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Radio Show for UK Gamblers

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UK poker enthusiasts are now looking forward to enjoying a new poker-oriented radio show, within the coming days. This show will be sponsored by BiylePoker.com, and produced by Matchroom Sports. This radio show which is going to be called The Poker Show is going to be aired on three different days being Sunday evening, Monday evening and Tuesday evenings, between 8-11 pm UK casino bonus time.

Hosted by none other than “The Voice of Poker,” Jesse May, The Poker Show is set to offer interactive discussions on prominent subjects on poker world, with listeners having the privilege to call in directly and contribute to the discussions. A visit to The Poker Show Lie.com beginning this Sunday will open up the great offering.

Jesse May is backed up by expert and seasoned crew members in running the program, and will co-host with a poker legend, born in Ireland – Mr Padraig Parkinson. Mr Matt Broughton, co-presenter of Sky Poker’s “The Club’’ is also part of the on-air team.

Jesse May comments that her new show, is going to be something to look forward to listening to, during your quiet evenings. She adds that she and her team look forward to having all the poker fanatics tune in to her show, whether they are expert players, or new players.

Jesse may also adds that this show will be aired live, with people having the opportunity to call in, at any time they like to ask questions and get advice. During the show you can expect to listen to the hottest rumours and all the latest news from the poker world.

Apart from the novel “The Poker Show,” Matchroom Sport’s confidence includes the on going “Poker Million,” and not to forget “The Premier League Poker” . The PokerShow sponsor BoylePoker will deliver a series of online challenges and campaigns relating to the programs introduction.

Young Compete with Older and Established Pros

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With the development of Internet gambling, both new and professional poker gamblers received the opportunity to practice at the online casinos throughout the year. But it has been noted that young poker players using online gambling sites are able to learn to play games faster, and they give the older and established pros a run for their money. The results of the recent Asian Poker Tour main event are a proof to that.

The well-known poker players such as Johnny Chan, Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson and others took part in the final table of the main event of the APT, as well as a young, 20-year old U.S. player – Yevgeniy Timoshenko. And he was the one who took the first prize – $500,000.
With a sizeable name in the industry made during the APT, Timoshenko will be able to go on honing his skills and compete against the high profile land and online casino poker gamblers.

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Results

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1,000,000 euro was dished out to the most skilled players during the last leg of the Grosvenor UK poker Tour held in the Luton Grosvenor Casino.

The final three players were James Mitchell, Sam Pickett and Dave LaRonde. The remaining prize money was split three ways for 60,000 euro each and the winner receiving 35,000 euro.

Mitchell left third, LaRonde left second, and Pickett became a winner having won 106,050 euro; a seat in the GUKPT Grand Final and a Tutima watch.

LaRonde dominated the three-way match, and Mitchell became the first casualty, pushing in with 7-3o and receiving a call from Pickett’s 66. Heads-up was a short affair, with LaRonde getting it in as a 3-1 underdog; his A-7 dominated by Pickett’s A-Q. The flop bought both an Ace and a Queen and LaRonde was officially drawing dead.

Lesson for All

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As many remember, Scotty Nguyen lost his composure with finalist Michael DeMichele and Erik Lindgren and spouted off many a drunken curse. It must be admitted the Nguyen’s behavior was surprising and nobody expected it.

Nevertheless, Nguyen made a public apology by sending it across the World Wide Web via his personal email account.

In his apology Nguyen pleads his fans to understand that he is only a human and he doesn’t justify his actions.

What really happened is that Nguyen was really disappointed with his loss at the 2007 WSOP main event. And this year’s event was of great importance for him. There was too much pressure. The things didn’t go his way. He was frustrated and let the steam off.

Jesper Hougaard – Member of bet365 Team

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Jesper Hougaard is announced to become the new bet365 ambassador. The 24-year old 2008 WSOP bracelet winner will take part in tournaments and some other activities held by Poker at bet365. Besides, he will represent bet365 in several land based events such as the EPT circuit.

With the help of his personal blog, Hougaard will be able to share his own poker experience, give advice upon poker strategy and etc.

