Not entirely. But the WSOP Europe can’t seem to grow its numbers. Amazingly, two of this year’s London events had the exact same number of entrants as in 2007. 2007 HORSE - 105 players 2007 PLO - 165 players 2007 NLHE main event - 362 players 2008 HORSE - 110 players 2008 PLO - 165 players 2008 NLHE main event - 362 [...]
This just in … the case got a continuance, allowing all sides to do a little more research. In the meantime, Howard Lederer and friends get to legally keep control of FullTiltPoker.com. Likewise for other sites. The internet is temporarily safe.
Say what you will about Phil Hellmuth, but he has helped raise more than $1 million for Texas charities, despite government haters who, for a brief while, tried to squelch his fundraising efforts. A commenter down below inquired about whether or not you could have charity tourneys with money prizes in Texas, and whether or not [...]
Previous poker enemy Spencer Bachus — perhaps feeling bad about the outrageous mistruths spewed back in June? — seems to be softening on his opposition to the Payment Systems Protection Act. Check it out: [Birmingham News, via Wicked Chops] “A lot of people out there that play poker on the Internet - they may lose their money but [...]
OK, overstatement, I know … a potential collapse of the entire US economy (which George Bush is warning us about, upon request for a $700 billion semi-blank check to his buds in the banking industry) is far more important than poker. But I gotta say, it was kinda interesting just now to see none other than [...]
Interesting charity event going on in Dallas this weekend … a $1,500+ buy-in with $1k going to the prize pool. The rest going toward medical expenses for internationally renowned Russian/American/Dallas artist Vladimir Gorsky, who is suffering from brain cancer. TJ Cloutier writes a little about him and the event here. Some of the other Vlad-loving [...]
Click HERE to ListenListener Line: (888) 820-8091 In the grand tradition of Rocky Balboa, Return to Mayberry, and The Brady Girls Get Married, your favorite poker podcast returned today with a brand-spankin’ new episode. Five months after announcing their “retirement” — has it really been five months? seems like three — the group collectively [...]
Doh, I gave away the secret in the title! It seems that all one needs to do is be Phil Hellmuth, and no penalty will be given to you during a World Series of Poker tournament. And if the staff mistakenly decides to hold you to the same rules as they do every other player on [...]
WSOP World Standings have been updated … to reflect results from Event #1 #56 of the WSOP Europe WSOP, currently taking place in London. Click here for Pokerati’s complete semi-official World Standings. With a 24-year-old Jesper Hougaard’s bracelet win in £1500 NLH, Denmark steps up to a higher tier of poker dominance in the world. And Ohio [...]
Interesting rant over about those eTrade baby commercials — pointing out similarities between online stock trading and gambling. Interesting to me because one of the big issues being raised by online poker opponents is whether or not we can protect children from calling an all-in with just a gutshot and daddy’s credit card worth of [...]
The PPA responds: PPA Statement on Kentucky Seizure of Poker Websites WASHINGTON, DC. (September 23, 2008) – John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nation-wide and more than 13,000 members in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, today issued the following statement in regards [...]
Wow friggin’ wow … sorry, trying to reign in the visceral reaction, but that’s all I can say the more I learn about what’s going on in Kentucky, and Gov. Steve Beshear’s intent on taking unprecedented legal action against online poker (and other online gambling) companies. Don’t think he’s serious — that this is an [...]
A little poker music for your Tuesday… Yeah, I know, the words are difficult to understand, but they play poker in the video and titled the song “Poker” so that kinda gave it away. It’s no Ace High, but it’s a good effort nonetheless.
Three of the top pros in the poker biz finally got sponsorship deals. J.C. Tran, Quinn Do, and Nam Le are all accomplished pros recently signed deals to promote the Asian Poker Tour. Yep, they’re Asian. Makes sense, right? Here’s what gets my goat (no jokes about my goat, please). J.C., Nam, and Quinn have consistently [...]