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Annie Duke To Host the 5th 1736 Family Crisis Center Annual Poker Charity Tournament

2011-04-25T00:00:00.000-07:00

Another event of poker is now being organized by Annie Duke that will be called A 'Texas Hold-Em Poker Tournament/Casino Night'. The said event will benefit 1736 Family Crisis Center, a non-profit organization aims to save lives of a domestic violence victims and homeless youths. The event will

be held at LA Center Studios in Los Angeles, California on 3:00 pm of May 14^th 2011.

Annie Duke is a very well known celebrity poker player because of her winnings and contributions within the industry and also a Commissioner of Federated Poker League. She is passionate of joining charity tournaments that aims into helping needy people.

“I firmly believe that every man, woman and child has the right to live their lives in a healthy and safe environment free of emotional, physical or sexual abuse or the fear of such abuse.” --Annie Duke--

Annie Duke was chosen as the 2011 Celebrity Host for the 5^th 1736 Family Crisis Center Annual Poker Charity Tournament. The tournament includes Annie Duke, Dianna Donofrio-Tirgatzi – the Celebrity Tournament Director along with the sponsors such as the Toyota Financial Services, Poker Player's Alliance, Full Tilt Poker and ProVision Media.

All the proceeds from the tournaments will be benefiting 1736 Family Crisis Center in their work to end domestic violence.

In a report, Annie Duke stated "On Saturday, May 14, I will be hosting a poker tournament with all proceeds going to 1736 Family Crisis Center. This tournament will take place at the L.A. Center Studios in Los Angeles, CA. I invite you to consider joining me as a sponsor, player or spectator and help this nonprofit agency, whose work I admire. 1736 Family Crisis Center offer life-saving services to domestic violence victims and abused, homeless youth. I firmly believe that every man, woman and child has the right to live their lives in a healthy and safe environment and to conduct their lives without emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, or the fear of such abuse."

There are lots of celebrity poker players guests that are confirmed to attend such as Jamie Gold, Tom McEvoy, J.J. Lieu, Cyndy Violette, Joe Reitman, Yosh Nakano, Marsha Waggoner, John Hennigan, Ali Nejad, Poker Professionals Lupe Soto, Jennifer Winter, Matt Savage - The World Poker Tour Director, Lisa Wheeler, and Rob Grackie. There are actually a lot of awaiting guests that could be seen at the tournament.

There will be $230.00 buy-in and a re-buy of $100.00; An entrance fee of $100.00 for the casino games and $75.00 for you to witness and enjoy the silent auction as well as the dinner that night.

Tournament Prizes:

1^st Prize - $10,000.00 seat at the World Series of Poker

2^nd Prize - private poker lesson with Annie Duke

3^rd Prize - Golf for 3 with a PGA Pro

4^th Prize - Vegas 2-night stay at the Polo Resort

There will be a limited seating, so avid poker players are encourage to make their reservations as early as possible.

The 1736 Family Crisis Center

The 1736 Family Crisis Center functions an emergency youth shelter in Hermosa Beach, California and a four shelters for domestic violence victims and children escaping severe abuse. According to their records, there are over 25, 000 abuse victims and children that were helped during 2010. Through the Five Shelter of the Centers is a three clinics, five 24hour emergency response stations and outreach services. The 1736 Family Crisis Center was build to protect every Los Angeles citizens from any abusive acts.

This article gives credits to :http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/04/prweb5249894.htm

Charitable Casino Weekends: A Fund Raising Event

2011-04-15T00:59:00.000-07:00

Beyond the glimpse of stardom of many celebrities, there are still a part of them that we can say they are looking back from where they started. This part is somehow their actions of being charitable whenever people needed help. Perhaps, being charitable can somehow help them to be known and be loved by people. Where they help people while gaining popularity with such actions.

April of this year, an event called “Legends Weekend: Celebrities for Charity” will be going to uphold by some of the well known celebrities mostly players from the industry of poker, basketball and other sports. These includes Shannon Elizabeth, Michael Clarke Duncan, Pierre Garcon, Lamaar Woodley, Jonathan Vilma, Leigh Bodden and James Ihedigho. The said event will be held at the Punta Cana, Cominican Republic, Starting on April 29 to May 1^st of the year.

