March 1, 2012
Senate File 2275, formerly Sen. Jeff Danielson’s Senate Study Bill 3164 seeking to legalise intrastate online poker in Iowa, is on the Senate calendar having successfully passed two legislative committees last week The new version of the bill was introduced on Monday and placed on the state Senate calendar, a spokesman confirmed.
February 28, 2012
John Campos and Chad Elie, payment processors indicted in the Black Friday action, may have had their original motion for dismissal of charges rejected but that has not discouraged them from launching a fresh motion, details of which have now emerged. When the duo again appear in court in March they hope to be permitted […]
February 28, 2012
Monday saw a local player, Joe-Boy Rahme, win the $3,300 buy-in World Series of Poker Africa main event after surviving an enthusiastic field of 218 hopefuls that included several top international aces like Mark Vos, Scotty Nguyen and Warren Zackey, last year’s champ. Rahme, a Johannesburg-based professional player, faced some solid competition on a final […]
February 28, 2012
The timing is suspicious – on Monday Groupe Bernard Tapie lawyer Behnam Dayanim became publicly active again, using his favourite Poker Strategy information site as a megaphone to assure interested parties that the FTP deal is still alive and well and progressing. Suspicious, because it came on the heels of three days of growing publicity […]
February 28, 2012
A Las Vegas-based software developer, NetEffect Networks, has become the latest company to join the queue for a Nevada online poker Class 2 (supply and service provider) licence. The new applicant brings to 19 the number of companies that have so far applied for licences of various descriptions and classes related to the now legalised […]
February 26, 2012
The LA Poker Classic finished on a high note over the weekend with Vanessa Selbst defeating a formidable final table that included the 2011 WSOP champ Jonathan Duhamel, Josh Brikis, Stephen Chidwick, Faraz Jaka, Yuri Siniak, Matt Stout, McLean Karr and Jonathan Poche. 97 hopefuls entered the $5,000 buy-in event. Selbst took home $140, 295 […]
February 26, 2012
The European Poker Tour Copenhagen produced some unusual fireworks after six days of hectic action when two Pokerstars professional players ended up facing each other in the heads up. Internet aces Mickey Petersen and Pierre Neuville slugged it out for a monumental but surprisingly unexciting six hours in the heads up before Petersen was finally […]
February 25, 2012
One of two competing internet poker legalisation bills in the California legislative system received a boost Friday when the influential state Senate Leader, Darrell Steinberg, threw his support behind SB1483 introduced by Senator Roderick Wright in his latest attempt to get intrastate online poker approved. The Wright bill would allow gambling firms to apply to […]
February 24, 2012
Everleaf Gaming (Everleaf Poker Network) has responded to industry speculation with an official statement addressing its sudden exit from the U.S. market Contrary to statements made by Everleaf skin Luvin Poker, the official statement confirms that the US Department of Justice has seized unspecified funds, action which only affects US players. The statement posted by […]
February 24, 2012
Ever pondered the advantages of having top poker names fronting for your brand? Brian Balsbaugh of Poker Royalty.com gave some insight into the benefits and ROI of high profile front men in his blog this week. Balsbaugh notes that the poker business is to a great extent dependent on a constant flow of new depositing […]