11 Apr 07
The Party is Over in Turkey
PartyGaming has taken steps to ensure that customers in Turkey are denied access to any of the Group’s gaming sites.
The decision from PartyGaming follows the passing of recent legislation in Turkey which prohibits certain forms of online gaming from being offered by any unauthorised domestic or foreign company to it’s citizens.
PartyGaming joins a growing list of companies announcing their withdrawl from the Turkish market, including Bwin and the e-wallet firm, NETeller.
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10 Apr 07
CardPlayer Launches New Online Poker Section
cardplayer.com - CardPlayer.com launched a massive new section, and online poker players are finally going to get the attention they deserve from the world’s leading poker authority.
The new section is going to be tailored specifically to online poker enthusiasts, whether they be online poker neophytes, experienced players, or those simply interested in the industry.
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10 Apr 07
Poker Phenomenon: The Numbers Are Still Strong
gambling911.com - On Sunday, April 8th, NBC aired the first episode of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, and the overnight ratings once again helped prove that the poker phenomenon is not going anywhere. The episode earned an overall 1.7 rating with a 5 share, which shows a 15% increase from the 2006 numbers.
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10 Apr 07
Poker champ moves family amid threat
ninemsn.com.au - Former world poker champion Joe Hachem has revealed his family has been forced to move house after being plagued by threatening telephone calls and letters.
Hachem, who won almost $10 million at the Las Vegas World Series of Poker in 2005, told the Daily Telegraph he was not willing to gamble with his family's safety.
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10 Apr 07
Poker: Public Enemy
pokerplayernewspaper.com - I can't help but be continually baffled over the current legal assault on our game of poker. I thought that the ban on online poker in the USA was simply a lawmaker's gesture prior to midterm elections - nothing more than a bit of unabashed politicking for those on the campaign trail to boast to their conservative constituents.
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10 Apr 07
PPA to Host Webcast Featuring Chairman D'Amato
pokernews.com - The Poker Players Alliance has announced an April 12th webcast with new PPA Chairman of the Board Al D'Amato, the former New York senator now serving as the PPA's public face. The 3:00 pm EST webcast is open to all PPA members, with free registration available on the PPA site for those not already signed up with organization.
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06 Apr 07
US will talk with Antigua to avoid being non-compliant
eog.com - Since 1995, more than 300 complaints have been filed through the WTO dispute settlement system. In most cases, the parties reach a mutually satisfactory solution in accordance with the WTO Agreements through consultations without having recourse to the panel and Appellate Body review. When the consultation process fails the resulting process of Panel reports and Appellate Body reports result in a removal or modification of the violating measures.
Therefore, it is likely that the United States will sit down and talk with Antigua to avoid being non-compliant and probable sanctions against them.
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06 Apr 07
Russia Says Poker Tourneys are Sport
pokerpages.com - A landmark decision to classify Poker tournaments as an official sports competition instead of a Gambling game was made by the Russian Sports Minister for the "Federal agency of physical culture and sport", Slava Fetisov, on March 16, 2007.
The decision is most significant because it may permit poker tournaments to be exempt from falling under the Gambling bill sponsored by President Putin and passed last November to tighten controls on casino gambling
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06 Apr 07
Online Casino Poker Variations
pokernews.com - Many poker players enjoy the variations of poker offered at the casino gaming tables. These poker variations include Caribbean Stud Poker, Tequila Poker, Three Card Poker, Pai Gow Poker and of course Video Poker. All of these games are played as player versus dealer games, and offer keen poker players a range of exciting bets and game play to enjoy.
So what are the differences between traditional table poker and casino poker variations? ...
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05 Apr 07
Negreanu on Poker: How to Spot the Sucker
fcnp.com - If you want to make money playing poker, find a game with a few suckers, fish, donkeys, live ones, or whatever you choose to call a bad player.
Just don’t let that sucker be you. ... Here’s how to identify the weakest opponents in the room.
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05 Apr 07
Book Review: The Rules of Poker
pokerplayernewspaper.com - As the author of several poker books, including the outstanding primer Hold'em Excellence and it's follow up, MORE Hold'em Excellence, Lou Krieger has established himself as one of the premier poker player/ writers of our time. Once again, he has teamed with publishing whiz Sheree Bykofsky to offer this solid, must-read (by house and players) guide.
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05 Apr 07
The Largest Poker Event In Europe
online-casinos.com - A Euro 3.6 million prizepool and television action coverage that will be viewed in over 500 million households around the planet are just two reasons why the National Poker League's 2007 Global Circuit Tour will attract top players and solid sponsors.
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04 Apr 07
WPA Names Nine to Board of Trustees
pokernews.com - The World Poker Association has released the names of the nine persons elected as initial members of the WPA's board of trustees. The WPA, founded in 2005, is striving to be the standard bearer for the rules and governance of tournament poker, striving for consistency and uniformity in how tournaments are played.
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04 Apr 07
GSN Announces 4th Season of High Stakes Poker
bodogbeat.com - For three seasons now the television show "High Stakes Poker" on the Game Show Network has given poker fans a rare table-side look at the high stakes world of cash game poker, with many of the game’s best facing off with up to a million dollars of their own money on the line. Now GSN’s No. 1 rated program ... is slated to come back for a fourth season
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04 Apr 07
Poland to Legalize Online Gaming
pokerpages.com - Poland is planning to introduce regulations to license and tax online gambling similar to those in Italy, according to a recent article in the Polish newspaper, The Warsaw Voice, signaling that European markets continue to open up for online poker and online gambling.
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04 Apr 07
ex-FBI Navarro: All About Poker Tells
cardplayer.com - In poker, players make decisions based on incomplete information. The results of these decisions determine how good a player someone is.
This past weekend, former FBI agent Joe Navarro looked to help players gain more complete information by teaching them to observe the nonverbal behaviors of their opponents during his seminar at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
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03 Apr 07
Texas: New Bill Would Allow Live Poker
cardplayer.com - A bill that would allow poker to be played publicly in Texas will have a public hearing in Austin tomorrow. The bill is currently in the Texas House Licensing and Administrative Procedures Committee, which will decide whether to move it forward or kill it.
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03 Apr 07
Everest voted Favourite Poker Room
casinocitytimes.com - Everest Poker has been voted this year's Favourite Poker Room by readers of one of the industry's leading titles, Gambling.com Magazine.
The world's fifth-largest online poker room (according recent statistics from PokerSiteScout), Everest Poker received the prestigious 2006-2007 High Roller Award in the April issue of Gambling.com. The High Roller Awards are given out to online gaming sites that offer the best experience to players and are based on voting by the Platinum Members of the magazine.
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02 Apr 07
UK Poker League Sues British Police
pokerpages.com - Nuts Poker League, which organizes poker in pubs across the UK, has launched legal action March 23 against West Mercia Police claiming that the police misled pubs about the legality of League poker games, causing it to lose earnings.
The case centres on a letter that was sent to pub licensees by the police last December warning them they could lose their licence if they continued to host poker games.
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02 Apr 07
EU Forcing German Hand on Poker
cardplayer.com - EU Industry Commissioner Gunter Verhuegen has contacted the heads of Germany’s regional governments regarding their ban on online gaming, mainly online lotteries and sports betting.
Mr. Verhuegen has given them a month to change a restrictive draft treaty on online regulation.
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