The event that will be held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is said to raise money in order to build hospital and school in devastated Haiti.

The three day event is mainly composed of games such as the celebrity baseball game, golf tournament and a beach concert which features Fabulous Fat Joe. The hallmark of the event will be a celebrity poker game competing against many stars in attendance against “The Average Joe”. In addition to the many celebrities cited, the World Poker Champion Phil Helmuth, noted card shark Beth Shak and top online player Prahlad Friedman is also included in the event. The poker game event will be hosted by Demarco Morgan.

The raised money in this event will be going to five charities of Haiti: Hope for Haiti, Perre Garcon Foundation, Global Syndicate, Helping Hands Foundation and Jonathan Vilma Foundation.

The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino at Punta Cana is said to be the perfect place for the event. For it is one of the most deluxe resort in Caribbean with popular casinos in the Dominican Republic. Where participants and celebrities will going to enjoy the full ambiance of the resort. While enjoying the event, they can also relax and feel comfortable with the resort as it covers swimming pools, elegant suites, haute cuisine restaurants and a nightclub Moon bar.

Along with this event is the many awaiting events that participants shouldn't missed. For further information with this event you can visit pokerdr.org.

This article is an excerpt from the official website of http://www.looktothestars.org/news.

Poker PROS Challenge Middle East Soldiers To Play Poker on USO Tour

2011-04-07T19:55:00.000-07:00

Five of the Famous poker player's today will soon visit Middle East to challenge the America's Armed Forces at the game of poker. The visit is a part of the first USO/Armed Forces Entertainment poker tour.

Poker PROS includes Annie Duke, Howard Lederer, Huck Seed , Tom Dwan, and Phil Hellmuth who will aim to bring the touch of homes to the troops.

The five player's will going to spend one week with the soldiers, answering their questions and trading each others secret. Along with it is Autographs signing, picture taking and teaching military personnel's on playing cards specifically poker.

This will be the first USO tour experience for each player except to Lederer. Where he already spent time with wounded warriors at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Last 2008. The event were organized by the USO and Poker Players Alliance.

Also, during the event, Lederer and other fellow players deal with the nation's heroes to an afternoon fellowship and also fun with Poker. With more than 100 people attendees, the event was set successfully and were dedicated to recovering soldiers.

For details with regards to USO Tour you may visit uso.org.

This article is an excerpt coming from the website : http://www.womanpokerplayer.com/pokernews/

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Charity Tournament: Annie Duke Chosen To Organize 'Night of Poker' for Life Rolls On Foundation

2011-04-05T20:50:00.000-07:00

One of the reigning poker star in the industry, Annie Duke, have been chosen to organize the first annual event of “Night of Poker” to be held on May 7, 2011 at Gardena, California. In fact, it is Life Roll which chose the Poker star to the said charity event. It is for the cause of raising funds to support Life Rolls On Foundation.

Life Rolls On Foundation


Credit: LifeRollsOn.org

Life Rolls On Foundation assist young people with spinal cord injury. It was founded by Jesse Billauer, who wish to offer people suffering from the disease to have a new hope for the better future despite of the physical disabilities.

Poker PRO | Annie Duke

On the other hand, Annie Duke is a well known Poker PRO in the industry, she was also known to be a generous player for she aims to help others by building some charity tournament out of playing poker.

Annie Duke Also Supports Ante Up For Africa

Annie Duke supported numerous charitable events such as the 'Ante Up for Africa' and the Annie Duke's Celebrity Poker Night at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. There are lots of charitable tournaments which the Poker Star is attending. It is indeed a good decision that she is chosen to organize such a tournament which aims in helping disabled persons.

The Night of Poker Organizers is hoping to gather generous professional players like Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, Michael Mizrach, Erik Seidel, Phil Gordon, Joe Hachem, and many more. These PRO's is also the one who are allowed to the Ante Up for Africa 2010 to register a huge success.

For the first edition of the event, poker enthusiast and various celebrity players will be allowed to play at the tables of No Limit Hold'em of $225 buy-in. Prizes will be awarded to the best players to include the place for the World Championship of Poker in Las Vegas, T-Shirts and other prizes offered by the sponsors of the event including The Four of a Kind and The Royal Flush.

