October 3rd, 2010 by admin

Absolute Poker puts up a freeroll tournament (The European FreeRoll Showndown) to determine which European country hosts the best poker player.
Players can register on the site absolute poker tournament according to their nationality. Top 5 players from each country will win their place in the final to be held March 24, 2007.
The winner of this final will of his country, in addition to the $ 1,000 prize pool at stake, the country that hosts the best poker player in Europe.
According to David Clain, Vice President of Absolute Poker, it is definitely a spirit of competition between European countries when it comes to poker. Each country thinks is better than its neighbor, with this tournament we will soon have the answer.
While experts winner gives Sweden, the Germans are ready for the challenge.
The program:

* Week 1 to 24 February: Turkey, Germany, Finland, Norway, Russia
* Week March 2 to 3: France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland
* Week 3 to 10 March: Greece, Cyprus, Austria, Switzerland, Poland
* Week 4 to 17 March: Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Italy
* Week March 5 to 24: Final

While defending our flag and who knows, if a French win it will be a difference.

Absolute Poker also involves a package worth $ 125 000 to allow an amateur to discover the life of a professional player by offering a place in 10 major tournaments including the WSOP, WPT and 5 stages of a entry to $ 10 000 for the Ultimate Poker Challenge.
The winner will also offer:

* In a buy for a cash game as coach with Michael Mizrachi.
* $ 18 000 for travel expenses
* Entrance to all Absolute Poker $ 100 000 for one year warranty

This tournament will be held March 4 at 20:30 (ET) or 2:30 on March 5 for France. Players can go directly to the final by paying admission fees of $ 200 16, or qualify via satellite tournaments daily.

October 3rd, 2010 by admin

With the enormous growth of online poker and $ millions played every day, it did not take long for hackers using phishing techniques to take advantage of this influx of money.
PartyPoker players have also been the first victims of such attacks is to send a message to players in order to redirect them to a pirate site resembling the original site and recover the maximum amount of information including their login and password.
Banks and other financial institutions have improved their security, hackers attacking their new target: Poker players.

October 3rd, 2010 by admin

From 1 March 2007, players accustomed to Doyle’s Room will no longer play at the site where the iconic figure is none other than Doyle Brunson holds 10 bracelets World Series of Poker.
The site said all players in the day yesterday that they will no longer accept U.S. players and existing players will no longer make money. From then on March 1, the only section of the site available will be the withdrawal of its earnings.
Players who wish may still have the option to transfer their money and loyalty points to Fulltiltpoker.
The leaders of Doyle’s Room is hoped that this situation will be temporary, they intend to return to the U.S. market after the federal government has clarified its position on the legality or illegality of poker online. They accept U.S. players again provided only that the Government make the poker on Internet 100% legal.

October 3rd, 2010 by admin

Missed in the first case Neteller by the Department of Justice.
The preliminary hearing was scheduled Feb. 14 for two founders of Neteller John Lefebvre and Steve Lawrence has been postponed for at least 30 days due to a failure of the U.S. government to clarify the indictment. assigning a judge or by fixing a new date for the hearing.
Meanwhile, Neteller has announced a wave of dismissal following the withdrawal of the U.S. market. Thus about 58% of 1000 employees who will lose their jobs within the company following the indictment of two founders.
Ron Martin, current president of Neteller announced: “We want to thank all our employees who contributed to the growth of Neteller over recent years and wish them the best for the future.
Trading in the stock market Neteller is still suspended and some U.S. customers are still waiting for their money, part of which was seized by the U.S. government.

October 3rd, 2010 by admin

CardPlayer TV offers a variety of channels with very rich content.
We can find many episodes of the World Series of Poker, the daily news of the biggest world events, poker strategy lessons, biographies of the greatest professional players and more.
The boom in local CardPlayer has been very high in recent weeks, the likes of Huck Seed, John Friedberg and Joe Navarro went into the studio to shoot some footage.
Every day new videos related to the news of poker will be uploaded every week and Shawn Green will speak about hundreds of thousands of dollars that are earned on the Internet at major tournaments organized by the different room.
Players will speak not only of the strategy, but also give our readers a glimpse into the life of a player from High Stakes.
Poker-related products will also be presented.

October 3rd, 2010 by admin

Sky, the British media empire tries a new approach combining poker multi table poker players and spectators while preparing to launch its latest television channel that will allow viewers to play from home via their remote control.
In a market that is growing across all possible media, SKY advantage of its network and its capabilities to try this new experience.
Those with Sky Bet account may therefore play from home via their TV while listening to comments from Helen Chamberlain and Sean Boyce surrounded by experts such as Ed Giddins, Tony Kendall and Trevor Harris. It is this last point that should make the project interesting.

August 15th, 2010 by admin

Poker in the Netherlands on track?
Indeed, Dutch Liberal government is partnering with Holland Casino to address the market of online poker.
Cryptologic, the leading provider of software and development of paris working with government to develop a gaming portal accessible only to the Dutch. This site should be online in June 2007.
President of Cryptologic announces: “We have excellent suggestions for other governments who are interested to implement secure solutions to regularize paris on the Internet.”