June 24, 2011
The federal internet poker legalisation bill that everyone is talking about – Texas Republican Joe Barton’s proposal – is to be unveiled later today (Friday) at a press conference in Washington DC, reports the political newspaper The Hill. Representative Barton’s proposal has the backing of Reps. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.), John Campbell (R-Calif.), and Steve Cohen […]
June 24, 2011
The fortieth event in the 42nd World Series of Poker has started in Las Vegas as the organisers power through the large range of events and poker genres represented this year. 39 players in event 36: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em returned to the felt Thursday for the third day of play in an event which boasted […]
June 23, 2011
Fox News reports that Spiderman movie star Tobey Maguire is one of a dozen Hollywood icons who are being sued in connection with an illegal gambling ring that allegedly ran multi-million dollar underground poker games in the United States. Litigation claims are that Maguire won more than $300,000 worth of allegedly embezzled funds from hedge […]
June 23, 2011
UK-based poker website announced the launch of its latest software update this week. The update introduces new features which include auto top-up, default buy-in, a players statistics package, additions to emotes and PKR Lite. – The auto top-up and default buy-in features are aimed at frequent ring game players to allow players to customise and […]
June 23, 2011
Mandatory disclosures of political lobbying investments show that on April 13 the American Gaming Association – a trade body for land-based US operators – filed a report detailing $574,988.17 in lobbying expenses with the House of Assembly’s clerk. Associated Press reports that this amount is $145,011.59 more than the organisation spent a year ago in […]
June 23, 2011
Statistics for the World Series of Poker Player of the Year leaderboard through event 33 were released by the organisers this week, showing that Phil Hellmuth, despite so far being denied his record-breaking twelfth bracelet, remains in the overall lead. Thus far this year Hellmuth has accumulated 393.75 points in two event cashes, winning a […]
June 22, 2011
27 survivors from a starting pack of 3,144 gathered Tuesday for the third and hopefully last day of event 34: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em, with Michael Souza leading the hunt for the bracelet and the $488,283 that this competition awards the winner. Souza started the day comfortably ahead of nearest rival Rob Verspui as the only […]
June 22, 2011
The poker news and information site Pokerlistings carried the interesting story of a Marine officer who clearly knows how to pick winners and play a few successful poker hands of his own this week. On a three week furlough after an eight month stint in Afghanistan, US Marine Captain Robert Shortway has managed to cash […]
June 21, 2011
It’s early days in the Californian online poker legalisation initiative, with two proposals vying for the approval of lawmakers, but it appears that Playtech plc has already achieved an inside track in the intrastate drive. One of the key groupings backing the initiative, the California Online Poker Association (COPA), announced this week that it has […]
June 21, 2011
The UK-based 3D online poker operator PKR.com is set to soft launch its new 2D PKR Lite poker client this week in a move that could ultimately make an entry into a legalised US online poker market easier. The product opens up important new strategic B2B horizons for the company, which develops its own technology […]