This article gives credit to the website: www.poker777.com

Mobile Casino Enthusiast Can Now Benefit from Secured Gaming

2011-03-31T23:59:00.000-07:00

A new technology has currently been announced by BullGuard, where they developed and launched the latest anti-theft software that will hinder thieves from accessing the players' information that are stored on a specific device.

Personal details are now free to stored at specific mobile phones with no threats of having it deceived. Mobile users who love to play online casino games via their handset may now have plenty of benefits to adopt with this recent released anti-theft software.

In view of this fact, gamblers' information may include their personal data and bank details which are logged on the web-based bookmakers and casino firms. This being the case, it can now be hidden from those thieves who plan to hi-jack such mobile casino players' details.

In a report, Phill Dall once said, "With an effective anti-theft function, mobile phone users have complete peace of mind, making it possible to fully take advantage of the many choices that new smartphones provide."

Furthermore, the BullGuard Mobile Security software also have its track down device where it can find lost and stolen handsets. For it makes the security more favorable to all mobile casino players.

Eventually, this is another good news this week for those land-based players as the State House of Illinois voted to allow gambling on the said state.

Credits from the article coming from the website: news.777.com

Facebook and Gambling Addiction Comparability | A Study Done by Scotland College Researchers

2011-03-30T22:03:00.000-07:00

The innovation of gaming today is leveling towards ease of access, for thousands of online gaming sites were being created. And it was the players who will get allured by those gaming sites in which they tend to be addicted with the game.

We are aware that recently, most of the social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube are starting to invade the lives of people. For it aims to add on the everyday living of most people online, where addiction is becoming the disadvantage of too much allurement with their respective social networking sites.

FACEBOOK AND GAMBLING ADDICTION

There was a study being done by the Scotland College Researchers that discuss the user's behavior in utilizing Facebook, which is being compared to Gambling Addiction. Where this problem might come to a time that online users can't get away with it. By having this being said, the public was shocked, including those casino gamers and Facebook users, knowing that gambling addiction is now a serious condition that most people are anxious about.

According to Dr. Bea, the Scotland students' researchers professor, "Like anything else, you have to maintain" . She also added, "The more you have of it, the more difficult it's going to be, the more anxiety it's going to provoke....If you walk away, you're afraid that some jackpot might occur while your gone."

Based on the study conducted, the researchers found similarities on the level of eagerness of users of Facebook and gambling addicts whenever they are not into using the social networking site or gambling. They came away to be unsatisfied with the usage habits to build networks within the site which can lead to addiction soon.

The said research has been criticized by some addiction researchers. They found symptoms of gambling addiction to many Facebook users' where they can't resist missing out the game and jackpots when not playing.

Furthermore, the applications within the social network such as the Mafia Wars, Poker Apps, etc., may become one of the mediums of online player's addiction. Also, the fact that gamers can often spend too much of their money just to improve their positions in these games might become very risky. However, knowing their limits may be a big help to cure or even prevent their addiction to online gambling.

Being addicted to social networking sites and other source of gambling is becoming the problem of most people today. As addiction experts say, it is possible to get addicted with anything. We, as players getting lure within, should fight and prevent this gambling problem before it's too late.

Actually, there are lots of prevention that you may consider. You may read some Online Gambling Guide for you to know more on how to avert gambling addiction. As you are the one playing and we all know that there are no limits in the online world.

A Glimpse of Jason Kidd's Casino Night

2011-03-26T12:00:00.000-07:00

March 21, 2011 – a memorable event took place at the Jason Kidd Foundation, wherein participants got the chance to hang out and gamble with the players of Dallas Maverick. This celebrity casino night was hosted by two popular personalities, Chris Arnold (sports broadcaster) and Kellie Rasberry (radio anchor).

In the said event, series of poker tournaments were held to benefit the Jason Kidd Foundation, a group that is dedicated in improving the education of children. The tourney was then led by Maverick star Jason Kidd, Dirk Nowitzki, Jason "Jet" Terry, J.J. Barrea, Shawn Marion and Tyson Chandler, together with Mark Cuban, the owner of Dallas Maverick.

What's really interesting in this project is that the foundation was capable in putting up an exciting raffle draw with gift boxes and Judith Ripka's jewelry bars as its prizes. There are also live and silent auctions being conducted, which the rewards include a free trip to New York Fashion Week and a single match against future Hall of Famer, Jason Kidd.

