The BCS of Poker?
The Federated Pro Poker League had taken a decidedly neutral stance on online poker. They weren\’t gonna let online powerhouses Tilt and Stars muck up their game, it seemed, but at the same time they weren\’t ready — at least […]
O Canada?
Here are two worthy questions since the US Attorney’s indictments in US v. Scheinberg et al and related actions taken by the US Department of Justice were made public last month: Will the indictments and the fallout foreshadow an exodus
WPT Seminole Hard Rock
Stop me if you have heard this before; Patch watch is over. After the elimination of Mike Sexton in Day Four it was assumed that the rest of the tournament would play out without a single player with a patch.
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Washington DC Needs More Gambling
Tom Schneider OP-ED It’s time to have a poker player run for President of the United States. Forget Joe the Plumber. How about Tom the Gambler? I actually gave serious consideration to running for President in 2012. However, when I
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WPT Seminole Hard Rock
Coming into Day Four the patch watch almost dead, after Day Four it IS dead. With only two patches to keep track of Day Four\’s patch watch was made even easier with Mike Sexton (Party Poker) and Zach Clark (Doyles
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WPT Seminole Hard Rock
With only 51 players left after three days of play here at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood Florida only two players are left wearing patches. Mike Sexton and Zachary Clark will be the only two players returning for Day
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Grey Friday?
Not everyone is calling it \”Black Friday\”. For Euros who opted out of the US in \’06 and mighta started believing that coulda been a wrong decision, it was \”White Friday\”. The DOJ\’s virtual handcuffing of Full Tilt and PokerStars
WPT Hard Rock Seminole
Many questions were still left after yesterdays patch watch. We learned that PokerStars informed their players to not wear a patch for this event, but we were left wondering why a couple sites sponsored players were not wearing a patch
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Credit Risk?
You may or may not have seen the report Barclay\’s put out assessing the impact of American DOJ actions vs. Online Poker on the European online gambling sector. Now Moody\’s, the venerable global credit rater, has put out their own
WPT Hard Rock Seminole
The first major live poker tournament since Black Friday in the United States kicked off today with the World Poker Tour at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood Florida. One of the unknowns coming into the tournament was wether or
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