2011 January 11 Poker News, Events and Happenings
The 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event continued today with 173 with the intention of playing six levels or down to 48 players, whichever came first. As fate would have it, the field reduced itself before the clock ran out and ended in…
While much of the poker world continues to remain focused on happenings down at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, there’s a lot else of note going on to report. In tonight’s Nightly Turbo, we not only point you to the latest from the Bahamas…
This week’s guest is six time WSOP champion Layne Flack, the discussion from both Jon Friedberg and your twitter posts about the now-dead Reid bill, and last but not least we’ll be talking about UB.com’s huge changes to their roster.
The conversation continues with Layne Flack in the second part of this episode of The Showdown. Friedberg had asked Flack about his former wild reputation, especially when he had been drinking while playing poker.
The Australian domain name Poker.com.au recently sold for the sum of $100,000, but according to an expert interviewed by SmartCompany.com.au, if it weren’t for the country’s legal environment, it would have gone for much more.
PokerStars recently unveiled its Home Games section at its dot-net site. The new promotion allows users to set up their own home game network for play between friends. This option is currently available only on the free play segment of the PokerStars empire, but it is expected to become a part of the dot-com software by the end of the week. The new PokerStars Home Games will allow players to bypass the typical live home poker game and get players together via the internet.
Monday marked a historic day for the internet gambling industry in the United States. A bill introduced by State Senator Raymond Lesniak cleared the New Jersey Assembly by a comfortable 63-11 margin, with three lawmakers abstaining. Recently, it was approved in the New Jersey Senate by a 34-2 vote, or a 17:1 edge. Now, the bill heads to the desk of Republican Governor Chris Christie.
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