The Popularity of America’s Card Game

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Technology: Buzztime Launches New Upgrades to Their Popular Texas Hold’em Game

August 2, 2007 · Leave a Comment

“NTN Buzztime, Inc. , a leading developer and distributor of Play Along TV(R) entertainment and technology, today unveiled the newly enhanced edition of its most popular game, Buzztime Texas Hold’em Poker. The Buzztime network, consisting of nearly 4,000 bars and restaurants across North America and the UK, features trivia, sports, casual and casino games played on televisions within each location.

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Categories: Bars · Technology

Poker draws big crowds, big business (Wilmington, DE)

July 30, 2007 · Leave a Comment

“It could be argued that Ace Henley’s high school friends saw decades into the future.

“I was the morning [disc jockey] for my high school, and everyone teased me that I needed a nickname,” said Henley, owner of Texas Hold’em Rentals. After a friend randomly suggested Ace, it stuck.

Henley, whose real name is Shannon Michael Haney, is trying to capitalize on the popularity of Texas hold ‘em poker.

He travels from bar to bar nearly every night of the week hosting poker games in Pennsylvania and Delaware.

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Categories: Bars · Delaware