Overshadowed by online poker legislation passing a House Financial Services Committee vote yesterday was the news of a mega-merger in online gaming: Party Gaming and bWin –OnGame– announced they will be joining forces, forming the largest online gaming business in the world. Party Poker is the best known arm of Party Gaming’s operation, and while bWin is known for its sport-book operation the site also controls the very popular OnGame Poker Network –a collection of smaller poker rooms that combineRead Full Article
The 2010 November Nine have been chosen. This year’s table has quite a large range of skill sets from complete newbie’s to day in day out poker professionals. Only one can walk away and make poker history by becoming the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion as well as receiving just over 8 million dollars. Jonathan Duhamel – Jonathan is sitting as the commanding chip leader with over 65 million chips in front of him. He has playedRead Full Article
The House Financial Services Committee easily passed HR 2267, a bill that would legalize and regulate certain forms of online gambling, including online poker. With 41 yea’s, 22 nay’s, and one congressman choosing to vote “Present”, the bill will now be sent to the House floor for further debate, modification, and the usual nonsensical speeches that accompany every piece of legislation. The bill did see some amendments in the mark-up process, most notably prohibiting any online poker sites who haveRead Full Article
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Cake Poker’s official statement RE: Security
July 28, 2010 Poker Industry NewsAs we previously reported, PokerTableRatings.com recently uncovered a security issue involving the encryption used at Cake Poker. The issue in question is almost a mirror image of the same vulnerability found by PTR at Cereus Poker sites, UB Poker and Absolute Poker, back in May. The Card-Room Manager for Cake Poker, Lee Jones issued a public statement on the matter yesterday, citing what the site is doing to remedy the problem, as well as how players can minimize any potentialRead Full Article
WSOP champ questions online poker’s integrity
July 28, 2010 Poker Player NewsWe are all used to the “Online Poker is Rigged” threads that pop-up daily on the online poker forums, or in the comment sections of articles and poker blogs, but rarely is it from someone of the stature of Jason Young, who won a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2008, and has accrued over $687k in lifetime tournament winnings. In a recent blog post, Young went on to describe a terrible run of cards he had recently playing onlineRead Full Article
High Stakes News
- • Full Tilt signs Million Dollar Cash Game deal
- • High Stakes Action Dries Up On Line Due To WSOP.
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- • Isildur1 Spotted at Full Tilt $100/$200 Table
- • Dwan in Profit as Brunson Falls Short
- • Patrik Antonius on $4 mil heater since April
- • Durrrr Challenge Still Seeking New Challenger
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