Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It may not be legalized and regulated online poker but the ruling by the US Department of Justice this past Friday does pave the way for a total shakeup of the way online poker (and all forms of online gambling) legislation is sought. On Friday the DOJ releasedRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 08, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After word hit the Internet poker forums that the Bodog Anonymous Table software update had been compromised by the website HHSmithy.com, the company was quick to respond; insuring their players that their accounts and money were safe at the site, and that they would work to fix theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 01, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Yesterday news broke that a high stakes German poker player was accused of scamming over two dozen players out of at least $2 million by installing Trojan Horse software on players’ computers that allowed him to have access to the person’s hole-card information. According to the German websiteRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 19, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Determining if a game is predominately skill or luck is a tricky endeavor, since even the most skillful players in the “skillful” game like blackjack cannot overcome the house advantage without resorting to card-counting. Poker on the other hand possesses enough of a skill advantage for practitioners toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 15, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In an overwhelming vote on Wednesday the Massachusetts State Legislature passed a bill that would allow three mega-casinos to be licensed in the state as well as a single slots parlor. Even with 150 or so amendments to vote on, the legislature quickly passed the bill by anRead Full Article

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

I guess when you run good, you just run good! Via his Twitter account Huck Seed informed the world just how good he runs by posting a picture of a $670,665.60 Royal Flush payout on a Video Poker machine! Attached with the picture was the following text: “InternetRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 20, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It took an extra day of play due to the Hard-Stop Rule, but Chris “Genius28” Lee was able to best a strong field of 431 players to win the inaugural 10-Game Mix Event at the 2011 World Series of Poker. The new addition to the WSOP lineup testedRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on May 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX), best known for his deplorable apology to BP Oil executives in Congress during the hearings into the BP Gulf Oil spill, is the latest supporter of legalizing and regulating online poker. Barton is set to introduce a new piece of legislation that will legalizeRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on May 26, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The main event of the PokerStars Spring Championships of Online Poker concluded last night when Sami Keluporo was crowned the champion. The event had a buy-in of $10,300 and came with a guarantee of $2.5million, but that was blown out of the water when a total of 380Read Full Article

Posted by James Guill on May 10, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

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