What do you get when you combine a deck of cards, professional poker players, celebrities and professional athletes, fans, amateur poker players, worthy charities, exotic locations, incredible prizes and millions of dollars? You get the ultimate poker party.the “Go Big or Go Home Poker Party.” The “Go Big or Go Home Poker Party” is a […]
Monthly Archives: May 2006
Poker Royalty, the premier poker agency representing poker players and properties, is pleased to announce that it has been hired by Go Big or Go Home Tournament 1, LLC to provide poker industry expertise and business consulting services for the “Go Big or Go Home Poker Party.” This unique No-Limit Texas Hold’em poker tournament is […]
As reported by the Washington Post: “Online poker players will have to fold their hands if a Virginia congressman gets his way.”Today, the House Judiciary Committee will mark up a bill introduced by Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte (R) that would ban much online gambling, including bets on sporting events and games of chance — namely […]
Sun Village Resorts today announced that “Go Big or Go Home Poker Party” will take place from September 6-10, 2006 at its upscale four-star all-inclusive Sun Village Resort & Spa in Cofresi on the northern shores of the Dominican Republic. As Official Host Hotel and Party Central, the panoramic Cofresi vacation destination will allocate a […]
A Massachusetts man won a years supply of cake and $10,000 in Poker.com’s recent “birthday tournament.” A year after Poker.com launched their online poker software they celebrated by rewarding their players with a unique promotion. 694 Poker.com players took their seat and lined up for a shot at $50,000 in prizes plus a year’s supply […]
As reported by the Associated Press: “The Bangor City Council unanimously approved a series of agreements to pave the way for a $70 million permanent slots facility that will eventually replace the temporary Hollywood Slots that has been in operation since November.. “Penn National Gaming Inc. has been operating a temporary slots facility with 475 […]
HollywoodPoker.com helped raise more than $30,000 for the 4th Annual Dennis Quaid Charity Weekend. The proceeds from the May 4-7 event will benefit four Austin children’s charities. New to this year’s event was the HollywoodPoker.com Texas Hold ’em Celebrity Challenge, helping to push the weekends contributions over $300,000. Quaid, who has called upon his friends […]
TitanPoker.com announces the signing of supermodel and actress Joanna Krupa as an official spokesperson. Over the past twelve months, Krupa has appeared on the cover of Maxim’s US Calendar and was also featured on the cover of Playboy. Joanna was voted ‘sexiest woman in the world’ by magazines in Australia, USA, South Africa, England, Czech […]
The odds improved Wednesday for one of the major Las Vegas-based casino companies to enter the British gaming market big-time. In London, the Casino Advisory Panel announced a short list of eight locations that will be open to development of the first Las Vegas-style casino in the United Kingdom. American operators with interests in British […]
As reported by the Post-Standard: ” .While the harness track’s new owners await permission from the state to open, they’re spending $4 million to renovate restaurants, the grandstand, parking lots, barns and a never-used casino. “No opening date has been set for the track or the casino, but American Racing officials are optimistic the track […]
Proposals to ban Internet gambling took another step toward becoming law Thursday as a House committee passed two bills designed to outlaw online wagering. The action by the House Judiciary Committee means the House could vote as early as next month on whether to shut down Internet gambling, which has quadrupled in the past six […]
Ja Rule is the latest in a series of celebrities who have entered the booming online poker market. StarsOnPoker.com opened its doors with a $500,000 Freeroll, a free poker tournament with top prize of $200,000. The cardroom offers popular multiplayer poker games like Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Low, 7 Card Stud and exclusive games like […]
Poker has soared in popularity because, unlike other sports, the average guy sitting in front of his TV set figures he can win the World Series of Poker, a champion player said Thursday. Professional poker player and television commentator Howard Lederer said the charm of poker is that “people at home believe they can be […]
To travel or not to travel, that’s the question facing millions of Americans as they contemplate Memorial Day holidays to Las Vegas and elsewhere this weekend. Gasoline prices, which averaged about $3.14 per gallon for regular unleaded on Thursday, are a large reason for their concerns. AAA predicts that the number of Americans driving and […]