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Online Poker News
Poker Fantasies Become Reality
12 Jul 2004
Poker is the new American pastime and its popularity in the press, on television and in the homes of millions is at an all time high.
Las Vegas Introduces www.Zerorake.com
9 Jul 2004
Las Vegas from Home.com Entertainment Inc. is launching www.zerorake.com, the internet's first ‘rake-free’ card room and is targeted to poker players who play even a few hours a month.
Hold 'Em Poker Books
6 Jul 2004
John Grochowski invites Howard Schwartz to recommend Hold 'Em Poker books.
UltimateBet.com Takes Poker Tour to Aruba
2 Jul 2004
For the third year in a row, online poker
site UltimateBet.com is taking their World Poker Tour event to Aruba.
A neat trio you may not know
21 Jun 2004
Mark Pilarski explains the flush difference between the games California and Kansas City Lowball.
Diamond Games Releases New Games
14 Jun 2004
Diamond Games releases Hold'em Poker, Predictor soft game, and Chase the Cheese video slot, continuing well-balanced release of high-demand games for poker, slot, and lottery audiences.
Heard it on the River
14 Jun 2004
Rudi Schiffer gives us the latest news from the Tunica, Mississippi casinos.
Newly Crowned World Poker Champion Beats 400:1 Odds
3 Jun 2004
Greg "Fossilman" Raymer, who tonight earned a record-shattering $5 million, was a 400:1 long shot in the 2004 World Series of Poker.
Split pots and other mysteries
1 Jun 2004
Mark Pilarski explains the term "split pot" in Texas Hold’em.
Feds Step Up Push Against Online Gambling
31 May 2004
News Brief: In early April, United States marshals seized $3.2 million from Discovery Communications in an aggressive effort to crack down on Internet gambling.
RIVER POKER TOUR AT SAM'S TOWN
24 May 2004
Rudi Schiffer gives us the latest news on the new and growing River Poker Tour, Mississippi's no-limit Texas Hold 'em competition, which stages its second event at Sam's Town.
Rake in the chips with these books on poker
24 May 2004
Mark Pilarski provides a list of poker books available for players wanting to improve winning strategy.
Living in P.T. Barnum's world
17 May 2004
Mark Pilarski explains the term "rake," which is money that the casino charges for each hand of poker.
Internet Poker Spawns a Bevy of New 7 Stud Hi/Lo Players
15 May 2004
Fred Renzey: With the rapid spread of internet poker rooms, however, Hi/Lo Stud is gaining lots of popularity at all stakes.
Las Vegas From Home Software Chosen For Poker Site
13 May 2004
Jim Feist has chosen Las Vegas from Home.com (LVFH) as the vendor of poker software powering his play-for-fun poker site.
Three strikes and you're out!
10 May 2004
Mark Pilarski explains the meaning of the "baseball" method, which allows the player to take advantage of a machine that is going through a winning cycle, but not glued to a machine on a losing one.
World Poker Tour Names Player of the Year
4 May 2004
Thanks to his two victories on the World Poker Tour, 27-year-old Erick Lindgren of Las Vegas has captured the Tour's first WPT Player-of-the-Year honor.
bet365 selects PrimaPoker.com for Online Poker
29 Apr 2004
Major UK sportsbook selects the primapoker.com Global Network, powered by Microgaming software.
Caribbean Poker Classic-World Poker Tour Preliminaries
28 Apr 2004
The Royal Oasis Golf Resort and Casino, located on Grand Bahama Island officially announces the Caribbean Poker Classic, the World Poker Tour Preliminaries, sanctioned by the World Poker Tour.
World Poker Tour Champion Pockets Record Prize
28 Apr 2004
On the final episode of its second season, the World Poker Tour awarded $2,728,356 to Martin Deknijff of Stockholm, Sweden, the winner of its WPT Championship tournament at Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Ritz Club Online Debuts Poker Room
27 Apr 2004
The Ritz Club London Online has debuted its new poker room at www.theritzclublondon.com, licensed by CryptoLogic subsidiary, WagerLogic Limited.
At the movies, maybe, but it's still illegal
26 Apr 2004
Mark Pilarski explains why string-raising is not permitted in a legitimate poker game.
CryptoLogic Releases New Version Of Online Poker Software
19 Apr 2004
CryptoLogic Inc. is releasing an exciting new version of its increasingly popular Internet poker software through its WagerLogic subsidiary.
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