Representatives Frank and Paul’s Payment Systems Protection Act (H.R. 5767) was recently voted down after an address by Rep. Bachus, who managed to persuade the House using scientific evidence of the evils of online gaming. The evidence he quoted, however, does not exist.
The Payment Systems Protection Act aimed to stop the UIGEA from being further [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | July 22, 2008

Players Mamanya and fud9990 agreed to a $52,000 - $41,000 split in favor of then chip leader Mamanya to end the July 20th Party Poker $300,000 Guaranteed Weekly NL Hold’em tournament. Here are the top ten finishers and their respective prize moneys:
1. Mamanya $52,000 (deal)2. fud9990 $41,000 (deal)3. Hagbert55 $20,7004. gnetaren $16,3505. I_I_A_I_I $13,8006. Madie222 $10,7007. BolePena $7,9508. actionjambo $5,2509. Aegishjalmr $4,05010. chubbytobby $2,850

1,480 players [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | July 21, 2008

I have to admit that I was rooting for fud9990. Maybe it was the Steve Dannenmann effect, but I could not help myself from wanting to see fud9990 pull it out.

After all, fud9990 had not paid one penny to get into the $215 buy in
Party Poker $300,000 guaranteed NL Hold’em weekly. Rather, he [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | July 21, 2008

Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) has taken a new approach to winning the fight for online poker acceptance in Congress: he has introduced a bill that would not only regulate online gambling, but would also earmark the revenue generated through taxes for programs that would assist U.S. citizens in need.By doing this, Rep. McDermott is likely [...]

Read More... | 1 Comment | By August Darnell | July 18, 2008

At 3:27 am on Tuesday, July 15th Dean Hamrick’s AJ lost to Craig Marquis’s Queens and the WSOP officially went on hiatus. While the Main Event won’t be completed until November 9 when the Final Table is played, 53 official events are already completed along with 2 charity events. So to follow up on our [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | July 17, 2008

The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) issued a set of standards– including fair and responsible gaming – with mandatory compliance for its members. European gaming companies now have to follow over 170 technical requirements on top of the already stringent European licensing requirements.
Some of EGBA’s most noted members include Party Gaming, Bwin and [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | July 16, 2008

One would expect that after the recent events, Ultimate Bet would be extra careful to walk the line while it tries to regain its former status in the poker world. Alas, it was not the case: Poker News have just issued a statement in which they accuse Ultimate Bet of snatching a sponsored pro from [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | July 15, 2008

A deal between players halvornaldo and katma77 brought the July 13th Party Poker $300K Guaranteed Weekly NL Hold’em tournament to a close at 6:15 pm EST. Here are the top ten finishers and their respective prize moneys in USD:
1. halvornaldo $50,147.99 (deal)2. katma77 $42,852.52 (deal)3. CanIwinWSOP $20,7004. Tomgus456 $16,3505. MrKlamauk $13,8006. pepi777 $10,3507. aussie181 $7,9508. Youbemistake $5,2509. Allminequick $4,05010. Ramms888 $2,850
While [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | July 14, 2008

Sometimes people amaze me.
Last week’s Party Poker $300K ended in an outright victory for the player who won nearly 50% of all hands played at the final table (Ugga_Chak) when a player who won less than 12% (wernitschg) said no to a deal that would have meant more money for everyone at the table [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | July 14, 2008

Nine European countries have been warned by the European Commission and instructed to open up their national gaming monopolies, yet none were taken to task during the Commission’s last infringement meeting. There are plenty or rumors but no straight answers regarding this delay in corrective action.
Since 2007, these countries had been reprimanded by the European [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | July 11, 2008