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Entraction Ends Boss Media-IPN Contract, Cardroom2 to Close Yesterday, Sweden's Entraction Holding AB (formerly known as 24hPoker) said it has terminated its contract with Boss Media's International Poker Network (IPN), and will be closing down its Cardroom2 online poker room by the end of this year, reports Gaming Intelligence. Entraction will continue to operate its online poker site.
Team Europe Wins 1st Caesars Cup- Poker's Answer to Golf's Ryder Cup The 2009 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) just hosted the first-ever Caesars Cup, at Casino at the Empire, in Leicester Square, Central London. Players on two teams -- Europe versus The Americas -- played a series of heads-up matches to determine which team would win bragging rights and the first Caesars Cup trophy. Team Europe bested Team Americas by a 4 to 1 margin.
World Series of Poker Contracts Renewed with IMG & ESPN Harrah's Interactive Entertainment (HIE) announced that the contract to expand their World Series of Poker (WSOP) brand with IMG Sports and Entertainment will be renewed for five more years, through 2014. Since 2005, IMG has helped bring major non-gambling sponsors such as Jack Link's Beef Jerky and Planters Peanuts to the world's largest poker event, the WSOP.
WSOPE Main Event Continues with Day 1B The Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe continued on Sunday at London's Empire Casino. On the second of two starting days, 178 players joined the previous day's 156 entrants in paying 10,000 GBP for a shot at the WSOPE's fourth and final bracelet of 2009.
World Series of Poker Europe Main Event Begins The World Series of Europe Main Event kicked off in London with an action-packed Day 1A. More than 150 players from around the world competed in the first of two start days, paying £10,000 for a shot at the last WSOPE bracelet to be awarded in 2009. The entry fee is equivalent to about $16,000.
Finn Vilmunen Wins Event 3 Bracelet at 2009 WSOPE The winner of 2009 World Series of Poker Europe Event #3, $5,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha, is Jani Vilmunen of Helsinki, Finland.
Rumor: Betclick to Buyout Everest Poker- No Comment! Mangas Capital Gaming-owned Betclick refused to comment on news published Wednesday in France that it was about to acquire the online poker site Everest Poker, reports Egaming Review.
Online Gambling Tax Amendment Withdrawn from U.S. HealthCare Reform Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee adopted seven amendments which Senator Ron Wyden proposed be added to the America's Healthy Future Act of 2009. Unfortunately for U.S online poker players, the amendment to allocate tax revenues from online gambling to help fund HealthCare Reform was excluded.
Online Poker Sensation Chris Moorman Joins The Brunson 10 He's only 24 years old but in online card rooms across the globe, Chris Moorman is already known as nothing short of a legend. With career winnings totaling over $1.6 million, Moorman is to the online poker world what Doyle Brunson was to live poker decades ago: a young poker superstar who makes tearing up the tables and scooping up winnings look completely effortless. So, when Doyle Brunson announced that Moorman is to become the fourth member of the poker legend's elite Brunson 10, it made complete sense.
PPA Targets Online Poker Referendum on Other State Ballots The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, has stated that it will seek to include an online poker initiative on the ballot in other US states, despite the failure of its bid to do so in Massachusetts earlier this month, reports eGaming Review today. |
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