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European Poker Capital Award Goes to Dublin
Dublin has won the European Poker Capital 2009 award for the second year in a row just barely beating out London, according to Bluff Europe, the popular poker magazine. The online magazine praised the enthusiasm of the citizens of Dublin for their love of the game as well as t...
Jordan Smith Almost Makes WSOP Main Event Final Table
It seems to me one of the hardest finishes to take would be tenth place at the World Series of Poker Main Event. It is the last finish from the November Nine making the player come just shy of earning glory for the year. Jordan Smith of College Station was this year’s pl...
Online Poker and Casino Coming to Balkans
888’s independent business-to-business division, Dragonfish, recently announced an agreement signed with Loper Gate LTd to launch an online poker and casino in the Balkans. Loper Gate Ltd is a Cyprus based Media Company and working with Dragonfish, will be launching seve...
World Poker Tour Up For Sale
The poker tournament brand, World Poker Tour, is up for sale. The announcement was made recently that the company was up for purchase after confidential information was released to third parties who might be interested in purchasing the brand.
It is believed that several onli...
New Study States Online Female Poker Playing Will Grow
A new study has been conducted by Poker Players Research says that online poker play by females is set to grow by the year 2011. The research found that females count for one in four of real money players currently and are set to continue to grow over the next few years.
Poke...
Former Royal Officer Admits to Playing Poker at Buckingham
A news report recently surfaced about a former royal protection officer who was accused of a million dollar betting and property scam. The former protection officer admitted that colleagues played poker and swapped adult material while at Buckingham palace.
Paul Page is the f...
Interesting Guests This Week on The Poker Show
The Poker Show will be featuring an interesting guest list this week when Annette Obrestad, Roland De Wolfe, Steve Sung and Steve Davis appear on the show. Obrestad, De Wolfe and Sung are poker pros of course and Davis is a six time world snooker champion.
Davis will be a gue...
Peter Eastgate to Speak on The Poker Show
The new radio program, The Poker Show, has become quite popular as more and more poker pros visit the show to talk with hosts Jesse May, Padraig Parkinson and Matt Broughton. This week Peter Eastgate will be featured on the show as well as Greg Raymer and Steve Sung.
Last yea...
New Poker Radio Show to Feature Big Names in Poker
After some controversy when it first began the new radio show, The Poker Show, will be featuring big names in poker this week. The Poker Show is hosted by Jesse May, Padraig Parkinson and Matt Broughton and they will be discussing the latest in poker with the pros this week.
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Gaming Lifestyle Expo Begins in July under New Name
The largest poker exposition in the world, the Gaming Lifestyle Expo, will be back for 2009 on July 2nd through the 5th but this time the event will be called PokerPalooza. This time the event will focus on the social, interative and fun aspects of the game of poker. PokerPalo...