September 23rd, 2008 by Renee K
Dave Cain broke the poker endurance record and entered the Guinness Book of World Records.
The previous record of 72 hours and 2 minutes was established in 2004 by Larry Olmsted of the United States.
The procedure allows for a 15 minute break in eight hours so that the player can brush his teeth and change his [...]
September 17th, 2008 by Maria T
On Tuesday the Bill HR 6870 introduced by Chairman Barney Frank and known as “Payment Systems Protection Act of 2008” passed the Financial Services Committee with 30 voting in favor of the Bill and 19 against. The Bill now heads to the House of Representatives for a vote.
Incidentally this is the second version of the [...]
September 17th, 2008 by Tom L
Hunter Biden was a registered lobbyist for nine organizations, through his firm Oldaker, Biden and Belair. One of the organizations he represented was PartyGaming.
Strictly speaking Biden represented Russ DeLeon, one of the founders of PartyGaming. In June 2008 Biden got the contract to promote DeLeon’s interests in Washington and was even paid $50,000 for the [...]
September 15th, 2008 by Matt W
After the rollicking success of the first season of the Best Damn Poker Show, season two of the show will go on air on the 27th of October.
The show has been shot at the San Manuel Resort and Casino near Los Angeles. It has been sponsored by the online poker room Ultimate Bet and will [...]
September 15th, 2008 by Renee K
The Democrat Congressman from Massachusetts, Barney Frank, fired his second salvo against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.
Frank has introduced another bill, HR 6870, which goes by the name “Payment Systems Protection Act of 2008”.
Frank, who is the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has long been an opponent of laws that [...]
September 12th, 2008 by Matt W
Early this year Asian Logic Limited acquired a controlling stake in the Asian Poker Tour (APT).
Till then Asian Logic was active only in online gambling and this acquisition was seen as a move to increase the online traffic at Asian Logic online poker rooms.
However Asian Logic also had big plans for the Asian Poker Tour. [...]
September 9th, 2008 by Roger S
The last two weeks I’ve really done nothing work wise. It’s hard to sit at the computer when it’s 90 degrees outside and the waves are good.
Here are some pics and general stuff that happened this month. I’ll leave some details out, lol.
You always hear people say, “You shoulda been here yesterday”. Well this [...]
September 9th, 2008 by Roger S
Dennis Phillips is the chip leader among the nine finalists scheduled to fight for the WSOP 2008 Main Event title in November.
Last week he officially announced that he would be hiring a coach becoming the first person to make the announcement.
If any of the others have hired coaches then they are not yet telling.
Phillips has [...]
