Archive for 2010-02-26

February 26, 2010

Splashing the Pot – Las Vegas Loses Money, FBI Targets Full Tilt Users , Poker Pros Play Celebrity Tourney, Freerolls…More

Las Vegas Casinos Lose Money for Only Second Time in History For only the second time in history Las Vegas casinos didn’t make any money. In fact, they lost a lot. The 260 major casinos in Nevada posted a loss of $6.7 billion dollars for the fiscal year of 2009, with $4.1 billion of that coming from casinos on the Las Vegas Strip. The most predictable reason for this loss is the downturn in the economy, but there are also some other reasons attributed to the loss. Read more

February 26, 2010

Hit the $305,000 Jackpot Now at Absolute Poker

Every poker player has had a bad card run at the tables from time to time. You know it well, no matter what hand you make - it gets beat, seriously damaging your chip stack and bankroll. The next time you seem to be on the losing end of every hand, why not play where you can actually win more by losing? That is exactly what can happen when you play at Absolute Poker’s Bad Beat Jackpot tables!And if you think it can’t happen to you, think again and just ask the latest Bad Beat Jackpot winner LAMBDA716, who hit the jackpot on Saturday, February 20, 2010 to the tune of $81,872.24! Read more

February 26, 2010

Online Poker Challenges: The Cold Streak Starts To Melt in February

Once again, this month did not start well in online poker, and I was beginning to wonder if my losing streak would ever end. Again, part of this losing streak was my fault. I played too aggressively, and I am not an aggressive player by nature. I was not playing within myself.But the streak was not all my fault, and on Jan. 27, after yet another awful month, I was determined to finally have a good month and start getting back to my old winning ways. I decided that I would play Rush Poker, that I would play tight, and that I would play my two best games. Read more

February 26, 2010

New Bipartisan Bill in Congress Could Legalize Online Poker

This was a move that most in the poker industry didn’t see coming. As most continued to focus on the May 2009 bill introduced by Rep. Barney Frank as the best hope to repeal the UIGEA and legalize online gaming, another piece of legislation was in the works. And on February 23, it was Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) who jointly introduced the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010.The overall bill is a set of reforms aimed at simplifying the U.S. Read more

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PokerStars Americas Cup of Poker Get ready to represent your country and do it in fabulous Argentina, compliments of PokerStars. But you need to get started, April 15 is the final day to make the team. Read all about it here!