The PokerStars Sunday Million had 7,557 entrants last night, making for a total prize pool of $1,511,400, just $11,400 more than the guarantee. Those numbers were down slightly from last week, when numbers had already been the lowest that the Sunday Million had seen since July 6. The winner of the event could expect to pocket at most $186,000 should no deal be made at the final table.
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When it comes to gambling away your cash online, Aces Royal is the only place to go. It’s one of the few proper play-for-money poker providers for mobile, and now it’s making the jump to PC and Mac too.
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With the Republican National Convention just a week away, supporters of online gambling have turned their attention to two troubling sentences of the Republican Party’s platform: “Millions of Americans suffer from problem or pathological gambling that can destroy families. We support legislation prohibiting gambling over the Internet or in student athletics by student athletes who are participating in competitive sports.” On the Republican Party Platform Committee forum, at gopplatform2008.com, the public is urged to submit comments about the proposed platform.
Ten faces - the last ten winners of the biggest single prize in poker - were analysed by a leading international personologist (a face reader) to launch a new online and land-based poker tournament from CircusCasino.com where players get two chances to win.
It is said to not show any emotion, be expressionless and never give away the cards in front of you, now the traits of the perfect face for poker - which could be a key to a poker fortune - have been disclosed.
Remarkably, the facial features of the best poker players in the world have many similarities and the traits - which include a Roman nose, jutting chin, cupped-out ears and wide-set eyes (see below) - show why they may be the champions they are.
Scott Montgomery was the only member of the November Nine to play on day 1A in the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker championship event at the Bicycle Casino. He might also be the only player from the World Series of Poker main event final table to play at Legends, which would come as no surprise because he plays more $10,000 poker tournaments than any of his November competitors.
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On Tuesday 26 August, ahead of the $1.5 million guaranteed APT Macau (running 27 to 31 August), the glamorous Galaxy StarWorld Casino Resort and Hotel will open the APT Poker Room on Level 2, followed by several special events of interest to poker fans.
Following the APT poker room opening, at 4.30pm in the lobby, US poker legend Doyle Brunson, the ‘Godfather of Poker’, wiinner of 10 WSOP bracelets and the most revered poker strategy writer in the world, will be on hand for book signings and to meet fans until 6pm.
GAMBLERS pumped $1.3 billion through Crown’s poker machines, card tables and hotels last financial year despite the economic gloom.
Its coffers were 6 per cent fuller with $433.3 million, despite smoking bans and a higher gaming machine levy.
Gamblers spent $801.8 million on the casino’s main floor poker machines, roulette wheels and blackjack tables.
Money from the VIP big stakes gamblers was down 3.5 per cent to $289.3 million.
With an average room rate of $294 at Crown Towers and $203 at Crown Promenade — and at least 90 per cent occupancy — non gaming revenue surged 8.1 per cent to $279.9 million.
Poker Players along with the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) recently inundated the Republican Platform Committee’s official message board asking them to protect individuals’ rights to play poker online, and to revise their statement regarding online gambling in their upcoming party platform.
The 2000 and 2004 Republican platforms opposed Internet gambling, and included the following verbiage: “Millions of Americans suffer from problem or pathological gambling that can destroy families. We support legislation prohibiting gambling over the Internet or in student athletics by student athletes who are participating in competitive sports.”
John Pappas, executive director of PPA, which has over 1 million members, noted, “This shouldn’t be a partisan issue. It should be a personal-freedom issue.”
Greg Raymer, 2004 World Series of Poker champion wrote,”My point is simple. Is the Republican Party no longer the party of personal freedom and individual responsibility?” He added, “Why has this party, that used to protect my rights, now become the party that wants to create a nanny-state?”
We received an email from Chan Poker Support on 20 August announcing that they will be closing on 21 August 2008. Their email follows, as well as instructions how to withdraw funds and close player accounts:
“We are sad to inform you that Chan Poker will be ceasing operation effective this Thursday, August 21, 2008. Effective immediately we will no longer be accepting deposits. On August 21 our poker clients will be disabled.
If you have a cash balance with us rest assured that all withdrawal requests will be honored and promptly processed. To facilitate timely withdrawals, limits for certain withdrawal methods have been increased. We will make every effort to accept withdrawal requests through our website for as long as necessary, however we strongly advise submitting your request as soon as possible. To initiate a withdrawal now, please follow this link to go to your account: https://www.chanpoker.com/account. Please note that once final withdrawals are processed your account will be automatically closed, no further action is necessary.
CALGARY, ALBERTA, Aug 19, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — The Canadian Poker Tour, the poker brand of HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc. (the “Company”) (PINK SHEETS: HDUP) is pleased to announce that it will be televising the Main Event of the Labor Day Open Poker Tournament from the River Cree Resort and Casino in Edmonton, Alberta. Two one hour television shows will feature play from the Main Event, a $2700 buy in event with an estimated prize pool of over $500,000. The programs will air later this fall on The Score Television Network, the exclusive network of The Canadian Poker Tour.