Shaq vs. Poker
Even more semi-pokery TV … Shaquille O\’Neal is in town, doing some filming at Planet Hollywood for his new Shaq Vs. program, which debuts tomorrow at 9pm ET/PT on ABC. The concept is that Shaq takes on the best in […]
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Re: NY Courts to Unseal Payment Processor Documents
More of the court documents that were heavily redacted now have a bit less of a black line through them, to show Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars mentioned in the case of Douglas Rennick and the freezing of nearly $40m
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RE: How’s Hard Rock Megastacks Shakin’?
Oops, I might have been a bit premature when I said the Hard Rock\’s August deep-stack tourney was off to a decent start. Despite 100ish players for the first event ($340), and 50ish for the first $550 … event #3
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Conservative Columnist Pens in Favor of Online Poker Bills
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way?
George Will and I rarely see eye to eye on anything (understatement), which is why I would never have seen this column had @TheEngineer2008 pointed it out on Twitter. But in his latest Washington Post column, Will stumps for the
WTO Hypocrisy?
Interesting op-ed in the New York Times today about the WTO and China, particularly pointing out the need for China to not just stop pirating American music and movies, but also to respect WTO rulings outright: China has also increasingly
Pennsylvania Tourney Organizer Found Guilty of Gambling“Game of Skill” defense doesn’t hold up
Lawrence Burns, 65, was found guilty of gambling yesterday, despite arguments the real-money tournaments he organized were not gambling because poker is a game of skill. After 2 1/2 days of testimony, the Westmoreland jury took less than 2 1/2
12 Months, $3 Billion
Barack Obama is in Montana today — where he\’ll be cavorting with Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)*, who is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and therefore has to come up with ways to fund any major health care reform. A
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California Intrastate Online Poker: No More Reservations From Reservations?
The issue of legalizing intrastate online poker in California seemed like a longshot for quite awhile, as AB 2026 was introduced in February of 2008 and not much has happened since. Though there is no question that Cali could use
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AP/UB Scandals to Be Revisited
Todd Witteles is saying over at Neverwin that there\’ll be another report on a \”major network\” regarding corporate greed — and part of the show will be mentioning the UB/AP scandal. Doesn\’t sound like necessarily new info — but regardless,
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RE: Two Months. Two Million. Update
It occurs to me that we might well see some poker on Court TV, too. If not … we should. Payment processors fighting for their freedom, hundreds of millions of dollars, and the rights (and money) of Regular Joe others
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