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The First Hall Civil Court of Malta has handed down a judgment in favour of PokerTrillion.com, authorising the seizure of Boss Media Malta Limited and Boss Media AB servers, which will now have to cease commercial activity from 18 September 2008.

The court’s decision in this matter is final and Boss Media will not be allowed to appeal.
The ruling by Judge Gino Camilleri relates to Trillion Limited’s multi-million euro lawsuit for breach of contract against Boss Media AB and their associated companies.

It's been a wild ride but ChanPoker.com is closing its doors on Aug. 21.

Chan Poker, which is headed by back-to-back WSOP world champion Johnny Chan, was launched in 2006 with a great deal of fanfare and snappy interface.

A part of the popular Ongame Network, Chan Poker's future looked bright at a time when numerous sites were entering the market and succeeding. Unfortunately, little more than a few months later the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was passed, and it's becoming apparent that Chan Poker was one of the hardest-hit online rooms.

There hadn't been much news from the Chan Poker camp in the last year, and yesterday, the site left a message for its customers on its front page.

An excerpt from the letter:

Professional poker player Curtis Mayfield III Mayfield shares tips and experiences in personal blog.

Time is running out to qualify for the largest guaranteed prize pool poker tournament in Bodog Poker history. The $250,000 Guaranteed online poker tournament takes place this week and qualifiers are running almost 24/7 for a chance to win a seat for as little as $1.

Between now and tournament time there are 12 Qualifier tournaments running that start at $1 and range up to $8. Then, there are 10 Semifinal tournaments before the cards are dealt on Sunday, with direct buy-ins running from $18 + $2 and $54 + $4 12 qualifiers. Add that to the PTS buy-in sit 'n' go tournaments that are running constantely and the opportunities to qualify for the event are almost endless.

With the first event getting underway last night, the Party Poker Irish Poker Championship Tour has kicked off at Eglinton Card Room and Casino, its first stop of eight across the island.

 "The 2008 Irish Poker Championship was seen as a big success and still attracted 298 runners, despite the fact that Ireland was engulfed in a snowstorm at the time that limited the options of many to get to Galway." Said a spokesman from Party Poker.com.

"The introduction of the Irish Poker Championship Tour this year shows just how much this tournament is on the up-and-up. There are stops all over the Emerald Isle and online qualifiers will be introduced on PartyPoker.com later in the year that will give players from all over the world the chance to witness the famous Galway hospitality."

Winners, and set number of runners up, from each stop get an invite to the first major UK tournament of 2009, the 2009 Irish Poker Championships

Titan Poker, the pride and joy of the iPoker Network, is currently hosting Satellites and Super Satellites to the largest poker tournament in Africa – the Sun City Million Dollar Poker Tournament. South Africa’s sumptuous Super Bowl casino in the heart of beautiful Sun City will set the scene for the region’s premier poker event this September, guaranteeing a minimum prize pool of $1,500,000.

Online poker rooms AbsolutePoker.com and UltimateBet.com have announced the impending launch of the new Cereus platform, which will integrate the customers and features from both to create the world’s third largest Internet poker network.

The result of twelve months’ of development, Cereus will allow both operators to retain their unique assets while sharing more players, tournaments and features alongside new features and larger promotions.

“I am so excited to announce the launch of our new poker network, Cereus,” said Paul Leggett, Chief Operations Officer for AbsolutePoker.com and UltimateBet.com.

Candywriter today announced the release of Imagine Poker 3.6 for the Mac. Candywriter teamed up with Los Angeles-based Fearnot Music Studios to bring voices to all 21 Imagine Poker Mac characters as featured in the current iPhone/iPod Touch version of the game.

Citizens Restoring Congamond, a group of lake residents from West Suffield and Southwick, Mass. dedicated to protecting and maintaining the Congamond Lakes, is hosting its second annual Poker Run Aug. 9. Betty Ayotte of West Suffield, treasurer of the group and organizer of the poker run, said they raised $5,300 last year.

