Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 18, 2010 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

Table games are coming to Pennsylvania casinos – which currently only have slot machines—and the casinos that are looking to be licensed are scrambling to teach their boards and staff the ins-and-outs of the 20+ table games the Pennsylvania bill allows. Casinos have to teach their dealers andRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 18, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A major rift developed last year when the Morongo Mission Indians teamed up with four California card-rooms in an effort to get online poker legalized and regulated in California –an agenda still on the table in California. At Wednesday’s 15th annual Western Indian Gaming Conference both sides wereRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jan 18, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In terms of Poker tournaments in the Southern Hemisphere, the Aussie Millions is the big one. There is a whopping guaranteed first prize of AUD$2 million. The road to this prestigious Poker tournament has been paved with loads of exciting challenges including loads of promotions and multiple satelliteRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jan 16, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

PokerNewsDaily.com has reported that Isildur1 –the high-stakes player who captivated the online poker world with his play on Full Tilt Poker—will have his own private table at Real Deal Poker, an online poker site set to launch in March. If the upstart poker-room is successful in luring Isildur1Read Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jan 16, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

PokerSite.org has completely revamped their website, which has made them one of the top online poker portals on the Internet: If you’re looking for information on poker you’ll find it at pokersite.org. Visitors to the site will find it hard to not bookmark pokersite.org, since it offers one-stopRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jan 16, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The latest state to jump into the online poker arena: State Senator Raymond Lesniak has introduced legislation to allow intrastate Internet poker to New Jersey residents. The move comes on the heels of numerous states pursuing similar measures in an effort to create revenue for their struggling stateRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jan 16, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In a press release Party Poker announced the signing of Kara Scott as the newest addition to Team Party Poker. The High Stakes Poker host will join other poker personalities like Mike Sexton –commentator for the World Poker Tour—as ambassadors for the site. Scott’s deal includes buy-ins toRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jan 16, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The rumored deal between PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) and ESPN started on Daniel Negreanu’s poker blog, and Cardplayer Magazine was able to find a second, unnamed, source to confirm the story: Although both PokerStars and ESPN refused to comment on the story. On his blog NegreanuRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jan 16, 2010 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

In the wake of the recent controversy that took place on the high-stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker, over data-mining practices, The Microgaming Poker Network has effectively put an end to data-mining practices on their poker sites. The poker network has ceased the following practices: * Data collectionRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jan 14, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

10 lucky Everest Poker players were able to lock-up a 1-year contract worth $100,000 from the popular online poker site through their ‘Live the Dream’ promotion. The players will represent Everest Poker at major tournaments around the globe, including the World Series of Poker with the site payingRead Full Article