Archive for the 'Poker Industry News' Category

PokerStars put LAPT Punta del Este Title up for grabs

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

PokerStars continued to milk on the 2008 WSOP.
While the 2008 World Series of Poker gets ready for the final table on November, Jose Miguel Espinar wanted to prove his poker prowess despite being a newbie in the game.
Well, do that he just did. Jose Miguel Espinar came out on top at the [...]

UltimateBet Scandal tries to overshadow the 2008 WSOP

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Everything (or everyone) popular needs a good scandal and poker is certainly no exception.
UltimateBet is still under fire for the cheating that occurred on the vastly popular online poker site and as expected, owners of the site are doing damage control by training their fire extinguishers on a searing blaze trying [...]

Robert Mizrachi chose the 2008 WSOP as his time to shine

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Looks like Robert Mizrachi is determined to make a name for himself in the WSOP.
While the action in the 2008 World Series of Poker continues to heat up, one guy who has been lurking in the shadows for quite a while is making a big splash on the biggest tournament of the [...]

UltimateBet offers 50-seat Main Event Guarantee in 2008 WSOP

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Yes people, they continue to milk this year’s WSOP tournament.
While the 2008 World Series of Poker heats up, UltimateBet came up with another idea on how will they take you seated at the final table of this year’s WSOP.
After announcing that they are willing to hand out a big number of [...]

Doyle Brunson gives Tips for the 2008 WSOP

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

With the 2008 WSOP here, Doyle Brunson is offering players an advantage at the poker tables.

With the 2008 World Series of Poker upon us, all of these ‘’professional’’ poker entities have become relentless in telling all ya’ll why you should trust them to earn that coveted seat for the WSOP main event.
This [...]

Full Tilt offers $10 million for the 2008 WSOP

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Full Tilt Poker is offering $10 million for the coming 2008 WSOP.
You read it poker fans, top poker site Full Tilt poker is taking WSOP qualifiers to the next level by offering an astonishing $10,000,000 to the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event champion.
That is if they win their Main Event [...]

UltimateBet to Give Away Record Number of Free Seats to Poker’s Biggest Main Event

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Players invited to compete in month-long contest for multiple shots at free WSOP seats
They say you can’t put a price on the World Series of Poker experience. UltimateBet.com is taking that sentiment a little too literally by handing out a large number of Main Event seats for free. UltimateBet.com today announced a new promotion that [...]

World Series of Poker headed for Europe

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

With the 2008 WSOP upon us, people are already planning to take the WSOP brand to Europe.
Harrah Entertainment Inc. Chief Executive, Gary Loveman, says he’s looking at taking the World Series of Poker and making it the premiere online poker brand of the United Kingdom and continental Europe.
”If you take a look at the legal [...]