World Gambling News » Poker http://www.worldgamblingnews.com Bringing you the very latest news in the gambling world Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:44:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en US GOVERMENT grabs more gambling domains http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/05/us-goverment-grabs-more-gambling-domains/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/05/us-goverment-grabs-more-gambling-domains/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 12:48:05 +0000 Ctrenks http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/05/us-goverment-grabs-more-gambling-domains/ Well here we go again, the great folks at the US DOJ are hot on the trail of online gambling companies once again.  Now we have a list of domains that were seized after being tied to Sport Book Betting and that may be illegal if you really stretch the old 1960’s wire act. The casinos listed were not anything of note except for Doylesroom, taking the name of the legendary online poker player.
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]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/05/us-goverment-grabs-more-gambling-domains/feed/ Poker Players Stripping Down for Charity in Florida http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/02/poker-players-stripping-down-for-charity-in-florida/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/02/poker-players-stripping-down-for-charity-in-florida/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 04:46:27 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/02/poker-players-stripping-down-for-charity-in-florida/ strippoker.jpg

Poker players never stop coming with new and better ways to prove that gambling can go hand in hand with good things for society. Even though the legality of the activity is being questioned across the United States and the world, more and more things are happening to prove that it may be worth legalizing gambling. (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/02/poker-players-stripping-down-for-charity-in-florida/feed/ Aussie Millions Finale http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/aussie-millions-finale/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/aussie-millions-finale/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:38:46 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/aussie-millions-finale/ aussie_millions-header.jpg

The Aussie Millions had been going on in the beautiful city of Melbourne, Australia. The tournament was hosted at the Crown Casino and it has finally come to an end.

The most exciting event is the Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge and we have this year’s (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/aussie-millions-finale/feed/ CardPlayer Announces Player of the Year http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/cardplayer-announces-player-of-the-year/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/cardplayer-announces-player-of-the-year/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:20:40 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/cardplayer-announces-player-of-the-year/ tmarchese.jpg

Every year the popular gaming magazine CardPlayer picks a lucky gambling figure as the “Player of the Year”. This year the winner is not a traditional poker figure, but it is a player who recently emerged from the shades in the online poker world to the live poker arena. (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/cardplayer-announces-player-of-the-year/feed/ Feltstars Poker Buys Reefer Poker http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/feltstars-poker-buys-reefer-poker/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/feltstars-poker-buys-reefer-poker/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:20:58 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/feltstars-poker-buys-reefer-poker/ merge-main_full.jpg

A couple of weeks ago news were released that the merge of two of the most popular poker rooms in the world became effective. Since early December Reefer Poker and Feltstars Poker merged their services and databases. (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/feltstars-poker-buys-reefer-poker/feed/ High Stakes Poker Season 7 in Line http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/high-stakes-poker-season-7-in-line/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/high-stakes-poker-season-7-in-line/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:04:39 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/high-stakes-poker-season-7-in-line/ high_stakes_poker-show.jpg

The 7th season of the highly acclaimed poker TV show High Stakes Poker is in line and the schedule and list of players is starting to form. Earlier news reported that the new main sponsor of the show is PokerStars, so we probably will not be seeing a lot of Full Tilt pros on the set this time. (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/high-stakes-poker-season-7-in-line/feed/ WSOP Crowns New Champion: Jonathan Duhamel http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/11/wsop-crowns-new-champion-jonathan-duhamel/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/11/wsop-crowns-new-champion-jonathan-duhamel/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:59:50 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/11/wsop-crowns-new-champion-jonathan-duhamel/ <duhamel-bracelet2.jpg

The final stage for the avid November 9 finally came and the World Series of Poker (WSOP) crowned a champion for 2010. This time it was Canadian poker player Jonathan Duhamel who took the bracelet home along with the $8.9 million first prize.

7,319 players began the battle for the coveted 2010 WSOP Main Event bracelet and these were the players who proved to be the strongest with their respective chip counts at the beginning of the final table: (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/11/wsop-crowns-new-champion-jonathan-duhamel/feed/ WSOPE Bracelet Winners http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/10/wsope-bracelet-winners/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/10/wsope-bracelet-winners/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:45:19 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/10/wsope-bracelet-winners/ laak.png

I know this is a little late on news but I still think it is worth mentioning that there were two remarkable wins at the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). The first one was by professional poker player Phil Laak and the other one was by another poker pro, Gus Hansen. (more…)

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I am personally a big fan of poker and there is nothing more exciting than watching some of the titans of poker battle their way through the big tournaments around the world. If you are a big poker fan then you will be glad that the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) will be available on your computers. (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/09/espn3com-to-broadcast-wsope-next-week/feed/ World Series of Poker Europe Schedule Released http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/06/world-series-of-poker-europe-schedule-released/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/06/world-series-of-poker-europe-schedule-released/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:05:30 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/06/world-series-of-poker-europe-schedule-released/ wsope.jpg

The schedule for the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) has now been released and two new bracelet events were added to the set of events. This event expects to attract the top pros of poker and we will definitely see some great action going on.

The WSOPE will run from September 14th to 28th at the (more…)

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