April 27, 2012
Tara Leigh Patrick (40) – better known as television and movie actress and model Carmen Electra (who can forget those slo-mo beach runs on Bay Watch!) has signed an agreement to front the popular Texas Hold’em social game offered by Pokerist. A statement from the company reveals that the beautiful former Bay Watch babe will […]
April 27, 2012
Travelling from the other side of the world, two South Africans confronted one another in the heads up of the $2,700 buy-in Asia Poker Tour Philippines main event, which concluded in Manila this week. Divan Le Roux and fellow South African Conrad Coetzer bested a field of 54 entrants and a final table of ten […]
April 26, 2012
Rumours of a federal online poker legalisation bill emerging from an unlikely Democrat – Republican partnership between Sens. Harry Reid of Nevada and Jon Kyl of Arizona have been circulating for at least a year or more, but this week again surfaced. According to sources who claim to have been briefed on the collaborative effort, […]
April 26, 2012
Under the threat of legal action last week data-mining company Poker Table Ratings dropped stats from the giant operator Pokerstars (see previous report) and this week a similar site, Poker-Edge, has followed suit. The companies have in the past made a business of selling data from poker operators to players looking for an advantage. On […]
April 26, 2012
The frequently controversial but now hopefully settled internet and live tourney poker pro Justin Bonomo (26) proved he has what it takes Wednesday, taking home the main prize in the Pokerstars and Monte Carlo European Poker Tour Super High Roller tourney against formidable opposition, and boosting his already impressive career earnings by a further Euro […]
April 26, 2012
The European Poker Tour will be slimmed down in season 9, with the current 13 stops cut to just 8, according to a Pokerstars notification this week. However, there will be no shortage of action, thanks to partnerships with the Estrellas Poker and the UK and Ireland Poker Tours. The new season, which starts in […]
April 26, 2012
Rep Joe Barton’s H.R.2366 Bill on Internet Gambling Prohibition, Poker Consumer Protection, and Strengthening UIGEA Act of 2011 has gained another three co-sponsors. Rep Mark Amodei (R-NV), Rep Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) and Rep Adam Smith (D-WA) are the latest to add their names to the bill currently before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland […]
April 25, 2012
In an interesting and wide-ranging interview with the publication Vegas Inc this week, the chief executive of Bally Technologies and chairman of the American Gaming Association, Richard Haddrill, gave his thoughts on internet poker. Haddrill opined that the legalisation and integration into the wider US industry of internet poker would be an evolutionary rather than […]
April 25, 2012
The Associated Press news agency has confirmed reports that Groupe Bernard Tapie is no longer interested in acquiring Full Tilt Poker, quoting a lawyer close to the negotiations. Benham Dayanim told AP that GBT’s $80 million initiative had failed to reach agreement with US Department of Justice negotiators over how quickly players with money tied […]
April 25, 2012
Groupe Bernard Tapie regrets to announce that, after seven months of intensive work, our efforts to obtain final approval of the United States Department of Justice of the agreement to acquire the assets of Full Tilt Poker have ended without success. Ultimately, the deal failed due to two major issues. * The parties could not […]