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Online poker network continues extraordinary growth.

The Prima Network announced that six new card rooms have launched on the world's largest online poker network. The expansion takes the total of rooms on the network to a staggering 40.

The latest additions to the network continue the rapid growth of the Prima network. During the past year, 17 new card rooms have joined the Prima Network with operators citing Prima's knowledge of the poker industry along with its dependable and adaptable software as key components of their decision to join the Network.

Prima Network, COO John Docherty, said: "Prima continues to offer new operators the tools they need to succeed in the online poker business. We've created unique and marketable opportunities for our operators that attract players who love poker as much as we do."
17/11/2005

New Online Poker search engine launched

The recently launched UkPokerOnline.co.uk has been put together to help fledgling British poker players find the right site.

Playing poker online in the UK came on in leaps and bounds in 2004 with the expanding online advertising and television coverage. It has quickly found a following of thousands of online players. UkPokerOnline.co.uk offers a wide range of reviews of poker providers and gaming companies that allow you to play online for pounds sterling or even for free.

Getting the low-down on reputable poker rooms is a major factor in choosing where best to play online and all of the companies listed and reviewed are well-known, have been tried and tested and offer secure payment processing facilities. With many UK players being uninitiated to playing online, there is a comprehensive rules and basic strategy guide to ensure players get off to a flying start. Coupling this with beginners guides giving the low-down on what you should expect when playing online, this all combines into an informative guide for people wanting to make the right choices when playing in UK based poker rooms.
04/01/05

Flying Dutchman receives poker accolade.

The Flying Dutchman, aka Marcel Luske, was named "Player of the Year" at the European Poker Awards in Helsinki, Finland last week.

The title was given in recognition of the success Luske had at the European poker championship. Luske managed to overcome famous poker gurus Willie Tan, Ram Vaswani, Dave Colclough and Lucy Rokach in Barcelona amongst six final table appearances in Europe, to win the sought-after title.

This striking tournament identified "Rookie of the Year" - this title was grabbed by Finnish Jani Sointula who won in the Monte Carlo Millions.

Swede Martin De Knijff received the award for "Best Tournament Performance", having won a $2.7m in the $25,000 Bellagio WPT event. Estonian Andres Burget won the "Casino Staff Person" award for his development of poker in the Baltic States.
26/12/04