The Jason Kidd Foundation was established in March 1999 by the Mavs, the NBA All-Star and Olympic Gold Medalist. This was for the purpose of supporting and nurturing the development of our children, since Jason Kidd believes that the youth is the nation's future. Moreover, the Jason Kidd Foundation also describes itself as a platform that is committed to assist the education of kids through providing them with all the tools that they will be needing, which includes mentoring, tutoring, and technology programs, in order to be a successful individual in the future.

This article was an excerpt from http://www.dfw.com/2011/03/21/426541/jason-kidd-celebrity-casino-night.html

Unusual Auctions offered by Casinos

2011-03-25T12:00:00.000-07:00

Justin Bieber with Ellen Degeneres

It was just last month when young pop singer Justin Bieber had his new haircut, and instead of trashing out his hair, it was auctioned by Ellen Degeneres on E-bay. Before the actual bidding comes to an end, Justin's hair was bought for $40,688. Well, never worry, because the money would not go to the singer's personal account. Instead, it will be donated to The Gentle Barn Foundation, an animal rescue group.

(You may visit the auctioned item of Justin Bieber at Ebay, click here)

On account with this rare and buzzing auction, several land-based and online casinos also made their own bidding for the purpose of supporting few charity programs and fund-raising activities.

Recently, St. Joseph Catholic Church celebrated its 9^th annual Casino Night and Auction at Hagerstown. In this event, gamblers across the state had participated in an unforgettable night of social drinking, casino games, bingo, wheels and dice, and humorous talks. The process of this auction is somewhat unique. All of the cash that players won during their casino matches will be used to pay up for great auction items, which are shown at the later part of the event. The items are donated by some businesses from the area, and it includes a flat-screen TV and a vacation ticket to Honolulu.

According to Marguerite Lesky, the chairwoman of St. Joseph, the over-all programs were a success. Almost 150 people attended the event, which enabled them to raise a minimum of $10,000. The collected money will benefit the St. Joseph Parish Building and Expansion Fund, while the Hagerstown Exchange Club (the company that operated the games), will donate their fee to the Parent-Child Center.

PokerStars and Wynn Resorts – Building Partnership to Spread Out Internet Gambling

2011-03-24T21:54:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday, Wynn Resorts announced its partnership with PokerStars, a company that manages online poker games. It was stated on a report that the two companies are looking forward to the passage of federal legislation to regulate internet gambling.

The company announced that if the federal regulation will be passed, Wynn Resorts will be going to launch its newest PokerStarsWynn.com that will be based in the U.S.

In a statement, The CEO of Wynn Resorts, Steve Wynn said "After much study, we are convinced that the lack of regulation of Internet gaming within the U.S. must change." He also added, “We must recognize that this activity is occurring and that law enforcement does not have the tools to stop it. As a company that has safely conducted gaming in the U.S. for more than 40 years, we believe that the same can be done for poker on the Internet.”

The Chairman and Founder of PokerStars, Mark Scheinberg, also mentioned that the company 'PokerStars' is now been regulated in many European countries. In a report, he said “PokerStars has been endorsing the adoption of the same approach in the United States for years, with this alliance representing a critical step in that direction.” He also added, "We are excited about the opportunities that partnering with Wynn, a pioneering leader and innovator in gaming, will present for PokerStars in the United States."

It was also on Thursday when the Nevada legislators heard about the testimony on Assembly Bill 258, a bill that has been requested by PokerStars company which would open the door for the state-regulated internet poker in the said state. However, the bill has been opposed by the Nevada Resort Association. It has been concluded that the association didn't list Wynn as part of their partner resort.

Two of the Nevada Senators, Harry Reid and John Ensign, pushes the federal regulation of online poker. The recent bill floated on December and still not being pushed.

Article Credits from “lasvegassun.com”

Full Tilt Poker offers Special 'Aid For Japan' and Donation Tournaments

2011-03-23T21:36:00.000-07:00

Most of our poker stars today, whether pros, beginners, or those not into poker are now bestowing their help to the victims of Japan. Even famous celebrities are now engaging themselves to help Japan's quake relief, including Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Gwen Stefani, 'Oasis star' Liam Gallagher, Sandra Bullock (who have made the largest donation), 'Poker Face' Lady Gaga, Maria Ho and 'BoostedJ' Justin Smith. They are only few of our famous Hollywood celebrities who have made donations to help the victims of japan.

