A 19 year-old Norwegian, Annette Obrestad, a young on-line poker prodigy, has just made a historic debut in the World Series of Poker Europe 2007 in London by winning the sum of £1,000,000 !
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Since the start of September 2007, Belgians have been able to watch the Poker Channel: the British specialist poker channel which is entirely devoted to the game, via the Be TV sports package.
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The International Poker Open - IPO – which will take place on the 6th and 7th October in Dublin (Ireland) aims to become Europe’s biggest poker tournament by attracting the largest number of participants possible.
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The World Poker Association (WPA) has introduced a code of ethics for poker tournaments in order to promote the professionalism of poker throughout the world and establish a framework of ethics to be adopted for poker in general.
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The second round of the National Poker League’s international tournament series will take place at the Loose Cannon Club in London from 12th to 18th August 2007. The tournaments will then successively head for the Philippines, Australia and the USA.
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At the end of final table lasting nearly 16 hours, 39 year-old Jerry Yang walked away with the 8.25 million dollar prize and the most sought-after winner’s bracelet in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
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Betfair.com has entered into a partnership agreement with Harrah’s License Company LLC, an entertainment subsidiary of Harrah’s, Inc., to become the sponsor of the World Series Of Poker Europe until 2011.
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The organisers of the Pokerstars European Poker Tour have just announced the schedule for Season IV which will be launched in Barcelona in August 2007.
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At just 21 years old, Steve Billirakis has become the youngest ever winner of the WSOP in 2007. This unprecedented victory confirms his status as poker’s newest star. (more…)
200 European players will take part in the final of the second edition of the Everest Poker European Cup (EPEC), to be held in the Algarve region of Portugal in October 2007. (more…)