Poker
Poker Pro Phil Hellmuth Throws First Pitch At Oakland A’s Game
UB.com poker pro Phil Hellmuth this week spent time with players from the Oakland A’s. His mission: Teach them how to play Chinese Poker.
Tatjana Pasalic Talks Durrrr Challenge: Tom Dwan Says Delay Likely
A lot of hype has surrounded the so-called Durrrr Challenge, a high stakes series of online poker games originated by Tom Durrrr Dwan. Our friend Tatjana Pasalic was talking about it with Dwan at this week’s PartyPoker World Open 6 where the young New Jersey native busted out pretty early. Because of the Open, not much action has taken place these last couple of days with the challenge.
Dwan explains: “I laid 3/1 on a side bet of $1.5 million to $500K as long as we played 50,000 hands of 200 to 400 or higher no limit.”
Devilfish: He’s No Fish When It Comes To Poker
British poker pro David "Devilfish" Ulliot is the latest professional poker player to write an autobiography.
UIGEA: What Impact If Any?
Dave Behr, Out Of The Storm NewsJoran van der Sloot Admits Extortion
Dutchman Joran van der Sloot has reportedly admitted to extortion, a Netherlands paper said on Monday.
Van der Sloot, who is awaiting trial in Lima, Peru for the murder of college student Stephany Flores while attending the Latin American Poker Tour, is said to have admitted to extorting money from the family of Natalee Holloway during an interview with the Telegraph. He is the primary suspect in her 2005 disappearance from Aruba.
PokerStars.It Italian Online Poker Site Debuts At Number 7
The online poker monitoring website PokerScout.com has released its latest numbers and the inclusion of PokerStars.It Italian card room in the number 7 position of top worldwide rooms in terms of “real cash” players. The site claimed to have 70248 playing at press time Monday night, which would be pretty amazing if true. That would be more than PartyPoker’s overall traffic worldwide. Party is currently the number three largest online poker network.
Internal Strife Threatens Future of Online Gambling Legislation
By CHUCK BLOUNT - Express-News
Online Gambling In The US: Ladbrokes, William Hill Likely To Lose Out
With the very real possibility that Congressman Barney Frank could lose his chairmanship position should the Republicans take over the House come November, online poker federal legislation must pass prior to Election Day or else there will likely be no “start over” time come 2011. Ladbrokes, William Hill and other European sports betting ventures itching to get into the U.S. market still may be blocked since Frank’s legislation pertains only to online poker.
Enter the individual states.
Commerce Casino Angers Poker Players with Opposition to HR2267
For poker players living in the greater Los Angeles area, Commerce Casino is a regular destination to satisfy all of their poker playing needs. At virtually any time of the day, someone looking for some action can meander into their poker room and enjoy the day while possibly playing alongside some pseudo-celebrity. However, it is Commerce’s decision to venture into the political arena that has many poker pros on tilt.
Full Tilt Poker French Card Room Debuts Below Top 20
With PokerScout.com now counting the French online poker rooms separate from their main entities, Full Tilt Poker, which just obtained a license to operate in France, has debuted at number 22 and averaged a rather paltry 350 “real cash” players over the past week. That’s worse than Bodog Poker’s 610. Of course Full Tilt Poker continues to enjoy more than three times the number of players than its closest rival (outside of number one PokerStars) PartyPoker when it comes to “real cash” players overall.
Victory Poker Where Are You? Early Numbers Show Promise for Cake
Victory Poker was supposed to be migrating to the Cake Online Poker network on Wednesday September 1, 2010. As of Wednesday evening, the VictoryPoker.com URL led us to a dead page. By late night Wednesday, the Victory Poker migration appeared to be complete. A message suggested that Victory Poker players could download the new client at 9 pm EST.
High Stakes Poker: Tom Dwan Not Faring Well in Durrrr Challenge II
Let’s hope the so-called Durrrr Challenge II is more exciting than the first stage of this high-stakes poker borefest. So far, it very well might be.
Online Poker Promotions: Cake Reveals September Offerings
Cake Poker has launched a series of spectacular new online poker promotions for the month of September, including one that is tied into Monday Night Football.
Beginning on September 13 and lasting for four weeks, Cake Poker will offer its Monday Night Football tournaments to culminate with those NFL games. Players who change their screen name to reference their favorite football team will be entered into a weekly $500 Kamikaze tournament.
Barney Frank Talks Online Poker Legislation With Jay Leno
The poker industry wondered whether an appearance by chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Barney Frank on the Jay Leno Show Tuesday night would provide an opportunity for him to discuss the legalization of online poker.
He didn’t let the industry down.
Said one industry observer: “I know when most celebs go on to Leno or prime time talk shows they promote their (own) show, or movie…but didn’t it seem like Barney was there to promote internet gambling?
Online Poker in the US: PokerStars, Full Tilt Won’t Be Able to Sell Assets
Online Poker Traffic Rises 1.3 Percent
With summer vacations ending, online poker traffic has managed to climb 1.3 percent during the final week of August 2010 according to PokerScout.com, which monitors “real cash” traffic. The site points out, however, that online poker traffic overall is still down 4 percent over last year at this time. It will be interesting to see what if any effect a massive hurricane forecast to ride along the U.S. East Coast has on playing trends this week.
Commerce Casino Claims Frank’s Online Poker Bill Would Ship Jobs Out Of U.S.
Last week Gambling911.com reported on how the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) condemned California’s largest poker room, the Commerce Casino, for opposing legislation that would essentially allow for licensing of online poker rooms in the U.S. The bill, sponsored by Congressman Barney Frank, would require strict licensing of such virtual card rooms, all of which would presumably be based on the United States proper.
Presently, all Internet poker rooms operate outside the U.S., though a few still accept players from the States.
