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News articles from February-01-2006 to February-28-2006

PokerStars $1 million Guaranteed Results (26th Feb 2006)
27-Feb-2006

It's not $1 million guaranteed every quarter. It's not $1 million guaranteed every month. It's a $1 million guaranteed every week.

100,000 Simultaneous players at Pokerstars
27-Feb-2006

PokerStars.com, the world's largest poker tournament website, reached the 100,000-player milestone last week.

Oklahoma Johnny Hale Profile
26-Feb-2006

Oklahoma Johnny Hale : Entering the poker world in an era where poker nicknames were still being assigned by either a dominate physical feature or the place you hail from, Oklahoma Johnny Hale is known as one of the nicest folk in the poker arena. One of the select group of poker godfathers who helped the legendary Benny Binion launch the World Series of Poker, OK-J, as he is also known, created the Senior World Poker Championship in 1991 and bears a striking resemblance to KFC founder and mascot Colonel Sanders. It’s a good thing Johnny was born in Oklahoma and not Kentucky

Amarillo Slim Profile
25-Feb-2006

Amarillo Slim : With a name like Amarillo Slim, you expect a lot of great stories out of the six foot plus Texan, and you would not be disappointed. If you’ve never heard of him then you are not a regular at the Horseshoe or didn’t catch much of the Tonight Show back when Johnny Carson was at the helm; both places saw plenty of the man born Thomas Austin Preston, Jr, but better known the world over as Amarillo Slim. From the first days of the creation of the World Series of Poker and before, when Slim traveled the roads hunting up action with Doyle Brunson, all the way to when he was kidnapped and held for ransom in a case of mistaken identity, Amarillo has got plenty of tales to entertain.

Puggy Pearson Profile
25-Feb-2006

Puggy Pearson : "I'll play any man from any land, any game that he can name, for any amount that I can count (providing I like it)." So reads the legend emblazoned across the RV of one Puggy Pearson, the unsung hero of tournament poker. Thousands of poker fans around the world are making a living today because of the proliferation of poker tournaments, not to mention the huge cash prizes that are to be had; if they but knew it, they all own Puggy a debt of gratitude. Back in the heady days of the first World Series of Poker, when Benny Binnion gathered the best poker players and voted on who is the best, it was Puggy who suggested the freezeout format that is used today the world over. So, for all the tournament players the world over; Thanks, Puggy!

Shana Hiatt Profile
24-Feb-2006

Shana Hiatt : Where would the poker world be without the former swimsuit model turned poker hostess Shana Hiatt? As part of the trio of personalities that greeted poker TV watchers on the Travel channel each and every time the World Poker Tour aired, Shana provided the eye candy that helped draw the crowds to the show, and there is no arguing over the influence the World Poker Tour had on the poker world at large. For three seasons she kicked off the show, presented the money, and just all around glittered on stage. The fourth season of the World Poker Tour kicks off without her, and she is gone; but not forgotten.

Eva Green Profile
23-Feb-2006

Eva Green : Does Eva Green play poker? No clue. But she IS going to be the next Bond girl, and every Bond fan knows that 007 is going to be mixing it up in his newest movie called Casino Royale. Hey, where there’s a casino, can poker be far behind? So, before you go pointing out that there was no reason to include Eva in this poker player database except because she’s a beautiful French actress, keep this in mind okay, never mind, you got us.

Poker Million V ($4.2m Tournament exclusive to LadbrokesPoker)
23-Feb-2006

Europe’s biggest and richest poker tournament: $4,120,000 Prize Pool, $1,200,000 First Prize and $1,000,000 Added Prize Money. Participation is exclusive to Ladbrokes Poker players and limited to 72 players. No US players can qualify

History of the Ladbrokes Poker Millions Tournament
23-Feb-2006

Kiwi Casino Poker announces 2006 New Zealand Poker Champs Competition Winner
22-Feb-2006

Kiwi Casino Poker has given away the first of its five luxury vacations for two to the 2006 New Zealand Poker Champs.