Poker is experiencing unprecedented national popularity, as reported yesterday in The Courant. The Mohegan Sun is reintroducing live poker at its new 64,000 square-foot Casino of the Wind when it opens Aug. 29.

Here's your chance locally to enjoy playing a hand of poker, possibly win the $10,000 grand prize and help keep Congamond Lake clean. I'd call that a winning 3-of-a-kind.

Many detractors thought they might not have been around to celebrate it, but Party Poker are celebrating their 7th birthday on Sunday the 10th of August. The top European poker room has gone from strength to strength in the last few years and are topping off the celebrations with a $1,000,000 guaranteed Birthday Party bonanza tournament.

You can buy in directly to this $640 event with a championship style blind structure. As usual you can also win your seat on Party Poker from as little as $1 or even just 15 partypoints. For more information go to the main Party Poker website.

Entraction Holding AB Solna, Sweden (21 July 2008). Entraction announces that it has signed a deal with yet another established poker operator, Bet1128, to supply them with poker software and access to the Entraction poker network. Bet1128 is a successful poker site focusing on the Italian market, and will start the migration to Entraction in August.

Bet1128.com's players appreciate the Italian poker "32-card draw", which guarantees good action when Entraction launches its 32-card draw in the autumn.

Age is no barrier to becoming a Poker Pro as 21-year old Michael Schwaiger from Austria discovered last month when he made Titan Poker history as one of the youngest first prize winners of the weekly $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament.

With his win still rippling throughout the Poker world, 21-year old amateur poker enthusiast Michael Schwaiger has defied the odds and proved that you don't need to be a veteran of the tables to win big with Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network.

NEW YORK -- DuplicatePoker.com, one of the fastest growing online poker communities will add cash games to its growing repertoire of playing options beginning today Moshe Davidovich announced today.

It’s too late for you to cash in on the more than $180 million dollars in prize money handed out by this year’s World Series of Poker, but for anyone who wants to follow the action online or catch the ESPN coverage starting July 22, here’s a primer on the richest event in “sports”.

Online poker games are a fun and exciting way to spend your time.  If you enjoy the game of poker, then online poker games are a great way to get enjoyment out of your relaxation time from the comfort of your own home.  You can play a game of poker online before you go to bed, pick a quicker online poker game for a stretch of free time or play online poker to win your seat and a chance at immortality by winning the 2008 WSOP. You can even play poker online while you are watching television and kicking back. 

Online poker site enables instant deal making through software enhancement.

Miami, FL  -- Absolute Poker has announced a new final table feature that promises to expedite the deal making process at select online poker games.

"We're making it easier for players to facilitate deals so that everyone can walk away from a big tournament with a healthy win," stated David Clainer, Senior Vice President for Absolute Poker.

Online poker player "Panicked" took home the $23,600 first-place prize last night in Bodog's $100,000 Guaranteed online poker tournament. (Bodog Beat Image)

Manila, Philippines - The top professional poker players with Asian heritage are aiming for nothing less than the top prize at the upcoming Asian Poker Tour Philippine leg this coming May 27 to June 1.

Korean-born Steve Sung, Vietnam-native Quinn Do and Vietnamese-American Nam Le are all hoping to be the last man standing at the finals table of the 2008 Asian Poker Tour's first leg to be held at the Dusit Thani Manila Hotel. The three poker pros of Asian-descent will duke it out with over 400 other pros for a chance to win the first prize chunk of the guaranteed prize pool of US$ 1 million.

A plumber from Toronto has won 888’s prestigious poker title, the World Poker Crown, after beating a tough field of over 2,000 online and then dominating a live final table in Spain.

Fellow Canadian Michael Lawson finished second, with another finalist also hailing from the North American country.

The final hand played out dramatically after Lawson had worked away at Hinchley’s chip lead. Lawson held a pair of tens in the hole and Hinchley an offsuit KQ. The flop was K-J-6, all hearts, and Lawson went all in with his pair which included a ten-high flush draw. Hinchley called with top pair and hit another king on the river after a blank turn to take down the prize.

