Haitian Help’em
The entire world got a reminder about life, death, and nature this week … the Haiti earthquake gave us all at least a bit of pause to find ourselves, at least momentarily, caring about people we didn\’t think we cared […]
January 2010
2010 WSOP Rules Published Logo Rules Unchanged, Tweaks to Late Registration/No Shows/Cell Phones
The rules for the 2010 World Series of Poker were released this afternoon, with the obligatory press release appearing on the next page. To alleviate the fears of Phil Hellmuth, there has NOT been a change to what logos a
Heartland Poker Dreamin’
The Heartland Poker Tour is kicking off its sixth season right now … with its first ever event in Las Vegas. While an HPT series of tourneys at Red Rock might not cause too much hubbub around Las Vegas, I
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Two Controversial Hands from the PCA
Here\’s a couple of hands from this year\’s PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas. The most recent hand came from the final table of the World Cup of Poker VI yesterday, as 2008 November Niner Darus Suharto is the victim
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Kara Scott Joins Team PartyPoker
Had to double-read this one … How is it possible that Kara Scott isn\’t already in the pocket of PokerStars or Full Tilt? Or at least UB/Absolute! Oh well, like a late draft pick, PartyPoker — in yet another sign
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California Indians Hold Online Poker Summit
Would it be racist to call the conference a pow-wow?
The California Nations Indian Gaming Association\’s 15th Annual Western Indian Gaming Conference got underway yesterday, in Palm Springs … and one hot topic of discussion seems to be dominating all others: Internet poker. As is always the case in regulatory
Full Tilt Sues Clonie?
High-stakes legal maneuvers
The Full Tilt legal battles are heating up … and this time they are on the offensive, suing Cycalona Gowen in federal court. Full Tilt (specifically Tiltware, LLC, out of California) is not seeking money from her beyond court costs
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Time Magazine: Tight Is Right
First we had Kiplinger\’s embracing the poker religion, and now Time Magazine is getting on board … with a story that probably will do more to change my game than 76 poker books. It\’s really a great article, looking at
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Harrison Gimbel Wins PCAKids these days …
Whoever woulda thunk it … that the first big winner of 2010 would\’ve graduated high school with the Class of 2009? But Harrison Gimbel, 19, now a freshman at the University of Alabama, became the youngest PCA champion ever, winning
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New Tax on Hungarian Poker Winnings Sparks Protest Tourney
You know, we may wanna start paying attention to Europe. Here in the US, we\’re screaming pretty constantly, re: poker, \”regulate, regulate, regulate!\” And yet across the pond these days, there seems to be a lot of, \”whoa, maybe not
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