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At a private club in Riverside, a suburb of Dayton, Ohio, poker players were the victims of some very thorough robbers. Allegedly spending close to an hour combing the club and even cars parked outside, the perpetrators also thought it wise to nab poker players of the clothes of their backs.

London's Meridian Hotel will host the 2005 Game Developers Conference Europe (GDC Europe), between August 30th and September 1st. With mobile gaming being one of the hottest trends in entertainment today, and considering the fact that the popularity of poker has absolutely exploded, it's no surprise that mobile poker will get a place in the spotlight at GDC Europe.

Melbourne's Crown Casino is reportedly amidst negotiations with an American television production firm for its upcoming No-limit Texas Hold'em championship. The poker championship, slated to take place this January, is expected to boast a prize pool as high as $10 million.

Milwaukee's Best Light, a SABMiller brand of beer, is backing the "World's Largest Poker Table" nationwide poker tour, which launched this week. The poker table featured in the tour measures 30 feet in length and 12 feet in width, with proportionally huge poker cards, measuring 39 inches tall. The table fits ten players at a time.

WPT Enterprises, Inc. (WPTE) yesterday released information regarding the company's recent legal victories in the area of intellectual property infringement, reiterating WPTE's aggressive stance against copyright and trademark violations. WPTE won intellectual property litigations against televised poker show The Ultimate Poker Challenge, online poker forum 5thstreet.proboards39.com, WPTonline.com doppelganger site Playworldpokertour.net, online gaming software provider WagerLogic Ltd., World Poker Tour imposter Mid-Ohio Super Satellite No Limit Championship, as well as World Poker Productions, Inc., Wpt.cl and Worldpokertour.cl.

The poker phenomenon has swept through the United States, making appearances everywhere from television to the internet and now, even in the board room. Poker has become a way for people meet and interact, and has even proven a valuable tool for business relations. The recently launched online poker site K9Poker has made networking through poker easier, providing a platform for seeking out other poker players throughout the U.S.

Online poker operator Excapsa, which manages internet poker room Ultimate bet, is reportedly amid preparations for a possible flotation on the London Stock Exchange. Ultimate Bet has recruited Canaccord Capital to guide the company during the expected £200m ($347.4m) flotation. Ultimate bet, according to one report the seventh biggest online poker room, expects to earn as much as £30m ($52.2m) thanks to the float.

The company that created the World Poker Tour television show, WPT Enterprises, is watching their stock values soar in the wake of an offer by world-famous poker player Doyle Brunson, to buy out WPTE for $700 million.

In Spring 2006, the biggest poker motion picture ever to grace the silver screen will be coming to a theatre near you. "Lucky You," starring Drew Barrymore, Eric Bana and Robert Duval, has also gathered together dozens of poker's biggest names, who will be playing either themselves or fictional alter egos.

Aside from filling the poker tables, the World Series of Poker attracted gamblers of every sort to the Rio, the WSOP's host casino. During the six weeks that the WSOP convened at the Rio, "game usage" a gauge of efficiency based partially on the ratio of games played, demonstrated that the casino benefited from the WSOP, and not just for poker. Isolating poker games, the general game usage grew 12% between June 2 and July 15. More specifically, game usage for table games, other than poker, increased by 29 percent during that period. Growth in both general game usage and table game usage was considerably lower at other Strip casinos during the same period.

UK betting and gaming company William Hill announced the company's official foray into major tournament poker, with its forthcoming 'William Hill Grand Prix' poker tournament. The 'William Hill Grand Prix' will boast a prize pool of at least £450,000 ($777,671), including a top prize of £150,000 ($259,240).

SkyCity Adelaide, a casino in South Australia, is reintroducing poker following a four year hiatus from the game. Citing waning popularity as the motivation for shutting out poker games in 2001, the casino has rethought this move after poker's worldwide renaissance over the past couple of years.

Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel, the traditional home of the World Series of Poker, is trying to reclaim its standing in the world of poker, since the WSOP was bought up by Harrah's in 2004. Although the WSOP still holds its main event at Binion's the rest of the tournament now takes place at the Rio, removing its status as a trademark Binion's event.

All World Poker Supplies, the poker retail division of Denver-based GetStuffNow.net, announced the availability of new full-sized hold'em poker tables. The 82" x 45" poker tables feature classic green felt and black padded rail, as well as cup holders and a possible dealer position. The tables can seat up to ten poker players.

This year's World Series of Poker Main Event final table will go down in record books as the longest final table in WSOP history. After 13 Hours and 56 Minutes, 18 minutes longer than the record set at the 1983 WSOP, Australian pro poker player Joseph Hachem landed the championship. To add another record to the list, Hachem's $7.5 million win is also the largest prize ever awarded at a tournament in the history of poker.

