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May, 2011Update: PPA Chairman D'Amato Concerned about the Poker Players' Rights
Supporters of online poker express their objections at the Capitol Following the latest enforcement actions against internet gaming e-cash processors and gambling domains...
Update: Costa Rican Politician May Have Received Donations from Suspicious Sources
Otto Guevara claims he is not involved in anything illegal After the enforcement agency actions aimed at a company related to Absolute Poker, Innovative Data Solutions from Costa Rica, a political party Partido Movimento Libertario saw its offices also raided this week....
Antonius Earns Nice Pay for Single Night
Finnish pro takes $700 000 off one opponent How much can you earn in one night? According to Finnish poker pro, Patrik Antonius, the sum can be substantial. Namely, for the period of one night, the man managed to boost his bankroll by $900 000, playing against French...
Update: New Wave for Online Poker Legalization in California
Correa adds impetus to his proposal This week's news from the Golden State report that Senator Lou Correa, who drafted California bill SB40, has amended the proposal to urgency status, so the state can “act quickly to secure potential online poker revenues before the opportunity is lost”. This status change implies that the bill...
ARJEL Approves Pokerstars Home Games
System analysis completed Reports arrived this week from the French online gambling market, that PokerStars received approval from the French regulatory...
PPA Stays Without Top Poker Pros
What drove Lederer and Ferguson to leave the group? In this week's announcement, the Poker Players Alliance reported the departure of two poker pro board members, Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson, whose names have been mentioned in reports on Full Tilt Poker, one of...
Controversial Player Gets Admitted to WPT
Tekintamgac disqualified from PPT, but allowed at WPT? A lot of stir has been caused by a German player Ali Tekintamgac's presence at the WPT Championship at Bellagio, mostly due to his previous disqualification from the Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) Main Event under cheating accusations from tour organizers. According to the accusations, he u...
U.S. Land Poker Room Going Online?
California's Commerce Casino shows great interest in online possibilities? It was reported this week that California's land Commerce Casino has serious online plans. Namely, the company has already started exploring the possibilities through alliances with Indian tribal gambling entities in online poker legalization drives, but it also started...
Mercier Takes EPT Champion of Champions
Prestigious title and Euro 50 000 for the reputable pro Outplaying some 50 rivals in the field saw young poker pro Jason Mercier climb the winner's throne and claim the Euro 50 000 main prize in the European Poker Tour Champion of Champions event this week. In the heads-up, Mercier faced PCA champion Galen Hall, whose runner-up position bro...
EPT Grand Final Goes to Freitez
Extraordinary style brings Venezuelan a hefty prize The European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final was held at the Casino Gran in Madrid this week, and it saw a Venezuelan poker pro, Ivan Freitez taking home the major prize of Euro 1 500 000 as well as the grand title. The "unorthodox, but effective high-stakes poker" presented at the final tabl...
Novelties for 2011 WSOP Tour
Success guaranteed, claim directors It was announced this week that World Series of Poker (WSOP) is getting new additions which will make WSOP 2011 bigger and better. One of the innovations is the video coverage of all 58 gold bracelet events, which will presented with a wide o...
U.S. Poker Pros' Contracts With Cereus Network Terminated
Absolute Poker and UBPoker no longer represented by major players The situation at the Cereus Network which suffered a big impact by Black Friday actions seems to be going only downhill. This time, the company announced the termination of sponsorship arrangements with eleven top international players. This happened due to the legal developm...
WSOP Europe Has A New Outing
France to host the major event Announcing a new venue, the World Series of Poker Europe organizers reported that it will this year move from London to France, where it will be hosted at Casino Barrière de Cannes. In addition, it was specified in the statement that the fifth WSOP Europe will be held for two weeks from October 7, 2011...
Absolute Poker/UB Scandal Gets A Book
Significant sales predicted With all the fuss about the Cereus Network in light of the Black Friday, many lay-offs, and financial difficulties, there's now a reminder of the famous cheating scandal that involved its members, Absolute Poke...
US Online Gambling Law Harshly Addressed by Wynn
The UIGEA is "mysterious and unfathomable," claims founder of Wynn Resorts Despite the fact that Steve Wynn, the founder of Wynn Resorts, had to distance himself from a lucrative partnership with top online poker provider PokerStars in the wake of Black Friday, he al...
Are Full Tilt Customers to Get Paid Next Week?
Details still being worked out Based on the deal closed with the US Department of Justice about temporary unfreezing of the site in order to payout players' money, Full Tilt Poker is expected to start the process soon… or as soon as they manage to organize it. In terms of the players' remaining account balances, they were so far advi...
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