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The Poker Players Alliance, the main lobbying group for the online poker industry, sent an important email this week to its membership urging its 1.2 million members to express to President elect Barack Obama that legalization and regulation of online poker is important to them.  In light of the recent Federal Government bail outs of [...]

Day 1 of the World Poker Tour Southern Poker Championship $10,000 no limit hold’em main event kicked off Wednesday afternoon.  The events first day brought in 283 players which is an increase from the tournaments first year when 256 players paid to play at the Beau Rivage Hotel and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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To be eligible for a freeroll tournament, players are typically expected to play anywhere from 40-80 hours in their Poker Room in the space of a month or two.  Instead, the Wynn has decided to do things a little differently this time.  The Wynn will award 13 free entries to a variety of its events, [...]

One of the most anticipated events of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship, the $100,000 AUD No Limit Hold’em Challenge gets under way on Saturday, January 18 at the Crowne Casino in Melbourne, Australia.  The most well known poker professionals are expected to participate in the tournament, making it one of the toughest of the year.
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Both the Venetian and Caesars Palace have once again announced that they will hold a big poker tournament series in the same month.  “Is it coincidence? Yes and no. When we schedule these things, we look at what’s in the best interest of the company and what’s in the best interest of the players.  We [...]

Playboy Gaming, the parent company of Playboy Poker issued a customer service email Wednesday announcing it would be shutting its doors as of January 29th.  The email read in part, “I can confirm that Playboy Gaming will no longer have a poker site and will not be moving to another network.”  So far, there has [...]

Would you like a chance to play for a $500,000 first prize against only 63 other players for free?  Admittedly, the field of players you’ll be up against will be one of the toughest around but a freeroll for a half million dollars is enough to encourage anyone to take the chance.
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President Elect Barack Obama’s website called the “Citizens Briefing Book” was set up by his transition team in an effort to allow citizens to submit and promote suggestions about issues they feel are important for him to tackle during his term.  A suggestion has been posted on the site to “let online poker players in [...]

Taiwan has decided to legalize land based gambling in its outlying islands though its mainland will not be open to gambling.  The number of casinos that will be permitted on the islands has not been determined yet.  Justin Chou spokesperson of the Taiwanese Nationalist Party said, “Because Taiwan’s economy is now falling, the belief is [...]

The 2009 Party Poker Irish Poker Championship got under way with 255 players at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Galway.   After all the dust had settled, 23 year old Dublin native Rory Rees Brennan was the champion taking home €160,000 for his effort in the €2,000 buy in tournament. 
In a press release Brennan said, [...]