2006 October 09 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Its always better if sports and politics do not mix. The same goes for poker and politics. However, the Unites States government — an entity that has been on a major roll when it comes to vexing the universe — has decided that it wants to annoy the approximately 23 million online poker players in this country by dealing with the matter in the laziest way possible.

With the WCOOP now in the books, it was a business-as-usual Sunday evening. Each of the four largest online Sunday tournaments drew acceptable attendance, with the largest of the four being the Poker Stars Sunday Million…

October 9 - Controversial founder and CEO of leading online gambling concern, Bodog.com, has issued a statement reassuring current Bodog.com players that it will continue to ‘be business as usual’ at the Bodog websites.

Poker phenom Alex Jacob captured his first major title Saturday, winning $878,000 in the 2006 United States Poker Championships $10,000 Main Event. Jacob’s victory in one of the country’s largest non-tour tournaments solidifies his standing as one of poker’s rising young stars.

Now that many online poker firms around the globe have made an effort to keep United States players from darkening their door, thousands of players are left with having to find a new place to play. Fortunately for them, and for as long as it remains unthreatening to do so, many other poker firms are standing by with open arms to welcome them into the fold. When firms such as Party Poker declared that they would not be servicing their American customers any longer, other firms, such as Bodog Poker, made sure to say they were still sticking around…

When the US Congress passed a recent bill that would seriously hamper online poker play for US residents, they impacted more than their own citizens. Around the globe online gambling outfits - both poker and other forms, such as casinos - are taking care just exactly how they present their face in advertising, and to whom. Austrian online gambling outfit Bwin, for example, had its ads banned in parts of Germany, such as Bremen…

DUBLIN, Ireland—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of “Global Online Poker/Gaming Market” to their offering.