Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 11, 2012 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

Even though none of the current candidates for President of the United States have expressed their stance on online gaming (namely poker) some information on how they might pursue online poker legislation can be gleaned from their supporters and donors. Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson was anRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 30, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In a recent editorial on CalvinAyre.com, Preston Oade J.D. echoed I. Nelson Rose’s concerns over Joe Barton and his apparent partnering with the Poker Players Alliance. However, Oade didn’t simply rehash Rose’s arguments; instead he put together his case against the Barton Bill itself by pointing out theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It may not be legalized and regulated online poker but the ruling by the US Department of Justice this past Friday does pave the way for a total shakeup of the way online poker (and all forms of online gambling) legislation is sought. On Friday the DOJ releasedRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 06, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

After the old guard took their lumps on Black Friday, the road was basically paved in gold for the mega-casinos who have recently thrown their weight behind online poker legislation in the United States. Even before Black Friday we saw a number of Brick & Mortar casino giantsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 27, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

Fertitta Interactive has been eyeing the online poker market over the past year, and after a failed attempt to partner with Full Tilt Poker (a deal that fell through thanks to Black Friday) the company has settled on the Oakland, California based software development company, CyberArts Licensing LLC,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 14, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the longest tenured poker telecasts has come to an end according to multiple sources in the poker industry, as NBC has announced that it will not be bringing back the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship in 2012, which would have been the tournament’s eighth season. TheRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 08, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

PKR Poker is one of the very few online poker rooms in the world that has never accepted US customers. The site was launched in 2006, just as UIGEA was being drafted, which caused the company to make the difficult decision of not allowing US players. All thatRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 04, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On the same day that Barry Greenstein and Doyle Brunson came out in defense of Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson, another high-profile poker player was blasting the decision-makers at Full Tilt poker, specifically Howard Lederer and Ray Bitar. The website PokerAkedemia.com was able to get Daniel Negreanu toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 27, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There have been a lot of developments in the poker world since the US Department of Justice shutdown the online poker industry on April 15, 2011 (known as Black Friday in the poker world), and while many people have been adversely affected by the ongoing saga that isRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

As I sit down to write this article it’s now over four months since Black Friday first ripped away my ability to play online poker, and in all honesty, except for a few thousand serious online poker players nothing has really changed for the 99.99% of the USRead Full Article