The Grind Drawing Poker Community’s Attention on YouTube

While poker on television has been relegated to broadcasts of tournaments, other outlets have provided some dramatic element that has been lacking. The upcoming film Runner Runner is drumming up some interest and the poker documentaries Bet Raise Fold: The Story of Online Poker and All In – The Poker Movie have blazed trails. The… Read more »

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Delaware Launches Play Money Online Gambling

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Delaware may have been the first state to ratify the Constitution, but it will not be the first to offer regulated online poker. That honor already went to Nevada, home to Ultimate Poker, which went live at the end of April. The Blue Hen State made a significant step on Tuesday to becoming the second,… Read more »

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Ultimate Poker Releases New Software

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Ultimate Poker’s eagerly anticipated update to version two of its software was released Saturday to mixed reviews. The online poker room, still the only legal, regulated intrastate online poker room up and running in Nevada, had anticipated launching the new software earlier this month, but as is often the case in software development, plans changed.… Read more »

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Bobby Hoff Passes Away

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Poker legend and 1979 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Bobby Hoff passed away Sunday at the age of 73. Known in the poker community as “The Wizard,” Hoff was regarded as one of the best No-Limit Hold’em cash game players in the world. Despite his status as a truly intimidating cash game player,… Read more »

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More Plea Deals Reached In Russian Gambling Case

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According to reports, two more defendants in the alleged Russian mob gambling ring that was busted up in April will plead guilty next month, bringing the number of plea deals reached to five in the case. The New York Daily News is reporting that, on September 4, plea deals will be submitted for Edwin Ting… Read more »

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Walking Through Finding Out How Much You Have On Full Tilt Poker

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With the news earlier this week that Garden City Group, the administrators for the reimbursement of American players from the old Full Tilt Poker, will begin to accept applications for that payout, many U. S. players may be left wondering how to find out just how much they had on the site. Pokerfuse’s Michael Gentile… Read more »

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Day 1A: Poker’s Finest Flood Florida For $10 Million Guaranteed Main Event

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Looking like the epitome of the statement “if you build it, they will come,” the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open’s $10 million guaranteed prize pool Main Event seems to have been a huge success on Day 1A as some of poker’s finest professionals turned out in Hollywood, FL, for the first significant action after this… Read more »

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Runner Runner Set To Premiere October 4

Eagerly anticipated by many in the poker community, the theatrical release Runner Runner is slated for its premiere weekend on October 4 across movie houses throughout the United States. Pushed back a week from its originally planned release date of September 27, the film stars Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake and Gemma Arterton in a fictional… Read more »

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California Online Poker Bill Filed Away Until Next Year

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Earlier this month, we reported that California politicians believed that the potential for legalization and regulation of online poker in the state was “dead” for 2013. That suspicion has now come to pass. According to a tweet by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), nothing will happen with any online poker bills this legislative session, which… Read more »

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LiveAce Launches Free-to-Play Poker Site in U.S.

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A new, legal online poker site launched in the United States on Wednesday, though don’t get too excited, it’s not the first competitor to Ultimate Poker in Nevada. The site is called LiveAce.com, a free-to-play poker room for which players also have the option to pay for an upgraded monthly membership. Essentially, LiveAce is a… Read more »

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