Nevada Passes Online Poker Regulations
On Thursday, vegasinc.com reported that the Nevada Gaming Commission had approved regulations for intrastate online poker, becoming the first state in the United States to do so. The move sets the...
View ArticleQ&A with poker mental health counselor Jared Tendler
Jared Tendler is a licensed mental health counselor and author of the new book, the Mental Game of Poker. He previously did poker coaching at stoxpoker.com and is a coach at DragTheBar.Com. He’s an...
View ArticleJim Rice says poker skills weren't enough on Survivor
Jim Rice was a contestant on the most recent season of Survivor. While his job was listed as medical marijuana sales, he’s also a recreational poker player with some tournament accomplishments to his...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Justice Opinion: Wire Act Only Applies to Sports Betting...
On Friday, the United States Department of Justice made public documents with the its legal opinion on the Wire Act, 18U.S.C. § 1084, concluding that “interstate transmissions of wire communications...
View Article$55K bad beat hits at Hollywood Charles Town in W.V.
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Race’s poker room saw a Christmas Eve bad-beat jackpot hit as nine players shared a $55,885. In a $3-$6 limit hold’em game, James O’Conner, from Alexandria, Va., was...
View ArticleGlobal Poker Index: Jason Mercier Starts 2012 in No. 1 Spot
Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world, using a formula that takes a player's results over six half-year periods. For a look at the...
View ArticleM Resort President Opposes Online Poker
Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson isn't the only Las Vegas casino executive opposed to legalizing online poker. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Friday that M Resort President Anthony Marnell...
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World Series of Poker Circuit Bicycle Casino Day 1: Brandon Crawford Leads
The first World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at the Bicycle Casino kicked off Tuesday and after over 13 hours of action, Brandon Crawford sits atop the tournament leaderboard with 115,000 in...
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World Series of Poker Circuit Bicycle Casino Day 2: Crawford Leads; Deeb...
Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit at the Bicycle Casino wrapped up on Wednesday night with 17 players remaining. Leading the way is Brandon Crawford, who bagged 2.225 million in chips. He is...
View ArticleGlobal Poker Index: Hall Off To Fast Start in 2012
Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes a player's results over six half-year periods. Jason Mercier is still...
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Freddy Deeb Wins World Series of Poker Circuit Bicycle Casino Main Event
Traditionally, it takes three long, grueling days to win a World Series of Poker Circuit event. That is, unless you are Freddy Deeb. Deeb bought into the WSOP Circuit Bicycle Casino Main Event on Day...
View ArticleMGM CEO James Murren: "Internet Gaming is Going to Pass in 2012"
Hopes for this being the year that federal legislation passes to license and regulate Internet poker received a boost last week when James Murren, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, spoke...
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John Dibella Wins the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event
After seven days of tournament-poker action, a winner was crowned in the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event. John Dibella, the Arizona-New York player who began the final table fifth in...
View ArticlePoker Pros File RICO Complaint Against Excapsa Software
A group of eight high-stakes poker players have filed a RICO complaint against Excapsa Software, claiming that employees of the former owners of Ultimate Bet stole at least $20 million from plaintiffs...
View ArticleAlleged Payment Processor Ira Rubin Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy
Ira Rubin, one of the 11 men indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice on Black Friday, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in connection with his alleged role as a payment processor for PokerStars, Full...
View ArticleIowa Senator to Draft Bill for Intrastate Online Poker
The U.S. Department of Justice's flip-flop on the Wire Act is pushing more and more state lawmakers toward online poker legislation. On Tuesday, Iowa Sen. Jeff Danielson told the Des Moines Register he...
View ArticleGlobal Poker Index: Seidel Reclaims Top Spot, Duhamel Surges
Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes a player's results over six half-year periods. The 2012 PokerStars...
View ArticleZynga Confirms Interest in Real-Money Gambling
Zynga's free-to-play business model could see some changes if online gambling is legalized in the U.S. On Friday, a spokesperson for the social gaming giant told All Things D that it is in discussions...
View ArticleWill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Push Federal Online Poker Legislation...
For a guy expected to be the key politician involved in eventually getting Internet poker legislation passed in the United States, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has never said much on the topic....
View ArticleWorld Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant Day 1: Chris Tiller Leads
Two starting flights and over 14 hours of action on Day 1 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at the Choctaw Casino and Resort saw nearly 1,000 players take to the felt. Day 1a drew 647...
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