A group of eight high-stakes poker players have filed a RICO complaint against Excapsa Software, claiming that employees of the former owners of Ultimate Bet stole at least $20 million from plaintiffs and other high-stakes poker players.
The…
After seven days of tournament-poker action, a winner was crowned in the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event. John Dibella, who began the final table fifth in chips, emerged victorious.
Ruben Visser started the table fourth in chips…
Hopes for this being the year that federal legislation passes to license and regulate Internet poker received a boost last week when James Murren, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, spoke confidently about the prospects on CNBC.
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Traditionally, it takes three long, grueling days to win a World Series of Poker Circuit event. That is, unless you are Freddy Deeb.
Deeb bought into the WSOP Circuit Bicycle Casino Main Event on Day 2, starting with a stack of 20 big blinds, and…
Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes a player’s results over six half-year periods. Jason Mercier is still No. 1 for the time being and it doesn’t appear…
Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit at the Bicycle Casino wrapped up on Wednesday night with 17 players remaining. Leading the way is Brandon Crawford, who bagged 2.225 million in chips. He is followed by Cy Williams with 1.43 million. Still…
The first World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at the Bicycle Casino kicked off Tuesday and after over 13 hours of action, Brandon Crawford sits atop the tournament leaderboard with 115,000 in chips. The $1,600 Main Event attracted 537 entrants…
Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson isn’t the only Las Vegas casino executive opposed to legalizing online poker. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Friday that M Resort President Anthony Marnell III said he wholly agrees with Adelson’s stance…
Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world, using a formula that takes a player’s results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list of 300, visit the official GPI…
On Friday, the United States Department of Justice made public documents with the its legal opinion on the Wire Act, 18U.S.C. § 1084, concluding that “interstate transmissions of wire communications that do not relate to a ‘sporting event of…
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