Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 13, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The Game Show network is set to unveil a new type of poker game this Saturday at 9PM when the $50,000 buy-in Doubles Poker Championship is set to air. The format of the game has two partners playing a hand of poker against another team of two: OneRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 13, 2010 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

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 legalizedRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 12, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It didn’t take long after the cap on the buy-in for poker tournaments and cash games was lifted on July 1st for Florida to become a prime destination for major poker tournaments. The World Poker Tour recently announced a stop in the Sunshine State from April 27 –Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 12, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Full Tilt Poker and Deepstacks University Poker Pro Mike “The Mouth” Matusow was in Florida this week to host a DeepStacks Live poker training seminar, where he made a pretty non-controversial statement by his standards when he said: “In Florida, you’re dealing with a lot of raw players,Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 11, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Last night ESPN began their coverage of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event with Days’ 1a and 1b of the poker tournament. A number of notable poker players and celebrities were spotted during the two 1-hour episodes including featured players Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, Annette “Annette_15”Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 11, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Tuesday marked the 77th birthday for Doyle Brunson, who is perhaps poker’s best-known player, and one of the most successful poker players in the history of the game. One of the most respected and liked players in the game, there was no shortage of birthday wishes for theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 10, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The world’s largest online poker room has just finished a software update with a number of interesting additions to the site. Most of the time we are confronted with that little “Software Update Available” box the changes are unnoticeable, but this time there are a number of newRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 10, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the biggest opponents of any type of online gambling legislation making its way through Congress has now stepped aside. The NFL has decided to end its opposition to HR 2267, The Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act, thanks to an amendment added during theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 10, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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In a court ruling straight out of the Wild West, Samuel McMaster struck a deal with New Mexico authorities that allows him to remain free provided he makes monthly payments of $7,500 to the 20 victims he swindled in a securities fraud scheme. And the method McMaster willRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 07, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

2010 EPT San Remo winner, and everyone’s favorite rocker/poker player Liv Boeree, and UB Poker have “unofficially” parted ways. Poker News Daily first reported a possible break-up between the two parties at the 2010 WSOP where Boeree wasn’t sporting the UB logo, and now the site has takenRead Full Article