Poker news from 2008-08-08

Here are some archived poker news articles.

PokerStars upgrades Sunday Million to $1.5 Million

Due to constantly growing fields and record prize pools, PokerStars has officially upgraded the guarantee of the Sunday Million to $1.5 million from the former $1 million. Although the name will remain the same there will be over $1.5 million awarded to players every week from here on out. Already... Read more...

Simon racks up chips, donates win at CP tourney

Simon defeated a field that included pros such as Barry Greenstein and Jamie Gold, as well as celebrities such as Montel Williams and Shannon Elizabeth. Immediately afterward Simon donated the entire purse to the One Step Closer Foundation. That purse, along with the proceeds of a silent auction... 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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Ladbrokes Poker to Join Microgaming

Online poker room Ladbrokes Poker will be leaving its standalone network in order to join the slew of other poker rooms on the Microgaming poker network. In actuality, Ladbrokes was already on the Microgaming system, but as a stand alone client. Now that Ladbrokes will be a full member of the Microg... Read more...

Betfair Poker Pays Big

Online poker room Betfair Poker had a big prize on the offering for August, a hundred thousand dollar bonus to any player that could win both the $20k guaranteed and a $6k guaranteed event in the same month. To everyone's surprise the bonus was not only paid out, but it paid out on the first day of ... Read more...

Turning Pro

Turning professional...what exactly does that entail? What exactly does “professional” mean? I know it sounds fancy and many people have desires to become one of these so called “professionals” but I will bet my last dollar that the vast majority of these people haven’t... Read more...

Vegas Insider: 2008 July

Steve Hall with a Girl Model

A trip to the Bellagio this week revealed a few strays (Hello Sarah Bilney + Valter Farina) and some so broke that even a trip on the megabus to LA would have required a visit to one of the many pawn shops.

The public perception of the poker comm.... Read more...

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