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I may or may not be talking about this morning\’s House Financial Services Committee hearing on today\’s episode of The Poker Beat … so that\’s why I\’m up listening/watching/clicking. It\’s kinda a big deal, I think … we got our […]
Live-Blogging a Relatively Minor Congressional Confab Read More »
(h/t to Oldbookguy over at 2+2): Thursday is the hearing in the Barney Frank-led House Financial Services Committee in regards to regulating online gambling. Witness List & Prepared Testimony: Dec 3 – 10:00 AM ET The Honorable Robert Martin, Tribal
Lineup for Online Gambling Hearing Thursday Read More »
The robbers were almost definitely amateur thieves, allegedly. Their names: Chaz White and Travis Thomas, ages 18 and 19. One of these fellas supposedly had played in the game recently while the other watched. They have been charged with aggravated
RE: Poker Robbery Thwarted at Texas Oldtimers Game Read More »
It\’s been conventional wisdom around LV for nearly two years that as goes the fate of CityCenter, so goes the fate of Las Vegas. The multibillion-dollar project and biggest construction endeavor since the Pyramids (and maybe the Great Wall of
First Peek at CityCenter Poker Room Read More »
Details still coming it … but so far it sounds like the feel-good poker robbery of the year: Last night two masked, pistol-wielding youngins reportedly ganked about $7,000 from a NL Hold\’em game of mostly retired old-school Texas rounders (ages
NeverwinPoker.com, the filthiest, most offensive poker site on the internet — filled with racist, sexist, drug-addled degeneracy and perverse nudity that provided a voice for a notably vile, socially maladjusted segment of the poker world — is no longer, or
RIP NeverwinPoker, 2004-2009 Read More »
Interesting story in the Miami Herald about Joe Cada, Kevin Schaffel (Florida\’s representative in the November Nine), skill vs. luck, and whether or not the game is good for you. My favorite line(s): \”We had 115 different countries have players
Poker in the Political Maelstrom Read More »
From the New York Post: * Lie to Me (Monday, 9:01 pm., Fox): From the Of Course! What Took Them So Long? file comes this entertaining installment set at the World Series of Poker, with Tim Roth’s Lightman trying to
Pokery “Lie to Me” Episode Monday Night Read More »
From the Federal Reserve and US Treasury: Agencies Extend Compliance Date for Final Rule to Implement Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act The Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the release of a joint final
Confirmed: UIGEA Delayed until June 1, 2010 Read More »
An Atlantic City newspaper reported that Donald Trump and Andy Beal are battling for control of three Trump Casinos. I have to admit if I had the chance to rail bird this match live, I\’d be wearing my \”Go Andy
Donald Trump bets and Andy Beal raises. Read More »
