Count New York as a state that will not want the Graham/Chaffetz anti-online gaming bill to move forward in Washington, D.C. State Senator John J. Bonacic (R-Mt. Hope) introduced legislation on Friday that would legalize and regulate intrastate online poker in the Empire State. The purpose of Senate Bill 6913, as worded in a memo… Read more »
Three times was the charm this weekend at the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Canadian Spring Championship as the third and final starting flight took place Saturday followed by Day 2 on Sunday. Pierre Guenette emerged as the chip leader of both Day 1C and the overall Day 1 field, one of just three players… Read more »
Following Wednesday’s introduction of a bill in Congress by South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz to reinstate the Wire Act of 1961’s coverage of banning online gaming, several organizations have come out against said legislation. In one case, the opinion was to be expected but, in another, the opinion was a… Read more »
Although there was a throng of players that came out for Friday’s Day 1B action at the World Poker Tour’s stop in Montreal’s Playground Poker Club, the numbers are potentially coming up a bit short for the stop to make its $1 million guaranteed prize pool. Disregarding that, Simon Quintal ensured that he would take… Read more »
It’s not like they haven’t been busy lately but, since a weekend is approaching, the World Poker Tour has decided it has to have a tournament running! The action this weekend is in Montreal, Canada, at the Playground Poker Club as the WPT National Canadian Spring Poker Championship completed its first of three Day Ones… Read more »
After its dominant approval by players at the recent World Poker Tour L. A. Poker Classic, a version of a “shot clock” – a preset time limit for players to make decisions on their hands – seems to be coming to the popular tour. Poker professional Marvin Rettenmaier, the only back-to-back champion the WPT has… Read more »
It is coming down to the wire in Vienna, Austria, as the European Poker Tour looks to crown its latest champion on its Season Ten schedule. As the remaining 17 players head off for some rest, Timo Pfutzenreuter holds a slim lead over Pablo Gordillo as Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden lurks down the leaderboard.… Read more »
Senator Lindsey Graham (R – SC) and Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R – Utah) introduced the Restoration of America’s Wire Act Wednesday, a bill which would do exactly what it says: reverse the most recent Department of Justice’s interpretation of the Wire Act of 1961. The Interstate Wire Act of 1961 made it illegal to use… Read more »
Nabil Hirezi, a Jacksonville local, won the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville bestbet Open Main Event yesterday, leading nearly wire-to-wire at the final table. For his efforts, Hirezi takes home a first prize worth $206,041, which includes a $15,400 seat in the WPT World Championship. Hirezi had a sizeable lead going into the final… Read more »
The 2014 European Poker Tour (EPT) Vienna Main Event rolled along on Tuesday as nearly 500 players of the original 910 took their seats together on Day 2 of the tournament. After six 75-minute levels, Sebastian Trisch ended the day as the chip leader with 568,000, more than 100,000 more than the second place player,… Read more »
After nearly two months, the European Poker Tour (EPT) is back in action, moving from France to Austria with the 2014 EPT Vienna Main Event. Both starting flights are already in the books as Day 2 gets going today. As usual, Day 1B was larger than Day 1A, as 560 players paid the €5,300 entry… Read more »
The six-handed final table is set at the 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville bestbet Open Main Event and with 2,792,000 chips, Nabil Hirezi is in the driver’s seat. As expected, Day 3 was short, lasting only about five and a half hours, as only 13 eliminations were needed to get down to the final… Read more »
One the biggest reasons online poker bills have never gotten anywhere in the California legislature is the in-fighting amongst stakeholders, in particular the many Native American tribes that operate casinos around the state. California is so big, though, and there are so many groups that want to be sure their needs are met that these… Read more »
It was a long day at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville bestbet Open Main Event on Sunday as it took nearly thirteen hours to narrow the Day 2 field from 101 to just 19 before calling it a night. The money bubble burst with the 28th place elimination; thereafter everyone was guaranteed at least… Read more »
After more than three years of fighting to rein in their state’s charitable poker rooms operations, the Michigan Gaming Control Board suddenly has dropped their proposed new regulations that would have curtailed the industry. During a meeting of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (the Michigan General Assembly’s legislative arm hearing the changes) late this… Read more »
Coming into the final table as the second shortest stack, veteran poker professional J. C. Tran used all of his experience in outlasting his opponents on his way to winning his second World Poker Tour championship at the Rolling Thunder event on Thursday. At the start of the day, Quoc Pham held a slightly more… Read more »
After coming off a highly successful swing on the California coast, the World Poker Tour has set anchor on the opposite side of the country, Florida to be exact. The WPT Jacksonville bestbet Open started on Friday, bringing out a smallish field which should expand greatly on Saturday’s Day 1B. Even at the start of… Read more »
Last month’s “Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement” that was signed by the governors of Nevada and Delaware that marked the beginning of the first interstate online gambling compact in the United States was hailed as a great triumph by the poker community. For those who are against online gaming, though, it was a warning shot that… Read more »
Another day, another opportunity to GAMBOOL at an online poker room. Full Tilt Poker has introduced Flip Tournaments, allowing players to not as much play poker as play the lottery. Flip Tournaments (derived from “coin flip”) are tournaments – either Scheduled or Sit & Go – in which every player is automatically put all-in on… Read more »
The 2014 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event is down to its last day with just six players remaining from the original 465 who plunked down $3,500 to chase a Champions Cup dream. Two players – Quoc Pham and Preston Harwell – lord over the proceedings with chip stacks that may make them… Read more »
It has been a quick tournament at Sacramento’s Thunder Valley Casino Resort, as the inaugural World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event saw its field trimmed from 191 all the way down to just 24 on Monday. Bryan Campanello leads the charge to the six-handed final table with 1,436,000 chips, one of just three… Read more »
The Winning Poker Network (WPN) has made the decision to contribute to the jackpot for “The Beast” promotion out of its own pocket, rather than charging players additional rake. The promotion will continue to run, but will now be free for network customers. “The Beast” promotion is a progressive points race in which players earn… Read more »
It has been one heck of a busy month for the World Poker Tour (WPT) and it just keeps going. The first week of March saw the Commerce Casino host the L.A. Poker Classic. The following week, two tour stops ran simultaneously: the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star in San Jose, California, and the Gioco… Read more »
One of the most highly anticipated new poker tours of the past year, the World Poker Tour’s Alpha8 series, will debut this Sunday at 9PM (Eastern Time) on Fox Sports 1, bringing new poker programming to a ravenous audience. The WPT Alpha8 was created last year as a series of high dollar buy in tournaments… Read more »
After coming to the final table as the chip leader, poker pro Andrea Dato fought through a difficult field – including defeating Sam Trickett in heads up play – to emerge as the champion of the World Poker Tour’s Gioco Digitale Venice Main Event. Dato used a strong run on Day 4 of the tournament… Read more »
