Monday, May 21, 2012

Conservative Lobbying Groups Push for Strengthening of UIGEA

May 20, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
A dozen conservative lobbying groups are asking Congress to stop online poker and gaming in the United States and to strengthen the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

White House Responds to Online Poker Petition

May 20, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
Poker players who signed an online petition about online poker in the United States this week received a response from the White House on the issue this week.

WSOP Unveils New Bracelets

May 20, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
The World Series of Poker is rolling out a new look for its winners' bracelets this year, with a celebrity jewlery designer picked to create them.

Tatjana “TattyTats” Pasalic Renews Sponsorship Deal With Bodog

May 20, 2012 By  Earl Burton.      
With the 2012 World Series of Poker on the horizon, poker professional Tatjana “TattyTats” Pasalic and Bodog announced earlier this week that they have renewed their sponsorship deal until at least 2013. The excitement of the renewed deal might have been a bit much for Pasalic, who Tweeted the news even prior to the announcement [...]

WPT Championship Day One: Steve O’Dwyer Takes Early Lead In Difficult Field

May 20, 2012 By  Earl Burton.      
The tsunami of poker that is descending on Las Vegas for the next three months has kicked off with the start of the World Poker Tour’s World Championship event at the Bellagio on Saturday. The WPT Championship features an extremely deep stacked format and late registration that kept the first day numbers down but, even [...]

HNR 5/20: WPT $25K Event, Obama, Conservatives on Online Poker; SCOOP

May 20, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
The World Poker Tour's World Championship starts, conservative U.S. groups come out against online poker and gaming, and lots of stories from SCOOP.

Top Threads in Online Poker Forums (May 14-20)

May 20, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
An awesome MS Paint thread on online poker threads, Shaun Deeb is a sicko, and breaking down Phil Galfond's blog. It's all in the week's most interesting threads in the world of online poker forums.

Rewind: Top Poker Videos of the Week (May 14-20)

May 20, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
Daniel Negreanu and Tom Dwan dish, some crazy SCOOP action, and interviews with Chris Moneymaker and Terrence Chan. Check out the best poker videos of the week in Rewind.

North Carolina Senate Votes To Make Poker Live At Cherokee Casino

May 19, 2012 By  Earl Burton.      
Earlier this week, the North Carolina Senate took up discussion on whether to allow the only casino located in the state, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino in Cherokee, NC, to have live dealers for their table games, such as poker and blackjack. After the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who operate the Cherokee Casino, and Governor Beverly [...]

HNR 5/18: WPT World Championship; SCOOP Update; WSOP Bling

May 18, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
The World Series of Poker bracelets get cooler, the World Poker Tour gets set to end its season, and a PokerStars SCOOP update.

Big Weekend Ahead As WPT Championship, Super High Roller Take Center Stage

May 18, 2012 By  Earl Burton.      
The penultimate event of the Season Ten schedule of the World Poker Tour, the WPT Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, kicks off this Saturday, with the additional thrills of a Super High Roller tournament joining it next week. The WPT Championship, the $25,000 buy in event that has traditionally closed each year of [...]

Women In Poker Hall Of Fame Nominations Open

May 18, 2012 By  Earl Burton.      
In a short time, the Women in Poker Hall of Fame has become the preeminent group recognizing the contributions of women to the game of poker. With their 2012 induction ceremonies fast approaching in August, the Hall has opened up their nomination process for those ladies who have given their all for the game of [...]

Tapie Tournament Series Pushed Off To 2013

May 18, 2012 By  Earl Burton.      
Although they might have failed in their attempts to purchase the shuttered Full Tilt Poker, the French investment company Groupe Bernard Tapie is moving on with their plans for one of the largest poker tournaments ever, albeit at a later date than they imagined. The International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT) was slated to have their [...]

HNR 5/17: New WPT Schedule; Dwan, Negreanu Speak

May 17, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
The World Poker Tour announces its Season XI schedule, while Tom Dwan and Daniel Negreanu talk on camera.

World Poker Tour Announces Season XI Schedule

May 17, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
The World Poker Tour has announced the 2012 portion of the schedule for its upcoming 11th season.

TruePoker Lowers Player Bad Beat Jackpot Contribution

May 17, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
True Poker has announced that many of its players will be contributing less per hand to the bad beat jackpot on the online poker site.

Cake Poker, Lock Poker to Increase Rakeback

May 17, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
Cake Poker and Lock Poker will be offering 36% rakeback to their players starting at the end of May.

