will include buy-in for the 2008 Aussie Millions, cash for flights and spending money and an eight-night stay at the Crowne Plaza Melbourne.
Minor qualifying tournaments with buy-ins starting at $2 are already up and running at Titan Poker.
The 2008 Aussie Millions will be played Jan. 13-21 at the Crowne Plaza Melbourne.
In 2007, Danish superstar Gus Hansen won the tournament and took home $1.5 million in prize money.
For more information about the 2008 Aussie Millions satellites, visit Titan Poker.
Barry Greenstein: Fully Available Online Poker to Return
October 31, 2007
Online poker is finally seeing some encouraging trends. The reopening of Doyle’s Room is one positive step in the direction of reversing the UIGEA and, according to a notable pro, could be a foreshadowing of things to come.
Recently, Barry Greenstein and other professional players, in conjunction with the Poker Players Alliance, made the trip down to Congress to lobby for our right to play online poker and returned with great news. Greenstein, who should have increased visibility within the poker world in the future with his presence on the new “The Poker Road” webcasts, had plenty to share.
Poker Plays a Role in Harvard Classrooms
October 31, 2007
Fascination with the game of poker is turning out to be an ace in the hole for educators. At Harvard, the card game is used in algebra classes and in law-school classes. Harvard law professor Charles Nesson tells Scott Simon how he and his colleagues deal with the subject.
Follow link to listen to an audio clip!
Sona Mobile to Exhibit GLI Certified Server-Based Gaming System at Global Gaming Expo (G2E)
October 31, 2007
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Sona Mobile Holdings Corp. , a leading provider of secure software solutions for gaming and entertainment applications, will exhibit their GLI certified server-based gaming system at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) being held in Las Vegas November 13-15. Product demonstrations will be available at stand #3307.
Poker Pro Evelyn Ng In Day 2 of WPT North American Poker Championship
October 31, 2007
Three days of poker are done at the 2007 WPT North American Poker Championship and the 232 remaining players will congregate in the poker room of the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort today to begin Day 2 play. Days 1A, 1B and 1C all saw their fair share of action as many big name pros came out to play.
Norway wants to be free of Internet Gambling
October 31, 2007
Minister for Culture and Church Affairs Trond Giske has drafted a law that is very similar to the
Crown offers deal to charged poker players
October 31, 2007
Justice officials have offered a deal to 63 Manitobans charged with gambling offences after raids on three social clubs in
The Crown sent a letter to everyone charged in the case, offering them two deals:
