Poker Game

Framingham, MA (November 7, 2006) –The National League of Poker announced today that Bluff Magazine has been named the official publication of its www.nlop.com web site. NLOP is the first completely free-to-play online poker portal that offers players a risk-free poker environment to play in, and awards cash and prizes to winners. “The face of poker has changed in the US,” explained Eric Morris Publisher and Co-president of Bluff Magazine. “Many US-based online players have been abandoned by o

An alarming number of Ontarians believe poker is a viable means to make a living, according to a study released Tuesday by the Responsible Gambling Council.A poll conducted by Ipsos-Reid in the spring of 2006 found that four per cent of respondents in the 18 to 34 age bracket believe they could earn a living playing poker.As poker increases in popularity and online accessibility, growing numbers of people are playing the card game more for money and less for recreation, the RGC study said. One i

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- HIGH STAKES POKER, GSN's exclusive cash game poker series, is scheduled for a special four show marathon on Monday, November 13 (8:00 PM - 12:00 PM ET) sponsored by Casino Royale, the upcoming James Bond film from Columbia Pictures and MGM. The marathon will include interviews with the actors as well as behind the scenes footage from Casino Royale throughout the evening.Daniel Craig stars as "007" James Bond, the smoothest, sexiest, most lethal agent

Washington, Nov 10: Just four months after she decided to enter the gambling biz in cyberspace, Pamela Anderson has admitted that starting her own poker site was a big mistake.The former 'Baywatch' babe, who started Pamela Poker back in July, posted a comment on her online diary on her personal website pamelaanderson.com stating that she was no longer involved with the site, and that it should have been closed down a month ago.The busty blonde, who is reported to have suffered a miscarriage whil

TV stars Connie Stevens, Eileen Davidson, Vince Van Patten, Adam Rich and some celebrity surprise guests are expected to compete in the second annual Dick Van Patten No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em Celebrity Poker Tournament today through Sunday at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino.Just how good are these players? We hope good. Proceeds go to underwrite a special holiday party supporting the U.S. Marine Corps Community Association at Twentynine Palms.How will this tournament be different from last year's?"W

Stonington — A few hands of Texas Hold 'Em at Foxwoods Resort Casino paid off big Thursday for a local group that provides transportation, food and clothing to elderly and low-income residents.Foxwoods President John O'Brien presented the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Association with a check for $15,000, the top prize at the casino's third annual World Poker Finals Media Showdown held last month.The winner of the charity card game was R.D. “Buck” Griffith, circulation manager of The Resident newspaper

Anyone who thought the poker craze would die down lost that bet. Three years ago, Chris Moneymaker, an unknown who had never played in a major tournament, showed novice players and those who had never picked up a deck of cards anyone could win big, as he did at the World Series of Poker.Since then, it's likely there's at least one poker show on television on any given day. It's also turned the recreational game into a booming business for Foxwoods Resort Casino.And industry experts don't believe

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — People buy cigarettes, alcohol, prescription medications and plenty of other potentially harmful things every day; hardly anyone flinches.But wagering $20 a week on Internet poker, now that’s just wrong.At least, that’s what Uncle Sam has dictated.As the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act begins to set in, Internet poker sites of all kinds have started refusing to accept U.S. players.The act, passed in late September after being attached to the Port Security Act to

SINGAPORE will lay its cards on the table later today when it hosts an international poker tournament billed by organisers as the first-ever in the city-state.Britain-based betting exchange Betfair, has teamed up with local operators Capital Events for the six-day Asian Poker Tour.More than 370 players have paid the $US5000 buy-in for the main event which begins on Wednesday at the Meritus Mandarin Hotel.Qualifying starts today, and players from 32 countries, including Singapore, will be after t

WARREN — City police and federal law enforcement drew a royal flush Saturday when they bet the house on a raid that folded an underground poker game.Six months after learning that high-stakes, invitation only Texas Hold ’Em games might be occurring in Warren, local police — with the help of federal authorities — raided a Woodland Street N.E. building early Saturday morning, finding and taking a large amount of cash and poker-related items.‘‘We received information about some gambling going on ov