World Gambling News » TV 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 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/ ESPN3.com to Broadcast WSOPE Next Week http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/09/espn3com-to-broadcast-wsope-next-week/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/09/espn3com-to-broadcast-wsope-next-week/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:21:32 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/09/espn3com-to-broadcast-wsope-next-week/ wsope.jpg

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/ PokerStars Signs Argentinian Soccer Star as New Ambassador http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/06/pokerstars-signs-argentinian-soccer-star-as-new-ambassador/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/06/pokerstars-signs-argentinian-soccer-star-as-new-ambassador/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:07:57 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/06/pokerstars-signs-argentinian-soccer-star-as-new-ambassador/ veron.jpg

The largest online poker room in the world, PokerStars, has recruited another terrific sports star to be part of their team of sports ambassadors.

The new acquisition was Argentinian midfield Juan Sebastian Verón and from now on he will be the PokerStars face in Latin America. He is already (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/06/pokerstars-signs-argentinian-soccer-star-as-new-ambassador/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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Professional poker player Phil Laak has decided to try and become the new Guiness Record Holder for poker endurance. The player will try to beat the previous mark which was 75 hours of poker.

Laak began his quest on Wednesday at noon, he is running his challenge at the same time as the World Series of Poker (WSOP). This morning at 8am he had played poker for (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/06/310/feed/ World Series of Poker Underway at the Rio http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/world-series-of-poker-underway-at-the-rio/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/world-series-of-poker-underway-at-the-rio/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 04:45:02 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/world-series-of-poker-underway-at-the-rio/ wsop_logo_large.jpg

The Rio Casino & Resort in Las Vegas started hosting the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010. On Friday, the WSOP kicked off and more than 100,000 squared feet of playing space was ready at the casino for them.

This year there will be 57 bracelet events and organizers have stated that (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/world-series-of-poker-underway-at-the-rio/feed/ Online Gambling to be Available on Google TV http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/online-gambling-to-be-available-on-google-tv/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/online-gambling-to-be-available-on-google-tv/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 00:40:17 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/online-gambling-to-be-available-on-google-tv/ google_tv.jpg

Last week at a conference in San Francisco, Google’s spokesmen announced Google’s most recent innovative idea “Google TV”. This project will come along with an on-screen search box that will enable users to search for their favorite TV shows and other content available on the web.

This is great news for online gamblers as they will no longer have to depend on their computers to find the best online casinos on their TV screens.

Google TV will come to television sets in (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/online-gambling-to-be-available-on-google-tv/feed/ WSOP Takes Events to South Africa http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/wsop-takes-events-to-south-africa/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/wsop-takes-events-to-south-africa/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 07:28:38 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/wsop-takes-events-to-south-africa/ wsop_logo_large.jpg

The World Series of Poker is once again broadening its horizons and will possibly be making its way to South Africa for the first time this October, with two non-bracelet events tentatively slated to take place at the Emerald Resort and Casino. The events will probably be part of the WSOP-Circuit series.

According to TimesLive.co.za WSOP Africa is looking to offer two events from Oct 24-31, one being a three-day $1,100 buy-in pot-limit Omaha (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/wsop-takes-events-to-south-africa/feed/ Isildur1 to Make Public Appearance at the Party Poker’s Big Game IV http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/04/isildur1-to-make-public-appearance-at-the-party-pokers-big-game-iv/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/04/isildur1-to-make-public-appearance-at-the-party-pokers-big-game-iv/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:33:53 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/04/isildur1-to-make-public-appearance-at-the-party-pokers-big-game-iv/ tonyg2.jpg

Current online poker phenomenon Isildur1’s identity still remains a mystery to all of us. However, the days of wondering could be coming to and end very soon.

Ignoring the fact that Tony G (pictured) is weirdly obsessed with Isildur1 we will only focus in the fact that it is because of Tony G that we may get to see Isildur1 on a (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/04/isildur1-to-make-public-appearance-at-the-party-pokers-big-game-iv/feed/ PokerStars Announces New TV Show http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/03/pokerstars-announces-new-tv-show/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/03/pokerstars-announces-new-tv-show/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:21:46 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/03/pokerstars-announces-new-tv-show/ pokerstars_logo_big.gif 

The largest online poker room in the world is preparing for the launch of their new poker TV show ‘The PokerStars Big Game’.

The show will have a high stakes cash game format with a (more…)

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