entertainment - "poker"

Titan poker nears a milestone that will solidify its place as the leading European poker room in the online poker community. Its growing popularity is illustrated in the fact that the one billionth hand will be dealt very soon. The milestone began with the recent 950 millionth hand, and the countdown is now in progress. read more in pokerworks.com

NBC has released more information on its upcoming series of broadcasts of the fourth annual NBC National Heads-Up poker Championship, which was contested at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas early last month. The latest release includes...

A new mobile poker game has been launched from gaming solutions provider Spin3 in association with Microgaming. The name of the game is 3 Card poker, a traditional casino game that is fairly popular. This makes the number of games produced by Spin3 a baker's dozen, or 13...

A few weeks ago online poker room Absolute poker announced they would be assimilating the player accounts from another online poker room, Vegas poker 24/7. A recent press release has confirmed that the migration of player accounts has been completed. This means that players who have accounts with Vegas poker 24/7 will now be able to play at Absolute poker...

The parent company of online poker rooms Pacific poker and Lucky Ace poker, 888 Holdings, recently announced that profits are up more than double from the previous year. In addition to online poker the company offers online bingo services as well as casino style games like blackjack. Pretax profits from last year were around $45 million, in comparison to the $22 million from the year before that...

888 Holdings PLC, owner of Pacific poker, announced its preliminary 2007 year end results, which in many respects mirrored the performance of the industry as a whole. Like many of its competitors, 888 posted excellent gains from...

Michael Guttman is from Melbourne, Australia, and, like fellow countryman Joe Hachem, he is doing his country proud at the poker tables. Although Guttman has not won a main event at the World Series of poker as Hachem has, there is no denying that Michael is an Aussie poker player to keep an eye on. We are not sure if the blood flows elsewhere when you are from the land of 'Down Under' but when Michael takes a seat at the felt he keeps his wits sharp and cagey - and maybe that accent helps, too.

For the fifth year, Hillel's 5th Annual Celebrity Charity poker Tournament will bring together some of poker and Hollywood's finest for a great cause. The Bicycle Casino will host the tournament on Sunday, April 13th at noon in the Grand Ballroom. read more in pokerworks.com

Though there isn't a single licensed poker room in the state of Virginia, students attending the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, otherwise known as Virginia Tech, still have plenty of different ways to enjoy...

Howard 'the Professor' Lederer, knows more about the game of poker than most people, and enjoys sharing his knowledge with others. This knowledge extends to include the fact that even the Professor can get schooled.