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It looks like Thursday will be the day that we find out if a future for online poker is still alive in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Today was supposed to see a vote on HB 649, a bill which would legalize and regulate online gambling, but the vote was pushed to tomorrow, as lawmakers in… Read more »
Remember when a couple Attorneys General tried to get their colleagues to sign a petition in support of the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA)? If you read my other article today, you do. At first, it may have seemed a little scary, what with a whole lot of top law enforcement officials potentially getting… Read more »
The website Morning Consult published an op-ed piece by Poker Players Alliance executive director John Pappas on Monday in which he railed against the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) and the upcoming hearing on online poker scheduled for Wednesday in front of the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee. The committee’s chairman is none… Read more »
After a lengthy heads up battle which saw the combatants each hold the lead with the potential to end the tournament, Spain’s Javier Gomez was finally able to outlast Moldova’s Pavel Plesuv to take down the championship of the World Poker Tour’s stop in Prague, the Czech Republic Sunday evening. Saturday’s action saw 18 men… Read more »
The third day of the World Poker Tour stop in Prague, the Czech Republic is in the books. After a furious final few moments of action during the day, Pavel Plesuv emerged as the leader with only 18 players (two tables) remaining in contention. 60 players stepped back to the tables in the King’s Casino… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has set anchor in Prague, the Czech Republic for a week of poker that has so far proven to be pretty exciting. The King’s Casino in Prague is the location for the €3000 Main Event that has drawn a quality field amongst its competitors, including several players in pursuit of the… Read more »
After a great deal of hype in the media and across the internet, the boycott that was to have shown the online gaming giant Amaya Gaming and its PokerStars brand who had the “force” in the way the game is offered appears to have had no apparent impact, with PokerStars’ overall numbers surging over their… Read more »
It’s not quite over yet, but we’re close. Another round of payments was made to former Full Tilt Poker customers in the United States last week, more than four and a half years after player funds were frozen – some thought long forgotten – on poker’s Black Friday. This was a somewhat small block of… Read more »
As we prepare to head into the final month of 2015, the battle for the two major Player of the Year awards have basically come down to two men. The man who has basically dominated the leaderboards since the 2015 World Series of Poker, Anthony Zinno, has now come under fire from another player who… Read more »
The news two days ago that Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt would be signing a letter from other AG’s in support of the federal ban regarding online gaming and poker came as a stunner. Not only did it surprise the online gaming and poker communities – and the casinos that support online gaming – but… Read more »
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt told Politico magazine’s contributing editor Jon Ralston that he will sign a letter with other Attorneys General supporting Sheldon Adelson’s Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA). Laxalt explained his position on Ralston’s show, “Ralston Live,” which airs on Nevada Public Broadcasting. When asked to confirm that he is going to… Read more »
They say the value of something is whatever someone else is willing to pay for it. All it takes is one person to REALLY want something for the price to skyrocket (well, maybe two people, as only a fool would bid against himself). So when you think of the kitchy dogs playing poker paintings, don’t… Read more »
A British teenager received a minimal punishment for bringing down an online gambling site, though he was also given a stern tongue-lashing from the judge. In early 2014, Max Whitehouse, then 17-years old, initiated a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack against a European online gambling site. The Nottingham teen created problems for the UK-facing… Read more »
It may be inconceivable to think this, but online poker only began roughly 17 years ago. That first site, Planet Poker, would eventually bring about Paradise Poker and then the “power quartet” that made up the game in the mid-2000s – PartyPoker, PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and UltimateBet. Their collapse in 2011 as a result… Read more »
In a final table that stretched to the wee hours of Friday morning, Jared Mahoney came from the short stack at the start of the final table and was able to defeat poker veteran Darryll Fish to take down the partypoker.net World Poker Tour Montreal at the Playground Poker Club. The $3500 (Canadian, roughly equal… Read more »
Daily fantasy sports (DFS) leader FanDuel has decided to exit the New York market, at least temporarily. The move comes a week after New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent FanDuel, based in New York, and DraftKings, based in Boston, cease and desist letters, saying that they were engaging in illegal gambling. The two daily… Read more »
It what should not come as much of a surprise, a New York judge has denied the temporary restraining order daily fantasy sports (DFS) companies FanDuel and DraftKings filed against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. The motions were filed Monday morning and by Monday night, New York Supreme Court Justice Manuel Mendez had shot… Read more »
Despite once being the refuge of many pirates and ne’er do wells’ (the pirate trio of “Calico Jack” Rackham, Mary Read and Anne Bonney called Charleston home), the history of the game of poker in the state of South Carolina is puzzling. While providing several poker champions (2011 World Series of Poker Championship Event “November… Read more »
It has been a busy couple of weeks for poker professional Jennifer Harman. Last weekend, as a part of the festivities surrounding the 2015 World Series of Poker “November Nine” Championship Event final table, Harman became only the third woman ever inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame (following Barbara Enright and Linda Johnson) and the 50th… Read more »
Joe McKeehen fulfilled his poker destiny last night, dispatching Neil Blumenfield and Josh Beckley easily on his way to capturing the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Championship. For his efforts, he won the largest bracelet poker has ever seen (it is a case for the two winning cards, for crying out loud)… Read more »
The remaining field of the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event was cut in half last night as just three players are still alive in the battle for the most cherished poker prize in the world. And like the first day of the final table, it is Joe McKeehen who ended the night… Read more »
The final table of the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event kicked off Sunday night as nine championship hopefuls – the November Nine – embarked upon the final chapter of their quest to poker immortality. It was slow going as everyone played quite deliberately and after nearly six hours, only three players were… Read more »
In just a few hours, the nine men who will vie for the 2015 World Series of Poker Championship Event bracelet will take to the stage of the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The 2015 “November Nine” – determined back in July from a field… Read more »
After more than a four month wait, the men who will make up the 2015 World Series of Poker Championship Event’ s “November Nine” have reconvened on the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, in particular the Penn and Teller Theater. Beginning on Sunday and over the course of the next three… Read more »
According to statements out of the Poker Players Alliance, Washington, D. C. might not be done with its tango with online gaming and poker. The PPA tweeted yesterday that “the on again/off again iGaming hearing in Congress is now on again.” According to the PPA, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee,… Read more »
