Poker tournaments need good tournament directors to run smoothly, and the profession is becoming more and more serious about making sure that players get a good, fair experience at tournaments worldwide every year. The Tournament Directors Association (TDA) is a big part of that, which has made the annual TDA Summit into an important, if […]
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US Representative Joe Barton (R-Texas) plans to introduce a bill that would regulate online poker at the federal level, a move that would put him in stark opposition to some Republican colleagues who support a total ban on Internet poker and casino games. Barton has previously pushed pro-poker legislation in recent years, and says that […]
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One of the UK’s best loved poker players, Dave Ulliott also known as Devilfish, has recently been diagnosed with colon cancer. The unexpected news came to light over the weekend after London-based pro, Sin Menis Melin, posted a message of support on Ulliott’s Facebook page. “Apparently he’s got colon cancer n looking doubtful he’ll make […]
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888 Holdings may not have seen explosive growth in their poker sector, but holding steady was enough for the company to establish itself as the second-largest poker operator in the world (albeit by a very wide margin behind Amaya). According to the company’s annual financial results that were released on Tuesday, 888’s poker revenues were […]
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The biggest ever pot in the history of online poker, standing at a world-beating $6.47 billion, has just been won on PokerStars, but before you spit that sip of coffee back out through your nose and all over the curtains, please be advised this was a play-money pot. Yes, welcome to the curious, twilight world […]
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The European Poker Awards were held on Wednesday at the Portomaso Marina Hilton Hotel in St. Julians, Malta, honoring the top performances by European poker players in 2014. The ceremony drew hundreds of individuals who were part of Europe’s vibrant poker community, and were sponsored by the Global Poker Index (GPI). Schemion, Boeree Named Players […]
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WSOP 2015 has entered into an exclusive branding deal with online operator 888poker. The new deal will see the Internet site’s logo given exposure during the summer series, both inside the Rio and on ESPN broadcasts of the event. Additionally, 888poker will become the only platform officially allowed to offer World Series of Poker and […]
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PokerStars won a long-running legal battle in Illinois on Tuesday, as a judge granted a motion to dismiss a complaint against the company that was filed by Kelly and Casey Sonnenberg. The decision by Judge David Herndon was welcome but expected after a similar decision he made last March to dismiss Kelly Sonnenberg’s class action […]
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The Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) received its first true hearing in Congress on Wednesday, as the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations listened to testimony from five witnesses with some rather different opinions on what should be done about online gambling in the United States. In the original witness […]
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GVC Holdings, the owner of Sportingbet, has emerged as a possible suitor to bwin.party. The latter has been engaged in complex takeover talks with a number of mystery parties in recent months, and as GVC this week reports unstoppable growth since its acquisition of Sportingbet in 2012, it seems that further expansion may be in […]
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Poker player pool-sharing kicks in between Nevada and Delaware Already seeing improved online figures for Delaware peak numbers More states may join player pool in the future Nevada and Delaware have begun the first phase of their liquidity-sharing experiment, marking the first-ever legal interstate gambling transactions in the history of the US. Bill Rini, head […]
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This is it: today’s the day RAWA comes in front of the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations to discuss whether or not the Restoration of America’s Wire Act should be adopted or dismissed. And the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is doing its part to fight back, just in the nick of time. […]
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Amaya Inc. has announced that the company has received their official licenses from the UK Gambling Commission for both PokerStars and Full Tilt, guaranteeing that those brands will be able to continue operating and offering online poker and casino games in the country. The Rational Group brands, which were purchased by Amaya last year, were […]
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California online poker has been a contentious issue, and not just between supporters and opponents. Even those who want to see Internet poker come to the state have failed time and time again to get on the same page, as they argue over just who should be allowed to offer the games to state residents. […]
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Bwin.party let slip that it’s struck a deal with a land-based casino in Pennsylvania in anticipation of online poker regulation in the state, but refuses to say who. The revelation prompted a flurry of speculation as to the identity of the mystery party, which led to one operator, Parx Casino, to categorically deny involvement after […]
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The inaugural Global Poker Masters (GPM), an event which Cards Chat was an official media partner of, took place this weekend in Malta and when the betting was over it was one of the statistical underdogs that ran away with the championship title. Dubbed the World Cup of Poker (not to be confused with PokerStars […]
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Phil Ivey’s attempt to have the Borgata’s lawsuit against him dropped has been rejected by a US District Judge. The case relates to four sessions of baccarat that Ivey and fellow defendant Cheng Yin Sun played at the Borgata in 2012, during which they won $9.6 million. The casino claims that the edge-sorting technique the […]
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Greece can make €500 million per annum in tax revenue from online gambling. That’s the ambitious claim Yanis Varoufakis made to his peers recently when discussing the subject of online gambling. Although Greece is currently experiencing a major financial crisis, Varoufakis believes his projections are correct and that he can find half a billion Euros each […]
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Poker shot clocks have been a controversial topic over the last few years. While few think they should be in every single event, many in the poker community have argued that having a set time limit for players would both speed up the sometimes glacial pace of play that occurs as players start to spend […]
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Daniel Colman famously said that poker was a “dark game” to explain his lack of exuberant celebration and his sparse media presence after his win in the Big One for One Drop last year. Of course, that didn’t stop Colman from playing lots of poker last year, but it did suggest that perhaps he’d like […]
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