Poker News - Grante State Poker

July 4th Sale on Poker
7/4/2008 12:49:28 AM
Today is Independence Day in the United States, an issue that is relevant on many levels, including the right to play poker online. One online poker store is celebrating the day with sales of their poker tables, a trend that savvy poker players will find in many other online poker venues. Buy Poker Tables Online is the store, and poker players don't have to live in the US to take advantage of the American Holiday, thanks to the power of the internet......
WSOP Europe Schedule Announced
7/4/2008 12:37:42 AM
The World Series of Poker for 2008 is currently running in Las Vegas and players that couldn't make it from Europe are in for some good news - the schedule for the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe has been announced. Taking place in September, the WSOPE will be nine days of poker with four events, including the GBP 10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem event won by Annette Obrestad last year, the first woman and youngest player ever to win a WSOP main event. The other events include a cheaper NLHE, a Pot Limit Omaha and a H.O.R.S.E......
New Features on CryptoLogic Poker Network
7/4/2008 12:14:31 AM
The online poker software company CryptoLogic recently announced two new features that will have online poker players excited. The first is the ability for poker players to set up and host their own tournaments. The second is a filtering and sorting tool that allows players to customize their own preferences......
PokerTek Hires David Sklansky
7/3/2008 12:49:12 AM
Poker author and pro David Sklansky has recently joined PokerTek as an "Executive Poker Consultant", a role to which he is well suited. PokerTek is the company behind the dealerless tables that are being installed and tested out all around the US that allow players to interact with a computer built inside. Sklansky is a three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and the author of more than a dozen books on poker play and gambling skills......
Phil Hellmuth Misses 12th WSOP Victory Opportunity
7/3/2008 12:35:43 AM
The world leader in World Series of Poker bracelets made a run at pulling even further ahead of his closest competitors but came up short by two spots. Phil Hellmuth, owner of 11 WSOP bracelets, nearly got his 12th during Day Three of Event 51, $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Instead he managed a nice third place position, and $93k that likely means little to the poker superstar in comparison to the prestige another WSOP bracelet would have meant......
Aussies Say No Thanks to Poker Playing Mike Tyson
7/3/2008 12:24:13 AM
The former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson has plans on participating in the $10 million Aussie Millions Poker Championships at the start of next year, and victims of violent crimes are calling for the Australian Government to step in and say no. The 42 year old Tyson is a convicted rapist, the biggest reason why people like Crime Victims Support Association president Noel McNamara want to prevent Tyson from getting a visa. Tyson would have to pass a character test to get a visa and his prior jail terms could make it a moot point, but he could appeal directly to the minister. Related Articles: Online poker player sues poker room House Committee to look at poker bill......
First Ever Two Time Split Winner at WSOP
7/2/2008 12:02:53 AM
The 39th annual World Series of Poker continues to offer up firsts this year in Las Vegas. For the first time a single poker player has won two gold bracelets in the Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split event. The winner of this year's $1,500 buy in Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split event is Ryan Hughes......
California Poker Rooms to Get Coverage from Major Magazine
7/1/2008 11:37:07 PM
The major poker rooms in California will get serious coverage from one of the biggest poker magazines today, the Poker Pro Magazine. The magazine will spend 11 months chronicling CA card rooms which is, according to a recent press release, the "most comprehensive" look at CA card rooms ever attempted, and will start in October with a look at some of the best known poker rooms in the world in Los Angeles. The company that publishes Poker Pro also publishes Online Poker Pro, Online Poker Pro Scandinavian, and Poker Pro Europe. Related Articles: US state poker bill moves forward New California study on poker legality......
Gomes Wins WSOP Event 48
7/1/2008 11:24:31 PM
The World Series of Poker for this year has had its share of exciting moments, including the finish of Event 48, the $2,000 buy in No Limit Holdem event. More than 2,300 players paid their buy in to create a prize pool of $4.2 million. First place finisher Alexandre Gomes got $770,448 of that prize pool, along with a gold WSOP bracelet and, being from Brazil, the recognition of being the first player from that country to ever win a WSOP event......
WSOP H.O.R.S.E. Won by Nguyen
7/1/2008 12:00:02 AM
The prize was $1.9 million and the respect of his peers - respect that he already had. The game was the $50,000 buy in H.O.R.S.E. World Championship at the 2008 World Series of Poker, and the victor was Scotty Nguyen......