Barney Frank (D-MA) has been poker’s biggest proponent ever since the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) was passed  back in 2006. His bill, Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act (HR 2267), was passed in front of the House Financial Services Committee on July 28th. It was the first step towards the licensing [...]

Like somebody still wearing a Member’s Only jacket, it’s a rare to see somebody’s name that isn’t Phil Ivey reaching incredible heights in the pokersphere. This year, two people were a product of World Series of Poker (WSOP) greatness: Michael Mizrachi and Frank Kassela. After an early start to 2010 that saw IRS woes for [...]

At a time when most countries are working towards finding some sort of silver lining in the regulation of poker, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa ruled last week that online poker is now illegal in their country. The law is currently in the appeals process, which will allow online casinos ample [...]

I could just type out the name “Phil Ivey”, leave the rest of this post blank, and spare you the dead horse I’m about to beat going on about just how incredible a player he is. For starters, he became the all-time leading tournament money player last year, edging out Daniel Negreanu after a storybook [...]

Atlantic City, Las Vegas’ forgotten step child, has seen year-over-year revenues fall 5%, according to a report released by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission last week. All but two of the city’s establishments reported drops in revenue, which saw slot revenue dropping 5.2% and table game revenue dropping 4.5%. The largest winner in the [...]

The eccentric and exciting Phil “The Unabomber” Laak was hospitalized on Thursday after an ATV (all-terrain vehicle) accident brought a bitter end to a week-long vacation with friends in Orgeon. His initial tweets at the beginning of his fantastic voyage into the testosterone-laden wilderness painted an innocent picture: “In Victoria, 23 min flt to Vancouver [...]

Three bracelets–that’s how many the following players won in a single year at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Zero–that’s how many you have won in your lifetime. One in a year is a dream for most people shelling out the thousands of dollars for an entry fee. Two in a year is a dream [...]

As the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) enters its seventh year, tourney officials realized something had to be done to bring it out of the spiraling nosedive that would leave a wreckage indistinguishable from a backwater VFW hall home game on a Friday night. As its prestige faded with any mention of it still [...]

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Second to Phil Ivey as the all-time money earner in poker, Daniel Negreanu is a certifiable tourney force. Chronicling his rise to greatness were ESPN cameras seemingly fused at his hip through the earlier part of the decade, eager observers to this happy-go-lucky Canadian who had fresh lunches prepared for him daily by his mom. [...]