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Full Tilt Launches Friday Night Fight TournamentsPlayers and Pros combine forces in Full Tilt Poker's newest tournament series: Friday Night Fights. On March 20th at 21:00 ET, Gus Hansen and Andy Bloch will face off in a winner-take-all heads-up match. Players can choose sides and earn a piece of the action by playing in the Friday Night Fights Main Event $5K Sweat Tournament in support of their chosen pro.

PokerStars Crowns Latin American Poker Tour ChampionThe PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour crowned its Mexican champion today as the final table was played out at the penultimate Season Two LAPT Punta del Este event.

Titan Poker Adds Dutch to List of Twelve Different LanguagesTitanPoker.com, one of the fastest growing online poker rooms, has launched its popular poker software in Dutch. Titan Poker is available in twelve different languages – English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Russian and now Dutch.

Dream Team Poker Lines Up Caesars Palace PlayersDream Team Poker today announced the team lineup for their upcoming tournament to be held at the prestigious poker room at Caesars Palace Las Vegas from March 27-29, 2009. With only 10 days left to register, the event is exceeding capacity, has surpassed expectations and has become the most anticipated tournament of 2009.

Devilfish Poker Hosts European Masters QualificationDevilfishPoker.com today announced its European Masters of Poker™ qualification where players can win €1,800 packages to the second leg of the five-stop tour taking place in Varna, Bulgaria from April 15 to 18.

Full Tilt's World Series of Poker PromotionsThe 2009 World Series of Poker is just around the corner and Full Tilt Poker is covering the action from all angles. In addition to regular live updates from the Series, players will have multiple opportunities to win their way to Las Vegas.

PokerStars Announces Grand Opening of Live Poker Room in MacauPokerStars, the world's largest poker company, is pleased to announce the grand opening of the new "PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa" live poker room at the Grand Lisboa Casino on 19 March 2009.

Five Star World Poker Classic and World Poker Tour World Championship Returns to Bellagio in AprilThe Five Star World Poker Classic tournament returns to Bellagio Wednesday, April 1 with the first of 13 No Limit Hold-em tournaments. The WPT World Championship begins Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19 at noon with two separate flights. The event continues Monday, April 20 with all competitors who have retained chips from their original allocation and concludes with the televised final table Saturday, April 25.

National Kidney Foundation Tournament a Huge SuccessProfessional poker player Jennifer Harman hosted two days of fundraising activities in Reno, Nevada last week, raising more than $111,000 for the National Kidney Foundation (NKF).

San Jose Poker Rooms to Reach Legal SettlementThe proposed settlement, which the City Council will consider March 24, would allow the Garden City and Bay 101 clubs to continue 24-hour operations but would limit individual gamblers to 20 consecutive hours at the tables.

PKR Rewards Winning Swedish PlayerSwedish PKR stalwart fatboyflex beat off a classy field of 70 participants, including fierce rival Scopey on his way to pocketing over $10,000 in PKR.com's inaugural Saturday Big Shot.

Boylepoker Player Wins $135,000 Over 10 DaysBoylepoker.com pro, Peter Murphy, is just over halfway through his Multiplier Challenge where he has 11 weeks from January 23 to turn $100 into $10,000 and is firing on all cylinders. No-one expected the dramatic twist in the tail when fellow Boylepoker.com player Adrian McCarthy was inspired by Murphy's challenge, deposited $100, followed Murphy's lead, and after just 10 days had accumulated $135,000.

World Series of Poker Holds Open RegistrationHarrah's Entertainment, Inc. said today pre-registration for the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is now open. Capacity is limited and entry is on a first come first serve basis. Once an event's maximum attendance is reached or the expected table capacity is filled, the event will be declared a sellout.

Titan Poker Announces Champion After Marathon GameOnline poker room TitanPoker.com player 'Ragen' has ascended to poker glory after winning 1st place in the $2,500,000 Guaranteed tournament staged on March 8th, 2009. After playing for a total of 13 hours and 28 minutes, he won the top prize of $525,000.

PKR Teams Up With BlueFire PokerNext-generation online poker room PKR.com has today revealed plans to team up with Bluefire Poker, the new poker training resource highlighted by the site's lead pro, high stakes legend and WSOP bracelet winner Phil Galfond.

World Poker Tour Launches First Italian EventBringing the coveted World Poker Tour® to the beautiful city of Venice, WPT Enterprises and bwin have partnered to create the first ever WPT tournament in Italy: WPT Venice™, Powered by bwin.

Vanessa Rousso off to Great Start with Go DaddyThe newest Go Daddy Girl is off to a storybook sponsorship start, becoming the first woman in history to reach the finals in NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Vanessa Rousso, Team PokerStars Pro and Go Daddy Girl beat some of the poker world's top competitors in dramatic fashion to make it to the final match-up and win $250,000 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas last night.

Bad Beat Jackpot Hit at Absolute PokerAn online poker player from Houston, Texas has secured a brighter future for his growing family after hitting the Bad Beat Jackpot at Absolute Poker. Z8ELDRED popped Absolute Poker's $212,546.02 on March 2nd. For his loss, the Texas Hold'em fan walked away with $69,207.23.

Full Tilt Poker Opens Poker AcademyThe best poker players in the world play at Full Tilt Poker. With the launch of Full Tilt Poker Academy, they now teach there too.

Freddy Deeb Wins World Poker Tour Celebrity TournamentA record-setting 433 celebrities, VIPs and poker superstars went toe to toe last weekend in the 7th Annual World Poker Tour® Invitational poker tournament at Commerce Casino to benefit charity partner, The Vine Group USA (TVG). In the end, professional player Freddy Deeb bested actor Nicholas Gonzales at the final table to win the event, then donated $34,000 from his first place prize to the charity, bringing the total funds raised for the non-profit organization to more than $112,000.

World Poker Tour Announces Morocco EventChilipoker.com and WPT Enterprises announced today that they have finalized an exclusive partnership to launch the first ever World Poker Tour® (WPT) event to take place on the African continent—WPT Marrakech. The three-year deal enables the partners to create annual televised broadcasts around the events. The first WPT Main Event will take place in October while several satellite tournaments on Chilipoker and other rooms of the Ipoker network are authorized to qualify players online as soon as March.

Titan Poker March Madness Poker PromotionTitan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, will give players twice as many reasons to play in March with its newly launched Spring Poker Madness promotion.

Boylepoker.com Looking for Next Poker Pro to SponsorBoylepoker.com today launches its Be Our Sponsored Pro competition which will see nine online qualifiers battle it out in a live tournament on March 28, 2009 to win a sponsorship package comprising paid entry and expenses for the Irish Open 2009, the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Manchester main event, and the World Series of Poker $1,500 no-limit hold'em event.

PKR Presents Springfest Online Poker PromotionOnline poker room PKR.com has announced the return of Springfest. This fantastic series of events kicks off on March 14 and rolls for more then two weeks with over $360,000 in guaranteed prizes and a World Series package to be won.

UltimateBet March Madness Online Poker PromotionThe CEREUS Poker Network continues to uphold its highly publicized 'bigger and better' promise, with UltimateBet and Absolute Poker today announcing a $220,000 Rake Race set to get underway on March 1st.