He has been quiet for a while on the subject of poker, but United States Representative Joe Barton (R – Texas) has stepped back out into the forefront, announcing that he will soon introduce another online poker bill. This one, like his past bills, will seek to legalize and regulate online poker on the federal… Read more »
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is about to reach its end, and while I was extremely disappointed that my highly-ranked Virginia Cavaliers bowed out early, it has still been fun rooting against all the teams I hate (and I have come to realize I loathe a good number of teams – yay sports!). With March… Read more »
You know those movie scenes where a card counter gets escorted into a back room in a casino and physically “convinced” to never step foot on the premises again? Well, that stuff doesn’t happen anymore, but casinos certainly do not like card counters and have been known to show them the door. That is what… Read more »
Senator Lindsey Graham (R – S.C.) may finally be coming around on this whole internet gambling thing. Butnahhh, not really. According to GamblingCompliance.com (article behind paywall), Graham, the tip of the spear for Sheldon Adelson’s Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) in the Senate, said that it was not his intention to make online lottery… Read more »
They came into the final table 1-2 in the standings, so it was only natural that they would vie for the title. After what would prove to be a draining heads-up battle, Jean Montury outlasted his countryman, France’s Valentin Messina, to capture the inaugural championship at the European Poker Tour Malta Main Event early Sunday… Read more »
The inaugural stop by the European Poker Tour on the island of Malta has reached the final table. Of the six players remaining in the event, online poker pro and poker coach Valentin Messina has eked out a slim lead over Jean Montury, but lurking in the pack is former EPT champion Dominik Panka, who… Read more »
After quietly announcing the date and location of their next conference, the Tournament Directors Association (TDA) has come under vehement fire from the poker community regarding the spot they chose. Yesterday afternoon the head of the Board of Directors for the TDA, World Poker Tour Executive Tournament Director Matt Savage, announced over his Twitter feed… Read more »
Seemingly every time that the issue of online gaming and/or poker has presented itself in the halls of Congress, the information that is presented is extremely short on facts and long on the “fears” of what a regulated industry might bring. Dating from the early 2000s, Congressional leadership and legislators have consistently shown that they… Read more »
In what is another milestone in United States online poker history, Delaware and Nevada have combined their player pools, marking the first time there has ever been legal, regulated interstate internet poker in the country. The merge occurred last night in what is being termed a “soft launch” of the player pool sharing, as the… Read more »
Tuesday was the first day of the inaugural European Poker Tour (EPT) Malta Main Event in which the entire remaining field was unified, as 512 players returned from the two starting flights (plus a handful of late entrants) to compete on Day 2. Six 75-minute levels were contested with Samuel Chartier heading the 186 survivors… Read more »
According to USPoker.com’s Steve Ruddock, who has been on top of this subject from the get-go, a fifth name has been added to the witness list for tomorrow’s hearing on the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) in front of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations. Fortunately, unlike most of the… Read more »
Day 1B of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Malta Main Event is now in the books and boy, was it ever a celebration of Malta’s first appearance on the Tour. After 260 players participated in the opening starting flight on Sunday, over 400 more – 629 to be exact – registered for Monday’s action, requiring… Read more »
A new bill was introduced into the Nevada state legislature on Thursday, aiming to clarify some of the rules surrounding interstate gaming compacts. Assembly Bill No. 414 (AB 414) was referred to the Committee on Judiciary on March 19th, 2015 and, if passed, would restrict any interstate agreements to online poker only. The bill is… Read more »
The first European Poker Tour Main Event to be held in the tiny nation of Malta kicked off Sunday, as Day 1A of EPT Malta got underway at Portomaso Casino at the Hilton Hotel. It was a solid first day for the new event, with 260 players registering for the first flight. Nearly half were… Read more »
Carrying over their strong play from Day 1 of the event, Team Italy stunned the crowd in attendance in Malta in taking down the inaugural Global Poker Masters championship. With Team USA on the sidelines holding a bye to the semi-finals and Team United Kingdom sitting on the rail following their less-than stellar showing in… Read more »
After a day of play that saw different squads sit atop the leaderboard, Team USA used a late rush to capture the first-place slot during Saturday’s Day 1 of the Global Poker Masters. On the other side of the equation, Team UK couldn’t bring anything together throughout the action on Saturday and will not be… Read more »
As the European Poker Tour prepares for its inaugural Main Event tournament in Malta, professional poker’s biggest names are also in preparation for another reason. Beginning tomorrow, the Global Poker Index’s Global Poker Masters will also take to the stage. Billed as poker’s version of football’s (soccer’s) World Cup, the Global Poker Masters is bringing… Read more »
After having its previous hearing canceled due to inclement weather in Washington, D. C., the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security will take up the discussion of the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA), or HR 707, on March 26. While the hearing itself is expected to be a primarily one-sided affair, there… Read more »
It wasn’t quite the historic moment we were waiting for, but the final table of the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event was pretty great, nonetheless. After nearly 150 hands and about eight hours, Ravee Mathi Sundar had his name engraved on the WPT Champions Cup as the latest WPT winner. For… Read more »
Just one more day remains in the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event, as the original field of 379 players has been cut to just six. Harrison Gimbel is the chip leader going into Wednesday with 3.135 million chips in what should be an extremely competitive final table. This final table is… Read more »
I think I once wrote something like, “The long Full Tilt Poker frozen funds nightmare is almost over.” Something like that. I suppose, though, that by “almost,” I meant “your guess is as good as mine.” But now, NOW maybe I can say that the four year (FOUR YEAR!) ordeal is coming to an end.… Read more »
It was carnage on Monday as the 2015 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event was narrowed from 151 players* to just 18. The money bubble clearly burst – the top 45 players were paid – and Taylor Paur emerged as the top dog with 1,400,000 chips. If Paur can keep this going, he… Read more »
The third leg of the World Poker Tour’s California Swing was in full…swing…this weekend with the 2015 WPT Rolling Thunder Main Event at the Thunder Valley Casino in the Sacramento, California area. A total of 379 players have entered the tournament – 181 on Saturday and 198 on Sunday – making it easily the smallest… Read more »
In what was arguably the toughest final table of the current season, Taylor Paur emerged victorious in the World Poker Tour’s Bay 101 Shooting Stars early Saturday morning. Paur came to the final table with the second biggest chip stack (4.27 million), behind only Isaac Baron’s 6.175 million, when the cards hit the air on… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s Bay 101 Shooting Star has completed its Day 3 play, setting up for an exciting final table that still features two of the Shooting Stars (bounty players) remaining in the tournament. 36 players came back to fulfill their dreams of reaching a WPT final table, with Imad Allahham having the most realistic… Read more »
