2011 May 16 Poker News, Events and Happenings
The latest sponsor of the upcoming WSOP is Blue Shark Optics. The company is a maker of poker sunglasses. The 2011 World Series of Poker recently removed ties to online poker rooms as sponsors, but there are still plenty of other companies that offer sponsorship. Blue Shark Optics is the “Official Poker Eyewear of the World Series of Poker” which means poker players will likely be spotted wearing the sunglasses as they play. Many poker tournaments are filled with sunglass-wearing players, and companies like Blue Shark Optics produce special eyewear for use indoors.
The latest sponsor of the upcoming WSOP is Blue Shark Optics. The company is a maker of poker sunglasses. The 2011 World Series of Poker recently removed ties to online poker rooms as sponsors, but there are still plenty of other companies that offer
Full Tilt Poker released another update on Sunday. We’ll tell you what it said, tell you about a shake up in the Poker Players Alliance Board of Directors, and more.
A look at the results from the major Sunday tournaments on Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars.
In a continuation of the attacks on online poker by the US Government, a Credit Union with ties to payment processing for poker rooms was recently taken over by the Federal Government. Online poker sites such as PokerStars have to use financial institutions to process payments, something that was made illegal in 2006 when the US passed the UIGEA, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. Vensure FCU has been put in a conseratorship after a US Judge gave the credit union a restraining order in conjunction with its alleged practices of working with online poker rooms.
In a continuation of the attacks on online poker by the US Government, a Credit Union with ties to payment processing for poker rooms was recently taken over by the Federal Government. Online poker sites such as PokerStars have to use financial insti
Daniel Negreanu returned to High Stakes Poker this past weekend to play his first session of season seven. Check out how he, Phil Galfond, Doyle Brunson, Phil Laak and Johnny Chan fared.
Following the eliminations of Ryan Hughes and Pat Mahoney, Part II of the World Poker Tour’s Southern Poker Championship featured the conclusion of a final table that included Alex Kuzmin, Leif Force, Shannon Shorr, and Allen Carter.
The World Poker Tour World Championship continued on Sunday with Day 2 of play. The field size grew to 220 players and topping the remaining 116 players is Abe Mosseri.
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