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2012 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic Day 4: Schwartz Leads Final 18
Day 4 of the 2012 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic ended Monday with 18 players remaining. To begin the day, 54 in-the-money players were left with Tuan Phan leading the way. He wound up in 43rd...
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2012 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic Day 5: Jazayeri Leads Stacked Final...
The final 18 players returned to action for Day 5 of the 2012 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino on Tuesday to play down to the final table. When the final six remained, Sean...
View ArticleFederated Sports+Gaming Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; Exclusive with Duke...
On Wednesday, Federated Sports + Gaming announced it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a reorganization filing the company hopes will allow them to keep assets like Epic Poker and the Global Poker...
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Sean Jazayeri Defeats David Sands to Win 2012 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker...
The 2012 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic closed the books for another year after an amazing final table completed on Wednesday night at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, California. Walking away...
View ArticleZynga Launches Separate Platform, Eyes Real Money Online Gaming
On Thursday, online gaming giant Zynga announced that it is launching a new proprietary platform at Zynga.com where users can find their favorite games without logging into Facebook. The new platform...
View ArticleSouth Dakota bet limit raises to $1,000
A law signed Thursday increases the maximum poker bet in South Dakota casinos from $100 to $1,000. Elected officials and casino executives told the Rapid City Journal the increased bets will allow...
View ArticleGolden Nugget to update Isle Biloxi property
Landry's Inc., the parent company of the Golden Nugget chain of hotel-casinos, has announced it plans to close on its purchase of the Isle Biloxi within four to six months and immediately start a...
View ArticleMizrachi, Lamb Lead List of Eligible Players for 2012 WSOP National Championship
On Monday, the World Series of Poker announced the list of players eligible to buy into the second annual World Series of Poker Circuit National Championship. The event, which rewards the top 100...
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2012 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 1a: Only Five Shooting Stars...
The World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event got under way in San Jose, Calif., with the first of two Day 1 flights on Monday. The $10,000 buy-in event is one of the more popular stops on the...
View Article2012 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 1b: Mizrachi, Von Kriegenberg...
Day 1b of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event saw 222 players hit the felts, creating a combined field of 364 between the two Day 1 starting flights. The number was notably smaller...
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2012 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 2: Baumstein Leads; 20 Remain
On Day 2 of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event, the field was whittled from 149 to the final 20. Among those left is World Series of Poker 2010 Champion, Jonathan Duhamel. Among the...
View ArticleBlack Friday Defendant Chad Elie Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy
Chad Elie, one of the 11 men indicted by the Department of Justice on Black Friday, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud and operating an illegal gambling business in the United States....
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Joe Kuether Wins World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Rincon
The action was jam packed on Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Rincon Main Event as the field was whittled from 11 to one in under seven hours. The man left standing was Joe Kuether,...
View ArticleAGCC Publishes External Review of Actions Taken Against Full Tilt Poker
On Tuesday, the Alderney Gaming Control Commission (AGCC) published an independent external review of its processes leading up to the suspension and eventual revocation of licenses owned by Full Tilt...
View ArticleReport: Black Friday Principal John Campos Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor Charge
On Tuesday, Forbes reported that Black Friday defendant John Campos has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors and will dodge a trial set for April 9 in New York. Campos, the former vice...
View ArticleGlobal Poker Index: Busquet Making a Run For Top 20
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. It was a light week on...
View ArticleJudge Postpones Acceptance of Plea Agreement in John Campos Case
On Tuesday, it was reported that Black Friday defendant John Campos had reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Now, the Washington Post is reporting that U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan...
View ArticleChris Moneymaker and Director Doug Tirola Talk All In: The Poker Movie
Unless it’s Rounders or Hitting the Nuts, players and critics usually condemn films about poker. That changed earlier this month when 4th Row Films released All In: The Poker Movie, a “documentary...
View ArticleFraternal Order of the Police Supports Online Poker Regulation
The Fraternal Order of Police, which lobbies Congress on behalf of 330,000 law-enforcement officers, sent a letter to leadership of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives last week asking for...
View ArticleNew Jersey Senate Committee Approves Online Gambling Bill
A New Jersey Senate committee passed a bill on Tuesday that would allow online wagering on casino games in the Garden State, the Associated Press reports. The bill, sponsored by state Sens. Ray Lesniak...
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