On Tuesday the poker world received the news it had been patiently awaiting when PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and the US Department of Justice announced they had come to terms on a deal that would see Full Tilt Poker forfeit its assets to the DOJ who in turnRead Full Article

With the anniversary of Black Friday (April 15, 2011) mere days away, a group of poker players has filed a class action lawsuit against Full Tilt Poker owners and executives in Nevada. The players which include Todd Terry, Steve Segal, Nick Hammer and Robin Hougdahl, are seeking $150Read Full Article

Poker players were expecting to see what the next step in the process begun on Black Friday was going to be at the end of November, as well as for the hammer to come crashing down on Absolute Poker, considering the site, along with Full Tilt Poker andRead Full Article

On Friday the Kahnawake Gaming Commission made the first public statement regarding Absolute Poker and UB Poker since the sites came to an agreement with the US Department of Justice in the weeks following Black Friday. The statement basically says that Blanca Games will liquidate the troubled onlineRead Full Article

On Wednesday the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York put forth an amendment to their civil case filed on April 15th against Full Tilt Poker, Poker Stars, and AP/UB Poker where Preet Bharara termed Full Tilt Poker a “Global Ponzi Scheme”; listing a litany ofRead Full Article

In a series of statements early Wednesday morning the Aldernay Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) announced that it would be suspending Full Tilt Poker’s license and ordered the site to suspend all activity. According to players from all over the globe, games at Full Tilt Poker came to aRead Full Article

Although not on the same level, and far less surprising, as the indictments handed down against Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars, and Absolute/UB Poker on April 15, 2011, on Monday May 23, we learned of 10 more online gaming sites that saw their domain names seized by the DepartmentRead 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

Despite over a week having passed since online poker in the US met its match in the form of the US Attorney Office from the Southern District of New York, poker players and poker fans are still finding ways to make me laugh. What started on Black FridayRead Full Article

On Thursday we finally heard from Absolute Poker, which was the only poker room yet to respond to the seizures and indictments handed down this past Friday by the DOJ and FBI. The statement from Absolute Poker shows them moving in a slightly different direction than PokerStars andRead Full Article