2010 December 06 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Senator Harry Reid is working hard to get an Internet poker bill attached to a larger piece of legislation. According to sources, poker could be legalized by next week.
The Nightly Turbo is bringing you the day’s top poker news stories including an update from the World Poker Tour, how you can vote for Jonathan Duhamel for Canadian Athlete of the Year, and more.
Last week, word broke around the industry that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) was planning to introduce legislation to legalize and regulate online poker in the United States. The bill, dubbed the Internet Poker Act of 2010, remains in draft form, but plenty of organizations have weighed in on its merits. Among them was the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), which spoke in favor of the bill on Monday.
CardRunners brings an exceptional theory video about the art of telling a story with every action you take during a hand at the tables. The video was created by Marshall28 and we’ve got a great snippet of it for you to enjoy. Here’s the official teaser:
The first of 11 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit tournaments at Harrah’s Atlantic City was a smashing success over the weekend, breaking an all-time attendance record for the resort. The record going into Saturday was 1,181 players, which was set in 2008, but 1,250 entrants came from all over the East Coast to participate, generating a prize pool of $363,750 for the $300 buy-in event.
While they were camped out at the Bellagio in Las Vegas for the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic, players were also keeping their eyes on the sporting world. One of the big events that drew their attention in recent days was LeBron James’ return to Cleveland as a member of the Miami Heat.
If you’re like me, your typical online poker session will look something like this: tables on one or two monitors, internet browser on another monitor, music playing, and the television on. That’s one of the things that makes online poker so grand. You can play and do whatever else you want at the same time, provided you can stay connected to the internet.
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