PokerRoom Grand Tournament VI Video Clips!
22-Feb-2006

Replay some of the key hands that lead Ozzy_87 to victory in the Pokerroom Grand Tournament VI and read his comments!

Pacific Poker Weekly Depositor Freerolls
21-Feb-2006

If you would like your slice of a $1000 pie without paying a cent, then Pacific Poker will serve up the action.

PokerStars $750,000 Guaranteed Results (Feb19th)
21-Feb-2006

Next week, it's $1 million GUARANTEED at Pokerstars!

$200K Guarantee for February at Full Tilt (26 Feb)
21-Feb-2006

Season 3 of UltimateBet Poker Challenge begins airing February 26th
20-Feb-2006

This weekend, 6 players from UltimateBet will head to Los Angeles to battle it out for the ultimate prize in the $200,000 final table in Season 2 of UltimateBet Poker Challenge.

Men is the Man - Card Player of the Year Awards
19-Feb-2006

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Thor Hansen Profile
18-Feb-2006

Thor Hansen : If there was ever a poker player that did not need a nickname, it has got to be Thor Hansen. Thor! The mighty god of thunder! Of course, it sort of ruins it that Hansen is from Norway; you kind of expect names like Thor from that part of the world. Thor, and Tryggmund, Sigbrand, Yngvald, and Ragnljot; now THOSE would be some awesome poker names. All kidding aside, Thor Hansen is a masterful poker player, good enough to play high stakes cash games and make the rounds at the Hustler Casino. Don’t bother playing at his table and trying to tilt him; it is doubtful he will smash the table with his mystic hammer, Mjolnir, no matter how mad he gets.

Ron Rose Profile
17-Feb-2006

Ron Rose : These days the popular thing to do is to go to college, get hooked on online poker, get really good at it, drop out of college and turn poker playing pro. A news flash for all those youngsters out there contemplating this path; it’s not the only way to poker greatness. Ron Rose had lived a very full life before he decided to make a go of turning pro, and there is no doubting his success after making the decision. Winning the World Poker Tour’s 2003 Battle of Champions against a field of the best in the game is no small victory, and one that Ron admits is his favorite of all time.

Party Poker High Flier Winner Announced
17-Feb-2006

Bridge teacher Peter Bertheau is celebrating after beating thousands of people in PartyPoker.com's recent 'High Flier' promotion. Peter, who lives in Taby outside Stockholm, Sweden, won 25 hours of international travel for himself and his family. However, he chose to take the cash equivalent.

PartyPoker Tournament Rules
17-Feb-2006

Ladbrokes WSOP Seat Winners Announced
17-Feb-2006

You can win one of the 100 WSOP 2006 packages via the $750+$50 WSOP Weekly Final, which is held every Wednesday at 19:45 GMT/BST (on a whilst seats available basis). One WSOP Package will be awarded for every $15,000 in the prize pool. Go toLadbrokesPoker now!

LadbrokesPoker.com thelodgers Who's the Daddy Report
17-Feb-2006

The Bellagio, home of the WPT Championship

Celeb Poker WPT World Championship Package
17-Feb-2006

CelebPoker are offering a $30,000 package, which comprises $25,500 entry to the Championship event, 8 night’s luxury Hotel accommodation and $2,000 travel / spending money.

Interpoker sponsoring EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final Seats
17-Feb-2006

The European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final is a €10,000 buy-in, No Limit Hold'em tournament to be held at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort in Monte Carlo, Monaco from March 7-11, 2006.

WPT Events Qualifying Satellites at WPTonline (no US players)
17-Feb-2006

World Poker Tour, the groundbreaking television show that launched the sport, is proud to bring you the same world-class excitement online!
WPT Online, the World Poker Tour's official online poker room are holding satellites for every event on the tour.

