In this week’s Calling the Clock, Lee Davy brings you news of a brand new game from PokerStars, a right royal cock up with the registration process at the Super High Roller Bowl, and much more.

We begin this week’s odyssey into the heart of poker’s biggest news stories with a peek behind the American poker curtain and the news that New York Senator John Bonacic’s online poker bill galloped through the Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee by an 11-0 vote. The bill’s next stop on its route to inevitable failure is the Senate Finance Committee.

New York wasn’t the only state poring over political poker paperwork this week. A new bill (HB.799) was introduced by Floridian Republican Elizabeth Porter, that if passed, would allow establishments in the Sunshine State to host charity tournaments with buy-ins less than $200 and a host of other stipulations.

Nevadians don’t have to deal with such trivialities. You can do what the hell you like in that state. And this week there was a lot of poker stories coming out of Las Vegas.