Poker
Treacherous Midterm for Democrats Says The Hill
The Hill.com is not optimistic in regard to Democrats holding onto their majority seats after this November’s midterm elections and this does not bode well for online poker supporters who are counting on the Democratic Chairman of the House Financial Committee Barney Frank to come through for them with legislation designed to license Web card rooms in the States.
Ironically it is the online oddsmakers who are predicting the sweep by Republicans.
Phil Ivey Among 2010 WSOPE Remaining 22
66 Players Left at 2010 WSOPE Including Isildur1, Phil Ivey
A total of just 66 players will return to finish off the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe Main event.
World Series of Poker Europe Day 1B Finished
Day 1B of the World Series of Poker Europe Final 2010 completed on Friday with some notable eliminations.
Poker Players Alliance Disappointed in Washington State Supreme Court Ruling
Layne Flack Causes Flack With Lame Reply Regarding Doyle Brunson
Professional poker player Layne Flack would have fit in well with the Soviet propagandists of the Cold War era.
They were good at revising history.
Al D’Amato’s Goes Off On Republican Strategist: Calls Him “Nasty Racist”
Phil Hellmuth To Make Grand UB.com Entrance At WSOPE
London-town, forget about ‘Changing the Guards’ at Buckingham Palace, and move over Big Ben, because UB's Phil Hellmuth, arguably one of the kings of the pokerworld, will make his grand entrance to this year's World Series of Poker Europe*(“WSOPE*”) on Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 at The Casino of the Empire, located at 5-6 Leicester Square.
Online Gambling Show Yet To Replace Jailed Keynote Speaker
With only weeks until the 9th annual European iGaming Congress and Expo (known also as the EiG Online Gambling Conference) slated to be held in Barcelona, Spain, organizers are said to be scrambling to replace California State Senator Roderick Wright, who was indicted last week on 8 counts voter fraud and other alleged improprieties. Wright was behind a movement to legalize online poker in that state.
Wright wasn’t just any speaker, he was scheduled to deliver the keynote address at this year’s show.
SpadeClub Poker Site Demise Quite the Surprise: CardPlayer Magazine Site Done
Poker Voters of America Legislator, EiG Keynote Speaker Rod Wright Jailed
The primary legislator backing Poker Voters of America lobbying efforts to legalize online poker in the state of California, Senator Rod Wright, has been hit by 8 felony charges including voter fraud, false declaration of candidacy and two counts of perjury. The Senator was also a scheduled key note speaker for the upcoming 9th Annual European iGaming Congress and Expo.
Beth Holloway Meets With Joran van der Sloot
The mother of missing teen Natalie Holloway, Beth Holloway, met with Joran van der Sloot in a Peruvian prison on Wednesday. Van der Sloot is the prime suspect in Natalie, who went missing in Aruba just over five years ago. He has also confessed to the murder of Peruvian student Stephany Flores earlier this summer while participating in the Latin American Poker Tour sponsored by PokerStars.net.
Beth Holloway is taking part in a Dutch documentary on the van der Sloot case.
