April 17, 2011
John Pappas, the executive director of the 1 million-strong Poker Players Alliance, has characterised Friday’s federal actions against online poker sites and their owners as a ‘declaration of war on poker players and poker players’ freedoms.” His comments are contained in a tough-talking statement issued Saturday which claims: ?Millions of Americans across the country today […]
April 16, 2011
Federal authorities in New York have charged eleven defendants, including the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker, with bank fraud, money laundering and other illegal gambling offences, it was revealed when an indictment was unsealed today (Friday). The United States filed a civil money laundering and in rem forfeiture complaint against the […]
April 15, 2011
The issue of online poker legalisation in the state of Iowa is not dead; merely deferred, according to reports in the Des Moines Register as the week drew to a close. Despite passing an early committee on a 9-6 vote, the legalisation proposal stalled on political objections in the Senate Ways and Means Committee before […]
April 15, 2011
In a tough, 182 hand heads up against the highly respected Full Tilt poker pro Erik Seidel, Cincinatti player Mike Scarborough proved he has what it takes in claiming the WPT Hollywood Open title and the main prize of $273 664 this week. Facing a final table of Seidel, William Reynolds, Tom Marchese, Andy Whetstone […]
April 15, 2011
Poker pro Jason Mercier won the 2010 NAPT Mohegan Sun Bounty Shootout, and enjoyed the experience so much that he came back and did it again this year in the NAPT Mohegan Sun High Roller Bounty Shootout! With seven bounties, Mercier faced off against a final table that included (with bounties) Taylor von Kriegenbergh 2; […]
April 14, 2011
The 3D online poker room PKR.com has launched its latest print advertising campaign in Europe, going back to basics to remind punters of why they play the game…for fun. Designed to go against the grain of ?standard poker advertising?, the new PKR concept sees the company focus on fun side of the game, using a […]
April 14, 2011
The online poker legalisation bill proposed by Florida Senator Miguel Diaz de la Portilla (see previous reports) has been crippled by a 2-2 tie vote in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, effectively killing the bill for this year. The bill would have regulated strictly intrastate online poker games operated out of the pari-mutuel card rooms. […]
April 14, 2011
It’s been a great week for poker pro Vanessa Selbst, who took down the $5 000 buy-in 2011 PokerStars.net North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun Wednesday night after an exciting final table. Selbst beat Dan Shak in a thriller of a heads up to collect the main prize of $450,000 and add yet another major […]
April 13, 2011
Political compromise, in the form of amendments to a bill proposing the legalisation of online poker, enabled further progress on the initiative in the Nevada Assembly Tuesday. Assemblyman William Horne’s AB258 was unanimously passed by the Assembly Judiciary Committee after a week of inactivity (see previous reports). The bipartisan support came at the cost of […]
April 12, 2011
Ryan Bennett and Francois Piette have alleged that they developed groundbreaking concepts that were shared with the principals of Yummy Interactive, who went on to found the Cake Poker Network. Bennett and Piette further claim that they were guaranteed a 20 percent share in any resulting company in exchange for their ideas and marketing expertise […]