Born in Copenhagen, Jesper spent some time in London. A turning point in the career of a tennis player and a former coach of the Danish National Table Tennis Team, who started playing cash games at school, became the 2008 World Series of Poker. There, he walked away with a prize pool of over $610,000.00 and a WSOP bracelet.

Internet Gambling Society Demands Information

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The internet poker gambling market remembers very well last year’s cheating scandal in which Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet were involved by their former employees. The scandal turned out to be the largest in the history of internet poker gambling industry and naturally cost some credibility and some of their established internet poker gambling network.

Both cases were investigated, fined and closed. The Kahnawake Gaming Commission and Tokwiro Enterprises released a statement, but it seemed to be watered down and didn’t contain any details.

There are rumors that some people involved in the scandal are living out of the country and thus out of the jurisdiction of the Canadian government. E.g.  Allan Grimard, the former low-level supervisor at Absolute Poker, is rumored to be living a very wealthy life in Costa Rica, the lifestyle he couldn’t achieve with his former earnings. However, there is no proof that Grimard was involved in the scandal.

With all the companies and regulator boards refusing to release any information about the results of the investigation or the identities of the employees, the anger of the online casino players from all over the world demanding more information is growing. And it is not clear what should the next step in resolving the situation.

No wonder, the online casinos are now having hard times. Both Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet are trying to distance themselves from last year’s scandal. They may even merge into one company and get a new name, Cereus.

WSOP 2008 Breaks Records

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The 2008 World Series of Poker owned by Harrah’s Entertainment is reported to be the largest and richest of its tournament’s 39 years. A record 58,720 entries were taken for the 55-event, 47-day poker tournament. The total prize pool was also a record and amounted to $180.7 million.

Eight different $10,000 buy-in events and eight different $1,500 buy-in events have also helped to the tournament field.

Players from 118 countries have managed to take part in the tournament, and they are believed to have found something for every of them.

It is not known how many participants won their seat to the WSOP 2008 in an online poker tournament because Harrah’s does not accept entry fees paid by third parties. A player must present his or her own entry to play in an event.

“We’ve accomplished what we set out to do, and we’re not taking anything for granted,” said Jeffrey Pollack, a Harrah’s vice president who serves as commissioner of the World Series of Poker. “We’re going to be even better in 2009.”

Innovative Marketing Campaigns Help PKR.com Grow

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Marketing Director for PKR.com Simon Prodger said, “Poker has been the most competitive sector of online gaming in the past year. Despite this immensely tough marketplace, PKR.com continues to grow thanks to its highly unique and innovative offering”.

It is known that PKR.com has claimed the 15th spot in the online poker rankings at Pokerscout.com. Thus, the site has overtaken such industry tycoons as Cryptologic and Entraction. PKR.com has managed to demonstrate a two place rise in less than five months.

What has fueled such amazing growth is thought to be innovative marketing campaigns including PKR TV that features the best of PKR tournaments and is broadcast on TV across Europe and online via YouTube.

Cryptologic Offers Customized Poker

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Two unique innovations destined to increase the comfort and convenience of players at home are available for Cryptologic’s customers. They include the ability for players to create custom tournaments (players can choose who to invite to the table) and a highly-advanced sorting and filtering tool to allow players to customize the layout of their poker room any time, at their own convenience.

Players’ experience is very important for Cryptologic. They do their best to provide their customers with the features enabling them to play their poker game how they want, where they want and when they want.

We’re Ready to Take the Onine Poker World by Storm

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The new BetUS Partners “Poker Affiliate Program”, recently launched, is now live and can be found at http://partners.betus.com. This program offers lifetime revenue on Sports, Casino Racebook and Poker, dedicated and experienced affiliate managers, accurate online reporting and cookie tracking and the best conversion and retention rates in the business.

The exciting addition to the affiliate program was launched with $5,000 private freeroll poker tournament, where Kurt K, who used the screen name “Tahoe 555” won the event. The affiliate partner who refers the most depositing poker players by August 1, 2008, BetUS will put $5,000 towards a private poker tournament for their player base.

“Our affiliate partners truly drive our success and have helped establish us as the industry leader in both online gambling and affiliate marketing,” stated BetUS Partners Affiliate Director Erin Argue.