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News articles from February-01-2007 to February-28-2007

Shana Hiatt's Smooth Moves
26-Feb-2007

Before former Baywatch beauty Pamela Anderson got hitched to Doyle Brunson, and long before Clonie Gowan posed for Maxim, and even longer before one Cindy Margolis tried for poker room stardom, there was the delectable Shana Hiatt. Former Playboy Playmate Shana was the First Lady of the World Poker Tour and despite moving to other things, she has kept her humor on the way.

A little American Pie in New Zealand
26-Feb-2007

Since when did Poker and Hot Women go together, anyway? It seems these days you can't swing a walking cane in a casino without hitting a dozen gorgeous women playing poker, when ten or so years ago it was the other way around. With the Gowans, the Merciers, the Lieus and the Ngs already at the table, adding in someone like Shannon Elizabeth seems like overkill.

WSOP 2007 Pokerstars Online Qualifiers
26-Feb-2007

The 2007 World Series of Poker is almost here, and you have a chance to become part of the PokerStars legacy. WSOP champions Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, and Joe Hachem all came from PokerStars on their way to poker stardom. In 2006, three of the nine final table players got to the WSOP through PokerStars satellites. Now you can, too.

$30,000 march rakerace at Purple Lounge Poker
26-Feb-2007

The $30,000 march rakerace starts March 1st at purple lounge poker.

Interview with Liam Flood, Irish Poker Tour Tournament Director
24-Feb-2007

Guidetopoker caught up this week with Liam Flood, Tournament Director of the Irish Poker Open 2007.

EPT Monte Carlo qualifiers
21-Feb-2007

The Pinnacle of European Poker is here as the EPT heads to Monte Carlo for the Grand Final . Last year Jeff Williams came out of the blue and won € 900,000 at this fantastic event in magnificent Monte Carlo , this could be the year that you make your mark with a seven figure win at this event .

Rincon WSOP circuit Ladies Poker Championship Winner
21-Feb-2007

Linda Schmidt, from Moreno Valley, CA, only took 72 minutes to wrap up her final tale game and walk off the winner of the Rincon WSOP circuit Ladies Poker Championship - the fastest final table in WSOP Circuit history.

Poker Chips go Chocolate
21-Feb-2007

Did you ever get a bag of chocolate coins when you were a kid?

Northern Ireland Poker Championship Qualifiers
21-Feb-2007

The Northern Ireland Poker Championship is one of the biggest poker events ever to take place in Northern Ireland and you could be there courtesy of Betfair Poker

WSOP 2007 promo at WillHillPoker
19-Feb-2007

WillHill Poker are giving away 15 packages to the WSOP 2007 which they will be giving away to their most active players between February and May.

Team Ladbrokes WSOP 2007 Package
19-Feb-2007

LadbrokesPoker have announced their 2007 WSOP poker prize package.

paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open 2007 qualifiers
19-Feb-2007

Win a package to the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open 2007. This amazing event takes place in Dublin in Easter 2007 and will see 700 entrants and a staggering €2,000,000 Guaranteed.

WPS Caribbean Poker Cruise - $7,000 Prize Package
19-Feb-2007

Secure your berth on the World Poker Showdown Caribbean Cruise, 22-29 April, 2007 with Paddypowerpoker

Norther Ireland Poker championship online qualifiers
19-Feb-2007

On Saturday 24th February win your seat to the Northern Ireland Poker Championship at JPC Casino in Londonderry, N Ireland with PacficPoker

Titan Poker Irish Open 2007 prize packages
19-Feb-2007

Titan Poker is proud to announce a series of Irish Open Super Satellites awarding one or more skillful players with a seat(s) at the upcoming Irish Open, which will be staged at Dublin's luxurious Burlington Hotel on April 6-9, 2007. The Irish Open has a €2 Million Guaranteed Main Event, and you don't want to miss out!

Italiano Texas Hold'em championship San Remo Qualifiers
19-Feb-2007

Everest Poker are running daily satellites where you could win a place at the Italian Texas Holdem championships in San Remo, March 6th to 11th 2007.

VC Poker Customer Appreciation Week starts Monday
18-Feb-2007

VCPoker who are offering $35 free no deposit required until the end of this month are running a customer appreciation week kicking off on Monday. If you are not yet playing at VCpoker then this is a great time to join VCPoker as you are not going to see a better promotion this month!

More high stakes action from befairpoker
18-Feb-2007

More high stakes action from befairpoker

Daily guaranteed $100k tournament given new time slot
17-Feb-2007

Mansion poker's $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament series has been given a new improved time-slot – 20:00 GMT (21:00 CET). The guys over at Mansion have given away a massive $2.2m in overlays since starting the series earlier this year!

Main Event of the FTOPS III this Sunday!
17-Feb-2007

This Sunday join Chris Ferguson at the online FullTilt FTOPS III final, a NLH $1.5m guaranteed tourney.

Irish Poker Open Direct Registrations
16-Feb-2007

And they're off! PaddyPowerPoker.com has launched secure online registration for the Irish Open 2007, and braces itself for the coming flood of poker players racing to register.

Friday FTOPS III Event Seven
16-Feb-2007

Tonight's Full Tilt event is a $125,000 guaranteed PL Hold'em shindig, perfect for those Pot Limit specialists out there. Tiltboy Rafe Furst will be presiding as the requisite Team Full Tilt host, and rumor has it Phil Gordon will be sitting behind him providing a running commentary and occasionally pointing out how tall he is.

