WIN a SEAT at the WPS Ocean World!
January 23, 2008
Community Gaming News is Pleased to bring you the following Special promotion from Titan Poker:
Ever dreamed of playing professional poker in a tropical paradise?
HERE’S YOUR CHANCE!!
The World Poker Showdown Ocean World will be staged in the Dominican Republic from the 9th to the 18th of May 2008 - and YOU could be there!!
That’s right - we want to send you on an ALL EXPENSES PAID poker trip to the Caribbean!!
We’re giving you THREE chances to win this amazing prize! We’re staging three WPS Ocean World Super Satellites, each awarding seats to this exciting event in the Dominican Republic. These Super Satellites will be held on:
1. January 27th
2. March 9th
3. April 27th
Winners of Super Satellites will be awarded a $9,000 Prize Package to the WPS Ocean World, including:
Flights and travel costs
Luxury hotel accommodation for seven nights.
ALL meals, drinks and snacks at the hotel
A seat at the Poker Main Event worth $2650
Spending money
All you have to do is play! We’ll take care of the rest!
Here’s how you can win your seat at the WPS Ocean World Poker Showdown:
| Date | Time (GMT) | Tournament Name | Buy-In | Description |
| Daily | 16:00, 19:15, 21:15, 23:15 | WPS Ocean World Stage 3C R/A | $1.11 + $0.11 | 1 seat for every $11.10 collected to the WPS Ocean World Stage 2. |
| Daily | 17:30, 20:45, 22:45 | WPS Ocean World Stage 3A R/A | $5 + $0.50 | 1 seat for every $55 collected to the WPS Ocean World Stage 1. |
| Daily | 19:00, 23:30 | WPS Ocean World Stage 1 R/A | $50 + $5 | 1 seat for every $490 collected to the WPS Ocean World Super Satellite. |
DON’T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO PLAY POKER IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC THIS MAY!
“Devilfish” Wins CardPlayerEurope.com Player of the Year Title
January 23, 2008
Dublin, Ireland (PRWEB) January 23, 2008 — Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott is the 2007 CardPlayerEurope.com European Player of the Year (EPoY) after his third-place finish in the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Classic on Dec. 17, 2007 catapulted the wily Englishman to the top of the leader board with 3,446 points.
Ulliott’s late surge saw him overtake Chris Bjorin right at the wire — the Swede had dominated the rankings for much of the year after an impressive World Series of Poker run which saw him make three final tables as well as a creditable 15th in the WPT Doyle Brunson Classic. Ulliott had his most successful year in tournament poker ever in 2007, winning $1.2 million dollars and making five major final tables.
Norway’s teen phenom Annette Obrestad came third in the EPoY rankings after winning the World Series of Poker Europe main event in London and taking second in the European Poker Tour Dublin. Russian Alexander Kravchenko, who won a bracelet at the 2007 WSOP and made the final table of the main event, finished fourth.
World Poker Tour launches Club WPT, real money online poker room open to US players
January 23, 2008
The World Poker Tour, a business at the center of the live poker revival in the US, announced plans today to further extend its influence into the online poker arena with the introduction of ClubWPT, a subscription-based poker room that will allow members to compete for real money and prizes in tournaments - including players from most of the United States.
WPT currently operates an online poker room that offers cash games and tournaments, but is not open to players from America.
Annette Obrestad Increases her Ownership in PokerManager™
January 23, 2008
Annette Obrestad is one of the initial co-developers of PokerManager™ (www.pokermanager.com), and has now decided to increase her ownership in the software that has been extremely well received in the poker and gambling industry. Alpha Innovation AS who owns the software recently did a stock issue, and Annette now owns 5% of the company.
Other owners are EPT winners Peter Willers Jepsen and Bjorn-Erik Glenne, professional investors and the other founders.
Annette Obrestad statement: “I am very happy to have gotten this opportunity since I really love the software myself. It just makes everything so much easier when playing online, and I’m glad so many others feel the same. I felt that I could not wait any longer before I used the option to increase my ownership in PokerManager™.”
US gambler loses $30,000 poker haul
January 21, 2008
A YOUNG American gambler robbed of his $30,000 poker winnings at knife-point yesterday believes he was stalked inside Crown complex.
Jason Potter, 22, who placed 31st of a field of 780 at the Aussie Millions poker tournament, had cashed in his winnings at Crown’s cashier desk about 4am.
After buying some takeaway food, Mr Potter began strolling back to his hotel across the Spencer St footbridge.
“I heard some footsteps, running very quickly behind me, and I was knocked on the back of the head,” he said.
“I fell down, and this gentleman just reaches, immediately, right into my hoodie pocket — which tells me he kinda knew where to look.
“It points to him, you know, seeing me earlier in the casino,” Mr Potter said.
He said the man then brandished a 30cm knife in front of his face and warned him not to call police.
“I did briefly go to fight back until I saw the knife but . . . no amount of money is worth (the risk),” said Mr Potter, who has earned about $345,000 in poker tournaments in America.
Day 1A of the World Poker Open
January 21, 2008
Small Field Attracts Big Crowds
With all of the tournaments currently running around the world, day 1A of the World Poker Tour’s annual World Poker Open attracted 117 players. Facing competition from the Aussie Millions, Borgata preliminaries and even the World Series of Poker circuit event across the street, the Gold Strike decided to split its starting day in two, to give all the players who may be traveling time to make the trip to Tunica, Mississippi.
Warne shuns cricket for poker
January 21, 2008
The unexpected was always the essential stock-in-trade of the Australian cricketer Shane Warne. His ability to deceive opposing batsmen through the arts of spin and flight had brought him 708 victims in five-day test matches - a record, at the time - when he retired from international cricket at the beginning of 2007, and he has shown the same ability to produce surprises off the pitch.
A few months ago, it was reported that he was considering invoking his mother’s ancestry and seeking a German passport, an ingenious device for making him a European Union citizen and sidestepping quotas governing the number of non-EU players in English county cricket, where he plays for and is captain of Hampshire.
Now comes the announcement that he has joined the professional poker circuit, signing with the online company 888.com to play in the World Series of Poker, starting in this week’s Aussie Millions tournament in his hometown, Melbourne.
Warne, 38, said that he expected to play in events in the United States, New Zealand, South Africa and Britain during 2008 and that he still had a great deal to learn about poker.
Hellmuth to head to European Open IV
January 18, 2008
The PartyPoker European Open IV is set to get under way Feb. 1-8 with possibly the strongest field it’s seen so far. That playing field will be led by Phil Hellmuth and his 11 World Series of Poker bracelets.
Not only will Phil Hellmuth lead the playing field into battle, he’ll be joining Jesse May in the commentary box as well.
“I am really looking forward to playing in, and commentating for, the European Open,” Hellmuth said in a press release. “I am flying from California to London for one reason: to win, baby!”
To reach that goal, Hellmuth will have to face returning champ Liam Flood. Flood conquered a final table that included former World Open Champions Pippa Flanders and John Magill to earn the title last year.
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