2007 February 20 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Another blow was dealt to the online poker world late on Monday night as the Doyle Brunson Poker Network, the home of the very popular Doyle’s Room (among other sites), decided to close its doors to American players….
It may feel like the dead of winter, but one hot poker tournament is making waves all across America this February. The 2006 Aruba Poker Classic — UltimateBet’s http://www.ultimatebet.com/ signature live poker tournament — re-airs on the Game Show Network three more times, on February 23 and 26, and March 1.
HOUSTON, Texas - (PRESS RELEASE) — Specialty chocolatier Images in Chocolate today announced the first custom imprinted chocolate poker chip available in the U.S. marketplace.
Ricky Jay is a well-known sleight of hand artist. In the liner notes, he claims to have had a deck of cards in my hands for nearly half a century. Cards and trickery cross paths both in the art of magic and the game of poker, so its no surprise that Ricky has an affinity for both: I love the history, the language and literature, the art and the music of poker. I revel in the history of …
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica—-DoylesRoom.com, one of the most popular poker sites on the internet, today announced that it will close its US-facing operations.
Neteller once seemed to be the staunch bulwark against the changes in online poker that were coming out of the US, but after the first few cracks appeared in that bulwark when its founders were arrested, the dam seems about to burst. First, some $50 million in assets were seized, then Neteller announced it would no longer support money transfers from US customers to online poker rooms, and now they are laying off jobs. Friday’s announcement was that 250 jobs are on the chopping block, and total employees in the eWallet firm after the cuts will be around 425.
With the wheels still in motion to demand an exemption for poker from the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, one might think that the Poker Players Alliance would benefit from as much stability as possible, but a new Chairman has been named. Former New York Senator Alfonse D’Amato will be the new chairman of the PPA, working to stop what many poker players feel are the outrageous legal steps put forth by the UIGEA. While the scuttlebutt seems to support D’Amato’s election, the question is still out if he will accept the job, as no contracts have been signed yet.
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