Play Now at FullTiltPoker.com to Support Japan's Quake Victims!

Aside from those Hollywood celebrities who are supporting millions of victims affected by the recent tsunami and earthquake, Poker websites and other land based casinos are also doing some promotional activities to support Japan. One of such is the Full Tilt Poker that has offered its special charity event, 'Aid for Japan' and 'Donation' Tournaments. Players who are willing to donate will be given two options:

In The Aid for Japan Tournament, the tournament fee that will be given by the players will be added to the donation fund.

The Donation Tournaments are not a real event and will not play out. However, the player's buy-in is what matters most for it will be donated to the relief fund. To participate in these programs, you just need to register for one of the donation tournaments on Sunday, March 27^th. All funds raised will be matched by Full Tilt Poker and will be donated to Japanese Red Cross.

The tournaments are currently open to all Internet Casino Poker enthusiasts who want to help Japan. Simply register and Choose from your preferred tournaments. See FullTiltPoker.com for further information and instructions.

Celebrity Poker 'PROS' Players to Support Realities For Children

2011-03-22T21:24:00.000-07:00

Celebrity Poker Player and the PROS are expected to be at the Fort Collins to support the Realities for Children which will be held on March 26 and 27. On March 26, there will be an event that will be called 'A Night at the Four Deuces', and on March 27, there is the Charity Event for the Fort Collins Series of Poker's Celebrity Knockout.

REALITIES FOR CHILDREN

The celebrities that will participate on the said event includes Maria Ho, Tiffany Michelle, Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh, Linda Johnson, Jan Fisher and Jena Delk of "The Amazing Race","Nip Tuck", "ER," "World Poker Tour" and the "World Series of Poker on ESPN."

The program “A Night at the Four Deuces” will begin in the afternoon of March 26^th, along with the tours of Odell Brewing Co. and the New Belgium Brewing Co. The dinner will be held at Rodizio Grill and an evening to mingle with celebrities at a private residence. Along with that event is a professional poker demonstration and a one-on-one poker instruction that will cost $1,000.

At 10:00 a.m of March 27, the Fort Collins Series of Poker Celebrity Knockout Charity will be the next Tourney at the Sunset Event Center, 242 Linden St. The said event is a Texas Hold'em Tournament where will involved some of the world's top poker players and the ambassadors of the game.

The Realities for Children Triumph Awards Endowment Fund is created to fund college scholarship to grant to children who have get over abusive acts on the pasts.

“Article credits from Coloradoan.com”

How to know if you're an Online Gambling Addict

2011-03-18T12:00:00.000-07:00

The article below is inspired from the articles, “Seven Signs of Gambling Addiction at 777.com; How to Know if you are a problem gambler at choosinganonlinecasino.com.”

It is undeniable that playing online casino games are a good form of entertainment, fun and may even be the best thing that you can do during your spare time. Supposedly, online casinos are designed for the intent of enabling gamblers to have access on their favorite casino games in just a matter of minutes. And perhaps this is one of the reasons why people prefer to spend most of their time in gambling online instead of focusing on other important things.

Online casino games, if played constantly, can lead to addiction – this is actually a serious dilemma in the industry of Internet and land-based gambling. However, most players are unaware of this issue. In fact, few of them didn't even know that they already have a problem in terms of this leisure activity.

Getting addicted to online gambling may break and ruin your lifestyle. If noticed, gambling addicts keep playing online casino games, whether they're winning or losing, happy or gloomy. They just can't stop chasing their losses and spending more and more time and money on it. Well, if you want to prevent yourself from becoming an online gambling addict, you'd better be cautious of these gambling addiction signs provided below.

Prevent Gambling Addiction

Frequent Gambling

You are an online gambling addict if you spend almost all of your time playing online casino games.

Missing Work or School

You have no time to attend classes/work because you are too busy spinning your online roulette wheel.

“High”

Like other forms of addiction, online gambling addicts are experiencing a “high” factor. They achieve this through wagering an increasing and large amount of money.

Restless

Due to excessive gambling, players have no time to sleep and eat on time.

Lack of socialization

Most of the times, online gambling addicts take risks in losing special relationships, close friends, and even their family bonding.

