In the wake of Jeff Malkasian’s testimony during the hearings regarding HR 2267 –the bill that would legalize and regulate online gambling including poker—poker players have banded together, and some are even calling for a boycott of the popular California card-room until they officially change their position regarding online poker. The Poker Players Alliance has created a website titled Players Before Profits, where poker enthusiasts can sign an open letter to Commerce Casino –which currently has over 3,000 signatures includingRead Full Article

After over a week of rumor and speculation, Victory Poker issued a statement confirming what the entire poker world seems to have already known: Victory Poker will be leaving the Everleaf Poker Network and taking its brand to the Cake Poker Network. Victory Poker is still a relatively new online poker room, and with a slew of professional poker players already signed to the site –most notably Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari—Victory Poker has been able to compete in a veryRead Full Article

A new third-party software program has been developed that will allow poker players to see what, or who, is at fault for their losses: The Poker Luck Meter (PLM) was designed by computer programmers, who are also avid poker players to separate the luck from the skill in poker. In a recent interview with PokerRoomReview.com, one of the developers, Chris, summed PLM this way: “The Poker Luck Meter estimates luck by calculating money won or lost due an element ofRead Full Article

The Cake Poker network has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons recently, but amidst these circumstances the poker network is still proving to be a major player on the online poker scene. Cake Poker has just announced the addition of a new online poker room to their network: Unleashed Poker. The problems for the Cake Poker Network began when Sportsbook and PlayersOnly migrated to the Merge Gaming network earlier this year, followed by a recent security breachRead Full Article

When France legalized and regulated online poker it came with a high price for French players, and perhaps an even higher price for the online poker rooms themselves. Online poker rooms must be licensed under the Autorite De Regulation Des Jeux En Ligne –which I will hence forth call ARJEL!–  a licensing process that comes with both a hefty licensing fee, as well as a 2% tax; which means a higher rake for French poker players. In addition to aRead Full Article

PokerNewsDaily.com is reporting that after poor second quarter results online casino and poker operator Cryptologic announced CEO Bryan Hadsfield has resigned from the company, and will be replaced on an interim basis by Cryptologic Chairman David Gavagan. Hadsfield time as CEO has been filled with a seemingly never-ending period of restructuring, with the result being quarter after quarter of losses. Just as worrisome as the lost revenue –$3.2 million in the first quarter of 2010, followed by a record lossRead Full Article

Online poker players in France woke up to more bad news today when they learn that a French court has ordered ISP providers to block all unlicensed poker and gaming websites. This is just the latest grievance French online poker players can file since online poker was legalized and regulated in the country –what should have been a victory for poker players has turned into a massive defeat. First there was the malaise of going from PokerStars 50,000+ player baseRead Full Article

After PokerTableRatings.com was able to crack Cake Poker’s security encryption last week the popular online poker site underwent a major security upgrade, going from XOR encryption to the more secure SSL encryption. Cake Poker’s card-room manager Lee Jones told Poker News Daily, “Player security is of the utmost importance to us. Our software team has been working overtime to add the SSL layer to our server-client communication and it is now in place on both our regular client and theRead Full Article

After one of the greatest World Series of Poker performances in the storied history of the tournament series, DeepStacks University has announced the signing of Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi to its DeepStacks Live operation. The 2010 World Series of Poker Players Championship winner and November Nine member will become a coach at the numerous DeepStacks Live events that take place all over the country. The seminars are designed to give players the training and instruction they need to become winningRead 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