2011 November 18 Poker News, Events and Happenings

California is the home to 107 federally recognized Indian tribes, and the authorization of intrastate online gaming is a policy issue that has generated some disagreement among some of us in Indian country. But the disagreement is not about the issue of legalizing Internet poker itself, but rather about the unintended consequences of sloppy legislation and the appropriate way to head into the …

Gus Hansen has a WSOP bracelet, three WPT titles and a Aussie Millions title. Now, he’s going after a world championship in Racketlon.

A recap from Day 3 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Loutraki where the money has been reached and Charalampos Kapernopoylos leads the way.

A House subcommittee hearing on the possibility of licensing and regulating Internet poker rehashed a familiar debate on Friday, with many lawmakers expressing reserved support for the idea while others were concerned about the impact it would have on problem gamblers and minors.

Advocates for legalizing online poker will aver that the debate should be about only one thing: poker. Like it or not though, it’s about a lot of other things too.

In the inaugural “My First” piece, we sit down with Mark “P0ker H0″ Kroon and ask him about the first time he realized he wanted to become an online pro.

LAS VEGAS — A French investment group hoping to buy an online poker operator dogged with legal troubles in the United States has a preliminary agreement with prosecutors that would broker a sale and help gamblers get their money back. Benham Dayanim, a lawyer for Groupe Bernard Tapie, told The Associated Press on Friday that he received a signed letter of agreement Thursday from the U.S …