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Chris Webber is a retired basketball great, and he is looking for some great action this Friday at Planet Hollywood to raise money for the Chris Webber Foundation. The event, called C-Webb's Bada Bling Celebrity Weekend, will include a charity poker tournament that will be sure to gather sports stars and celebrities for a good cause. No River Holdem is the game, just like Texas Holdem except there is no river card, giving players one less card with which to make the best poker hand...

The online gambling licensing agency Kahnawake got a stern talking too from one of the largest poker advocacy organizations on the planet recently when the Poker Players Alliance came out against the agency about their reticence in working with PPA. The PPA, a grassroots organization determined to protect poker players' interests, spoke out against the infamous cheating allegations brought against two major online poker rooms and the regulatory industry's lack of control on the issue. Both sites are licensees of Kahnawake, which was refused entry to the Advertising Standards Authority in Great Britain.Related Articles:Legal poker in California closer to happeningSwedish poker veto action...

Online poker room Titan Poker just recently announced they have added the Russian language to their poker room, giving Russian speakers the chance to play poker at the popular site in their native language. Titan Poker now has a dozen languages to offer: Russian, Dutch, Danish, English, German, French, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, and Swedish. According to the poker room an influx of Russian speaking players prompted the addition to the suite of service offered by Titan Poker, which extends to the poker software, customer support services, and the web site.Related Articles:Online poker player youngest to win signature eventiPods available at online poker room...

New poker platform will integrate customers and features from two leading poker rooms to create third largest online poker network. (PRWeb Jul 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1143304.htm

(Gaming And Casinos News and Information) Always the bestvalue monthly freeroll series in online poker PokerListingscom httpwwwpokerlistingscompokerstars and PokerStars httpwwwpokerstarscomsitespokerlistingssourcepllplink001 raise the bar again in August with another 25000 available exclusively to PokerListingscom playersIncluded are a 10000 cash freeroll plus two shots at allinclusive packages to step to the felt with the highrollers on the burgeoning PokerStarscom Asia Pacific Poker Tour APPT For those who may have missed out on the first groundbreaking season of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour says Hannah Mayen media relations director at PokerListingscom I assure them they do not want to miss out on Season 2With a new event in New Zealand and bigger guaranteed cash prizes than ever before this is another great example of PokerStars embracing the global nature of the game and leading the way into pokers futureFor our players this is a fantastic chance to be a part of it and to play with

The Kahnawake gaming Commission (KGC), which oversees numerous online poker sites using Kahnawake-based Internet services in Canada, has released an official statement regarding the unfolding situation on UltimateBet Poker. The statement...

(Gaming And Casinos News and Information) SpadeClub wwwspadeclubcom a subscriptionbased poker community has awarded its first of eight free WPT Boot Camp seats On July 12 Mike MIKEG23 Garcia was awarded his free seat to the WPT Boot Camp of his choice Garcia is choosing to attend the twoday tournament camp held at the MGM Grand Hotel Casino in Las Vegas Nevada at the end of SeptemberSeven more seats will be awarded to Exclusive members who will compete for the seats in bimonthly freeroll tournaments The next WPT Boot Camp Giveaway tournament will be held on Saturday July 26 2008 at 3 pm ET All Exclusive members will have a chance to win the opportunity to train with worldclass poker pros at a WPT Boot Camp seminar of their choiceSpadeClub provides poker enthusiasts of every skilllevel a chance to win their share of more than 100000 and play in 2500 poker tournaments every month for only 1999 per month SpadeClubs unique features which include creating a player profile utilizing tools a

Game Show Network has confirmed that the popular poker cash-game program, 'High Stakes Poker,' has been renewed for a fifth season. The show, one of the highest rated on the network, is expected to begin filming new episodes...

PokerRoom and bwin Poker introduce deluxe PokerNews Cup Australia packages - each consisting of even bigger prizes including access to private cruises and excursions!

Poker After Dark is one of the most popular of all the poker games shown on TV, and one reason is because they so often mix up their themes. The latest idea is The cash game, a $100k buy in event featuring six players: Phil Hellmuth, Tom Dwar, Allen Cunningham, Guy Laliberte, Mike Baxter, and David Peat.