The big news this week was, of course, the amending of the Department of Justice’s online poker civil suit claiming that Full Tilt Poker was engaged in a \”Ponzi scheme\” that defrauded its players. Needless to say, this was a […]
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I can already call it … 2012 will be the year of poker documentaries. The desire to tell true-life tales about the rise and fall of online poker in the USA should reach fever pitch as a classic story of
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So much to say on this latest development … which has two former \”heroes\” of poker on the front page of CNN for their involvement with criminal activity. About to go on QuadJacks to discuss it live. And read below
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The American Gaming Association put out a new video in support of making online poker legal (now!). Though plenty corny, it\’s possibly the slickest representation of all the talking points certain poker people have been refining and pushing for the
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Melanie Iglesias vs. WPT (and QuadJacks?) The guys at Quadjacks have called it \”Flushgate\” — and reportedly have received quite a bit of wrath from non-poker types over \”the abrupt resignation of three Royal Flush girls\” — 2010 Maxim Hometown
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I wish to thank the entire poker community for the outstanding work in telling our elected officials that we demand action on the online poker issue. We as individuals have sent more than 100,000 letters and made countless phone calls
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Have you seen this new reality show on CNN called \”The Republican Tea Party Debate\”? LOL, the new season is just getting underway, but already I\’m looking forward to seeing who gets voted off the island. The first episode last
Hacked: The Pokerati Morlock\’s lung troubles really take the fun out of smoking for the rest of us. Scott Chaffin is dying. Now now, before you say WTF? know that I am, too. And so are you, and you, and
Global Poker Index: Women in the Top 300 (as of Sep 5) 20. Vanessa Selbst 164. Vanessa Rousso 175. Annette Obrestad 188. Melanie Weisner 262. Kathy Liebert According to Team Pokerati local femme fave @LasVegasPokers, today is \”girls day\” in
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I almost didn\’t realize that what heretofore had been the biggest online tournament series in the world — the World Championships of Online Poker — is underway throughout the non-American ether. Even with an American government-mandated \”boycott\” reminiscent of Moscow
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