There has been a lot of support lately for an equal set of rules for the member states of the European Union. There are many that feel that everyone needs to be subjected to the same rules and regulations as they pertain to internet wagering and that if they are not then no one needs [...]

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Unless you have been completely out of contact with the world, you probably have heard about the United States Department of Justice shutting down the poker sites that have been offering their services to US citizens. You can read a great article about it here: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/04/online-gaming-forfeiture/ but suffice it to say that they focused on [...]

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Embattled poker player Brandi Hawbaker committed suicide earlier this week at just 26 years old, as reported by PokerOwnge.com.  Brandi’s personal life was apart of much public scrutiny, and it never seemed like the young poker prospect would ever be able to rebound from her own media-spun scandal.  For more, visit the following link.
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ePassporte will be reportedly shutting it’s doors to U.S. Online Poker players according to a recent 2+2 thread that appeared today.  An unconfirmed source has made mention that as of 1:00 PM PDT, ePassporte will no longer be available to U.S. citizens.
Read the entire Poker News article about this here.

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From PokerOwnage.com:
Erik Seidel, one of the most feared tournament poker players in the world - and owner of a handful of WSOP bracelets, can FINALLY add a World Poker Tour title to his impressive resume.
Seidel entered the television final table with a decent chip lead ($3.2m in chips) over heavy favorite and high stakes pro [...]

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Famed online poker player -Sheets- took down the 2008 WSOP Circuit Event at Caesars Atlantic City this past weekend.
-Sheets-, who’s real name is Eric Haber, battled out 277 other people en route to the victory and $431k.  The $5k buyin tournament generated over a million dollars in the prize pool, and of course a stellar [...]

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The former e-wallet, once the best option for online poker players and their deposit needs, just posted huge losses for the fiscal year in 2007.  How much to be exact?
Well, try $185.7 million.
Yikes!  The payment processor’s executives blamed the large decline primarily on their withdrawal from the U.S. market.  However, they also spent nearly $40 [...]

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Phil Ivey finally got World Poker Tour redemption - FINALLY!
The player that most people in the gambling arena regard as the greatest living poker player in the world won his first-ever WPT event, taking down the 2008 L.A. Poker Classic Thursday evening.
It only took 8 final tables before Ivey way able to secure the one [...]

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NBC has released the list of names of players who will be competing on the 2008 season of the National Heads Up Poker Championships. The list is compiled of players who have confirmed that they will be participating in the event.
All of the former champions of NBC’s Heads-Up will be returning including Phil Hellmuth [...]

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Bertrand Gospellier - also known as ‘ElkY’ online - took down the 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure earlier in the week. It couldn’t have been any more perfect for the man who was PokerStars’ first-ever SuperNova status’d player, and obviously one of the most feared tournament players in the world…
Was it any more fitting that a [...]

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