After five months of worrying about the future of Danish poker, the game's enthusiasts finally have received some good news. The Supreme Court in Denmark has decided to bring up the case where the question is: Should tournament poker in private clubs be legal in Denmark or not? The second highest legal body in Denmark, its Landsretten, decided to vote against legalisation, and after an appeal put together by Frederik Hostrup and the Danish Poker Federation, the Supreme Court is ready to handle the case.

"I am certain that we will reach another result than the one we received in Landsretten. This is a good day for Danish poker. It can make a big difference for everyone who loves poker," says a very Ladbrokes Poker pleased Hostrup, according to a Danish report.

The World Poker Association is launching their first educational event for their members. It will be held at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, on May 28 -May 29, 2008, prior to the launch of the World Series of Poker tournament that takes place in Las Vegas in July. The conference will be moderated by Mike ‘The Mad Genius of Poker’ Caro, and is titled ‘63 Money Making Tips To Win A Bundle At The WSOP’.

Today in court: poker player Lee Rousso will take the side of legal online gambling, backed by supporters from the PPA and elsewhere around the world.

The second annual World Series of Poker Academy for Ladies will be held June 6 and 7 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, with experienced poker instructors Annie Duke and Alex "The Insider" Outhred grooming participants to dominate Event#15- $1,000 WSOP Ladies - No Limit Hold'em World Championship event being held the next day, Sunday June 8.

Also, FBI "tells expert" Joe Navarro, insightful author of Read 'Em and Reap, will be unveiling a brand new seminar focusing on female specific non verbal behavior, to give participants an extra ammunition in their arsenal at the table.

The Academy is limited to 100 players, and promises to teach poker skills, strategies and applications through live hand demonstrations, seminars with Q and A, and tournaments.

NBC's popular late-night poker series, "Poker After Dark," has excelled at late in creating unique themes and interesting matchups in the series' weekly six-player sit-'n'-go tourneys. The latest twist in the "Poker After Dark" theme is this week's "Love at First Raise," which features three well-known poker couples vying against each other – and their romantic mates – for the week's winner-take-all prize.

Competing in this week's "Poker After Dark" (Episode 29) matchup are these famed poker couples:

Jennifer Harman and Marco Traniello David Benyamine and Erica Schoenberg Phil Laak and Jennifer Tilly.

I recently returned from a glorious and profitable seven-day poker cruise with my sister, Barbara and several of my best friends. The entire group had a great time, sightseeing, shopping, tanning, and playing poker. The poker room offered three poker tournaments throughout the seven-day trip, though I was unable to attend the first event. I made the money in the second and third events, finishing in fifth place, which paid $540 and then I chopped first and second place money with fellow cruiser David Garrison, in the final event for $1,590 each.

2006 World Series of Poker main event winner Jamie Gold and Khloe Kardashian from E!'s show 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' will host the third-annual Celebrity Poker Tournament and Casino Night fundraiser for the Urban Health Institute, at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills California on 6pm Saturday, May 17. Over $50,000 worth of prizes will be awarded to top finishers in the tournament.

The Urban Health Institute (UHI) provides direct care, medicine and medical equipment in response to natural and man-made disasters. 

Exciting final table aboard cruise liner
 
The cruise liner MSC Poesia proved a pleasant venue this week for the final table of the Party Poker Million VI tournament and its winner, Alexander Jung. The German player beat an initial field of 171 to enter the final nine, and then outplayed them all to take the $358 000 main prize and the beautifully crafted glass trophy.
 

Can you believe it’s been five years since Chris Moneymaker, an accountant from Tennessee playing in his first live tournament, arrived in Las Vegas as an unknown and left as a poker icon?

Qualifying online at Pokerstars for only $39, Moneymaker participated in the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event, outlasted 838 other players and inspired generations of poker enthusiasts. This aptly named young gentleman fulfilled the dream of every aspiring poker player to become WSOP world champion.

Now, thousands of amateur poker players make the pilgrimage to Las Vegas each summer to compete in the WSOP main event.

Let’s travel back in the time capsule to remember the hand that changed poker forever.

Support for World Series of Poker decision to move final table to November