
On the Button: John Pappas of the PPA
Poker Players Alliance executive director John Pappas appeared on Poker Action Line, a weekly radio show that agreed to let Ante Up be the exclusive

Poker Players Alliance executive director John Pappas appeared on Poker Action Line, a weekly radio show that agreed to let Ante Up be the exclusive

By Randall Kasper For those who read my article in last month’s issue (Help Poker Emerge From Wild West,) you may be thinking my statements

On Monday evening, PokerNews brought you breaking news that Phil Ivey would not be playing the 2011 World Series of Poker. Not only that, he filed a lawsuit against Tiltware, the software and marketing company for Full Tilt Poker. On Wednesday…

Lawrence Walters is the managing partner of the Walters Law Group, a boutique firm nearOrlando, Fla., that specializes in online issues, including Internet gaming. Visit

On Monday, more indictments were handed out to gambling websites, this time by the U.S. Attorney of Maryland. Eleven bank accounts and ten domains were seized; in addition, three people were indicted and charged with conducting an illegal gambling…

Shaun Deeb of Troy, N.Y., says his mission this World Series is to make people forget thinking he’s just an online poker phenom. The 24-year-old hardest-working man in poker chatted with Ante Up’s Chris Cosenza about his recent live success, his new training site and the greatest moment in his poker career … slow-rolling his … Continue reading On the Button: Q&A with Shaun Deeb

Blanca Games, the operator of online poker rooms UB and Absolute Poker released a statement Thursday regarding restructuring. According to the press release, the company is going to turn its focus to non-U.S. business.
“As previously stated…

Much discussion is going on about the prospects of Florida being one of the first states in the country to thread the needle of the

Nolan Dalla is much more than media director of the World Series of Poker. He’s a respected author and leading advocate for poker players. Ante Up’s Scott Long recently chatted with him about the WSOP brand and online poker’s failure to get a federal regulation bill passed. Talk a little bit about how the World … Continue reading On the Button: Q&A with Nolan Dalla



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