Vegas fave Annie LePage and her lapddog playing poker at the Jen Harman SPCA fundraiser. Bijou seems to like their hand or is just hoping for a walk in the big blind. There was a big charity event Tuesday night […]
So many socio-political hot-spots right now you\’d think the 2010 WSOP were being played in the Paktika region of Afghanistan. Poker\’s legal quandaries keep growing … as the industry\’s longtime adversaries in Kentucky have filed suit against Pocket Kings, the
State of Kentucky Sues Full Tilt + UB throws a tourney for the Commonwealth
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HR 2268, now HR 4976, aka the McDermott Bill, aka the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2009 2010, got re-introduced yesterday … it\’s pretty similar to IGRTEA 2009, with two key differences: IGRTEA 2010 specifies money for
McDermott Bill Gets New Juice States, tribes, foster kids promised slices of rev-share
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The Prevent Cancer Foundation presented its 2nd Annual \”Cancer Champion\” award this weekend in Washington DC to two Full Tilt poker pros — Rafe Furst and Phil Gordon. You be the judge … good poker face on Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
Boycotting may be too strong a word … \”avoiding\” could work, as could \”snubbing\”, as could \”pissing off its own players by telling them they can\’t go.\” Supposedly, highly reliable sources are saying, Full Tilt brass in Ireland are telling
More than Rumorati: Full Tilt Boycotting NAPT? Branding Wars escalate
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We know little because we\’re thousands of miles away, but why am I not shocked that what coulda been the greatest thing ever — poker that helps a bunch of kids on Super Bowl Sunday — has left at least
Shenanigans at Texas Charity Tourney? Read More »
There could be 1,000 players or more gathered in South Dallas this Sunday, just a few blocks from Dallas Police Headquarters btw, competing for a WSOP main event seat in what\’s being advertised as the biggest \”True Freeroll Texas Hold\’em
The entire world got a reminder about life, death, and nature this week … the Haiti earthquake gave us all at least a bit of pause to find ourselves, at least momentarily, caring about people we didn\’t think we cared
In Washington state, this video would be grounds for a criminal prosecution on par with with child molesting. But down south, in Portland, Oregon, it\’s a super-feelgood story with online poker pro Dusty Schmidt (aka \”Leatherass\”) gambling for the homeless.
Lisa Wheeler, president of Greasie Wheels, a poker consultancy that specializes in charity events, says that actually, numbers are not up across the board at charity tourneys in Las Vegas and elsewhere, though thanks to a handful of players, they
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