I\’ve been a fan of John Stossel, and his willingness to call bullshit on conventional wisdom, since the days I started noticing the difference between good journalism and bad. He has since moved from ABC News to Fox, where his […]
Check it out … from Forbes magazine: Online Poker War Heats Up The Department of Justice bags a Canadian payment processor in its fight against online poker. Are the big online firms next? Interesting … these biz-media guys may not
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This shirt is technically inaccurate now in Washington State but still would make for a great rally souvenir. I saw a horrifyingly disturbing video several weeks ago. In it, this dude is getting fucked by a horse … I know
If you missed it last week, one of our more astute hirsute co-panelists on The Poker Beat was break-dancing the fine line between news and conspiracy theory in analyzing the changing legal landscape of poker and what it means to
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Daniel Tzvetkoff, first accused UIGEA criminal: Whoever said being a douchebag was a crime? Dude … it\’s gettin\’ hot here in the US … specifically in Las Vegas. Yesterday federal authorities arrested Daniel Tzvetkoff, a 27-year-old Australian national \”on charges
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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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)
Still making sense of it all, and how this is different from other poker-related money seizures and charges against Canadian Douglas Rennick … but it looks to be something big, and a new level of poker prosecutions. Here\’s the story
Even though I\’ve gotten hooked on two-minute video interviews and have kinda taken a personal change-of-interest-pace and started paying attention to actual tournaments … big names are starting to win at the LAPC, WSOP-Circuit Tunica is kicking it old school,
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via the PPA … Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) have submitted their petition asking Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to ignore requests seeking to delay enforcement of the UIGEA.
RE: Banks Prepping for Kibosh (2) Old Congressional poker foes resurface
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