Hollywood Poker Raises $30,000 For 4th Annual Dennis Quaid Charity Weekend
May 29, 2006
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Wednesday May 24, 1:05 pm ET
AUSTIN, Texas, May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — HollywoodPoker.com, where the stars come to play, raised $30,000 for the 4th Annual Dennis Quaid Charity Weekend with 100% of the money benefiting four Austin, TX children charities. The Austin, TX event was held May 4-7, 2006. New to this year’s event was the HollywoodPoker.com Texas Hold ‘em Celebrity Challenge, helping the organization raise over $300,000 during the entire weekend. Quaid, who has called upon his friends at Hollywood Poker in the past to help raise money for the victims of Katrina, knew they would come through for him at this worthy event.
An elated Quaid said, “The Hollywood Poker event was a blast, we had so many people turn out, it was amazing. Next year we’ll make it even bigger!”
More than 900 people attended the poker event where Brett Cullen (“The West Wing”) was the highest placing celebrity in the tournament. Other celebrity participants for the weekend include Dennis Quaid, Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine), Topher Grace (In Good Company), Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac), Zac Efron (“Summerland”), Richard Schiff (“The West Wing”), Robert Loggia (Wild Seven), Rex Linn (“CSI: Miami”), Gordon Clapp (“NYPD Blue”), Gregory Itzin (“24″), Don Felder (The Eagles), Kyle Massey (“That’s So Raven”), Otis Thorpe (NBA Player) and many others. Quaid was the big winner for the golf tournament.
About Dennis Quaid Weekend
The Dennis Quaid Charity Weekend presented by H-E-B was founded in 2003. This year’s edition took place May 4-7, 2006, with over thirty Hollywood stars participating. All expenses of the Quaid Weekend are fully underwritten by sponsors, which allows 100% of the gross proceeds generated from the sale of event tickets and participant slots to directly benefit the following non- profit organizations: Any Baby Can, Austin Children’s Shelter, Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas; and the International Hospital for Children. While on location, nearly 20 years ago, filming the Big Easy in New Orleans, Dennis Quaid fell ill and was sent to the doctor who founded the International Hospital for Children, where he learned about the organization’s role in servicing the need for children’s medical care and assistance in third world countries; he has supported them ever since. The Dennis Quaid Charity Weekend was formed for the purpose of supporting both International and Austin, TX local children and is held every year in Austin, TX. The weekend raised approximately $340,000. Over $700,000 has been raised since 2003.
About HollywoodPoker.com
HollywoodPoker.com is where the “Stars come to Play!” Our mission is to provide players with world-class, secure online poker entertainment with access to exclusive celebrity games. Hollywood Poker delivers the most technologically advanced online poker games, regular tournaments with huge prize pools, the industry’s most professional and responsive player support team and vibrant and exciting game rooms and community message boards. At Hollywood Poker every player gets the star treatment. A membership to this exclusive club includes access to host your own online tournaments, three weekly celebrity events, and several chances to win a free spot in the World Series of Poker.
“World’s Sexiest Woman” signed by Titan Poker
May 29, 2006
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Joanna Krupa, ‘World’s Sexiest Woman’, has just signed on as official spokesperson for Titan Poker. Joanna comes by that title honestly, having been voted ‘sexiest woman in the world’ by magazines in Australia, Czeck Republic, England, Germany, South Africa and the USA, not to mention appearing on the cover of Playboy.
Joanna recently played in a Trump Tower charity poker game and that was all it took to hook her on the game of poker. Being spokesperson for Titan Poker will keep her very busy signing autographs and making public appearances but one of the perks of the job will be playing at the Main Event at the World Series of Poker. Poker players will be given a chance to win a pas to a swimsuit calendar shoot with Joanna,as well.
Joanna will be a regular player at Titan Poker as she prepares for the WSOP Main Event. You can play poker with Joanna starting June 1st from 8 – 10 pm EST.
Come to Titan Poker and play with the ‘Worlds Sexiest Woman” !
Phil Hellmuth Launches the Third Edition of Camp Hellmuth, the Ultimate Weekend of Poker
May 29, 2006
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Poker Players Get a Weekend Crash-Course to Take Their Game to the Next Level!
LAS VEGAS, May 26 /CNW/ – Post Oak Productions, a Toronto-based event production company, announced today the launch of the third edition of Camp Hellmuth, Phil Hellmuth’s poker fantasy camp weekend.
Led by nine-time World Series of Poker Champion Phil Hellmuth, Camp Hellmuth will run from August 11th through August 13th, 2006, at Caesars Palace, in Las Vegas, NV. The “Ultimate Weekend of Poker” will be jam-packed with poker instruction, tournaments, workshops and entertainment. Camp Hellmuth promises to improve the poker skills of all those in attendance,
whether they are seasoned poker players or novices to the game. The weekend will feature many of the game’s top poker stars. Joining Phil will be poker greats including Antonio Esfandiari, Mark Seif, Michael Mizrachi, Evelyn Ng, Scott Fischman, Freddy Deeb and former FBI agent Joe Navarro.
