On Tuesday, I published an article that was very critical of Subject:Poker and their report that the U.S. Department of Justice was going after Merge.  Some of you liked it, and some of you don’t.  However, the most interesting development from this came this morning in the formRead Full Article

PokerStars received a bit of good news this week as the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it would be releasing one of the bank accounts it seized from the site on Black Friday. The only stipulation placed on the account is that PokerStars must maintain an account balanceRead Full Article

As was promised by Full Tilt Poker attorney Jeff Ifrah during his weekend correspondence on 2+2, the first detailed statement was issued by the beleaguered poker site on Wednesday, and for the first time we received the Full Tilt side of the story as to why they haveRead Full Article

One of two things happened on Monday when it was revealed that ten more online gaming sites had their domain names seized by the DOJ including two small online poker rooms: Either the DOJ specifically targeted TruePoker and DoylesRoom despite the fact that the investigation would likely costRead Full Article

After both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker quickly came to an agreement with the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York that saw the two online poker sites returned their domain names in order to begin returning US players funds, the poker world was leftRead Full Article

When the April 15th indictments hit, many in the poker world agreed that PokerStars and Full Tilt would honor their commitments and return player’s bankrolls. However, just as many felt that player could kiss their money on Absolute Poker and UB goodbye. In recent weeks, a combination ofRead Full Article

When the Black Friday indictments hit, the online poker world went into an utter frenzy.  Play funds were frozen on Full Tilt, PokerStars, Absolute Poker, and Ultimatebet.  Some players have their entire bankroll locked up online and others are unable to pay their bills due to their accountsRead Full Article

Since Black Friday forced the three largest online poker rooms in the United States to leave the market, the void has been partially filled by a number of smaller sites and networks that had been plugging along in anonymity prior to the April 15th crackdown by the DOJRead Full Article

The statements have been coming out of the online poker sites fast and furious over the past couple of days, and not long after Full Tilt Poker eased their customers’ concerns regarding the safety of their account balances, PokerStars, another of the online poker room that was caughtRead Full Article

After this past Friday’s news that the DOJ and FBI would crackdown on online poker in the US, leading to the eventual outcome of a Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars shut down from the US market, there are still a lot of unanswered questions even after a fullRead Full Article