Are you from the US? Check out Bodog Pokers WPT qualifiers instead

Ted Forrest Profile
16-Feb-2006

Ted Forrest: With the speed at which newly minted poker players are winning these days you simply have to be a presence at the World Series of Poker three years running to be considered an “old pro.” In Ted Forrest’s case, his status as long term pro comes the old fashioned way, through two decades of playing and winning at poker. Pay attention, youngsters!

EPT Deauville - final table report
16-Feb-2006

Someone will always win a poker tournament, but sometimes the quest for that win is precisely what costs the pursuer the chance.

VCGames introduces Poker Bet, fixed odds Poker betting
16-Feb-2006

PokerBet, a new game from VCGames is a fixed odds poker betting game.

Charlie Shoten Profile
16-Feb-2006

Charlie Shoten : Sometimes success pushes you where you were not prepared to go, and you only have two choices; adapt or fail. For Charlie Shoten, this may have been one of the defining moments in his philosophical life, as he is known for teachings on going with the flow and accepting change as a good thing. Yet, when he was becoming a fairly consistent winner he didn’t want his real name known; he played under the alias "Scotty Warbucks" (no one said it was a good alias). When he was so successful at poker than he ended up on televised tournaments, his real name was known. Scotty became Charlie, and he followed his own advice, to give up and let go of what you are NOT.

Tony Bloom Profile
15-Feb-2006

Tony Bloom : The late Rodney Dangerfield often complained that he “got no respect” from…well, anyone. Respect is something that many consider more precious than gold, and if you can get it from someone highly placed, super skilled and known more for handing out scathing, whining insults more than complements, you must be doing something right. Tony Bloom once played in a game with Phil Hellmuth (you know, the Poker Brat?) who, after seeing Bloom eliminated, told him he had great respect for Bloom’s game. High praise, indeed. Unless, that is, Tony had gotten his hands on Phil’s nine WSOP bracelets and was holding them ransom…

Win your way to the WSOP 2006 with Full Tilt Poker

WSOP Seats: $1 million worth of free WSOP Main Event seats
15-Feb-2006

This year, Full Tilt Poker giving away $1 million worth of free WSOP Main Event seats, and when they say free, they mean it. Completely free... gratis... on the house.

If you are the 2006 WSOP Winner, pick up another $10m free
15-Feb-2006

Last year, the winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event took home $7.5 million. Not bad, until you consider that this year's first-place prize is projected to be about $10 million. Regardless of the amount, if you get to the WSOP through Full Tilt Poker and go on to win the Main Event, we will give you $10 million on top of your first-place money.

Ladbrokes Poker Cruise 2006 Reunion Tournies
15-Feb-2006

Attention all players who came on the 2006 Ladbrokes Poker Cruise -

Today! Goldie Lookin Chain Charity Freeroll - Wed 15th @ 5pm
15-Feb-2006

Play against Nicky Hilton at DoylesRoom on 16th Feb
15-Feb-2006

Interview with David Pomroy
15-Feb-2006

Interview with Julian Gardner
15-Feb-2006

Julian Gardner is from Manchester, England. He turned pro not long after he left school and he's the youngest millionaire in the sport. Julian Gardner finished 2nd in the 2002 WSOP and still got a whopping $1.1 million.

Empire Poker sells to PartyPoker for $250m
15-Feb-2006

Breaking news: Empire Poker has sold all rights to its skin provide Party Poker in a deal worth US$250m.

Chip Jett Profile
14-Feb-2006

Chip Jett : You know you are good at something when you can make enough money at it to pay cash for your first home. At age nineteen. Such is Chip Jett, a man who needs no nickname (how can you do better than “Chip” for a poker player? That would be like giving Chris Moneymaker the nickname “Aces.” You can’t improve on it.) Chip has been involved with poker since 18 years of age, makes his living playing poker; heck, even his wife makes a living playing poker.

