Hollywood celebrities and poker pros will be joining forces for a good cause at the first annual 'All in for CP,' a celebrity charity no-limit hold'em poker tournament to be held August 3rd at the Hollywood Park Casino in Inglewood... … [Read more...]
Four Republican Congressman Call for UIGEA ‘Unlawful Internet Gambling’ Clarification
July 31, 2008 By
An open letter written by four Republican Congressman to the heads of the Federal Reserve Board and U.S. Treasury calls for a more 'deliberative' approach for crafting regulations for the implementation of the UIGEA... … [Read more...]
Four Republican Congressman call for UIGEA ‘Unlawful Internet Gambling’ Clarification
July 31, 2008 By
An open letter written by four Republican Congressman to the heads of the Federal Reserve Board and U.S. Treasury calls for a more 'deliberative' approach for crafting regulations for the implementation of the UIGEA... … [Read more...]
PokerStars pumps up guaranteed tournaments
July 31, 2008 By
PokerStars has upped the guarantees on most of its guaranteed tournaments. Overall, the site is now hosting 483 guaranteed prize pool tournaments per week, up from 199 just last week. The overall guaranteed prize pool? That's going up by quite a bit as well, from approximately $7.5 million to more than $13 million. Starting this Sunday, the PokerStars … [Read more...]
Banks Are Holding Up MGM’s CityCenter Project Funding
July 30, 2008 By
Almost a year ago, Dubai World entered into an agreement to become a part owner in MGM's megacasino project, CityCenter. The $5.1 billion deal was hailed by Wall Street... … [Read more...]
PokerStars Macau: Macau Cup II Results
July 30, 2008 By
PokerStars Macau has wrapped up another Macau Cup and the results are in. If you're not aware, PokerStars Macau opened a few months back as the first-ever live poker room in Macau. Since then, it's been home to the biggest poker play going on in China. It will also serve as host to September's Asia Pacific Poker Tour event in Macau (more about that … [Read more...]
Inside The Poker Tour, Volume 95 – Here Come the Women
July 30, 2008 By
So many women taking the stage these days! Some say that it happens because of the internet where one doesn't directly confront other players. That might be true, but on the other hand it can only happen... … [Read more...]
Poker News Bytes, July 29, 2008
July 29, 2008 By
A poker player who took his winnings to a brothel, only to get robbed, West Virgina fireman taking heat over charity poker tournaments, and PokerTek secures new financing - all today in this issue of Poker News Bytes... … [Read more...]
Online Poker Weekend: PokerStars Tops $1 Million Twice; Erica Schoenberg Final Tables at Full Tilt
July 29, 2008 By
Sunday was a really big day for PokerStars, as the online poker site made its million dollar guarantee for its Sunday Tournament - Twice, actually. The Sunday Million had its usual massive field, with over 8,000 players... … [Read more...]
Tokwiro Releases Statement on UltimateBet Unfair Play
July 29, 2008 By
Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG, described as the proprietors of UltimateBet, issued a summary statement on Friday as it turned over to the Kahnawake Gaming Commission the results of its internal investigation... … [Read more...]