Ace High Poker News

The firefighter's poker league teamed up with Paradise Poker to offer the first and only weekly poker league dedicated to the brave men and women firefighters and emergency services (EMS), the Fifth Alarm Poker online room.

Average online poker players an also help contribute this worthy cause. A portion of the money raised goes directly to charities relating to firefighters and EMS like its September cause, the Uniformed Firefighters Widows and Children's Fund. All proceeds of this noble charity provide financial support for widows and children of New York City firefighters who died in the September 11th terrorist attacks.

Each week players will compete against other league members in hopes of topping the site's leader-board at the end of each month. Winning players will also be eligible for cash and other prizes at the end of each tournament by placing high on the monthly leader-board.

Although the site is new, it provides all of the poker games a player desires, ranging from today's most popular game, No Limit Texas Hold'em to old-school five-card draw. And if you're looking to have a good time playing poker and do something positive with your winnings, Fifth Alarm Poker is the place.

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With the LIPS tour, the group was able to conduct tournaments that attracted huge number of women competitors, including the Ladies No Limit Hold'em Event during the World Series of Poker, which broke all previous records with 601 participants.

Now the LIPS tour has added another division, the Ladies' Poker Night. The new division aims at encouraging women to play poker in a league type setting. Points earned in the league play will help many women into making it to Las Vegas for the LIPS GRand Tour in May 2006, to beheld at Binion's.

Players can earn points in the Ladies' Poker Night division by playing in a multitude of settings. With the explosive success of free tavern and restaurant leagues, Ladies' Poker Night allows women to earn points toward earning their way into the Grand Championship in that setting. Another way to make it into the Ladies' Poker Night is via online poker rooms, home games do encourage groups of women to play in a home setting and earn points.

To get more information and the details about Ladies' Night Poker, visit their website ladiespokernight.com.

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Everyone's in poker tournament mood, and the UK's oldest online gaming sites are finally joining the bandwagon. William Hill, one of UK's best known oldest betting institutions, is introducing its first major tournament.

The William Hill Grand Prix is set to take place from the 17th thru the 25th of October with a 450,000 pound prize pool. The first place winner will cash-in 150,000 pounds.

What makes the William Hill tourney different from many of today's modern tournaments is it has removed the traditional tournament-style blinds in hopes of improving the action at the event. The purpose of this change in play is to bring back the technical side of the game that can be neglected during blind structured events that are made designed for speed.

The tournament will feature seven heats of eight players, consisting of eight online qualifiers and 48 top international poker professionals, who will pay the 6 thousand pound entry fee.

The winner of each heat will earn a spot at the final table and the semi-finalists (runner-up from each heat) will have an additional chance to make the finals by winning at a table specifically designated for the semi-finalists. In the end, eight finalists will compete for the top prize.

Viewers will get to see the actions atthe William Hill Grand Prix poker tournament via Sky TV in early December.

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