Posts tagged online poker rooms
HR 2267 Passed by House Financial Services Committee
Jul 28th
Barney Frank is the chief author of HR 2267 While last week’s hearing on Rep. Barney Frank’s (D-MA) HR 2267 was all talk, this week the legislation saw some action as it was marked up and passed in the House Financial Services Committee by a margin of 41-22-1. The legislation, which is designed to implement
2010 November Nine: Filippo Candio
Jul 26th
“Now that I’m a part of the November Nine, I feel it’s my great opportunity,” he said. “I’m the first Italian that has even made the final table of the WSOP Main Event.
Magnificent Seven Discusses Poker Endurance Record Attempt
Jul 17th
Last month, word that a group in Austria dubbed the Magnificent Seven broke Phil Laak ’s poker endurance record spread like wildfire through the industry. Purportedly, pent up in a hotel in Kufstein, the group played poker for a record 137 straight hours. Poker News Daily sat down with Magnificent Seven member Rudi Teichmann to discuss the attempt. Poker News Daily: Talk about the decision to break Phil Laak’s record
2010 WSOP Main Event Day 8 — Final 27 Players Set
Jul 17th
The 2010 WSOP Main Event is down to its final 27 players, who are returning for day 8 to play down to the final table. Who will be part of the 2010 Novemeber Nine? Card Player TV brings you up to date on the tournament, with a recap of day 7, chip counts and an interview with big stack Cuong Nguyen, who enters the day second in chips.
This Week in Poker — July 10 – 16
Jul 16th
Check out CardPlayer.com every Friday for a weekly wrap-up of the news from the live poker tournament trail. Card Player Player of the Year Update The Card Player Player of …
Johnny Chan eliminated in first level of Day 6 of the 2010 WSOP main event
Jul 15th
Johnny Chan started the day in the top 10, but a series of coolers sent Chan to the rail in 156th place before the first break on Day 6. Chan’s first setback came when holding K-K to Robert Pisano’s A-A, which sparked a 3.5 million-chip pot
205 Remain in WSOP Main Event; Johnny Chan Still Among Leaders
Jul 15th
When you’re a two-time World Series of Poker ( WSOP ) Main Event champion and 10-time bracelet winner, you have the luxury of playing it cool and waiting for players to make unnecessary bluff attempts against you. Johnny Chan has found that especially true at the 2010 WSOP Main Event. With 205 players remaining going into Day 6, Chan is among the top 10 chip stacks, a perch he’s been sitting on throughout most of the tournament. Chan ended the day with 2,559,000, mainly thanks to a pot he won towards the end of the night against Garrett Adelstein . With the blinds at 6,000/12,000, Adelstein raised to 36,000 in the cutoff and Chan re-raised to 101,000 on the button
2010 WSOP Main Event Day 6
Jul 15th
Card Player TV brings you an update on the 2010 WSOP Main Event as it heads into its sixth day of play, including chip counts for the top ten, a recap of day 5 and an interview with one of the top stacks heading into the day, Theo Jorgensen.
Nevada Gaming Clarifies Its Opposition to Dot-Nets, Kinda
Jul 13th
New article in the Las Vegas Sun , looking at the WSOP and the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s comfort level with online poker sites that do and do not accept American players. No one’s wagging any fingers at the WSOP specifically, but the article does take a closer look at Full Tilt’s and PokerStars’ presence at the Rio (and a little bit UB’s) as well as partnerships these sites have with other casinos. You get a subtle clue of what the implication might be directly from the article’s URL, as well as quotes from GCB’s chief enforcer of dot-net-dot-com issues: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jul/13/guilt-association/ After the [UIGEA] passed Congress, some sites left the U.S. market, fearing prosecution by federal regulators. Some sites, including PokerStars.com and Full Tilt Poker.com — whose .net logos adorn the clothing of many World Series of Poker players — continue to allow action from Americans, however.
