POKER NEWS ARCHIVE - October 2005

ESPN.com To Feature Bluff Magazine Poker Content

ESPN.com announced today that Bluff Magazine, America's largest poker magazine, which will bring a wide range of the popular magazine's poker-related content and information to the ESPN Poker Club section of the leading sports site. The combined collection of content will join with ESPN.com's free online poker game to offer poker fans a complete online destination."This agreement will allow ESPN.com to build on the hugely successful launch of ESPN Poker Club this past February and offer poker fa

European, Latin American, Australian Casinos Conduct Satellite for 2006 WSOP

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET - News) said today casinos in Europe, Latin America and Australia are awarding tournament winners seats in the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event, whose prize pool is expected to exceed $70 million.The most recent operator to sign an agreement with Harrah's Licensing Company, LLC, is Holland Casino for their Master Classics of Poker. In Holland Casino Amsterdam the winner of the euro 5,000 ($6,000 US) Texas H

World Poker Tour Featured on UK Channel

LOS ANGELES – (PRESS RELEASE) -- WPT Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: WPTE) announced today that it has inked an agreement for its WORLD POKER TOUR(R) television series to be featured programming when the UK's much-anticipated ITV4 network kicks off on November 1. ITV4 is the latest addition to the powerful ITV family of networks broadcasting in the United Kingdom. The new network is an "entertainment channel providing quality programming to a discerning, up-market audience with a male bias.""This is

Carnegie Mellon University Student Wins the Win Your Tuition Tournament

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Jeremy Olisar, a 21 year-old Carnegie Mellon University student has won Absolute Poker's free "Win Your Tuition" tournament. To compete in the online tournament, which ended mid October, students only needed proof of enrollment for fall 2005 semester, be in good standing with their school, and have access to a computer. The next free "Win Your Tuition" tournament begins in May 2006 and registration is now open at www.absolutepoker.com/college.Competi

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