2006 February 17 Poker News, Events and Happenings
A SHORT-HANDED poker game is one in which there are six players or less seated at the table. The way you are required to play in order to be in profit is quite different from tables with more players or multi-table tournaments.
In 2005 there was a lot of movement in the poker industry, with new poker sites being created and launched, poker affiliates coming out of the woodwork, old poker companies of a few years going public and battling out in court over issues; thats not counting the actual games of poker being played and the money made from poker TV and advertising. This year promises much of the same and is a pivotal year for poker in the UK, with the 2005 poker and gambling legislation going into effect in 2007, allowing online poker companies to be based in the UK, the state of poker will be under close scrutiny by the people of the United Kingdom.. …
Granite Bay’s Bobby Neary won $520,000 by finishing second at a January poker tournament in Australia, but he may have lost his shirt as far as his eligibility with the Sonoma State men’s golf team is concerned.
(PRESS RELEASE) — Poker Player Blog.com, the Internet’s premier destination for poker blogs, is proud to welcome Daniel Negreanu and Simon Trumper as contributors.
On Tuesday, February 14th the City Council for the city of Monroe met to discuss social gaming but ended up tabling the discussion. The delay was designed to give councilors David Ballard and Mike Lancaster enough time to put together an ordinance that would allow the ultra popular Texas Holdem poker games. Ordinances from other cities that have similarities to what they hope to accomplish will be considered by Ballard and Lancaster.
LAST FALL, I began making forays into the “Big Game” at the Bellagio, a high-stakesaffair seemingly always in progress. The first four occasions, I won almost $500,000 without a single loss. Then, inDecember, I played three more times over a weekend and lost $176,000. After arriving in Vegas that Friday night, I should have gone straight to bed, but instead lost $80,000. Saturday, still tired and off my game, I lost another $43,000, and finally, on Sunday,I risked all the remaining cashI had in
U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte introduced a bill to prohibit online Internet gambling on Thursday.Co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-9th, the bill seeks to crack down on illegal offshore gambling and illegal gambling that crosses state lines over phone lines and the Internet.”These activities suck billions of dollars per year out of the U.S. economy, serve as a vehicle for money laundering, undermine families, and threaten the ability of states to enact and enforce their own laws,” Goodlatte sai
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