Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In the current post-Black Friday world of online poker, one of the hardest things to keep up on is US facing poker sites. Whether people are looking for poker site reviews, updates on deposit and withdrawal options, or simply which sites are still serving US customers, the informationRead Full Article

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

There have been a lot of developments in the poker world since the US Department of Justice shutdown the online poker industry on April 15, 2011 (known as Black Friday in the poker world), and while many people have been adversely affected by the ongoing saga that isRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 12, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »
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A large percentage of the few online poker rooms that still allow US players can be found on the Merge Gaming Network, but the most US-friendly poker network in existence even had to halt new signups from the US for a considerable period in the aftermath of BlackRead Full Article

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

Daniel Negreanu’s appearance on the QuadJacks podcast last week is starting to look very sage-like, considering when the discussion turned to the Epic Poker League, he hypothesized that the company was likely positioning itself to offer real-money online poker games if the US ever comes around and legalizesRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 22, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Unlike previous attempts Congress has made in its efforts to pass legislation for the online gaming industry, the forthcoming legislation by Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) will focus solely on online poker, a game Barton himself has called “a game of skill”, instead of trying to legalize poker asRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 15, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The online poker screen-names ‘SpiritRock’ and ‘Mahatma’ will likely go down in poker lore as the first online poker superstars; while the man behind both of those names, Prahlad Friedman, has had his share of controversy, success, and failure in the course of his poker career. Now FriedmanRead Full Article