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UltimateBet Experiences A Big Rise in New Online Poker Players

The leading poker site, UltimateBet.com, reported an increase in players and site activity during their Online Championship along with additional growth in new poker players since Black Friday.UltimateBet.coms Online Championship has drawn attention from poker players around the world since its start on December 1. The ten day online tournament celebrates poker pro Phil Helmuths […]

Actor Hayden Christensen to play poker champ

Actor Hayden Christensen has agreed to play the role of Phil Hellmuth, the youngest poker world champion, in the biopic “The Madison Kid”. Hellmuth’s friend, Bob Soderstrom, wrote the script, reports ananova.com. In 1989, the 24-year-old Hellmuth became the youngest world champion of poker by defeating two-time defending champion, Johnny Chan, in the World Series […]

Play65 Launches a Free Java Version of its Backgammon Software.

Play65, the world’s biggest online backgammon room, has launched a free Java backgammon version of their very popular game platform. This allows anyone to play the backgammon game right away, without any installation – and it is all for free! The Java version of Play65’s backgammon software is free of charge and allows avid players […]