Wow friggin\’ wow … sorry, trying to reign in the visceral reaction, but that\’s all I can say the more I learn about what\’s going on in Kentucky, and Gov. Steve Beshear\’s intent on taking unprecedented legal action against online […]
The governor wants to erect a massive force field around the entire state to protect its citizens (and visitors) from electronically accessing the evils of untaxed gambling. And we thought Washington state was bad for making it a felony to
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The 100th episode of Perspectives Weekly looks at the passage of the Barney Frank Bill this week, and what that means to online gambling. Plus helping hurricane victims, Bodog rumors, and other industry news …
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Though I don\’t think I\’d be remiss to say we former Party players miss those pong-poker-era avatars on PartyPoker, the non-American site has upgraded their table interface, and via the official PartyPoker blog, (perhaps in anticipation of an American return?).
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We\’ve all learned, through poker, quite a bit about the American legislative process … not just how cutthroat and pernicious it can be, but also about the long road of baby steps it takes for a (good) special interest —
Well whaddya know … Pokerati fave [name deleted] still plays poker … and last night he (\”luvgamble\”) won WCOOP event #24: $530 NL 2-7 Single Draw. (Which really is the best psychology-based poker game of all.) 308 runners, 49 in
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There\’s a lot of action going on, now and into this weekend … First off, in the online world, the WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker) is going on on PokerStars. You can rail it live as an observer on
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Just watched this week\’s episode of the WSOP … and saw Phil Laak in the Old Man disguise for the first time. Couldn\’t help but think, as pointed out by a commenter, how is this any different than someone\’s having
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While Jen was slaving away covering the WCOOP on the PokerStarsBlog this weekend, I was extremely busy playing in a $1,000 freeroll on PokerStars (12 players max). I\’m sure it won\’t make her extra-happy to know that I overslept for
“It Feels Good to Run Good!” Or so I’ve been told …
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The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) begins its seventh installment of the annual poker tournament series today on PokerStars. Event #1 of 33 total started at 2:30pm ET, and Event #2 gets going in a few minutes. The WCOOP
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