Woman suing PokerStars for $1.2 in tournament winnings
July 3, 2008
A woman named Natalie Teltscher is suing PokerStars for winnings that were withheld from her account because of what the online poker site said was a breach of tournament rules.
Teltscher, who is the owner of the account “the VOid,” won the 2007 World Championship of Online Poker main event on PokerStars. The winnings of $1.2 million were withheld by PokerStars, however.
The lawsuit was filed on the Isle of Man, where PokerStars is based.
WSOP becomes “climate friendly” poker tournament
July 3, 2008
Harrah’s announced a deal this week that makes the World Series of Poker a “climate friendly” poker tournament.
Harrah’s, which puts on the WSOP, purchased “carbon offsets” through a company called NativeEnergy. A carbon offset consists of paying for the greenhouse gas emissions a person or an entity creates by funding a cause that reduces greenhouse gas emissions. The purchase by Harrah’s offsets energy use and waste during the six-and-a-half week event and will fund NativeEnergy’s farmer-owned distributed wind program.
New Slot Game, Truly Malaysia, Set to Rock Casino World
July 3, 2008
Following the launch of Uniquely Singapore in the “Around the World” series, Truly Malaysia is the second game launched by Weike Gaming who is Singapore and Malaysia only licensed game manufacturer. Truly Malaysia is designed using the Weike platform in two types of cabinet namely Triton 3.0 and Cytron 3.0. Similar to other games in the same series, it supports the bill acceptor, coin acceptor, electronic cash transfer, printer, comes with dual monitors and SAS compatible. It is also going through BMM approval to obtain full SAS6.02 capability and will support leading third party, system, link and ancillary equipment, like MEI, Paltronics, Acres, and ACSC etc.
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2008 WSOP Day 31: The end is in sight
July 3, 2008
The end is finally near in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship. After four days of play, it has finally found its players for the final table.
Meanwhile, two more winners were found on Saturday and two more events got started in the 2008 World Series of Poker. Today as these events continue, two more will get started with the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship and a $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event.
Event 45
The last leg of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. race takes place today as the top eight players take their positions this afternoon. Check out the stars who rose to the top:
Gambling Sites 101
July 3, 2008
STOP! Read the following first before tossing that dice. It may save you tons of money and a lot of heartaches.
Many gambling sites offer several promotional incentives like bonuses, guarantees, equal winning opportunities, multiple/solo player modes, higher bet limits and a whole lot more that can be quite dizzying and makes you leap into them before looking into what they really offer.
Let’s try and have a look first before you throw down that dice and before you throw away your hard-earned money and miss out on all the fun that thousands of gambling sites offer.
King of Prosperity Slot Hits The Casino Gaming Floor
July 3, 2008
New slot game, King of Prosperity by Weike Gaming, Singapore and Malaysia only licensed game manufacturer hits the gaming floor. Incorporated in Triton 3.0 and Cytron 3.0 cabinets which are hailed as the one of the most ergonomically advanced yet energy saving platforms, it offers optimum performance in its embedded technology enhancing faster game change and stability, high resolution dual screens with touch screen ability promoting player interactiveness, information button displaying game rules, pay odds that changes with the lines and bets selected, bilingual language options, services and return to game functions providing maximum convenience to the players, and full flexibility to the operators to suit their marketing promotion needs. Both platforms support bill acceptors, tokens, card system, ticket printers and SAS compatible. It is also going through BMM approval to obtain full SAS6.02 capability and will support leading third party, system, link and ancillary equipment, like MEI, Paltronics, Acres, and ACSC etc.
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WSOPE solidifies 2008 schedule
July 3, 2008
Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. announced this week that the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe schedule has now been finalized.
The 2008 WSOPE will feature four bracelet tournaments, including a new 1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event to kick off the series this year.
The official bracelet events will be:
Sept. 19: Event 1 1,500 No-Limit Hold’em (three-day event with two Day 1’s)Sept. 22: Event 2 2,500 H.O.R.S.E. (three-day event)Sept. 24: Event 3 5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (three-day event)Sept. 27: Event 4 10,000 World Championship No-Limit Hold’em (five-day event with two Day 1’s)
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