Poker News: With the tech world still abuzz after the launch of the iPhone three weeks ago, a new mobile phone application is set to steal Apple's thunder. Play online poker
UltimateBet (http://www.ultimatebet.net) pro Phil Hellmuth today announced the launch of Texas Hold'em 2007 with Phil Hellmuth, a follow-up release to the best selling mobile poker game, Texas Hold'em by Phil Hellmuth.
"I'm amazed at how crisp and clear the new poker game looks on a cell phone," said Hellmuth. "Not to mention the ease of play and the new options ... it's cutting edge." Read poker blogs
The new version of the poker game by Oasys Mobile brings to the table realistic 3D graphics and a feature that allows Texas Hold'em players to create their own custom avatars. Fans of the poker game can also search for their friends and chat with players at a table, bringing the game even closer to a real world experience. Play route 66 poker
Launching an enhanced version of the software this year is more than fitting. On June 11th, Hellmuth captured his record-shattering 11th WSOP bracelet after winning a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event. That win makes Hellmuth the only player in poker history to have earned 11 WSOP bracelets. Days after his WSOP bracelet win, the UltimateBet pro was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. Needless to say, 2007 will no doubt go down as a milestone year for Phil Hellmuth. Play full tilt poker Joe Bartholdi
From San Diego comes the story of an online poker player, Anthony Sandstrom aka "Tuff Fish" who has decided to do something about the legal restrictions on his favourite pastime and that great American game, poker. Read poker blogs
This week the California secretary of state's office cleared Sandstrom to circulate petitions putting his proposed initiative on a statewide ballot, where voters could create an Internet poker gambling agency, reports MediaNews from Sacramento. The private initiative, which plans to present state government with 430 000 signatures by Christmas 2007, faces challenges from anti-online gambling opponents but Sandstrom is confident he can mobilise public opinion for his goals. Play route 66 poker
Among those flatly opposed are card rooms in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area, anti-gambling-expansion activists and educators, who fear that success for Sandstrom may result in diversion and loss of state lottery funds. Play full tilt poker
The disarmingly frank Sandstrom acknowledges his initiative isn't aimed at solving major social problems. Play strip poker
"I am just a guy who wants to play poker at home when I don't feel like making an hour drive to a card room or casino," Sandstrom said on his Web site. Play $500 match poker bonus
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Poker News: Florida Congressman Robert Wexler's Skill Game Protection Act, which seeks to obtain a carve-out from anti-online poker laws in the United States has seen substantially increased political support since June 27, with a number of politicians signing up for his proposal as well as that for Congressman Barney Frank's Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act for the regulation and taxation of online gambling. Play online poker
Since Mississippi Democrat Bennie Thompson signed up as Wexler's first co-sponsor in June, 11 more Representatives have put their weight behind the Wexler proposal, which now lists the following: Read poker blogs
Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) Play route 66 poker Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) Play full tilt poker John Larson (D-Conn.) James Moran (D-Va.) Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) Play $500 match poker bonus Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)
In a recent and widely read interview with the publication Poker News, Wexler repeatedly emphasised how important the support of the poker playing US public was to a more liberal US government approach to the pastime of online poker. Play Strip poker
Wexler urged US players to contact their political representatives to protest against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and similar attempts to deprive them of their right to choice on a personal pastime. Play poker tournaments.
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Poker News: Poker is an age-old game that took on new-age significance once it was technologically molded into engaging entertainment for television. Previously unsung poker legends are household names today, and new stars continue to emerge.
It's the essence of the 38th annual World Series of Poker, which began June 1 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and will reach a crescendo next Tuesday (July 17) when players assemble at the coveted final table of the Main Event, the $10,000 buy-in Texas Hold'em Championship. The winner will walk away with millions. Play online poker
When Harrah's Entertainment acquired WSO Poker Tournament from the defunct Binion's Horseshoe Casino in downtown Las Vegas several years ago, it reached out to the company's newly appointed vice president of sports entertainment marketing, Jeffrey Pollack, as the tournament's first commissioner. Play route 66 poker
In less than two years, the 1986 graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism has led a team that has transformed the WSOP into a marketing juggernaut. Play $500 match poker bonus
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Poker News: Canadian researchers report they have solved checkers (also known as draughts), developing a program called Chinook that cannot lose in a game popular with young and old alike for more than 1 000 years. Play online poker
"The program can achieve at least a draw against any opponent, playing either the black or white pieces," the researchers say in this week's online edition of the journal Science. Read poker blogs
"Clearly... the world is not going to be revolutionised" by this, said Jonathan Schaeffer, chairman of the department of computing science at the University of Alberta. Play full tilt poker
The important thing is the approach, he said. In the past, game-playing programs have used rules of thumb - which are right most of the time, he said - to make decisions. Play $500 match poker bonus
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Poker News: More than 140 players hit the South Indian coast this year for the inaugural Asian Poker Classic (APC), vying for their share of $1 million - the richest poker prize pool ever offered on the sub-continent. Play online poker
Pleased with the results from edition one, organizers have announced the APC will return to Goa for a second go at it in March 2008, hoping to draw even more money and more pros to the felt. Read poker blogs
"We are extremely excited about coming back in 2008," says Imran Hassan, director of operations for the Asian Poker Classic. "The inaugural APC was a huge success, so of course the planning started right after to produce a bigger, better and even more luxurious poker tournament in India. Play $500 match poker bonus
Poker News: The World Series of Poker’s final table will be seated today and odds on the nine remaining players’ chances of winning have been installed at mega online sportsbook Bodog.com. It is now time to deal the cards. Play online poker
Unlike 2006 when the poker tournament yielded several big names of the Professional Poker ranks, 2007 is vastly different dominated by lesser known professionals as well as a few internet pros from varying nationalities. The most known professional to make the final table is bracelet owner Lee Watkinson. Read poker blogs
Danish internet pro Philip Hilm, is favored to win with 14/5 odds. Hilm, cashed for some money in the 2005 WSO Poker tournament. He leads the group in chips with $22,070,000. Hilm is followed closely by poker professionals Tuan Lam and Lee Watkinson, both at 7/2. Play route 66 poker
Hilms' advantage is slight though with relative newcomer Lam close behind with 21,315,000 in chips. Experienced poker pro Lee Watkinson has only 9,925,000 in chips, less than half the amount of the chip leaders, but oddsmakers are obviously giving weight to Watkinson's past tournament success in which he has netted more than $2.6 million in cashes and a WSO Poker tournament bracelet. Play $500 match poker bonus Joe Bartholdi
