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The World Series of poker has always been a draw for celebrities, especially now that poker has become such a fashionable game. This year quite a few celebrities turned out to play in the Ladies No Limit Texas Holdem event and quickly were shown the door. While considered as much a pro as a celebrity, Jennifer Tilly did not perform well, busting on the first day when her flush draw came up empty...

According to a recent press release the new eBook from Internet poker Coach was timed to help players get ready to compete in the 39th annual World Series of poker, currently running at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The eBook is titled 'The No BS Guide to Winning Online Texas Holdem' and was penned by author Chris Wilcox, who makes the point that many of the champions at the WSOP in recent years got their training by playing online poker, which allows for a faster education thanks to the speed at which the game can be played.Related Articles:Gus Hansen wrote a bookThree online pros to author books. ...

The first Annual Celebrity poker Tournament hosted by Century Casino & Hotel in Edmonton, Canada has been announced via press release and the benefits of the poker event will go to supporting the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Alberta. Canadian TV stars are scheduled to appear, such as Lorne Cardinal and Tara Spencer-Nairn from 'Corner Gas.' Other celebrities such as Playboy model Rochelle Loewen and football player Singor Mobley will play as well. The event is scheduled for June 14, 2008, and is restricted to only 77 players, and is to be held in the new 24 hour poker room at Century Casino.Related Articles:Poker all day longOld Town, new world poker fundraiser...

Parlay Entertainment Inc. (TSX VENTURE: PEI.V) the world's leading supplier of Internet and TV bingo software solutions, is pleased to announce that Tain, a leading supplier of poker, casino and casual games, has signed an agreement to use Parlay bingo technology.

It seemed, after the first week of PokerListings.com's live coverage of the 2008 World Series of Poker*, that full-time poker professionals were going to run away with all the glory at this year's Series, taking eight of the first nine events. But weekend action saw poker's lesser-knowns finally take a measure of revenge, scooping a few gold bracelets of their own and besting the higher-profile players most were expecting to dominate. (PRWeb Jun 10, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/wsop/2008/prweb1012084.htm

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WPT Enterprises has had its troubles over the past year. The Travel Channel backed out after five seasons of airing the show in a prime time slot. The World poker Tour's schedule for its seventh season was notably slim with seven fewer shows that the previous season. And though GSN picked up Season VI, the network has declined to renew the contract for the already-scheduled-for-production Season VII. read more in pokerworks.com

What could have been a great final table turned out to be a pretty damn good one. poker fans were likely disappointed when Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey busted in the money but short of the final table, but the final table was still one that would have most poker players cowering in fear. The seating assignments and chip counts for the final table were as follows: read more in pokerworks.com

World poker Tour Enterprises, Inc., owner of the World poker Tour, has announced that it has entered discussions with several broadcast networks after its current contract with Game Show Network expired on Saturday. The announcement...

The $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha event is about to start. I wonder how many players will show up for a low buy in non hold em event. It looks like about 2/3 the Amazon Room is filled so it'll be less than 1,000 players I think. The pigeons are still flying around. I wonder if they've aerial bombed anyone thus far. read more in pokerworks.com