As you know, the House Subcommittee for Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing [yesterday] examining the potential regulation of Internet gambling. The hearing entitled, \”Internet Gambling: Is There a Safe Bet?\” called upon a variety of witnesses to discuss […]
Crap, I\’m never gonna get to that Deep Purple concert before Smoke on the Water … stepped away from the Pokerati Game @PalmsPokerRoom for a bit, and sure enough the draft of Joe Barton\’s online poker bill — one crafted
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Joe Barton\’s online poker: \”And then he three-bet me on the turn with — get this — jack-high! How sick is that?\” US Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) will be in Las Vegas for Friday\’s shuffle-up-and-deal … and possibly to unveil
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I know it runs counter to conventional poker(ati) wisdom that this could be true, but, well, it kinda is: Republicans offered some hope Tuesday to online poker players sidelined by the Obama administration’s “Black Friday” crackdown. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)
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Cool event went down this week in Washington DC — a fundraiser for Put a Bad Beat on Cancer, where a bunch of politicos got together with Team Full Tilt Howard Lederer, Phil Gordon, and Rafe Furst to experience the
