Online Poker News

Make sure you set your Sky Plus to BBC 2 next Wednesday 27th July, as a popular UK poker player will be put under the scrutiny of the Dragons’ Den entrepreneurs. Jerain ‘JJ’ Hazan, a London based player is appearing on episode two of the new series, to ask for backing on the live circuit.

This will not be the first time that someone associated with gaming has asked the Dragons for financial backing, as previously in October 2007, online gaming information site Gaming Alerts got the backing of Dragon Theo Paphitis backed the company to the tune of £200K. Gaming Alerts, based in London, is the place to find all the latest online gaming information and individually features the latest gambling news and bonuses for many popular games such as online poker, online bingo, online betting and online casinos.

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Day 2A of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event began with 1,478 players, compared with the 2,922 prepared to play on Day 2B. However, it ended with only 607 survivors, so the field is thinning out. There were however, a number of big names that made to through to day 3 and these include; Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Greg “Fossilman” Raymer, and Carlos Mortensen, all former world champions.

Notable celebrities who resumed play on Day 2A included actor and comedian Jason Alexander, world famous cricketer Shane Warne, actor and comedian Brad Garrett, and music manager Rene Angelil. Jason Alexander joins Shane Warne into day 3, so it may be some time before Warne joins his colleagues in the commentary team at the opening test match currently being played between England and Australia at Cardiff.

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With new upgraded software, complete with terrific graphics, with a better search function, then you have a poker room that is never, ever, short of poker players. That’s not all there is a nice 3D avatars as well as integrated casino and bingo play, an always visible cashier and improved multi-tabling abilities (you can have 4 tables tiled or cascaded at one time). Another improvement, way better than other sites, is the graphic replay of hands, allowing you to review your play.

After months of anticipation, the moment every poker player waits for is finally here. Since 1970 the poker world has revolved around the World Series of Poker. Each summer poker history is made at the WSOP as a brand new group of players joins that exclusive club of WSOP bracelet winners this year is no exception with the 2009 Main Event finally underway.

As we write the players are out there bagging and tagging their chips right now, no surprise for many was the fact that more players showed up today than any other and even more people will be playing tomorrow, the last of the Day 1’s. Big names currently sit at the top of the leader board and these include; Ariel Schneller, Jeff Lisandro, Justin Bonomo. Keep in contact and we will continue to keep you updated on the progress of the big boys at the 57th WSOP.