entertainment - "poker"

There is not a hotter game console on the market today than the Nintendo Wii. They are so popular it is hard to even find them in stores! This amazing innovation is not merely a game but an experience, where you are right in the action from golfing to boxing and playing guitar! And now you can have one FREE from ChiliPoker! read more in pokerworks.com

The improved pre-registration process for the 2008 World Series of poker has early entries running at a pace well ahead of last year, and players desiring to secure their spots in specific events, according to WSOP officials...

Last week, this column introduced readers to Bookmaker.com and some of the reasons that it is taking a firm place among the strongest websites catering to poker players and sports and race bettors. Not only does the site have a solid reputation, but it is one of the few poker sites that caters to United States customers. read more in pokerworks.com

69 players returned to Harrah's New Orleans for Day 2 of the World Series of poker Circuit Main Event, with 2007 winner Lou Esposito sharing the chip lead with David Fox as Day 2 kicked off. Also in the field were Circuit regulars...

What an amazing time to be playing on Full Tilt poker, and in my case, writing about everything going on there. Full Tilt has been on fire this month, and there are more exciting promotions and tournaments to come! read more in pokerworks.com

Pacific poker is doing it again..topping the competition by giving away not one but two $17,000 packages to the WSOP! And, these aren't the usual $12,000 value package deals; these are worth a whopping $17,000! read more in pokerworks.com

Sam Grizzle, who once punched Phil Hellmuth in the jaw during a game, was a veteran of many No Limit Texas Holdem games, but it was his first time on NBC's National Heads-Up poker Championship.

America Online has enough people in their community of users to populate a medium sized country, and what would a country be without gambling? While AOL doesn't provide online gambling in a way that sites like LuckyAceCasino.com do, but they do offer Texas Holdem and some fairly impressive prizes. While some people in the world would consider America Online working with Harrah's an unholy alliance when it comes to moral turpitude, the reality is that the teaming up of these two giants makes the World Series of poker more accessible to a broader range of people.

Does ESPN have too much power? Well on the plus side they don't have the ability to influence world financial markets, execute a major ground campaign against any nation that calls soccer 'football', or behead infidels who don't bow down and worship the Stanley Cup. With that said, they do have the power to affect major sporting events like the World Series of poker, and decide when and where the championships happen.

Online poker rooms have done all they can to make the experience as comfortably convenient for their customers as possible. To their credit, they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams on this front. What they have also done by creating a tool to speed play along was create an online tell that gives away a good hand. As part of the player interface there are generally a number of checkboxes that are available to the online player. The user can simply set up his next action by clicking in the checkbox.