Spending large amount of money

Perhaps this is one of the most noticed signs of gambling addiction. You spend lots of money for gambling, and sometimes, you even borrow money from friends or sell few of your possessions.

Bear in mind that online gambling must be fun. It should never be a burden to any players. If you want to make the most out of online casino gaming, you must set a limit and stick to it.

Poker Pros Extending Their Hands to Japan's Quake Victims

2011-03-17T21:58:00.000-07:00

The devastating news about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan has brought us an exhausting experience. Thousands of people have been affected by this unexpected disaster, and many events and businesses have shut down.

Today, most of our poker players are extending their hands to help the victims in Japan. Even online poker pros have joined the rush to help out those Japanese victims. Several poker websites have shown sympathy and starts to donate millions of dollars out of few promos.

Zynga donates money to Japan's quake relief

Zynga, a social networking online game giant, have launched its first Poker tournament in Vegas, and raised $1 million for the quake victims and relief through its Facebook games. The funds was established during a promo in the launch of the games. In collaboration with Save the Children, Zynga asked players to donate money to Japan's quake relief through purchasing the virtual goods of the gaming site.

During the disaster, various poker websites also gave sympathy to those victims through ending the Big Event being held on Las Vegas, wherein various pros of the poker world were competing, which includes former WSOP Main Event winner Joe Hachem and Victor Ramdin.

Several poker players have also posted the Red Cross number (90999) to elevate the awareness of all the people around world.

Justin “BoostedJ” Smith as well promised that he would donate $1 for every re-tweets for the Red Cross text. Throwing out challenge to everyone and not just the poker community.

Via Twitter, Ultimate Bet's Maria Ho assured too that she will give away the seat to her weekly $300 buy-in $50,000 tournament to the 1^st person who will tweet her the picture of the $10 Red Cross Text. In her tweet, she commented “The coverage on the devastation in Japan has been absolutely heartbreaking to watch and I think it's important for us to take action. Something that is quick and easy is texting the word "REDCROSS" to 90999 to make a $10 donation instead of spending it on your Starbucks run in the morning. But it's also important to remember that helping the relief effort does not have to be monetary, volunteering your time to go into your local Red Cross center to help put together disaster relief kits or going out and collecting items from donors would be a great way to help. But most importantly, we should remember that there is so much else going on in the world today between natural disasters, political turmoil, and social and gender inequalities that we should really step outside ourselves and find ways to get involved and help our global community.”

Article Credits from the following websites: OnlineCasinoReports.com and PokerNews.com

Poker Robots Start to Invade the World of Online Gaming

2011-03-15T21:36:00.000-07:00

Internet casino poker today has proven that the game is not only for humans anymore. Bots have started to invade the game and most of them are battling against those individuals and obviously beating all the odds of the game.

Based on a report of New York Times, a 36-year-old professional poker player since 2008, Bryan Taylor, noticed an awkward action of his opponent within his gaming at an online poker site. He seemed to notice his opponent's similar responses against his action and makes him wonder on who is on the other virtual table playing with him.

Defeating Online Poker Bots

He was then become suspicious in his gaming as the online industry is fighting versus robots (commonly called BOTS) that were programmed to play on the virtual rooms and beat the odds.

The bots have existed for some time, and suddenly got a good game where they have cheated some of the major gambling websites with about thousand dollars Which is why these casino sites have decided to defend their site's reputation for the benefits of the players.

Some of these major sites that were infested with bots are Pokerstars and Full Tilt. And they've started to fight back as Michael Josem, security manager of PokerStars, said recently that the site had started to diminish or mainly combating those bots where they begin to spend money – as they cut some players account with questionable personal information and in some cases return the full money of those real players. They ensure that human players can enjoy the game properly.

One problem that many online poker sites is facing is those seller of the bots, in which an ease of buying of those bots can be found online.

Recently, Full Tilt has banned 400 customers who utilize bot which they purchased online. Thus, losing them an approximate amount of $70,000 on their monthly revenue. Though other sites haven''t cracked down with such cases, it is then proven that bots are starting to ransack those legal casino poker websites.

Gaming websites should procure this case or else they'll drop down from the industry and worst is to shut down the business.

