Tapie Tournament Series Pushed Off To 2013

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Although they might have failed in their attempts to purchase the shuttered Full Tilt Poker, the French investment company Groupe Bernard Tapie is moving on with their plans for one of the largest poker tournaments ever, albeit at a later date than they imagined. The International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT) was slated to have their… Read more »

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WPT Releases Season XI 2012 Schedule

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The World Poker Tour (WPT) released the 2012 portion of next season’s schedule Wednesday, touting its expanded international selection of tournaments. Season XI will begin in August after taking a break following the Season X-ending WPT World Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, which starts this weekend. The first two events on the schedule… Read more »

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PokerStars Officially Launches Zoom Poker

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PokerStars officially launched Zoom Poker Tuesday, making the popular game a formal offering for the world’s largest online poker room after two months in public beta testing mode. There was plenty of testing done during that period; more than 300 million Zoom Poker hands have been dealt since mid-March. Zoom Poker is PokerStars’ fast-paced ring… Read more »

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PartyPoker Launches Championship Challenge Promotion

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Fresh off the excitement of Manchester City’s historic stoppage time comeback in its season finale to win the English Premier League, PartyPoker has launched the Championship Challenge. Running May 14th through June 30th, the Championship Challenge is a promotion that gives real money players the opportunity to win cash prizes and freeroll entries by earning… Read more »

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Belgium Bans More Online Poker Sites

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The Belgian Gaming Commission is certainly taking its new online gambling laws seriously. This past week, the Commission placed more online poker sites on the country’s blacklist, making it a crime for the country’s citizens to play on those sites. Including in the new batch of blacklisted sites are such popular names as Betfair, William… Read more »

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New Jersey Internet Poker Legislation In Limbo

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According to a report in a prominent Pennsylvania newspaper, the legislation that would open up the state of New Jersey for internet gaming and poker is now in limbo, apparently due to the politics of the 2012 Presidential election. In an extensive article, Philadelphia Inquirer writer Suzette Parmley reports that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie… Read more »

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WSOP Retires Fun Police

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It appears that World Series of Poker (WSOP) officials are going to lighten up and let the players have a little fun this year. In a conference call Tuesday, WSOP representatives discussed some changes to what had previously been strict rules governing behavior at the tables. One of the biggest complaints from players last year… Read more »

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bwin.party Partners with California Tribe for Future Online Poker Licensing

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Online gaming company bwin.party is readying itself to enter the California online poker market should the game become legalized in the state. The operator of bwin.com and PartyPoker.com, bwin.party announced Tuesday that it has inked an agreement with the United Auburn Indian Community (UAIC) to provide online poker games to residents of California when and… Read more »

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Titan Poker Splits with Trickett, Rettenmaier

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Titan Poker, one of the leading sites on the iPoker Network, has ended its relationship with its resident pros, star European players Sam Trickett and Marvin Rettenmaier. In a sign of the times, the departures were not announced via a press release or a news item on Titan’s site, but rather by the players themselves… Read more »

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ESPN Releases 2012 WSOP Broadcast Schedule

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With less than three weeks until the start of the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP), it is now permissible to begin getting excited for the annual poker festival. Before the party ends, ESPN will once again begin its broadcasts of the WSOP, starting with a special airing of the Big One for ONE DROP… Read more »

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Lock Poker to Acquire Cake Poker Network

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When it comes to online poker network reorganizations, things usually happen in one of three ways: one network buys another, a poker room leaves a network, or a poker room joins a network. On Monday, though, a significant move was made that did not fit any of these categories. Yes, Lock Poker announced that it… Read more »

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Poker Pros Network Launches

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Industry conditions be damned. A new U.S.-friendly online poker network, the Poker Pros Network,  launched last week, hoping that its player-friendly atmosphere will attract casual and serious players alike. The Poker Pros Network, owned by Costa Rica-based CMK Interactive, is currently comprised of seven online poker rooms and is new enough that cash game tracking… Read more »

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Two State Legislatures Vote To Expand Live Poker Offerings

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Two state governments, looking to add revenues for different projects, have voted to expand live poker offerings inside their borders. In the state of Ohio, a Senate panel slipped an amendment into a casino regulatory bill on Tuesday that would allow every county in the state to operate a charity poker room. The proposed bill,… Read more »

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Shawn Cunix Wins WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open

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On Shawn Cunix’s website, he writes that he is committed to the core purpose of “inspiring happiness.” We think that $400,600 could be quite the inspiration. This is what Cunix won Wednesday for his triumph in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Jacksonville BestBet Open, along with a $25,500 into the season-ending WPT Championship and a… Read more »

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