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jackrich000 and thorburn87 reach six figure deal to close June 29th Party Poker $300K
The Party Poker $300K Weekly No Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament tournament came to a close at 6:15 pm EST on Sunday night when thorburn87 and jackrich000 reached a deal for the remaining $100,000 in prize pool. 1,146 people paid the $200+15 buy, which made up to a $71,800 overlay. Here is the rest of the […]
Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | June 30, 2008
Second Guesses: Full Recap of the June 29th PP $300K
Major suckouts, monster pots and a $100,000 deal added up to the June 29th Party Poker $300K. Let’s take a look at some specific players, pots and plays from this week’s The Tragic Fall of jovialjohnny: jovialjohnny had been at the center of the action for a long time on Sunday. He’s an aggressive player […]
Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | June 30, 2008
TightPoker not just .com
The Internet is about to change in a big way – the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has just accepted a proposal to allow a greater variety of top-level domain names, which means websites will be able to end in .anything. A .poker domain cannot be far off. ICANN – a non-profit […]
Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | June 27, 2008
Frank and Pauls Bill amended, still rejected
In a textbook case of “not seeing the forest for the trees,” the US House Financial Services Committee voted down a proposal originally meant to prevent the development and enforcement of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, after listening to “emotional” arguments not entirely related to the bill. In April of this year, Rep. Barney […]
Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | June 26, 2008
Major Stories from the 2008 World Series of Poker
We have passed the halfway mark in the annual World Series of Poker tournament so I want to give Party Poker people a recap of a few of the biggest stories to surface so far. John “Razor” Phan takes a Pair of Bracelets: The first WSOP event that John Phan ever cashed in was the […]
Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | June 25, 2008
Danish gaming monopoly Danske Spil faces crossfire
Survival seems increasingly unlikely for Danish gaming monopoly Danske Spil: it is under attack by the and now also by state TV Broadcaster TV2, who wants a share of the large Danish gaming market. The European Commission, led by Charlie McCreevy, issued a reasoned opinion against Denmark’s gaming monopoly which gave the country a chance […]
Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | June 25, 2008
EU upset about dismissal from US Trade Representative
The USTR keeps rubbing salt in the EU’s wound: first, they withdrew access to the US gaming market with the UIGEA; then they prosecuted European companies for their gaming activities; and now they dismiss a questionnaire from the European Commission regarding protectionist policies. The Remote Gaming Association was created in 2005 as a merge of […]
Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | June 24, 2008
mattidm and Robotbrain Close June 21 Party Poker 300K with a Deal
The June 22nd Party Poker 300K guaranteed NL Hold’em tournament came to an end at 8:30 pm EST on Saturday night when players mattidm and robotbrain agreed to a deal. Here are the top ten finishers in order: mattidm Robotbrain Pokerotto888 Bigdogpckt5s Rdcrsn Dntpssm30ff Witch671 JursassicMJ Btigris Moloko74 Second Guesses full recap analysis will return […]
Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | June 23, 2008
Ante up for Africa returns to the WSOP
Annie Duke and Don Cheadle are ready to launch the second annual Ante Up for Africa tournament at this year’s WSOP, hoping again to raise funds and awareness for the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan. Poker pros, sports stars and media celebrities are joining the tournament and pledging half of their winnings for the cause. […]
Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | June 20, 2008
WSOP winners also to become “Diamonds”
As if being a champion at the World Series of Poker was not enough, bracelet winners will now also be awarded Diamond status in Harrah’s spectacular rewards loyalty program. The relationship between Harrah’s and the WSOP has been impressively successful: Harrah's has been running the WSOP since 2004, making it grow by nearly 300% in […]
Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | June 19, 2008