Hasan Habib Profile
14-Feb-2006

Hassan Habib : Sometimes it is fun to imagine what the pro poker players are listening to on their iPods. You might imagine Phil Hellmuth topping his list with “It’s My Party (and I’ll Cry If I Want To)” or Phil Ivey with “Eye of The Tiger” (you know, for that stare..) and Antonio Esfandiari with Heart’s “Magic Man.” If Hassan Habib has those white ear buds plugged into his ears one could easily put Bobby McFerrin’s “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” on the soundtrack. Habib is known for his relaxed, Devil May Care attitude at the table, playing as if he hadn’t a care in the world. “Dooo do do dodle do da doddle do da doddle do …”

Play for $100,000 at Play65.com's Backgammon Tournie

$100,000 Backgammon Tournament (1st March)
14-Feb-2006

Love on the Felt - Couple meets at PartyPoker
14-Feb-2006

Online poker players Gary Suffir, 28, and Jackie Johnson, 27, who met in a $30 Omaha game at PartyPoker.com in September, 2004, will marry in a live, poker-themed wedding ceremony at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas on March 7, it was announced yesterday

Strong finish Party Poker players in the Aussie Millions
14-Feb-2006

Are you the next TV Superstar. Bodog wants to know (close 17 Feb)
12-Feb-2006

Bodog Poker TV launches this Spring. Bodog Poker are looking for the next generation of Poker TV stars. Enter now!

Private Tables at LadbrokesPoker.com
12-Feb-2006

Ladbrokes Poker Private Tables feature enables you to create your own poker games. Now you can choose who you play with, the type of game and the stakes you want to play for!

$28,000 WPT World Championship Prize Package
12-Feb-2006

Win a seat in the WPT World Championship to be held at the Bellagio, Las Vegas, 18-24 April 2006 at Golden Palace Poker. The $28,000 prize package consists of $25,500 buy-in + $2,500 expenses.

$8,000 World Poker Challenge Prize Package
12-Feb-2006

The World Poker Challenge (WPT Event) – Prize Package $8,000
Win a seat in the World Poker Challenge to be held at the Reno Hilton Reno, Nevada, 27–30 March 2006 at GoldenPalacePoker.com. The $8,000 prize package consists of $5,100 buy–in + $2,900 expenses.

Brad Pitt Profile
11-Feb-2006

Brad Pitt : Can Brad Pitt play poker? Can he play poker well? That’s a good question, as he has not followed the crowd of Hollywood celebrities to the felt, either in live games or poker TV shows such as Hollywood Home Game or Celebrity Poker Showdown. However, he’s a decent actor (can you detect the deliberate ironic undertones?) and actors have a leg up when playing poker. In all actuality, it really doesn’t matter if he is a good player or not; after his poker game scenes in Ocean’s Eleven and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, he will forever be perceived as one of the coolest poker players around. Now, if he can just avoid anyone watching him play…

The Hendon Mob Profile
10-Feb-2006

The Hendon Mob : Picture it; four men in dark suits and dark glasses arrive, exiting expensive sports cars and moving together as a group into a casino. If you aren’t thinking “Mobsters” then you are not properly educated on 20th century gangster movies. Before there was poker TV, before there were instant poker celebrities launched by pumped up drama on pro poker circuits, there was the Hendon Mob. These four players, who are not a team but a family, formed around a love for the game of poker, made a name for themselves when they would travel together to poker events all across Europe. As they made individual wins and got to be known separately, they were also recognized as a close-knit group. “Here comes the Hendon Mob,” people would say, knowing the group lived in Hendon. The name stuck, and The Hendon Mob was born.

George Clooney Profile
10-Feb-2006

George Clooney: If there is one thing you could say about Hollywood superstar George Clooney, it’s that he can poke fun at himself. After the disaster that was “Batman and Robin”, George was heard to say that he was the only one who could kill Batman. While Batman fans are inclined to agree with him, there is actually a lot more to say about this former ER star; he is wealthy, handsome, talented, conscientious, honest and has movie-star hair. With that kind of package, he was once asked if he ever considered a political career, to which he replied; “Run for office? No. I’ve slept with too many women, I’ve done too many drugs, and I’ve been to too many parties.” Well. Don’t hold anything back, George.