French to legalize online gaming in 2009
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:07:37 +0000
Good news from across the Atlantic, the French government is yielding to pressure from the European gaming community. The federal entity has become a paladin for free trade and the legalization of cross border gaming. According to a statement by the European Commission (EC), France used one of the safeguards of [...]...

  Is Poker a game of chance?
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:48:59 +0000
By: Andrés Vargas  A lot of bull has been argued about the subject of whether or not poker is a game of chance. However there was something extremely peculiar about these arguments. No one had ever developed a single piece based on scientific research to answer the damn question! Until now… Michael DeDonno, [...]...

  Poker’s FIFA
Thu, 29 May 2008 19:46:11 +0000
By: Andres Vargas For those who know little more than nothing about soccer, FIFA is the organism governing all soccer organizations around the globe, and now it seems like poker will finally have its own world wide ruling institution: the World Poker Association. For years the World Poker Organization has made an attempt [...]...

  Hungarian takes the cup in the LAPT Costa Rica
Tue, 27 May 2008 17:57:47 +0000
Valdemar Kwaysser entered the final table clad in 594k worth of chips. He sat along with the last 8 survivors, including online pros Ashton Griffin, Alec Torelli and Steven Silverman, who led the chip count with 831k. Luck smiled on Kwaysser who was armed to the teeth with bullets as he went all in against Max [...]...

  Drink you way to a WSOP seat!
Tue, 27 May 2008 17:48:11 +0000
This is the stuff dreams are made of! Imagine getting a 2009 WOSP seat just for pulling an ice cold beer out of the fridge. Milwaukee’s Best Light and Poker Legend Phil Hellmuth have made it happen. Milwaukee’s Best is now launching 3 limited edition can designs, bearing Hellmuth’s image on them. [...]...

  Testosterone booster sponsors the WSOP
Fri, 16 May 2008 18:43:59 +0000
Is there anything manlier than poker? I guess we can think of a few activities… can’t we? Now the most important event of this testosterone driven game: the WSOP is being sponsored by Gamma Labs. The company manufactures Gamma-O a product which not only increases strength and energy, but it can also stimulate [...]...

  High Stakes Poker R.I.P.
Fri, 16 May 2008 16:12:09 +0000
The hottest, most explosive poker show on the tube is now likely to get cancelled. Even tough high stakes was the number one show on GSN. The suits on the game network decided to take another direction and stop producing their finest product. Good call guys! High stakes was the place where true [...]...

  Update, European Online Gambling Regulations
Thu, 15 May 2008 17:35:37 +0000
The Netherlands implemented their own version of the UIGEA. Unlike the U.S., online-gambling is legal in most European countries. However, legal gambling takes place only in strongly protected state owned monopolies. The Dutch law pretends to stop players from gambling online on foreign private sites, by keeping banks from processing transacti...

  Dutch wins the Latin American Poker Tour in Brazil
Wed, 07 May 2008 20:14:55 +0000
Julien Nuijten, an unknown 19 year old from Holland, took the tournament’s $222,940 first prize back to Amsterdam. Nuijten is a former World Champion in an entirely different card game, “Magic: The Gathering”. The $2,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament sat 314 participants on the tables at the Intercontinental Hotel in Rio. After three [...]...

  WSOP’s final table delayed until November
Fri, 02 May 2008 22:44:44 +0000
It’s been confirmed, after months of rumors Harrah’s Entertainment announced the delay of the main event’s final table for the World Series of Poker until November 9-10. ESPN will broadcast the event on the 11th in a two hour special. As expected, the early stages of the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em World Series will still take place [...]...