Posts Tagged ‘Poker Players’
Pokerstars has been in the spotlight lately because of some of their choices in regards to the Black Friday affair but this week Pokerstars has a bit of positive spin to share. The online poker giant is one of only three sites that will offer real money gambling in Belgium. Belgium, Read the rest of this entry »
Yes its that time of year when everyone likes to predict what is going to happen in the coming months. 2011 was quite a year full of scandal, gossip, unexpected wins and newly created poker tournaments. If you were paying attention last year to the poker news then the predictions Read the rest of this entry »
Sometimes I just don’t understand the offline casino world. Another casino executive is saying publicly that they do not support online gambling legislation. Anthony Marnell of the M Resort in Vegas feels legalizing online poker won’t provide structure to the industry Read the rest of this entry »
Last week the poker forums were buzzing with the news of the break in at former WSOP champion Jonathan Duhamel’s residence. His WSOP gold bracelet, a WSOP watch and a large sum of cash were taken. Duhamel suffered a physical attack during the break in. Authorities acted quickly Read the rest of this entry »
In 2006 the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) passed through Congress on the back of another bill. Its goal was to stop banks from processing monies earned through online gambling sites. Of course with the Black Friday affair we know this wasn’t very successful. Read the rest of this entry »
So by now we all know the background story on the Full Tilt Affair right? Full Tilt Poker was one of the three online poker sites shut down on Black Friday aka April 15, 2011. The casino and its trustees were accused of fraud, embezzlement and breaking the Wire Act and were investigated Read the rest of this entry »
For those cyber savvy geeks out there the term “bitcoin” is very well known. This virtual currency has been around for a couple of years now and is used by computer and tech companies and their customers to conduct online transactions. There are no backings, banks or bankers Read the rest of this entry »
For the longest time it looked like a female professional poker player was going to win for the first time in an open WPT event but a hard slog saw Matt Gianetti of November Nine fame take home the title.
There were a total of 240 original entrants in this newer WPT tour stop including Read the rest of this entry »
For amateur poker players like myself the events of Black Friday have been frustrating but not economically crippling. For professional poker players who play to pay their electric bill and save for retirement the Big Three issue is much more series. With the American online market Read the rest of this entry »
Late last week the first ever Epic Poker tournament came to a close with David Reem taking home the title. There were a number of notables in the tournament including the second and third place finishers Erik Seidel and Jason Mercier. Notably absent was multi bracelet winner and TV Read the rest of this entry »