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Poker news from 2008-08-04

Here are some archived poker news articles.

Hollywood flocks to Summer Nights Poker tournament

Over 150 players will take part in the tournament, which takes place at Ritual on Cahuenga Blvd., with the eventual winner receiving a seat into the Aug. 22 Aces Full three table invitational satellite with over $15,000 in cash and prizes including a seat into the 2009 WPT Legends of Poker Main Even... Read more...

Hollywood flocks to Summer Nights Poker tournament

Over 150 players will take part in the tournament, which takes place at Ritual on Cahuenga Blvd., with the eventual winner receiving a seat into the Aug. 22 Aces Full three table invitational satellite with over $15,000 in cash and prizes including a seat into the 2009 WPT Legends of Poker Main Even... Read more...

Bernard Lee releases first book

Lee finished 13th in the 2005 WSOP, just missing the final table in the event eventually won by Australian Joe Hachem. He did beat out a field of 5606 other players, however, and then arguably leveraged that finish better than anybody else, including Hachem. Within two months of his finish in the... Read more...

Press Release: WSOP Europe Schedule Announced


The second annual World Series of Poker Europe presented by Betfair.com has solidified its ...
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World Poker Tour Inks Deal with Fox Sports Net


After the Game Show Network declined to pick up ...
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Poker Olympics Online

The online poker room Paddy Power Poker has launched a promotion to coincide with the Beijing Olympics starting in a few days, the PPP Olympics. Starting the same night as the real Olympics, August 8th, the PPP version will run through the 14th with Holdem and Pot Limit Omaha events running twice a ... Read more...

Irish Poker Championship Underway

The Eglinton Card Room and Casino saw the cards in the air for the first stop on this year's Party Poker Irish Poker Championship Tour. There will be seven more stops in Ireland to celebrate the events, and players still have a chance to qualify at the online site that sponsors the events, Party Pok... Read more...

1st of August

The owner of Ultimatebet, Tokwiro Enterprises - owned by Joe Norton, has announced that it has concluded its investigation into what it refers to as “allegations of unfair play” on the site. Confirmation of outright thievery would be a more accurate description but Ub management is despe... Read more...

At the Forefront of Adjustment

Having played online for the better part of eight years and seriously for six, then I have seen a few changes in online poker. But then again there are changes going on all around us and anyone who rejects change is simply going to be left behind in our fast paced onward moving world not just in pok... Read more...


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