2006 December 16 Poker News, Events and Happenings
According to a report by online poker news organization Poker Pages, the powers that be at Harrah’s Entertainment Inc are no closer to making a decision on selling out, despite having recently concluded a two day special board committee meeting to decide the matter. The meeting was convened to take and discuss bids of buy out offers, coming on the heels of similar bids from private equity firms earlier in the year. All 11 members of Harrah’s board, minus chairman Gary Loveman, discussed offers from Apollo Management Group and Texas Pacific Group as well as Penn National Gaming Inc.
Most poker players dream of landing a seat at the World Series of Poker via an online qualifier, getting a trip to Las Vegas and a chance to play in the Main Event for next to nothing. Another poker destination that can be reached via online qualifiers offers an even more exotic location as poker rooms such as Paradise Poker are giving players a chance to win a trip to Australia to participate in Melbourne’s Aussie Millions. The Crown Australian Poker Championship is the biggest event on the Southern Hemisphere’s poker calendar, taking place in one of the world’s largest poker rooms.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A television producer who believes he was cheated out of half of the $12 million pot won by World Series of Poker champ Jamie Gold is disputing Gold’s explanation of why the men agreed to share the winnings.
While no official word was given when Action Poker Network site Superior Poker left the US market, there was no doubt that it was as a result of the changes in US poker law that came about after the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act came to be. Starting from December 1st, however, Superior Poker is back in the US market, giving US players the opportunity to play standards such as Texas Holdem, Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo, as well as other games like Guts, Chinese Poker and Big 2. Superior Poker also offers players a rare chance to try Panguingue (Pan).
Now that the United States has gotten the ball rolling on the topic of online poker legislation, thanks to the move by Congress and then President Bush signing the Unlawful Internet Gambling Act into law in mid October, other nations around the globe are considering following suit. Spain, South Africa, Italy and German have all experienced recent developments in their respective online poker laws - mainly to regulate but in some cases, such as Germany, seeking outright bans. German federal state representatives have met to discuss such a move, which has already taken place in Bavaria, Hesse and Saxony.
Poker players are attempting to set a new world record for the longest uninterrupted game.
An old adage states that ‘as the U.S. goes, so goes the world.’ While the saying itself is increasingly untrue, the wake left by the America’s passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act…
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