30 Jun 05 Odds released for WSOP Winner Pinnacle Sports has handicapped the poker world's biggest event. The top three players listed to win it all are:
Daniel Negreanu (257/1), Phil Ivey (259/1) and Phil Hellmuth (306/1)
30 Jun 05 Casino.ie purchased Gaming Corporation (owner of www.gambling.com and www.casino.co.uk) announced the acquisition of www.casino.ie (based in Ireland), its largest affiliate partner, for a price of 60,000 pounds.
30 Jun 05 Poker is #1 Search Term The popularity of poker rages on - further evidence coming from the search egines.
This week, the search term "Poker" took over the number one spot on the Lycos Top 50 (most searched keywords), beating out previous number one Pamela Anderson, and previous number two Paris Hilton, amongst others.
29 Jun 05 Sports Book Crashes A small, Curacao-based sports book has closed their doors. PlayTheScore reportedly owes 14 players around $80,000 after shutting down their post-up business. It's another reminder to stay away from the smaller, obscure shops.
29 Jun 05 Brunson Junior Joins Dad Todd Brunson, son of the famous Doyle Brunson, won his first WSOP bracelet, making history, as the they became the first father-son duo to win the coveted bracelets. Papa Doyle is tied for the most with 9 in total.
29 Jun 05 Poker Champ Speaks at Industry Conference Bodog.com has confirmed Poker champ Daniel Negreanu will be a special guest speaker at their Poker & Sports Marketing Conference, taking place in Las Vegas on July 6 and 7. Reggie Jackson and Mike Ditka will also be celebrity speakers.
28 Jun 05 Poker Room Raid in Montreal Montreal authorities raided a large private poker room, putting a scare through the underground poker rooms in the city.
28 Jun 05 InterPoker Gives Away WSOP seats Online Poker leader Interpoker is still giving away seats to the World Series of Poker. Check out how you can win.
28 Jun 05 Royal Sports Complaints Continue The sports focused "watchdog" boards are buzzing again with the usual batch of "slow-pay" complaints against Royal Sports. This book has plagued with these types of posts for far too long.
28 Jun 05 FreeRoll Tournament Pokerforum.com is hosting a freeroll tourney on Wednesday the 29th.
28 Jun 05 Actress Jennifer Tilley wins WSOP Event Academy Award nominee Jennifer Tilley won a Ladies Only WSOP event (and $158,000-plus), beating out 600 other entrants. We assume she got a few tips from current boyfriend Phil "The Unabomber" Laak.
28 Jun 05 Party Poker Floats Despite the bumpy riad leading up to the stock launch (due to the US Department of Justice rumbling about legality), Shares in Partygaming, owner of the Partypoker gaming website, have risen 9% to 126.5p in conditional trading.
The firm's offer price of 116p valued it at £4.64bn ($8.46bn), the biggest UK market debut in almost five years. The shares begin formal trading on 30 June.
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