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The ESPN.com poker franchise “Inside Deal” made its triumphant return to a weekly telecast and featured a race among four online poker pros to become the next member of the DoylesRoom Brunson 10. Three of the four joined “Inside Deal” host Laura Lane and fill-in Andrew Feldman, who held down the fort while regular host [...]

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Online poker pro Carter “bdybldngpoker” Phillips picked up his first bracelet on Wednesday evening by winning the $1,500 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Event #16) at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). The 21 year-old bested a field of 1,663 players to collect a payday of $482,774 and earn bragging rights as one of the youngest [...]

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On Thursday, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the industry’s one million member strong lobbying force, staged a rally on the steps of the Washington State Supreme Court. Inside the building, PPA Washington State Director Lee Rousso was suing to declare a law that criminalizes online poker to be unconstitutional.In comments released shortly after the hearing, [...]

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UB.com, a leading online poker site formerly known as “Ultimate Bet”, is offering a freeroll tournament for its players on Sunday 28 April. The grand prize is an experience that no amount of money can buy: a date with UB.com pro player Tiffany Michelle. Ms. Michelle was the “last woman standing” at the 2008 World [...]

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CardPlayer TV debuted its new weekly half-hour program, “Under the Gun,” on Monday, featuring host Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg. Sponsored by the CEREUS Network’s UB.com, the first episode was filmed on location at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, as Friedberg talked to two of online poker’s best tournament players, Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi and Eric “basebaldy” [...]

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A previous draft of a bill proposed by Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo to legalize casino gaming in the Bay State had included language that would make participating in an online gambling site a felony offense. Players arrested under the law could have faced a $25,000 fine or up to two years in state prison. [...]

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10. California licenses online pokerIf licensing and regulating online gambling at the state level in the U.S. is going to be successful, California needs to lead the way. It is one of the few states that has the player liquidity needed for successful poker rooms. It also has a built in regulatory infrastructure for gambling. [...]

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Vanessa Selbst has achieved much of her success in the state of Connecticut. She attends Yale Law School in New Haven and won two no-limit Texas Holdem tournaments at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket in November 2008. Now she can add her first major poker tournament title with her recent victory at the PokerStars North American [...]

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US authorities continue to use intimidation in place of statutes in their war on Internet gambling, as professional card players representing online poker site Full Tilt may be indicted in a money laundering case.

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