Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 17, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

I can’t say that I’m overly surprised that the news that the proposed Reid/Kyl legislation that would have legalized online poker at the federal level is officially dead, and if you read my columns regularly you already know I’m entrenched on the pessimistic side when it comes toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 12, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It seems that the Jamie Gold experiment performed by the Tropicana in Las Vegas, Nevada proved unsuccessful, as not long after renaming the poker room after the polarizing 2006 World Series of Poker Champion the Tropicana has released Gold from his contract and is now closing their pokerRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 29, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

For the second time in the past two years, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is looking to drum up support for a bill to legalize online poker on the federal level, and he is looking for that support from his fellow member of the Nevada delegation SenatorRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 03, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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While we are in the grips of One Drop mania and the stunning news that Ray Bitar has turned himself in to US authorities, there has been plenty of other news coming out of the poker world, and in this column I’ll take a look at some ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 20, 2012 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

An interesting press release landed in my inbox this morning, as Fertitta Interactive announced it would be launching an online gaming platform known as Ultimate Gaming, including an online poker arm dubbed Ultimate Poker. The launch puts the company on the fast track to potentially obtaining an onlineRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 02, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Over the past few months the private life of one of the world’s most well-known but private players, Phil Ivey, has been receiving a lot of attention concerning his 2009 divorce from his wife and teenage sweetheart Luciaetta, which at the time seemed like non-controversy with an amicableRead Full Article

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

It looks like Phil Ivey’s divorce is about to get as messy as his contentious relationship with Full Tilt Poker. Carri Geer Thevenot of the Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting that Ivey’s ex-wife (the couple was officially divorced in late 2009) has filed a petition to the courtRead Full Article

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

There are plenty of high-profile poker pros who like to “roll the bones” in the craps pits, so when you hear a story that involves poker pros and craps you ready typically yourself for some type of wild degeneracy from the likes of Phil Ivey or TJ Cloutier.Read Full Article