WPT L.A. Poker Classic begins today
February 27, 2008
After a month of battle at one of the finest cardrooms in the United States, professionals and amateurs alike will step up to the felt today for the start of the World Poker Tour’s L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 Championship Event.
The tournament, a stalwart on the scene since the inception of the WPT, is one of the most popular stops on the circuit. The field has grown exponentially every year the tournament’s been on the WPT schedule, from 135 players in 2003 to a monstrous 791 runners last year.
HBP: Excellent summary post of coverage of Absolute scandal
February 27, 2008
A growing number of bloggers and various other poker news sources are refusing to let the Absolute Poker cheating scandal die, and we say more power to them. One example of such a source: Hard-Boiled Poker, which published an excellent summary post on the coverage given to the story to date.
The problem, concludes HBP, isn’t so much a lack of coverage but a lack of interest on the part of readers. Excerpt:
No, I think for anyone interested, there’s plenty of information out there about the problems at Absolute Poker. That’s the problem, though. For a variety of reasons, ain’t a lot of folks all that interested.
Poker Player?s Alliance spent $900,000 on lobbying in 2007
February 27, 2008
Online poker lobbying group the Poker Player’s Alliance spent over $900,000 on lobbying activities in 2007, according to disclosure forms released earlier this month by the US Senate. The PPA counts nearly 800,000 poker players among its member ranks.
Where did the money go? According to a breakdown provided by OpenSecrets, the funds were spread across five Washington lobbying firms, including Patton Boggs LLP and Ogilvy Government Relations.
Israel MK seeks online gambling censorship
February 27, 2008
Knesset Member Amnon Cohen, of the Orthodox Shas party, presented a bill this week in Israel that would block gambling, sex and violence-oriented Web sites in Israel.
The bill, which was passed in its first reading Wednesday, would automatically block online casinos, online poker sites, online porn sites and more unless customers specifically ask to be allowed to visit those sites.
It will now be sent to the Economic Affairs Committee before returning to the Knesset plenum for second and third readings.
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February 27, 2008
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Bet-at-home.com Selects CasinoModule as New Casino Platform
February 27, 2008
Bet-at-home.com selects the Net Entertainment CasinoModule as their new casino platform. bet-at-home.com, one of the largest European online operators, will thereby replace its existing casino solution.
“Our operation has grown substantially over the last couple of years which has placed new requirements on our IT systems. Our casino company has been looking for a new casino solution for some time and after reviewing Net Entertainments CasinoModule, there was very little debate as to who would be their long term casino partner,” says Franz Ömer, CEO at bet-at-home.com.
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Entertasia Enlarges Its Casino With an Evolved Blackjack Game
February 24, 2008
Entertasia, one of the leading internet gaming software providers, is expanding its casino games scope with ‘Crazy21®’, an evolvement of Blackjack. This brand-new blackjack was launched at 19th February, 2008 and is now added to all Entertasia’s licensees.
The milestone of online Blackjack – Based on the traditional game rules of blackjack, Crazy21® has been developed and evolved by Entertasia which has broken through the limitations of traditional Blackjack on Live Casino. Along with the concept of ‘Common Cards’, one single dealer may serve over thousands of concurrent players in any single period of time, without reversing the nature of Blackjack. This provides an effective solution of operating Blackjack which requires minimum resources to support the highest levels of customers’ simultaneously.
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WSOPC heads to Hawkeye State
February 24, 2008
With poker tournaments currently running in locales both international (the European Poker Tour’s Scandinavian Open) and domestic (the World Poker Tour’s L.A. Poker Classic), you wouldn’t think that Council Bluffs, Iowa, would figure as a hot poker destination.
But the World Series of Poker Circuit has landed there for its latest stop at the Horseshoe Casino and Hotel, transforming the small city into a bit of a poker mecca, and its 11-event schedule has already seen poker players turning out in droves.
Canada hosts largest “automated” poker tournament
February 24, 2008
A casino in Quebec recently held the largest ever tournament held entirely on automated tables. According to a story at pokerpages.com, Casino de Montreal hosted a $225 buyin no-limit Texas hold’em tournament on Feb. 12, with 240 players competing on dealerless electronic poker tables. The casino just opened on Jan. 18. Other facilities with the automated tables, developed by PokerTek, Inc., had hosted tourneys with 100 players previously.
Layla Kayleigh grabs the top spot in AskMen?s top 10 poker hotties list
February 24, 2008
Any list of attractive women in poker that doesn’t include Shana Hiatt but puts Jennifer Tilly in the #2 slot clearly has some methodological issues, but AskMen’s recently published list of the top 10 ‘Poker Hotties’ salvaged at least some credibility by awarding WPT hostess Layla Kayleigh the top spot.
Excerpt from AM’s justification for Kayleigh’s win:
Layla Kayleigh is the newest host of the World Poker Tour’s televised circuit. She originally hails from London, England, but now calls Hollywood her home. She’s our No. 1 poker hottie because she combines an incredible body, stunning looks and the ability to charm the world over, which in our opinion is the only remedy for a bad beat at the poker table.
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