Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 08, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A few months back, the Supreme Court in Switzerland ruled that poker was a game of luck, thus making it illegal to play outside of a casino. This past week the ruling was upheld by the Swiss Federal Council, although they clarified the country’s stance on poker aRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 08, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After a nice increase in ratings for the $50k Players Championship it appeared that ESPN would have another solid year of World Series of Poker broadcasts. However, since the initial ratings increase, ESPN has witnessed its WSOP ratings drop off, nearly 16% from last year’s broadcasts. This numberRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Sep 06, 2010 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

In recent months there has been some strange going ons around the term Mac Poker. In brief a poker affiliate is trying to sue a well known, and trusted poker affiliate and his company over the use of the term Mac Poker. If you want to look intoRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 06, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Poker pro Shaun Deeb made a nice score on Sunday taking down the Full Tilt Poker $750k Guaranteed tournament; collecting a cool $132,787.50 for the win –I guess it’s safe to say that his retirement from tournament poker in late 2009 is now officially over! With more thanRead Full Article