July 13, 2011
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has confirmed that the hearing into the suspension of Full Tilt Poker’s licence (see previous reports) will take place at 10am on Tuesday 26 July at London’s Park Plaza Victoria Hotel. Andr? Wilsenach, executive director of the AGCC, said in a statement this week: ?AGCC?s choice to hold a […]
July 13, 2011
Two rival online poker legalisation bills were discussed without voting before the California Senate Governmental Organization Committee this week, with the California Online Poker Association – a coalition of Indian tribes and land card rooms ? reiterating its backing for SB40, and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians saying the project should not be […]
July 12, 2011
HR 2366, the Online Poker Act of 2011 that seeks to legalise online poker in the United States, has attracted a further three Democrat members of Congress to its growing number of co-sponsors, bringing the total to date to 14. Texas Republican Joe Barton introduced the bill late last (June) month to the House of […]
July 12, 2011
Monday saw 2,031 survivors of the $10 000 buy-in World Series of Poker main event’s Day 1a and Day 1c flights come together to battle through the first flight of Day 2 action in Las Vegas. Many celebrities and international poker aces were among the crowds packed into the various Rio Resort venues when Day […]
July 12, 2011
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), a US federal agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions, has shut down Vensure FCU, a credit union linked to online poker scandals. The grounds for liquidation asserted that the Arizona company is ?insolvent and has no prospects for restoring viable operations.? The 140-member institution was conserved in […]
July 11, 2011
The last of the four Day 1 flights in the World Series of Poker main event concluded Sunday night, providing officials with the final entry and prize pool numbers and enabling them to set the winner’s prize. Officials announced Sunday night that the 2011 main event winner will take home $8.71 million, slightly less than […]
July 10, 2011
Saturday saw 2,181 poker players, among them many globally famous exponents of the game and entertainment celebrities, pony up for the third Day 1 flight of the main event at the World Series of Poker. Poker pro Annie Duke gave the ‘shuffle up and deal” call, accompanied on stage by comedians Brad Garrett and Ray […]
July 9, 2011
The young Scandinavian poker player Hasan Anter finished event 56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em in style at the World Series of Poker Friday night, eliminating his heads up opponent Nemer Haddad in just over an hour and in style….with a royal flush, believed to be the first time this has happened in a WSOP final table. […]
July 8, 2011
This year’s World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in NLHE main event started Thursday with poker legend Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson giving the traditional “Shuffle Up and Deal” call to the first of four entry field days. Brunson, who has ten WSOP bracelets to his credit, had hinted that he might retire and sit this one […]
July 8, 2011
The critical need for clear and professionally managed communications in today’s often complicated and economically challenging business world has been recognised by the world’s biggest online poker provider, Pokerstars, with the appointment of a top communicator to head up its corporate communications and public relations divisions. Eric Hollreiser will lead the company’s integrated communications efforts […]