SAN FRANCISCO, CA — 09/08/08 — PurePlay the largest legal U.S. play-for-cash online poker destination, today announced it has expanded its player ranks to over 1.5 million competitors and has disbursed more than $4 million in cash prizes. PurePlay’s player base and jackpot outlay are unmatched among legal U.S. poker sites.

“We are committed to staying at the forefront of legal online poker, and that means pulling out the stops in giving our members the excitement of competitive play and generous cash prizes without exposing them to the risk of losing their own money,” said PurePlay CEO Jason Kellerman. “No other poker site has implemented this approach as successfully as we have in attracting players at all levels and delivering an online gaming experience that keeps them coming back.”

PurePlay, which hosts online poker rooms and tournaments, offers cash prizes to both play-for-free members and subscribers who pay a low monthly fee. Subscribers receive key benefits including access to cash tournaments with over $150,000 in monthly prizes, individual performance ratings that enable them to play with others at the same skill level, live chat customer support and no ads during game play.

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The online poker site announced that Sundin will act as a spokesman for the company, and play at their Internet site under the name “MatsSundin”, as well as participating in live tournaments, including the European Poker Tour.

Join Live Slots Tournaments at All Jackpots! International hockey star Mats Sundin has made a decision. Not a decision about where (or whether) to play in the National Hockey League after thirteen years with the Toronto Maple Leafs, but a decision to represent PokerStars.

The online poker site announced that Sundin will act as a spokesman for the company, and play at their Internet site under the name “MatsSundin”, as well as participating in live tournaments, including the Eurpean Poker Tour.

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In his daily announcement about his lack of a plan for the upcoming season, free-agent centre Mats Sundin said yesterday he will not decide his future until after the puck drops on the 2008-09 campaign.

In the meantime, you may be able to catch up with him playing online poker.

“I will not make up my mind before the season starts,” Sundin told reporters in Stockholm, where he was introduced as a spokesman for Pokerstars.net.”That’s how I feel right now. Others have started playing in the middle of the season. If I would feel like retiring, I would say it.”

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DUBLIN HAS been named the best poker-playing city in Europe, according to the game’s biggest-selling magazine.

Bluff Europe chose Dublin for the title ahead of last year’s winner, London. Amsterdam, Vienna and Barcelona filled the remaining top five slots.

Bluff cited the proliferation of card rooms such as the Fitzwilliam, Sporting Emporium and Silks; the success of the Irish Poker Open; and the many grassroots games as proof of Dublin’s quality as a poker destination.

The choice did not go down well in London, which has the largest poker scene in Europe.

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“PokerPro is a great fit for our casino,” said Dale Nachreiner, Director of Table Games at French Lick Resort Casino. “Our goal was to create an environment that attracts poker enthusiasts of all skill levels as an addition to being a full-service destination resort. These tables are fun and interactive, allowing us to offer live poker in our newly expanded non-smoking venue with a reduced rake. PokerPro has also created opportunities for employees that have previously dealt only poker on a full time basis, to work in an expanded live table area without displacement of any positions.”

French Lick Resort Casino offers a destination resort with over 42,000 square feet of gaming floor space. A newly expanded non-smoking gaming area of over 9,500 square feet, 1335 slot machines, 38 table games and 3 PokerPro tables. With live entertainment, multiple dining options, two golf courses and two historic hotels, it is the premier destination resort in southern Indiana.

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LONDON, Sep 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Dublin has been awarded the title of European Poker Capital 2008 by Bluff Europe Magazine. The Irish capital pipped last year’s winner, London, to the post — with Vienna, Amsterdam and Barcelona named third, fourth and fifth places respectively. Bluff Europe praised Dublin’s lively and friendly poker scene, as well as the wealth of poker clubs and tournaments available to the poker playing public.
Dublin has a fine selection of card rooms and, poker is also growing steadily on a grassroots level in the city through poker societies and pub poker leagues. Each year exciting new tournaments spring up with buy-ins to suit all pockets. Dublin is also home to the Irish Open, the oldest and most revered tournament in Europe.

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Titan Poker fielded 17 talented poker players from around the world at the Asian Poker Tour Macau; three of them finished in the money.

(PRWEB) September 2, 2008 — Playing on behalf of popular online poker room Titan Poker, Spanish poker champion Julio Diaz finished in fifth place at the Asian Poker Tour (APT) tournament, which took place this week in Macau.

Diaz went home with a cash prize of $514,600 Hong Kong Dollars after he outlasted professional poker players such as Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Kenny Tran and Liz Lieu to reach the final table.

Diaz, who is well known throughout Spain and is a regular and frequent winner of poker tournaments on the Spanish circuit, was happy with his fifth place finish, and hopes to return to Macau for next year’s tournament as well.

Diaz’s Titan Poker teammates, Alexander Jung from Germany and Masaki Ichikawa from Japan, also finished in the money and won their share of the $1,500,000 in guaranteed prizes at what was without a doubt the most lucrative poker tournament ever to be staged in Asia.

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Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) — U.S. poker players have anted up for another high-stakes game — lobbying.

Trying to overturn a 2006 U.S. ban on online poker, gamblers have started a lobbying group, established a political action committee, and promoted their effort to politicians by holding poker tournaments at the Republican and Democratic nominating conventions.

“Up until this point, the minority of the public that is anti-gambling has yelled louder,” professional poker player Andy Bloch said. “We’re trying to change that.”

The Poker Players Alliance, which claims 1 million members, has invited lawmakers and celebrities to a charity tournament Sept. 3 in Minneapolis, across the Mississippi River from St. Paul, where Republicans are meeting to formally nominate John McCain for president.

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Ask Karel Kruška to describe what it takes to be a good poker player, and he’ll tell you it has as much to do with personal temperament as it does with raw talent.

“Czech poker players are usually ambitious young guys,” said Kruška, chairman of Hot Springs Poker Club Teplice and a member of the executive council of the Czech Association of Poker Clubs. “Many of them have a gambling gene. Undoubtedly they are intelligent and playful [but] a certain degree of narcissism and extroversion is also common.”

With poker having surged in local popularity over the past two years — association officials estimate that 60,000 Czechs play poker, with roughly 1,000 organized into 19 official clubs across the country — many aficionados hope that steely confidence comes in handy when facing their latest challenge, one that’s considerably bigger than the game itself.

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Women’s poker is growing rapidly across the United States. Poker rooms are seeing more women entering tournaments and playing in the cash games. With that growth comes more opportunities for women to gain skill and confidence. Lauren Failla is offering a chance for women to gain both through experience via the High Heels Poker Tour.

High Heels Poker Tour launched in its home state of Florida in June of 2007 with a clear vision to give women not just women’s only tournaments but the tools and exposure they need to work their way up the ladder to be the best poker players they can be.

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