2006 DAILY ONLINE POKER NEWS

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June 29, 2006. 2006 World Series of Poker Opens with Second-Biggest Live Poker Tournament in History! The 2006 World Series of Poker opened with a bang. The world's largest and most prestigious poker spectacle began with the first open event on the schedule - the $1,500 buy-in no-limit hold'em competition. A record 2,776 players entered the event, making it one of the largest poker tournaments ever in history. Only the 2005 WSOP..

June 28, 2006. Event 1: 2006 Casino Employees World Championship - Caesars Palace Dealer Chris Gros Wins First-Prize. Official Results and Report from the 2006 World Series of Poker. Event 1: Casino Employees World Championship, No-Limit Hold'em. On most days and nights, players in the "Casino Employees World Poker Championship" can be found providing customer service to the guests of their respective casino and hotel properties. On this day..

June 28, 2006. Microgaming Poker Network Deals Up Record Breaking Hand. Microgaming's Prima Poker Network served up records galore when a heads up game delivered the largest pot in online poker history. Two ultra competitive poker players, who at one stage had $800,000 on the table between them, played a $465,461 hand during an eight hour marathon, eclipsing the previous $357,256 record by over $100,000...

June 28, 2006. World Poker Tour(R) Host Mike Sexton Wins $1 Million At WSOP's Tournament Of Champions And Donates $500K To Charities. Poker's most beloved ambassador - World Poker Tour's host and commentator Mike Sexton - edged out "Kid Poker" Daniel Negreanu after 17 hours to win $1 million at the WSOP's Tournament of Champions, and will donate half of his winnings to several charities. Mike Defeats Daniel Negreanu and some of poker's most prominent figures, winning..

June 27, 2006. The 2006 Tournament of Champions Day 1 - The Wild Bunch. Day 1 of the exclusive, invitation only tournament played out in the Rio's Amazon Room, the massive space that will soon be the site of the World Series of Poker, and featured an eclectic starting field. Of the twenty-seven players, the majority earned entrance by placing first in a WSOP Circuit Event. These players included: Greg..

June 27, 2006. New Video Poker And 100 Play Power Poker Games From Microgaming. Industry leading online gaming software provider, Microgaming annouced new releases for July. New Bonus Deuces Wild Video Poker and Joker Poker 100 Play Power Poker games will be available at King Neptune's online casino on June 28th. You can play up to 100 hands at a time with five 100 play power poker games offered by Microgaming today.

June 27, 2006. Join Fantasy Poker League At Full Tilt Poker To Win Great Prizes. Full Tilt Poker's Fantasy Poker League is underway. Players can pick their poker dream team out of more than 200 professional players in 36 different WSOP events. Here's how it works: Players will choose and rank the 15 pros they think will do the best in each WSOP event. The more money their pros win, the more fantasy dollars they'll..

June 26, 2006. Official Report From 2006 Tournament Of Champions. As final table begins, Irishman Andrew Black is the chip leader, Daniel Negreanu a distant second, eight more round-out the field.. The third annual Tournament of Champions kicked off today at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The TOC is a one-of-a-kind freeroll competition consisting of the top World Series of Poker and WSOP Circuit players of the past year. The high-level of competition makes the tournament one of the toughest events to win in..

June 22, 2006. 2006 WSOP Promotions At Full Tilt Poker - Race For Bracelets Qualifiers And More. After months of qualifying tournaments, hundreds of Tilters are beating a path to Las Vegas to take their seats at the world's richest poker event. Remember, it's not over yet, and hundreds more can still follow in their footsteps thanks to FTP's great qualifiers. If you haven't won a WSOP prize package yet, there are still tons of seats..

June 18, 2006. Online Casino Games Of Luck And Of Skill - The Choice Is Yours. Does it take only skill or only luck to win at online casinos? The truth is that most online casino games require a mixture of both luck and skill, with very few based only on luck. If you are planning a visit to the online casino, don't think that sheer luck will give you the winning edge. Likewise when it comes to skill. Just..

June 16, 2006. Four Video Poker Winners Of Europa Casino Took Home $100K. Europa Online Casino reported 4 big video poker winners in May. This international casino accept players from around the world as the winners are from different countries: Face it, Dennis, You're an Ace Dennis C. (USA) continues to wow us all with his ability to take home the cash! This time Dennis chose Aces and Faces as his game of..

June 12, 2006. What's Important In Winning Poker - Part 2 Of The Lou Krieger's Article. It's also apparent that some overall structure seems to be missing from many players' games. After all, some elements are much more important than others, and strategic, mathematical, and theoretical knowledge are just pieces of a larger pie. Usable knowledge has to be organized so that it's accessible - and readily available when..

June 8, 2006. Sun Poker And Bluff Magazine Are Hosting A WSOP 'Dream Shot' Free Roll Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament Giving 2 Wounded Warriors Seats To The 2006 WSOP. "Cowboy" Kenna James is saddling up for a ride into San Antonio Texas on June 20th and 21st to run the "Dream Shot" Tournament that will end with two Wounded Warriors winning seats to the 2006 World Series of Poker at the Rio Hotel & Casino of Las Vegas in July courtesy of Bluff Magazine and SunPoker online poker room. "I am proud to be..

June 6, 2006. Poker Ocean Card Room - New Wave In Online Poker. Poker Ocean has just been launched, and it's probably the next "Big Wave" in online poker card rooms. This newest surf-and-sand themed poker room is a proud member of the iPoker Network, a part of the industry-leading Playtech poker and casino gaming software family. Online players can be sure that Poker Ocean will provide them with the..

June 6, 2006. Detroit Native Wins Seat At Upcoming World Series Of Poker Playing At SunPoker. (Wauburn Hills, MI) - Sun Poker was looking for the best Texas Hold 'Em poker player in Michigan to represent "Sun" in the greatest poker event - 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. Claude Mason, 35, from Taylor, Michigan has been crowned by SunPoker as their "King of the Palace" Champion. Mason's Grand Prize is a $10,000..

June 5, 2006. New Offers Of Fortune Lounge's Online Poker Rooms - Royal Vegas Poker And Poker Time. Fortune Lounge has just announced that they reviewed current bonus offers of their two online cardrooms and decided to chance free cash, no deposit required offers. The reason for this move is to improve the quality of players. PokerTime will be removing the current offer of $10 free with immediate effect. The offer will be - Purchase..


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