Trying to clean up the place for a few new bloggers has left so much poker news passing us by. So in no particular order of importance, you might be curious to know:
CHARLES BARKLEY had a good weekend in Las Vegas, pocketing $700k on mostly blackjack. No word on where he played or how much he was betting per hand.
The first WSOP poker-bloggy marriage is set to go down, between the \”all over the place!\” JEN LEO and Stone Temple Pilots roadie-cum-PokerNews editor JOHN CALDWELL. Word spread via AMY C … should make for a festive Day 1B of the WSOP main event.
JAMIE GOLD has settled his case with CRISPIN LEYSER — no more lawsuit for the $6 mil … they\’re gonna chop the pot instead. We\’ll try to find out for how much, but clearly neither was going to win at this point, and any two SEMI-SERIOUS poker players can see the folly of letting LAWYERS take such a high rake in a heads-up match.
There\’s an interesting tournament going on at THE BIKE … the $10,000 Poker Netcast HEADS-UP CHALLENGE. GAVIN SMITH sucked out hard on CLONIE (J7 vs AJ — 7 on the turn, 7 on the river) to knock her out.
Hey, check it out … a new generation of NEGREANU FANS are being bred educated at CANADIAN universities.
Despite CALVIN AYRE\’s semi-fugitive status in the US, the COSTA RICAN billionaire is fixin\’ to bring BODOG to AMERICAN TV starting next week.
By the way, what does the United States National SOCCER TEAM love to do while traveling? They play poker. (Or shall we say Pele poker?)
A PENNSYLVANIA JURY decides it\’s not right to bust out of a poker game and return to shoot people. Duly noted.
THE WSOP CIRCUIT main event is underway in COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. Pokerati finds it interesting that the WSOP in (what is essentially) OMAHA has no Omaha.
An interesting outline for HOW TO TAX online gambling from our good friends in HUNGARY. Summation: Take 30 percent.
Not surprisingly, LAWYERS with expertise in gambling are a hot commodity these days.
And anti-online gambling laws aren\’t stopping Americans from trying to gamble online. Just ask SCANSAFE, a company that blocks employees of other companies from pissing off online while at work. (Looking at Karridy.)
COLLEGE KIDS at SYRAC– USE are saying the same thing … they can\’t be stopped!
But here\’s a good article that looks into the hard-number connections between online gambling and TERRORISM.
The LA TIMES has a good op-ed on the ridiculousness of preventing wagers on the SUPER BOWL — more than $5 BILLION slipped through unchecked hands untaxed, experts say.
And here\’s a quick little item that shows how/why US ATTORNEYS are trying to draw a connection between online betting and Al Qaeda-suited.
That should be enough for now. But as always, there\’s more TK.
Oh, wait, almost forgot … Starting tomorrow, you are supposed to BOYCOTT online poker through SUNDAY. Oh, wait, no you\’re not.
