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Elimination Hands from the 2006 WCOOP Main Event

These are the elimination hands from the 2006 WCOOP Main Event. Although this event had the chance to see the first $1 million online tournament winner, the final table players made a deal once play became six-handed. After the deal, play loosened up considerably, changing the dynamic of final table because most of the money was already decided...read more

Rebecca's Recommendations - September 29, 2006

Those of you who are familiar with my past newsletters know that I am a big Bodog and Calvin Ayre fan. Why? As controversial as Bodog's marketing strategies may be, they are innovative, original, and very successful. They have a trustworthy, industry leading product that entertains thousands and thousands of people...read more

WCOOP Surpasses $10 million Guarantee

The PokerStars.com World Championships of Online Poker (WCOOP) cash prizes exceeded the guaranteed prize of $10 million with four tournaments remaining, putting the online poker room on pace to hand out nearly $20 million. More than 23,000 players have competed in the series so far, making it the largest online tournament series ever...read more

Dicks Free to Return to UK

Ex-Sportingbet chairman Peter Dicks has been cleared to return to the UK after New York Governor George Pataki again refused to sign an extradition order from the state of Louisiana. "The Governor's counsels have carefully reviewed Louisiana's request to extradite Mr...read more

World Market Center Names CEO

LAS VEGAS -- On the day the World Market Center officially announced construction on the largest of its planned eight buildings, operators of the home furniture convention complex named a furniture industry veteran with a strong connection to the local community as its chief executive officer. Harvey Dondero, who has spent 32 years in the home furnishing industry, will become the World Market Center's first chief executive officer...read more

Dicks hearing postponed until Friday

The extradition hearing of former Sportingbet chairman Peter Dicks has been postponed until Friday. New York officials, including Governor George Pataki and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, need more time to make a decision, according to a Financial Times report. Dicks was arrested Sept...read more

Hill, Ritz end U.S. operations

The legal turmoil surrounding online gambling in the U.S. has prompted two British companies, William Hill and Ritz Club, to stop taking bets over the Internet from American players. William Hill's policy had been to accept poker and gaming action from American residents but not sports betting...read more

ESPN: The Worldwide Leader in Televised Poker

The ESPN broadcast of the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event wrapped up last night, and the network once again outclassed all the other televised poker programs. While other poker shows offer a more critical analysis of play, ESPN is the most entertaining. By weaving in expertly-crafted player biographies between hands and adding short entertaining features like "The Nuts," ESPN created a show that anyone can enjoy -- including people who don't know how to play the game...read more

Sands Progresses With Cotai Plans

MACAU -- Las Vegas Sands Corp. has begun construction on its last two resort locations on the Cotai Strip in Macau that will ultimately bring to the Chinese community 10 different hotel brands with a combined 9,400 rooms. Included in the Cotai mix is the Venetian Macau, a 3,000-room version of Las Vegas Sands' Venetian on the Strip...read more

Gaming world watches as Dicks legal saga continues

Peter Dicks, non-executive chairman of British online gambling corporation Sportingbet is slated to return to New York for a second extradition hearing on Thursday. Dicks' arrest earlier this month flung the online sportsbook industry into panic and prompted the resignation of two World Gaming directors Monday...read more