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Following last summer's narrow loss to the humans in the First Man-Machine poker Championship held in Vancouver, Canada, the University of Alberta's Computer poker Research Group (CPRG) had a year to improve on their collection...

(Gaming And Casinos News and Information) The Asian poker Tour APT is proud to announce that the champion of this years inaugural leg David Saab is confirmed to attend the next leg of the APT in Macau Australiabased Saab survived ferocious competition at the final table to win APT Philippines this past June taking home 280000 US This August he will be heading to APT Macau with his sights set on an even bigger reward a minimum of 500000 US to the winner from a guaranteed prize pool of 1500000 US With half a million dollars at stake hell be facing plenty of stiff competition In addition to the various poker players who participated in APT Philippines there will be many other big names in Macau looking for a shot at the big prizeAPT Macau the second leg of the 2008 Asian poker Tour will be held at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Asias gambling mecca from August 27 to 31 2008 The APT offers Asias largest guaranteed prize pool in an international poker tournament to date which is

(Gaming And Casinos News and Information) Now that the school and community center that it built in Malawi is fully selfsustaining online casino httpwwwslotlandcom Slotlandcom is concluding its funding To date the online slot machine and video poker site has donated more than 100000 to construct the much needed facilities and train teachers and staff As the local Project Team moves on to assist other villages another online gambling leader wwwCasinoRankingcom has stepped forward to donate at least 10000 toward ongoing projects For more than two years the popular online slot machine and video poker httpwwwslotlandcom web site wwwSlotlandcom provided all funding required to construct buildings and train local teachers in the remote and impoverished village of Juma Malawi The goal of the African aid project has always been that it should be selfsustaining and since the Project Team built a maize mill to generate ongoing revenue the centre has required minimal outside fundingBut the work

I have been reading this forum for a long time, and while it is a great source to track some of the more problematic online gaming sites - I want to take this opportunity to write about a very positive experience I had with an online casino site.I have to tell you that the bulk of my gaming online is usually restricted to poker - but once in a while I like to dabble in on online casino as well. I did that this last weekend - on Riverbelle - run by Bellerock gaming.I had been a very regular customer of Bellerock when they had their poker sites - mainly the The Gaming Club - however Bellerock no longer operates their poker sites. But I got the itch to play in the Riverbelle casino there again after quite a long absence.Well, I did get lucky - and made a good sized hit on one of the slot machines.When I went to cash out I found that I could not by my usual means (Instadebit - I live in Canada), and since I made my last deposit on a VISA card the only withdrawal method was by cou

Now that the 2008 WSOP is winding down, it's time to look forward to the next tournament. Many players take a few weeks off to rest and take a well-deserved vacation to ready them for the next season. However, for the women who...

When you see some big name poker pros at a final table at the World poker Tour, you can expect some drama, and the players of the World poker Tour World poker Open did not disappoint.

Rarely has a WPT final table brought together so many big name pros and champions. A WSOP World Champion and two WPT champs were at the table of the Gold Strike Casino World poker Open in Tunica, Mississippi.

Deep inside the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is the Amazon Room. For the past six weeks, this cavernous space has been home to the largest poker tournament series ever held: the 2008 World Series of poker. With the Main Event playing down to the final nine players on Monday, July 14th, the eyes of the poker world will be intently focused on the action for at least the next few days. PocketFivesLive.com has been live at the Rio for the entire WSOP, bringing its readers the best coverage of online poker players available. (PRWeb Jul 11, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1095084.htm

Titan poker players will be treated to an exclusive welcome party, Guinness brewery tour, and live band show before competing at the famous Irish Winter Festival this October. (PRWeb Jul 11, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1079164.htm

The online poker room Ladbrokes poker has announced that they have acquired one of the top Swedish poker pros of the year for their team of poker players. Jonas 'Nebuchad' Danielsson signed with Ladbrokes poker and brings with him a string of accomplishments, including cashing in the 2008 World Series of poker three times and being named the current Scandinavian Online Player of the Year. Danielsson has more than three million dollars credited to him as online winnings...