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Last Updated: 7/30/2010 7:56:00 PM

OPOY: Mickey “mement_mori” Petersen Assumes the Top Spot Sorel Mizzi may have what feels like a stranglehold on the BLUFF Player of the Year race, but the Online Player of the Year race still appears to be an absolutely wide-open affair as we have yet another player assuming the number one spot this week. Mickey “mement_mori” Petersen’s ot year really started kicking [...]
The Nightly Turbo: PokerStars Launches Women's Poker League, WPT's Search for the Next Simon Cowell, and More Your weekly grind is over. Kick off your shoes, fire up an poker table or two on your favorite online poker site, and check out the day's top stories. Taking you into the weekend, PokerStars is launching a women's poker league, the World Poker...
July 30th – Daily Deal Topics: HR 2267, statement from Alfonse D’Amato, bwin/PartyGaming merger and Vegas Casinos headed to the auction block. Coming up on the Daily Deal, we’ll continue the discussion about the house committee passing HR 2267, get a statement from the PPA’s Alfonse D’Amato, find out which two poker superpowers are merging, and find out which vegas [...]
Top PLO Player Andreas “Skjervøy” Torbergsen Newest CardRunners Instructor CardRunners, one of the top online poker training sites in the game today, announced yesterday the addition of top Norwegian Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) master Andreas “Skjervøy” Torbergsen to their roster of poker talent, with his first video for the site set to debut today. Torbergsen, who will also step up to become a Full [...]
ESPN Ratings Up 15% for Poker Players Championship Broadcast ESPN’s coverage of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) got off to a great start on Tuesday, improving its first week ratings by 15% from last year. The coverage highlighted some phenomenal play from a group of talented pros, which almost certainly helped boost ESPN’s ratings during the second hour of the broadcast. The [...]

OPOY: Mickey “mement_mori” Petersen Assumes the Top Spot

Sorel Mizzi may have what feels like a stranglehold on the BLUFF Player of the Year race, but the Online Player of the Year race still appears to be an absolutely wide-open affair as we have yet another player assuming the number one spot this week. Mickey “mement_mori” Petersen’s ot year really started kicking [...]

The Nightly Turbo: PokerStars Launches Women's Poker League, WPT's Search for the Next Simon Cowell, and More

Your weekly grind is over. Kick off your shoes, fire up an poker table or two on your favorite online poker site, and check out the day's top stories. Taking you into the weekend, PokerStars is launching a women's poker league, the World Poker...

July 30th – Daily Deal

Topics: HR 2267, statement from Alfonse D’Amato, bwin/PartyGaming merger and Vegas Casinos headed to the auction block. Coming up on the Daily Deal, we’ll continue the discussion about the house committee passing HR 2267, get a statement from the PPA’s Alfonse D’Amato, find out which two poker superpowers are merging, and find out which vegas [...]

Top PLO Player Andreas “Skjervøy” Torbergsen Newest CardRunners Instructor

CardRunners, one of the top online poker training sites in the game today, announced yesterday the addition of top Norwegian Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) master Andreas “Skjervøy” Torbergsen to their roster of poker talent, with his first video for the site set to debut today. Torbergsen, who will also step up to become a Full [...]

ESPN Ratings Up 15% for Poker Players Championship Broadcast

ESPN’s coverage of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) got off to a great start on Tuesday, improving its first week ratings by 15% from last year. The coverage highlighted some phenomenal play from a group of talented pros, which almost certainly helped boost ESPN’s ratings during the second hour of the broadcast. The [...]

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Last Updated: 7/30/2010 3:21:21 PM

Daniella Sarahyba Brings You Today’s Poker News Link Dump Lots of talk after the House Finance Committee’s approval of HR 2267 about how things may or may not play out for online poker in the US, especially which companies stands to benefit most. Below are a few links on the topic plus some other poker news happening this week. Also, be sure to tune [...] Related Posts Choice Quotes Following Committee Passage of Internet Gambling Bill
Harrah's teams with Starwood, Westin offers 5:1 Starpoints for player points Harrah's on the Las Vegas Strip Harrah's has teamed up with Starwood to offer extra incentive to earn Total Reward points. Total Rewards is Harrah's player's club program, and while gaming at a Harrah's property anywhere in the country, you'll receive points that you can exchange for merchandise or freeplay. read more
Las Vegas up for best restroom award Mandalay Bay's China Grill restaurant is up for an award... though it's the America's Best Restroom award. Every year since 2002, Cincinnati-based Cintas Corporation scours the United States to find the best public restroom. Las Vegas has yet to win but this year has a chance among 9 other finalists. You can vote for the China Grill restroom by visiting http://www.bestrestroom.com/us/vote.asp.
Hacker breaks into ATMs Barnaby Jack presented a talk at this week’s Black Hat technology conference in Las Vegas. The hacker showed he could hack into two ATM machines that were onstage. Jack studied ATM machines and found security weaknesses, which he’s now passing onto vendors in hopes they’ll make the fix. read more
PartyGaming, Bwin Announce Merger More big news on the Internet gambling front. On the heels of the House Finance Committee approving Barney Frank’s Internet Gambling bill, the UK’s PartyGaming and its biggest rival, the Austrian-based Bwin, have officially announced their plans to merge. The new company is set to form in the first quarter of 2011 and will be listed [...] Related Posts Anurag Dikshit Sells Remaining PartyGaming Shares for £105m A. Dikshit To Plead Guilty, Pay $300 Million Settlement To US Government WTF Anurag Dikshit

Daniella Sarahyba Brings You Today’s Poker News Link Dump

Lots of talk after the House Finance Committee’s approval of HR 2267 about how things may or may not play out for online poker in the US, especially which companies stands to benefit most. Below are a few links on the topic plus some other poker news happening this week. Also, be sure to tune [...]

Choice Quotes Following Committee Passage of Internet Gambling Bill

Harrah's teams with Starwood, Westin offers 5:1 Starpoints for player points

Harrah's on the Las Vegas Strip

Harrah's has teamed up with Starwood to offer extra incentive to earn Total Reward points.

Total Rewards is Harrah's player's club program, and while gaming at a Harrah's property anywhere in the country, you'll receive points that you can exchange for merchandise or freeplay.

Las Vegas up for best restroom award

Mandalay Bay's China Grill restaurant is up for an award... though it's the America's Best Restroom award.

Every year since 2002, Cincinnati-based Cintas Corporation scours the United States to find the best public restroom.

Las Vegas has yet to win but this year has a chance among 9 other finalists.

You can vote for the China Grill restroom by visiting http://www.bestrestroom.com/us/vote.asp.

Hacker breaks into ATMs

Barnaby Jack presented a talk at this week’s Black Hat technology conference in Las Vegas.

The hacker showed he could hack into two ATM machines that were onstage.

Jack studied ATM machines and found security weaknesses, which he’s now passing onto vendors in hopes they’ll make the fix.

PartyGaming, Bwin Announce Merger

More big news on the Internet gambling front. On the heels of the House Finance Committee approving Barney Frank’s Internet Gambling bill, the UK’s PartyGaming and its biggest rival, the Austrian-based Bwin, have officially announced their plans to merge. The new company is set to form in the first quarter of 2011 and will be listed [...]