Hollywood Celebrities, Poker World and The Stars of Gridiron to Put Cards on Poker Table

2011-02-13T19:26:00.000-08:00

The Stars from the gridiron, poker world, Hollywood and music industry will be going to put their cards this Friday and Saturday at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas for the first annual Texas Hold'em poker tournament 'Raise your Hand for Africa'.

Raise Your Hand for Africa

The inaugural event will be presented by Phil Hellmuth Jr. and World Poker Entertainment, along with Larry Fitzgerald Jr. (Arizona Cardinals) and Adrian Peterson (Minnesota Vikings), the co-hosts of the event.

Avid Poker fans and sports enthusiast are all welcome to meet, greet, party and play with some of the World's Best known Poker Pros and Celebrity Poker Players.

The Guests on the said event will be including some Actors [Steve Martin, Don Cheadle, Kevin Sorbo, Verne Troyer, Lou Ferrigno, and Kenny Johnson.], Musical Artist [Akon, Jordin Sparks, and Sam Moore] and Football Stars [Bernard Berrian (Minnesota Vikings), Bryant McKinnie (Minnesota Vikings), Mark Clayton (St. Louis Rams), Larry Johnson (Washington Redskins), Chris Canty (New York Giants), Curtis Lofton (Atlanta Falcons), and Roy Williams (Cincinnati Bengals)]. And Poker pros Annie Duke, Michelle Lau and Liz Lieu.],

The participation fee cost $2,000 that worth guests seat at the table to the main event, as well as the two passes to Friday's VIP reception, two spectator passes, and two passes to the Saturday post-tournament party.

Registered participants will be able to experience the two-day event that includes VIP reception on Friday and the main event on Saturday, including the red carpet arrivals, Tournament and Post-tournament party.

RESOURCE:

http://www.gamingtoday.com/race_sports/article/29439-Stars_from_the_gridiron_poker_world_Hollywood_put_cards_on_the_table

New Host for a New Season? : Norm MacDonald To Host The New Season of High Stakes Poker

2011-02-09T18:22:00.000-08:00

Watch out for the NEW SEASON of High Stakes Poker!

High Stakes Poker is now at its next level. Today, a new face of the show will be known and will be acting as the new host for the next season of High Stakes Poker, Comedy Actor Norm MacDonald will be taking over the role of Gabe Kaplan that had been the host of the show for the past six seasons.

Norm MacDonald | New Season's Host of High Stakes Poker

Norm MacDonald is a Canadian who had been a stand-up comedian, actor and a writer. Perhaps he shines to be an actor comedian, and become famous in a role of the show Saturday Night Live, where he plays as an anchor for the popular Weekend Update Segment.

MacDonald has played in the World Series of Poker and a common participant in various celebrity poker events.

Previous Host of High Stakes Poker | Gabe Kaplan

The previous host, Gabe Kaplan, was also a well known actor. In someway, his guts at the poker table has also a well-known part, that mainly brings him to become a popular host and commentator. The reason for the exit of Kaplan were really not immediately explicit.

The new season of High Stakes Poker will air on GSN and will going to begin on Saturday, February 26. Each cash game will feature $400/$800 blinds with a $100 ante. Players are required to buy-in for between $200,000 and $500,000.

Watch the New Season of HSP at February 26!

As a beginning of the new season, viewers will be experiencing a high excitement for they will see many of the biggest names in poker that will take part on the High Stakes Poker games. Players that are expected on the show includes Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Laak, and Daniel Negreanu, and in addition to several up-and-coming stars like Phil Galfond, Jason Mercier, Vanessa Selbst and the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, Jonathan Duhamel.

The new season is a total change for High Stakes Poker. Poker fans would be for sure will ask for more! The new season's show will be also available in 3D for DirectTV viewers, adding a new lure for avid High Stakes Poker fans!

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The Fifth Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament Hosted by Jennifer Harman

2011-02-07T20:23:00.000-08:00

On May 21st, Peppermill Resort Casino will going to host the fifth annual Jennifer Harman Celebrity Poker Tournament (JHCPT) that will benefit the Nevada Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Nevada SPCA) No-Kill Shelter.

In a report, JHPCT will be taking place the Nevada State Poker Championship that will be included in the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) fall line-up of televised programming that will be available in over 100 million homes across America. All the proceeds of the tournament will benefit the Nevada Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Nevada SPCA).

