Brian Townsend confesses to multi-accounting on PokerStars and FullTilt Poker

This is an unbelievable story. Brian Townsend over a short period of time has developed  a good reputation as being an excellent online cash game player and has been building up his entrepreneurial skills with his association with the Cardrunners site. He had a somewhat meteoric rise to fame last year, although from the results [...]

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Understanding Variance in No Limit Holdem – 3

Well I am toughing it out at the moment…really struggling. Looking over my post about WCG|Rider is helping because over the last 17,000 hands I have been going nowhere. My bankroll has been fluctuating between $400 and $450 over that time….at least I haven’t had a big downturn. It is just very frustrating when every [...]

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WSOP final table to be played 3 months later!

For those of you who haven’t heard, a decision has been made to play the 2008 WSOP final table 3 months after the final 9 players are decided!!
Harrahs’ said that “the 16-week gap between the “end” of this summer’s WSOP and the main event’s conclusion in November will give the players an “unprecedented opportunity to [...]

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Tributes to Chip Reese

With the tragic news that Chip Reese has unexpectedly passed away, there are a huge number of tributes pouring in from everywhere. I think that this is a testament to a man who had a huge amount of respect in the poker world. I have only been interested in poker for less than 2 years, [...]

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Poker Pros Bet Big on Lobbying Congress

This is an interesting story from The New York Sun.
“Nearly 100 leading card players are flying into the nation’s capital this week to urge lawmakers to roll back a ban on Internet gambling. They are led by Senator D’Amato, the New York lawmaker turned lobbyist who serves as chairman of the Poker Players Alliance.The group [...]

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US Faces $100 Billion Fine For Web Gambling Ban

Of all places, I heard about this story from Leo Laporte on his pioneering podcast (netcast!) This Week in Tech (TWIT), episode 118, 22nd October, 2007.
I found this report on Slashdot: Stony Stevenson writes with the news that the World Trade Organization is seeking billions of dollars in compensation from the United States from [...]

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Cheating on Absolute Poker

I am a bit behind the 8 ball on this story, but it needs to be posted. I am not sure whether this story, or the WCOOP Main Event story came first, but both are a worry.
From cardplayer.com: “The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) has hired an independent auditor to investigate claims that Absolute Poker’s security [...]

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WCOOP Main Event Winner, “TheV0id”, has been Disqualified

This is big news.
“The investigation into the WCOOP Main Event has now been concluded.
We have determined, based on the totality of evidence, that the tournament winner “TheV0id” was in breach of the PokerStars Terms of Service.
In the interests of Game Integrity, “TheV0id” has been disqualified from first place.
All other WCOOP Main Event prizewinners in addition [...]

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Extreme Poker: If there are not enough thrills with normal poker!

“The fourth annual International tournament of Extreme Poker enjoyed clear yet blustery conditions today as some of the bravest poker players in the world took their seats at a table suspended 90 metres above the sea on the cliffs of Manly’s North Head, Australia.
Situated opposite Sydney’s Harbour Bridge, six players battled it out on the [...]

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