If you can't get enough of Phil Gordon, from his weekly appearances as co-host of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown, to his presence at random celebrity poker events, you can now get Phil Gordon any time you want him, thanks to the recently debuted, "Final Table Poker with Phil Gordon" instructional poker DVD.

The proposed $700 bid to acquire World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) phased out, after the WPTE received no additional information regarding the bid, since it was issued last week. The sole investor known to be associated with the bid is professional poker player Doyle Brunson. The other investors allegedly involved in the bid remained anonymous and no terms, aside from price, were released regarding the bid.

The 5,619 players originally registered to play in the WSOP main event have, since its start, been whittled down to a mere 27 left standing after round five. After the fifth round of the Word Series of Poker came to a close Wednesday night, Phil Ivey and Mike "The Mouth" Matusow emerged as the top two chip holders, knocking players just as Tim Phan out of top positions.

Online casino and gaming software provider Pegasus Gaming Corp. announced that the company's P2P online poker software has finished testing and integration. The software's suite of multi-table online poker games includes Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Stud, as well as a number of games geared toward the Asian market. Pegasus Gaming licensees will receive the option of adding the new online poker software to existing online casino platforms.

The unsolicited $700 million bid received recently by World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) from an unidentified group of investors, headed by poker legend Doyle Brunson, is set to expire, should WPTE not receive additional details regarding the acquisition bid. Since July 7, when the bid was issued, WPTE has made efforts to substantiate the offer, but to no avail.

Online poker room FullTiltPoker.net is hosting a championship tournament at the Wynn in Las Vegas this Wednesday, July 13th. Fox Sports, the first and only network to have hosted live poker tournament coverage, will broadcast the FullTiltPoker.net Championship live.

WPT Enterprises Inc. (WPTE) is mulling an unsolicited $700 million bid by poker legend Doyle Brunson and an unidentified group of investors. Aside for the bid price, Brunson's offer left all other details unspecified, including Brunson's source of funds.

Online poker room the Gaming Club (www.gamingclubpoker.net) has teamed up with poker marketing, media and merchandising company Major League Poker to produce a radio broadcast covering the World Series of Poker (WSOP) now underway in Las Vegas. 'On the Felt,' as the program has been coined, will broadcast live from the World Series of Poker Lifestyle Show at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino. WSOP fans will only be able to access broadcasts at the Gaming Club's online poker room.

The Prima Network of Microgaming-powered online poker sites recently announced that it has added three new online poker rooms to its list of partner sites. The new sites include BoylesportsPoker.com, as well as 24poker.com and Purple-Lounge.com. These new online poker rooms join the more than 30 online card rooms already part of the Prima Poker Network.

After earning respect playing poker online, Todd 'Dan Druff' Witteles decided to make his mark on the land-based tournament circuit as well. And boy, did he ever! Witteles entered his first two World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournaments and came away from both in top positions. On his first try, Witteles nabbed third place in Event #4's limit hold'em tournament and on attempt number two, Event #36, another limit hold'em game, won the tournament and with it, his first WSOP bracelet.

Robert Guinther of Killeen, Texas recently made perhaps the most valuable error of his life. While playing poker online, Guinther accidentally entered into a $100 buy-in World Series of Poker qualifier tournament, instead of the $10 tournament he thought he was playing. Guinther went on to beat the other 180 contenders vying for a seat at the WSOP championship event, which kicks off this Thursday.

Online poker fans in Scandinavia are getting a tournament all to themselves. Online casino Expekt.com is organizing a series of tournaments to crown an online poker champion in the countries of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Players from any of the countries listed above can participate in any national championship, but champions of the country-specific championships must come from that country.

This has truly been a record-breaking week and a half for the World Series of Poker. For starters, we had two firsts: The first father and son duo to both have won WSOP bracelets, Doyle and Todd Brunson, followed by the first celebrity to win a much-coveted bracelet, namely Jennifer Tilly. In addition, these ten days also saw Johnny Chan break the record for most lifetime wins after winning his tenth gold bracelet. Until WSOP event number 25, Chan was tied with Phil Hellmuth and Doyle Brunson for the record. This deadlock remained firmly in place for two whole years.

"Chicago Sam" Petrillo, one of the top players from the early days of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), recently passed away in his Las Vegas home at the age of 68. In the years 1979 and 1981, Petrillo made it to the WSOP's final tables, and built a name for himself as one of the top professional poker players of his time. He has been accredited with being one of the figures who helped boost poker's popularity over the years.
 
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