The LA Times broke a story last night that Full Tilt Poker had sold to a group of European Investors (i.e. Ivey’s White KnightTM). Like Jason Biggs hopping in the sack with Shannon Elizabeth, the story jumped the gun a bit. According to our sources, the deal is almost done, but it’s not there yet. […]
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Ivey’s White Knight Deal Almost Done + Full Tilt Poker Read More »
Here\’s @GamingCounsel\’s look at the important legal developments in gaming over the past ten days or so: Crespo v. Online Poker – Interesting complaint filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division filed on October
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Time for some of the major legal developments in gaming over the past week, as selected by @GamingCounsel: # Netherlands I-Gaming Attitudes – Probably the most interesting international story of the past week is the ruminations from the Netherlands that
Hello good people of Pokerati. Here\’s what I hope to make a weekly digest of what I think are the most interesting and/or relevant stories (not necessarily the same thing) happening online and around the world: PokerStars turns off Washington
Below is the PR announcement about the WSOP-Europe schedule. As many know, I\’m not too hot these days on just posting press releases (without handsome pay) … but beyond the typically easy-to-cut-and-paste keywords these often contain, this mass-mailed announcement  has
Though Isildur1 player names have popped up on the microstakes tables at PokerStars, Absolute, and PartyPoker … there\’s one new player over at Betfair — Omlphalotus — that looks possibly to be the real Isildur attempting to work on his
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The final teams have been picked … Annette Obrestad and Daniel Negreanu did the equivalent of a coin flip when they drew for high-card … and now action is underway. The WSOPE\’s made-for-TV special event: Team Europe is comprised of
Caesar’s Cup Underway Gus Hansen added to Euro squad; Greenstein, Seed to Americas
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The first event of the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe is completed and we have crowned the first champion. He ended Day 1 as the chipleader and finished the tournament in the same vein, step forward Mr JP Kelly.
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We know her, of course, as something between the Tracy Austin of Poker and Johnny Moss of WSOP-E. But that makes no difference … even in the UK, poker is still poker, and thus Britain\’s Advertising Standards Authority has banned
Annette_15 Ad Banned in UK British government squelches marketing of WSOP-Europe champ
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Teams are 3/4 of the way there … Team Americas: Daniel Negreanu (captain), Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, John Juanda, Doyle Brunson, Jennifer Harman Team Europe: Annette Obrestad (captain), Peter Eastgate, Dario Minieri, Bertrand Grospellier, Patrik Antonius, Ilari Sahamies (aka Zigmund)
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