“The best thing about having a pet is experiencing their unconditional love,” says Harman. “The Nevada SPCA ensures these once abandoned and abused animals are cared for, adopted, or live humanely in its no-kill shelter for the rest of their lives. Everyone who participates is actually saving a life, and that means so much to me.”

The past JHCPT contributions have allowed the sanctuary to extend their community outreach program, building awareness around the no-kill movement and expand facility with the official unveiling of the “Jennifer Harman Wing” in 2008.

There are many other celebrities and poker professionals to show their support to the said charity which includes Howard Lederer, Andy Bloch, Marco Traniello, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, Daniel Negreanu, HGTV’s Kahi Lee, Barry Greenstein, Scotty Nguyen, ESPN’s Lon McEachern, Annie Duke, Carrot Top, Two-Time US Olympian Ross Powers, Olympic Snowboarder Louie Vito, Antonio Esfandiari, “Saved By The Bell’s” Dennis Haskins and many, many more.

For sure, a lot of poker pro and celebrity pet lovers aside from the stated above will participate with this tournament!

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Tina Wallman “Queen of Hearts” : The Official Spokes Model of Carbon Poker

2011-02-03T18:23:00.000-08:00

Online casino and the many casino games offered all over the web has its distinct promotional activities for which it becomes popular and well known by most online gamers.

Having such promotions such as great bonuses and incentives, it is Carbon Poker who deals with a sexy woman to advertise the site – Tina Wallman. With the help of attractive celebrities, one site will boost its popularity in the online world.

Tina Wallman or simply known as the 'Queen of Hearts' is now the new spokes model of Carbon Poker Site. The 30 year-old Australian beauty was a model before she entered the business of promoting poker in 2006 and continually using her impressive assets to hook in the increasing players of Carbon Poker.

The Aussie stunner coming from Sydney had her past modeling assignments and have been seen at a whole range of magazines, including babelife.com, Ralph Magazine, and Maxim. She was even entitled as the Zoo Beach Weekly Girl of the Year in 2007.

The stunning beauty will now do her duty as the Spokes model of Carbon Poker and will join the marketing effort to promote the US friendly site. By which the market will hope to continue to see the increase of visitors traffic.

The company gives their full support to Tina Wallman as she also gives her support as a skilled player on the site itself, The Carbon Poker. With a combination of good odds, a family pot and a chiseled Victoria's Secret-looking model, you can now create a bluffing hand.

Remarkable Fight in 2010 Poker Tournaments – The Woman's Odd

2011-01-26T20:03:00.000-08:00

Today, many of our ladies enjoy playing their favorite casino games at their preferred destination. Either of online casino or land-based, many woman has lured their hearts to the game of poker. Where they actually gives the best of their hands and knowledge in playing the game of skills. It is actually proven that most of women today had love the game and by today it is becoming popular as their recreation. In fact, ladies in the year 2010 had proven and tested their skills in various tournament where actually set their titles. Lets see how long the odds of women came on the top.

In the field of poker tournaments, there is usually a presence of 6% women poker players and most of the time men take the titles. By the year 2010, women were honored and some of these ladies made a good title in various poker tournaments.

The success of the feminine population in the field of poker actually begins during March when Annie Duke had the trophy of the NBC Heads-Up Championship by ousting Erik Seidel at the final duel.

Later that month, Vanessa Selbst and Liv Boeree take steps on the same feat respectively at the North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun and the European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo.

In the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, another women stands out - The star of the WSOP Europe Annette Obrestad. Although she failed to repeat her feat on that event, she actually take home winnings amounting to $ 40,000 during the said tournament.

By September 2010, women stands out again. It gives way back when Selbst won the title in the Partouche Poker Tour. She was also featured in the 4^th place of the High Roller European Poker Tour (EPT) in London.

Annette Obrestad also excelled during that month when she received the sacrament of the Heads'Up tournament.

Another prove to this fight is the recent Asian Pacific Poker Tour Cebu (APPT) where the victory was attributed to a woman in the person of Korean Shin Young-Im.

And lastly, the feat of Vanessa Rousso at the World Poker Tour, Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic where she collect the title against male players of fame which includes John Racener and Andrew Robl. She able to win the third place on that event.

Source: Poker 777