Carbon Poker Client 6.0 Preview. New filters, search tools, and more

May 17, 2012 By  Staff.      
Carbon Poker and the Merge Network are releasing version 6.0 of the poker client in June. PTP gives you a sneak peak at the new client with screenshots.

WPT Releases Season XI 2012 Schedule

May 17, 2012 By  Dan Katz.      
The World Poker Tour (WPT) released the 2012 portion of next season’s schedule Wednesday, touting its expanded international selection of tournaments. Season XI will begin in August after taking a break following the Season X-ending WPT World Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, which starts this weekend. The first two events on the schedule [...]

Illinois Senate President Wants Online Poker

May 16, 2012 By  Dan Katz.      
The Illinois State Senate President suggested to the state’s legislators Tuesday that it may be time to look at legalizing and regulating online poker in the Land of Lincoln. With no states having intrastate online poker up and running yet, Sen. John Cullerton (D) wants Illinois to jump at the opportunity to be the online [...]

HNR 5/16: Deeb Makes it Three in SCOOP; PokerStars Zoom Poker Launches

May 16, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
Shaun Deeb is crushing the Spring Championship of Online Poker, and PokerStars Zoom Poker officially goes live on the web and Android.

PokerStars Zoom Poker Ends Beta Testing, Officially Launches

May 16, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
PokerStars has officially ended beta testing for Zoom Poker and is officially launching the fast-paced cash game on its client, both for the web and for some mobile devices.

Illinois Latest State to Consider Online Poker, Gaming

May 16, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
Illinois State Senate President John Cullerton is floating the idea of regulating online poker and gaming in the state, according to a letter he wrote this week.

PokerStars Officially Launches Zoom Poker

May 16, 2012 By  Dan Katz.      
PokerStars officially launched Zoom Poker Tuesday, making the popular game a formal offering for the world’s largest online poker room after two months in public beta testing mode. There was plenty of testing done during that period; more than 300 million Zoom Poker hands have been dealt since mid-March. Zoom Poker is PokerStars’ fast-paced ring [...]

Korean Buddhist Monks Caught in High Stakes Poker Game

May 15, 2012 By  Dan Katz.      
It’s been said that to succeed in poker one must “have the patience of Buddha.” As it happens, it appears that a handful of men took that a bit too literally. In a scandal that has shaken South Korea, a group of Buddhist monks were caught drinking and playing high stakes poker in a luxury [...]

HNR 5/15: Online Poker Regulation Update; Dwan Interview; SCOOP News

May 15, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
Spring Championship of Online Poker updates, Tom Dwan wants to get back to the online grind, and an update on online poker regulation in the United States.

U.S. Online Poker Regulation Updates From Mainstream Media

May 15, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
Online poker regulation got a bit of run in the mainstream press this week, with stories from the Los Angeles Times and Reuters addressing the subject.

PartyPoker Launches Championship Challenge Promotion

May 15, 2012 By  Dan Katz.      
Fresh off the excitement of Manchester City’s historic stoppage time comeback in its season finale to win the English Premier League, PartyPoker has launched the Championship Challenge. Running May 14th through June 30th, the Championship Challenge is a promotion that gives real money players the opportunity to win cash prizes and freeroll entries by earning [...]

HNR 5/14: SCOOP Updates; Big WSOP Circuit Turnout

May 14, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
Shaun Deeb and Viktor "Isildur1" Blom try to add another SCOOP title, the World Series of Poker Circuit sets a record, and a PokerStars-Full Tilt Poker report.

Belgium Bans More Online Poker Sites

May 14, 2012 By  Dan Katz.      
The Belgian Gaming Commission is certainly taking its new online gambling laws seriously. This past week, the Commission placed more online poker sites on the country’s blacklist, making it a crime for the country’s citizens to play on those sites. Including in the new batch of blacklisted sites are such popular names as Betfair, William [...]

HNR 5/13: 2+2 Returns, Deeb Wins in SCOOP; Top Videos

May 13, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
The forums at twoplustwo.com are back up, Shaun Deeb is good at online poker, and the top videos of the week.

Top Threads in Online Poker Forums (May 7-13)

May 13, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
Twoplustwo.com is back, loling at Buddhist monks and running good on the Merge Network are all in the week's most interesting threads in the world of online poker forums.

Rewind: Top Poker Videos of the Week (May 7-13)

May 13, 2012 By  Michael Jones.      
Isildur1 wins twice, SrslySirius sings about the 2+2 outage, and Buddhist monks play some poker. Check out the best poker videos of the week in Rewind.
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