Poker Pulse
The days of December are slow in Las Vegas. Save for the cowboys in town for their rodeo, conventions are on hiatus as the holidays approach. While the poker bloggers wreaked havoc on the Strip, the Bellagio was front and center in the world of live tournaments.
Dec 12, 2006
Some casino owners and the Poker Player's Alliance are hopeful that the new Democrat led Congress will overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, while Congressional leaders are offering little in the way of support for that idea.Terry Lanni, Chief Executive of MGM Mirage Inc.
Nov 22, 2006
With the incredible popularity of the National Heads-Up Championship on television and Heads-Up Sit N' Go Tournaments online, one-on-one play is quickly becoming a popular format. Unfortunately, without millions of dollars on the line like in the legendary Andy Beal vs. The Corporation matches, casinos are typically unwilling to spread heads-up matches.
Nov 21, 2006
Medic received some help on his way to victory, as fellow final-table opponent, E.G. Harvin, eliminated the other four competitors on the way to Besting a field of 609 entrants, Nenad Medic, age 22, emerged as the victor in the WPT's World Poker Finals main event at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Nov 19, 2006
Tony G. - world known tournament player and PokerWorks very own blogger - takes down the Betfair Asian Poker Tour held in Singapore. Tony made it through a field of 500 and three days of tournament play to take the title. Tony was favored by the odds makers to win this event, and being one to never disappoint the crowd, he did exactly that.
Nov 18, 2006
Reports continue to fly around the internet about who's marrying who. No, I'm not talking about Britney and K-Fed, I'm talking about the flurry of merger talks and business plan updates in the online poker world since the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.Deals and news change almost faster than one can keep up with it.
Nov 14, 2006
Thirty-two countries gathered round the table of regulation this week while US internet poker players and gamblers wallowed in the wake of the UIGEA. Tessa Jowell, UK Culture Secretary, is heading up the panel working to develop a set of principles that all the countries (including Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and South Africa) could agree upon.
Nov 3, 2006
While online poker players are rushing to the voting booth on November 7th, conservative columnists George Will and Charles Murray are sharing the opinion that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act may backfire on the Republican Party this election.
Oct 29, 2006
The field has multiplied tenfold, from 839 to 8,773 since 2003 when Chris Moneymaker rode a $40 PokerStars qualifier to the World Series of Poker Main Event Championship and a $2.5 million prize. This year, PokerStars alone sent more qualifiers to the Main Event (1,600) than Chris Moneymaker bested to become the champ.
Oct 28, 2006
The Scene: Bellagio Poker Room, $2/$5 No-limit holdem. Our heroine - moi - has been in the game for a couple of hours, playing tight due to a dearth of starting hands, and has recently moved to a different seat, away from two older men who are rocklike in their play.
Oct 21, 2006
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