“Camp Hellmuth continues to grow and improve,” said Managing Director Jeff Goldenberg. “Campers receive valuable poker instruction and play tournaments with the pros. It is a truly memorable weekend for all who attend.”
Added Managing Director Brandon Rosen, “The third Camp Hellmuth promises to the best one yet, with several surprises and special guests.”
Post Oak Productions also announced that UltimateBet.com has re-signed as the presenting sponsor of Camp Hellmuth, and will be promoting the Camp through online satellite tournaments.
More information about Camp Hellmuth, including weekend itinerary, poker player bios and sign-up information can be found at www.camphellmuth.com or by calling 1-888-HELLMUTH.
About Post Oak Productions
Post Oak Productions Inc. is a Toronto-based event production company, with experience producing events in the arenas of sports and entertainment. Post Oak Productions Inc. is positioned to become the leader in the production of live poker events. For more information contact Jeff Goldenberg, 416-493-3731, info@camphellmuth.com.
About UltimateBet.com
UltimateBet.com is a world-leading online poker site dedicated to providing the most professional poker experience on the Internet. Operated by eWorld Holdings, Inc., an international business corporation located in Antigua, UltimateBet.com serves customers worldwide by offering a secure site where they can enjoy playing poker online for recreation, chat with other players, get tips from professional poker players, and share in the excitement of winning big in online poker.
InterPoker Signs Poker Prodigy Scott Fischman
May 13, 2006
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Scott Fischmean is the youngest poker player to ever to wear two back to back World Series of Poker Bracelets and now Scott has joined the InterPoker.com Extreme Team
Scott worked as a dealer at the Mirage Casino in Las Vegas in his early twenties, however when diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis in 2002, he decided to try playing rather than dealing. His first tourney was in January of 2004 at The Grand American Poker Classic in Tunica, MS, placing an impressive 4th. Since that time, he’s played his way to nine final tables, including those at the Orleans Open, the Mirage Poker Showdown and the coveted World Series of Poker Events, where he dramatically defeated poker giants Joe Awada in the No-Limit Hold ‘em competition, and John Cover in a record-breaking H.O.R.S.E. victory. He then won the World Poker Tour Young Guns of Poker invitational tournament at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino which earned him a seat in the 2005 WPT Championship. In 2005, Scott finished 2nd in the No Limit Hold ‘em event, beating out 2305 competitors to nearly recapture his title.
Scott is quoted as saying “I’ve been impressed with InterPoker from the start, and I look forward to being a part of one of the most respected online poker rooms in the world. With InterPoker, it is apparent that they truly care about providing players with a safe, exciting and, above all, genuine poker experience on the web, and I am extremely pleased to be associated with them.”
Scott is also involved in promoting his new instructional poker book this summer and has plans to break the world record for longest continuous game of poker later this year. Good Luck Scott!
Prohibition Is Back Again
May 13, 2006
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Lazlow 05/11/2006 11:55 am
Evidently there’s some fancy knock-twice secret-password poker parlor in New York City, because a friend invited me to come play. Texas has caused a lot of problems in the last few years, but the virus of Texas Hold ‘em ranks up there with other fine Texas traditions, such as executing the mentally handicapped and covering your ears and yelling “la-la-la-la” at pictures of Antarctica melting. Commercials for poker websites are all over television and radio, with tournaments seemingly every day at casinos, on cruise ships and in many cases, in the backrooms of bars.
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft launched the first Jesus jihad against online gambling. Commercials for gambling were forbidden. But gambling websites simply began promoting sister sites where you can “learn to play poker.” Once you’ve learned, there’s a handy link right there to an offshore-based poker server where your lunch can be lost, one river or flop at a time.
Gambling online is now a several billion dollar business. I have friends who play online, competing in tournaments, winning $100 occasionally. I’m far too busy at night playing Quake online to get into poker, and truth be told, it looks far more entertaining chasing people you don’t know with a rocket launcher than trying to take their money.
Congress has launched a response to poker: the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act. Approved by a House subcommittee, this legislation would make it a federal crime to gamble over the Internet. The punishment? Five years in prison. It’s always nostalgic to put the word “prohibition” in a law. Prohibition worked so well with alcohol (and yet another campaign from the pulpit). Marijuana prohibition has been going swimmingly, with federal troops arresting dying cancer patients.
The prohibition on online gambling is a change to the Wire Act, which was passed by Congress in the 1960s, making it illegal to place gambling wagers over the telephone. This was to curtail sports wagers, and with great results. It’s nearly impossible to walk into any bar in America and buy boxes before the Super Bowl.
And like anything at all that Congress attempts these days, what legislation would be complete without someone standing up, putting on a pout face and gravely invoking 9/11 and terrorism? Yes, the banking industry has testified for the law, saying that monitoring payment transactions drains resources from monitoring for terrorists. Actually, American banks are jealous. Many offshore gambling sites set up accounts for players in offshore banks where regulators can’t seize their assets. So billions of untaxed wagers are going offshore and corporate banks aren’t making millions on it, so Congress is working to put poker players in prison.