Ghostface, Pokerface
16-Feb-2007

One of the founding members of the Rap super group Wu-Tang Clan has arrived as a player in the poker industry with the launch of his very own poker room, Ghostface Killah Poker, or GFKPoker.com. It is worth a visit to the site if just to hear the song Pokerface that kicks up in the background, where Ghostface raps about high rolling no limit hold'em, artfully blending lines from Kenny Rogers "Gambler", the sound of shuffling chips, and a clever mimicry of Teddy KGB from "Rounders."

WSOP 2007 Freeroll
16-Feb-2007

VC Poker is running a WSOP 2007 freeroll on 22nd February where the winner will find themselves winging their way to Vegas and the WSOP 2007!

FTOPS event today - Six Omaha Hi Lo
14-Feb-2007

Hoooboy- it's a shame Full Tilt Poker couldn't poll the participants in tonight's FTOPS event to find out how many are coming for the $75,000 guarantee, how many are playing because they can't get enough good Omaha tournaments, and how many are participating just to bait Mike Matusow.

Be a Pro Tourney Freerolls at Ultimate Poker
14-Feb-2007

Ultimate Bet is currently running their "Be a Pro" tournaments, which could lead to one fortunate player going from No to Pro in a year.

Titan Poker EPT Monte Carlo Package
13-Feb-2007

Titan Poker is running two EPT Monte Carlo Super Satellites awarding one or more skillful players with a seat(s) at the European Poker Tour - Monte Carlo Grand Final Tournament, which will be held at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort, Monte Carlo, Monaco in March 2007

Online Poker Tournament Results (11th Feb 2007)
12-Feb-2007

This weekend online poker players pulled in big numbers and raised up the stakes at most of the weekly guaranteed events. Both PartyPoker and Bodog saw some serious increases. Poker Stars was hopping as usual. 6,786 people entered their Sunday Million Tournament. This pushed the prize pool up to an impressive $1,357,200. $191,365.20 was set for first-place, barring any deals and 1,080 entrants made bank in this juicy event.

Learn and Play with the Pros in Atlantic City!
11-Feb-2007

Ever dreamed of being The Boss of the poker tables? Every wanted to learn and play with the pros 'down in lucky town' Atlantic City? Well look no further than the Boot Camp Tourney at PokerRoom.com to be held on Sunday 25th February.

Party - Win a luxury weekend break in Paris
11-Feb-2007

Get in the mood for love with the Partypoker $20K Valentine’s Day tournament promotion. Party are giving you the chance to win a luxury weekend break in romantic Paris as well as a shot at a share of a $20,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Gus Sengos Wins WSOPC Council Bluffs
08-Feb-2007

The World Series of Poker Circuit hit Council Bluffs, Iowa. When all was said and done, the Main Event was won by Kosta “Gus” Sengos. The 23 year old won his seat to the tournament in a bar league near Sioux Falls, SD, where he resides. The restaurant manager didn’t have to pay a dime to play and came home with $219,576 for first place as well as a seat in the 2007 WSOP Main Event this summer.

Play in the FTOPS Series III from this Friday

$3.4m Full Tilt Online Series of Poker kicks off Friday 9th February
07-Feb-2007

This Friday join Team Full Tilt in the Full Tilt Series of Online Poker III. With a guaranteed prize pool of $3.4m you will want to be playing!

Online Poker Tournament Results from 4th Feb 2007
06-Feb-2007

This weekend the numbers were down, overlays were big and one site had some huge technical difficulties.

PokerStars Sunday Million – 2.05.07
05-Feb-2007

PokerStars had a good weekend. 5,709 players joined in the action at the Sunday Million Main Event. This pushed the prize pool up to $1,141,800 with $181,317.34 slated for first place, barring any deals. TheBigViking led the pack going into the final table. True to his name, TheBigViking had plundered and pillaged 13.6 million chips from his opponents up ‘til this point.

Paddypowerpoker win knickers freeroll
05-Feb-2007

Paddypowerpoker have come up with a superb freeroll concept where you can win some knickers in time for Valentines day.

Tony Chessa interview
03-Feb-2007

Deanna Goodson sat down with Tony Chessa, Scottish poker pro for Littlewoods Poker

Borgata Winter Poker Open Winner
02-Feb-2007

The WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open is in the record books y’all. The final table featured an impressive group of gents, three of whom were named John. The six finalists began at 5pm EST. The Borgata Events Center was filled to capacity and tournament emcee Linda Johnson announced the players.

Chris
01-Feb-2007

Recently, Guidetopoker got the opportunity to chat with Chris “Mustard” Coleman. He holds the distinction of being the first individual to win the Caribbean Poker Classic (CPC) No Limit Holdem/Blackjack Tournament. He accomplished the feat in November 2006 winning his seat at littlewoodspoker. Chris is quite a character and our editor quickly learned that the best thing to do is to let him talk.

McLaughlin wins HPT at the Hooters Casino Vegas
01-Feb-2007

Steve McLaughlin wins the Heartland Poker Tour at the Hooters Casino in Vegas.

Online Poker Tournament Results – 1.28.07
01-Feb-2007

This last weekend numbers rebounded from last week’s dismal showing online. Most sites saw a marked improvement - Deanna Goodson was glued to her monitor throughout.

Win a place at the Irish Open for $1 - shootout on Monday
01-Feb-2007

Monday 5 February sees the fifth paddypowerpoker.com $1 shootout where one player walks away with a €3,500 ticket to the 26th Irish Open 2007 held in Dublin over Easter weekend 2007.