By now, it is old news that Harrah’s is not going to accept U.S. player registrations at the World Series of Poker from online poker rooms. Well, now that rule needs an amendment. No registrations from online sites unless the World Series of Poker has a business deal with them.
Harrah’s and America Online have partnered [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | April 17, 2007

As many already know, Turkey recently outlawed online gambling (not totally, as “authorized” companies can offer it, but it is basically banned), which was brought to light in the poker community primarily because of Neteller’s withdrawal from the country. This week, Party Poker followed suit, making the move to disallow anyone from Turkey to play [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | April 12, 2007

Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet, both owned by Absolute Entertainment since November, have both made changes to their marketing strategy which have resulted in them releasing some of their resident professional players from their spokesperson duties.
Out of fear of possible trouble from the U.S. Department of Justice, both against the sites and their professional [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | April 12, 2007

“Coming soon” was the operative phrase in a recent e-mail to customers from online poker room, UltimateBet.com. The subject at hand was new method by which U.S. customers could withdraw funds. It is called Add-Funds (yes, you withdraw funds with something called Add-Funds) and is actually the same vehicle implemented by Absolute Poker not too [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | April 10, 2007

Joe Hachem knew he accomplished something tremendous when he won the 2005 World Series of Poker and its $7.5 million first prize, but he never really thought so many people would care. Thus, a recent series of threats against him and his family have spurred him to move to a new residence. With this one, [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | April 10, 2007