InterPoker is offering a new promotion whereby players can play their favourite game on lighting tables.

The promotion will appeal to players who love speed and want to indulge themselves in the InterPoker lobby.

Lighting games are set up to a high speed and are labelled as ‘Lighting’ in the InterPoker lobby.

In each game, the time in which players can play is shortened from 22 seconds down to 12 seconds.

At the end of each hand all uncalled winning hands are losing hands are automatically mucked.

Lighting games are available for a limited time only so log-on to InterPoker and try your luck today!

Legends of America has published a new free online poker advice book called ‘Build An Online Poker Bankroll For Free eBook’.

The book provides advice for players on how to play poker and the best tactics and hands to use when trying to beat your opponent.

Bob Braun, Legends of America Poker spokesman, said: “The book starts with a brief history of poker, a summary of online poker and fundamental poker concepts. It also details how to start your online poker bankroll with no investment, then provides step by step instructions on which poker sites to play and in what order to maximize your poker profits.

“This book is simply one of the best resources you’ll find on the internet.”

The eBook can be downloaded at the Legends of America website.

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has organized a phone march to Capitol Hill as a statement over the potential banning of internet gambling, according to reports.

By sending a message to the US Senate, the grass roots poker organization hopes to stop the bill – passed in the House in July – which hampers poker players from playing online.

All PPA members – currently numbering more than 100,000 – were sent an email requesting they call their senators and voice their opinion on HR 4411 – the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, according to Casino City Times.

The PPA will open a phone number which will transfer callers to their state senator after being advised to recount details including the fact there are 70 million Americans playing poker, 23 million of whom do so online.

Michael Bolcerek, PPA president, said: “The threat to poker is real. We need everyone possible to make their voice heard on September 12th.”

Vicki Gross has set her sights on becoming the inaugural winner of the Arizona State Ladies Poker Championship later this month.

Around 400 female poker players will meet on September 16th at Arizona Casino to contest the event, reports the Arizona Republic.

And following her recent World Series of Poker (WSOP) $2,800 win, observers are already tipping Gross to do well later this month.

The winner of the event will bag themselves $40,000, a trophy and a $7,000 diamond championship pendant.

Gross, who was taught poker by her husband, spoke about the reaction she gets from other male players.

She said: “Actually it is invigorating. A lot of guys that I play with know me. Quite often I will walk up to a table and they’ll say: ‘Oh, no. Here comes trouble,’ which is kind of flattering.”

“I love the thrill of competing and the excitement of winning. Of course, the prize money is always nice. And the jewellery ain’t bad, either.”

PokerNews has announced the launch of a Danish version of its site.

The new addition brings the number of languages offered by PokerNews to 14, including two in different Chinese dialects.

The new offering will allow fans in Denmark to keep up to date with the latest goings on in the poker world and is further evidence, if it were needed, that poker is a truly global game.

“The people of northern Europe have shown as much passion for the game of poker as any area in the world,” said PokerNews’ chief executive officer Damon Rasheed.

“With top players like Gus Hansen hailing from Denmark, the Danish people have demonstrated a strong demand for knowing what’s going on in the poker world.”

It is hoped that two more alternate language sites will be unveiled before the end of the year, with more are planned for 2007.

Writer Richard Sparks has unveiled his latest take on the world of poker: Getting Lucky: The Education of a Mad Poker Player.

Rather than a sequel to a Diary Of A Mad Poker Player, which recounted the author’s failed attempt to gain entry to the World Series of Poker main event in 2004, Mr Sparks takes a more educational view in this offering, according to Poker News.

The book deals mainly with his instruction from the 1983 World Champion Tom McEvoy and includes detailed analysis on poker strategy although it also touches on a variety of entertaining areas, including an interview with a renowned poker cheat.

The author also has a word of warning for those who believe a good poker education or this book will allow you to win every time.

“If a ‘perfect game’ is one in which greater skill will always win over lesser skill then poker is far from being a perfect game,” he writes.

“It is poker’s very ‘imperfectness’ that makes it a perfect analogy for our imperfect lives in this imperfect, uncertain world.”

With the World Series of Poker main event having finished earlier this month, September’s World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is the next big occasion on the calendar.

The $10 million, 18-tournament event is expected to attract players from over 80 countries from September 18th.

The 16-day event will offer a variety of tournaments for enthusiasts to enter from a $200 buy-in Seven-Card Stud Low tournament on the first day to a $2,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em game on October 1st that promises a top prize of $3 million.

A HORSE game, which involves the rotation of five different forms of poker, is also anticipated to attract some big names.

Team PokerStars spokesman Barry Greenstein commented: “Prestigious tournaments such as the PokerStars.com WCOOP are the ultimate way to improve your game and experience the excitement of big tournament play.

“The WCOOP is a popular event with the established stars of online poker, and the HORSE tournament is bound to attract the elite.”

It is the fifth annual WCOOP event and looks set to improve upon the record figures of last year, when 19,727 players played for $12,783,900.

Online poker operator InterPoker is offering incentives for players to compete in a series of pan European tour events in the coming months.

Poker players while get the opportunity to ply their trade against Europe’s finest in a new series of events called EPT6600.

A series of satellite events are being run which will select participants for a six tournament series, which will kick off at the Barcelona Open being held at Casino Barcelona from the 13th September.

Each of the satellite tournaments will be run in Euros, and successful players will be able to select any of six European tournaments.

After Spain events move to London, Austria, Dublin, Denmark and wind up in France at the French Open in Deauville from 21st February.

The full buy in amount for events will be €5,000 with €600 to go towards hotel costs. Travel expenses of €1,000 will be paid into InterPoker accounts, for those that qualify.

As the filming for the third of Danny Ocean’s crime capers begins, a poker lounge has been specially built for the stars and the film’s crew.

Ocean’s 13, expected to be released next summer, sees the return of Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Matt Damon as the popular and sophisticated master criminals.

And, if the rumours are to be believed, Hollywood legend Al Pacino may also make a fleeting appearance in the latest instalment.

Producer Jerry Weintraub arranged for the special casino, where the on-set meals will be served, as well as a 24-hour bar and drivers to take them home, just in case.

Weintraub said the idea came from his association with the first Danny Ocean: “It was inspired by Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, guys I hung around with all my life, who made the original Ocean’s 11.”

Steven Soderbergh returns to direct, and David Holmes will once again score this stylish crime thriller.

A new poker documentary is gathering together much interest at this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP).

The documentary, No Limit: A Search For The American Dream On The Poker Tournament Trail, charts the journey of two single parents on the high-stakes poker trial.

It has already gathered much interest at this year’s WSOP and the media are dubbing it the ‘mother of all poker docs’. In the film, producer Susan Genard charts the high and lows of the high-stakes poker world in an eight month journey.

The film is due to premiere at the Las Vegas Palms Resort and is already gathering interest on the national film festival circuit.

Among the famous poker stars which are covered in the “pokermentary” are Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Kathy Liebert, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Chris Moneymaker and Scotty Nguyen.