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The attempt to regulate and license Internet gambling tries to move another step forward on Tuesday with the markup of HR 2267 in the House Financial Services Subcommittee. The markup is scheduled to start at 10am ET, with HR 2267 […]
Markup of HR 2267 Tuesday Vote appears too close to call
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The final day of the $335 Commerce Guaranteed Million Dollar Tournament concluded with a 6-way deal as Richard Bakovic earned the win for a reported $173,500, according to a Tweet from TD Matt Savage. Notables: Young Phan – 22nd –
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The final opening day of the $335 Commerce Guaranteed Million Dollar Tournament drew a field of 896 players, making the total number of entries 3300 on Saturday. This means the tournament finished with a $59,500 overlay in the tournament led
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Friday afternoon of the $335 Commerce Guaranteed Million Dollar Tournament drew the largest field with 716 players entering the tournament, with the final 72 making the money. To avoid an overlay, Saturday\’s field will need to top 1,100 players. Saturday
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Thursday morning at the Rio, Andy Bloch was part of a panel at Netroots Nation titled Internet Freedom: Protecting Rights in the Digital Realm. Many in the poker community have heard Bloch\’s points about how the government is infringing on
Thursday afternoon brought a field of 596 players for the Commerce Casino\’s $335 Million Dollar Guarantee Tournament. So far there has been a total of 1,688 entries into the tournament, with 3,509 entries needed to meet the $1,000,000 guarantee. The
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Day 1b of the $335 Commerce Guaranteed Million Dollar Tournament drew a field of 563 players Tuesday afternoon, with James Pittman (victim of one of Phil Hellmuth\’s classic rants, shown below) led the field with 311,500 in chips. Other notables
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Andy Bloch played over 30 tournaments at the Rio during the WSOP this summer, but he\’ll make one more visit to the Rio Thursday morning as part of Netroots Nation (formerly known as the YearlyKos Convention). Netroots is a gathering
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Wednesday\’s hearing on HR 2267, which would regulate and license Internet gambling, brought out strong opinions from both sides in over two hours of testimony in front of the House Financial Services Committee. The next step in the legislative process
HR 2267 Hearing Recap Congress Considers Poker Position in Online Gambling Regs
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14 arrested — \”at least,\” authorities say — presumably to be charged with traffic-ticket offenses. Though you never know with Harris County … they\’d be up for Class A capital punishment there, I suspect, if that dang constitution didn\’t get
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