Archive | February, 2010

An ongoing lawsuit against Full Tilt Poker for alleged breach of contract got thrown out of court for the third and final time after judges could not find any concrete evidence.

With Valentine’s Day weekend upon us, we felt it only appropriate to share what top poker pros have to say about love and relationships. There are some players who we probably won’t get round to asking, such as Phil Ivey who announced a divorce from his childhood sweetheart late last year.

For the Agua Caliente Indians of California, the question of whether to legalize instrastate poker in the state is neither black nor white. In the meantime, the tribe has decided to take a ‘neutral’ stance.

Jittery poker players in Pelham, Alabama were wondering what comes next, following the news that local police raided a local Texas Hold ‘em poker game. According to the police, an investigation spanning several weeks climaxed in a raid at a building near Highway 31.

Yesterday, a special legislative committee heard a debate regarding a new law that will allow Californians to legally wager at an intrastate poker site. The law calls for the poker network to be run by Californian tribes and poker rooms, and will be limited to Californian residents only.

Ahead of the Senate Governmental Organization committee meeting that is to be held today to discuss the legalization and regulation of internet poker in California, nine tribes have sent a letter expressing their disapproval of the move.

Poker Stars has come out strongly against allegations that it has been falsely coding transactions to allow payment by Mastercard by its customers. The poker room said that does not, as a policy, recode online gambling transactions traditionally marked with the code 7995.

The floodgates of legalized poker have definitely opened on a national scale in the United States. Two more states have decided to jump on the bandwagon and are mulling the option of allowing table games to run at state casinos in a bid to bring in money to their coffers.