Poker Players along with the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) recently inundated the Republican Platform Committee’s official message board asking them to protect individuals’ rights to play poker online, and to revise their statement regarding online gambling in their upcoming party platform.
The 2000 and 2004 Republican platforms opposed Internet gambling, and included the following verbiage: “Millions […]
We received an email from Chan Poker Support on 20 August announcing that they will be closing on 21 August 2008. Their email follows, as well as instructions how to withdraw funds and close player accounts:
“We are sad to inform you that Chan Poker will be ceasing operation effective this Thursday, August 21, 2008. Effective […]
CALGARY, ALBERTA, Aug 19, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — The Canadian Poker Tour, the poker brand of HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc. (the “Company”) (PINK SHEETS: HDUP) is pleased to announce that it will be televising the Main Event of the Labor Day Open Poker Tournament from the River Cree Resort and Casino in Edmonton, […]
Several names in the poker world have been etched as legendary: Brunson, Chan, Hellmuth, Ungar, Moss and Baldwin. They are the men who shaped poker as we know it today; without them, poker would not exist in its current form worldwide. This week, the PocketFives.com Podcast, the premier online poker podcast, welcomes Mike Caro. Known […]
The summer of 2006 was a turning point for poker players and tournament organizers alike. Unimpressed with prior efforts to organize players or a player-management advisory board, I arrived at the World Series of Poker with no thoughts of getting involved with either the WSOPs nascent Players Advisory Council (PAC) or the newborn World Poker […]
Got to spend a few minutes with Michael Phelps today after he did some promotional stuff for Visa. He was absolutely exhausted and could barely keep his eyes open, having done too many interviews on too little sleep.
“I am so tired right now,” he said, and you could see it in his face.
I asked him […]
SOUTH Sydney Leagues club has delivered a humiliating defeat to Peter Homes a Court and Russell Crowe’s proposal to ban poker machines - just three members supported it among more than 100 who voted yesterday.
“This was a vision that a lot of people embraced,” said Souths Leagues Club president Bill Alexiou-Hucker yesterday, after the vote.
“No […]
PokerTime, a member of the Fortune Lounge gaming group, is offering a fantastic 125% two-part offer to new players. Firstly, any deposit recieves a guaranteed 25% return in cash immediately - for example, a $10,000 deposit would net you $2,500 absolutely free. In addition, PokerTime will then match your deposit 100%.
PokerTime, as a member of […]
I think you work for the casinos. I have been playing video poker for the past 5-yrs, much of my play being in Las Vegas. I use Bob Dancer’s theory of play and have been using his software for the all of the 5-yrs. I know how to select full pay machines and understand the […]
Miami, FL (PRWEB) August 15, 2008 — For the second time in less than a month, UltimateBet is going all out to share the all-in excitement of the world’s most exciting island poker tournament with as many Texas Hold’em fans as possible. This Saturday, UltimateBet will award at least 50 online poker players with […]