The federal judge currently handling the case against those indicted in the Black Friday controversy dismissed several charges against the Full Tilt Poker site filed by 4 top poker professionals to the great disappointment of those poker players waiting to see the people behind FTP get their comeuppance. These 4 poker players, Steve Segal, Robin [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | February 27, 2012

Howard Stutz, a journalist for the highly reputed Las Vegas Review – Journal, has stated that one cannot expect the US federal government to create proper online poker laws till at least 2013.
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One of his tweets on Twitter reads, “One Wall Street analyst opinion: Internet poker legalization not [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | February 26, 2012

The authorities of Antigua and Barbuda have announced their intention to re-launch World Trade Organization (WTO) proceedings against the treatment meted by the US to offshore gaming companies. The government has been waiting for the US to comply with the WTO ruling of 8 years back that the US ought to give adequate compensation to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | February 26, 2012

The legislation and regulation of online gambling has been one of the hotly debated topics in Iowa, and now, after debating and analyzing the issue for over a year, Iowa might finally legalize its online gambling industry.
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The bill to legalize online gambling in Iowa is being discussed by [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | February 24, 2012

The Sunday Times of UK has published a report stating that Shuffle Master, the US-based manufacturer of casino equipment, will purchase Ongame Network from Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment Plc, the world’s largest online gaming company. It is speculated that Shuffle Master’s move will put it in an advantageous position if and when the US federal government [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | February 24, 2012

The sense of resentment, deception and plain frustration at the way things have been handled at Full Tilt Poker since Black Friday, especially the continuing silence from the erstwhile management, is finding increasingly vocal expression on the internet.
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Some days ago it was Daniel Negreanu, the Romanian born [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | February 23, 2012

Daniele Nestola emerged as the champion of the fourth season of the PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT), which came to an end this week. Since the event coincided with the Brazilian Carnival, a large number of people had flocked to Brazil from far-off countries such as Northern Europe and Canada. One of the participants [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | February 23, 2012

Jason Somerville, one of the most talented young US online poker players, recently came out about being gay on his blog. This has marked Somerville out as one of the first poker professionals to be gay. He is also the only WSOP bracelet winner to openly declare it to the poker community.
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Read More... | Comment | By Renee | February 19, 2012

There are more twists in this tale than in a Hollywood thriller and the suspense is mounting. Unfortunately there seems to be no happy ending in sight for the thousands of poker players who are owed money by the currently defunct poker site Full Tilt Poker.
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Poker players are [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | February 18, 2012

When Luke Schwartz first started playing in 2005 he called himself “Full Flush” and made himself some decent money as well as a reputation as a loud mouth.

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And then suddenly Schwartz disappeared. The rumor was that he had become a father and that his new found fatherhood [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Renee | February 18, 2012