
| Mar 10 |
Annie Duke Captures National Heads-Up Poker Championship
NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship is the poker equivalent to the NCAA college basketball tournament. Sixty-four players enter, and only one can be champion, which this year turned out to be Annie Duke. |
| Mar 10 |
German Arrested In Florida For Laundering Online Poker Funds
Michael Olaf Schuett has been arrested in Naples, Florida, and is charged with laundering millions of dollars that was marked for online poker gambling winnings. |
| Mar 10 |
Dominoes Begin To Fall In Canada As Ontario Mulls Online Gambling
The dominoes have all began to fall in Canada regarding Internet gambling. Ontario officials became the latest to discuss the possibility of legalized Internet gambling on Tuesday. |
| Mar 10 |
Poker Pros Gear Up For Heads-Up Tournament In Las Vegas
Sixty-four of the best poker players in the world will compete in this year's Heads-Up tournament in Las Vegas in March. Last year's World Series of Poker Main Event winner Joe Cada is among the players in the field. |
| Mar 10 |
California Lawmakers To Take Up Online Poker Gambling Issue Tuesday
The state of California is one of several across the US that are looking into legalizing online poker gambling. The next step towards that result occurs Tuesday when a Senate Committee holds a hearing on the subject. |
| Mar 10 |
MasterCard Blocking Online Poker Deposits From US Customers
The trickle down effect of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act is being felt in the US even before the law takes affect. MasterCard has now become the first of the big credit card companies to block online poker transactions. |
| Mar 10 |
Poker Pro Lacey Jones To Be Face Of Canadian Poker Tour
Poker pro Lacey Jones will become the face of the Canadian Poker Tour after signing a deal with HeadsUp Entertainment International. That is not bad for a woman who was originally signed to do modeling work. |
| Mar 10 |
Cloutier WSOP Bracelet Pawning Shows Dangers Of Gambling
The professional poker world appears from the outside to lead to a glamorous life, but the recent sale of poker pro TJ Cloutier's WSOP bracelet by a pawn shop shows that there are also dangers associated with gambling. |
| Mar 10 |
Microgaming Looks To Halt Data Mining At Online Poker Sites
Data mining has become a tool for many online poker players around the world. Today, however, Microgaming has vowed to bring an end to the practice on its Poker Network to ensure everyone has equal odds of winning. |
| Mar 10 |
PokerStars Amps Up Their VIP Program For 2010
PokerStars already has one of the leading VIP programs in the online poker industry, but now the site is amping up their efforts to help players gain an even higher status in less time. |
| Mar 10 |
World Series Of Poker Main Event Begins July 5th In 2010
The schedule has been released for the World Series of Poker in 2010, and the main event of the WSOP will begin on July 5th, just one day after Independence Day. |
| Mar 10 |
Online Gambling Issue To Be Discussed In February In California
Several California lawmakers have made their position clear involving online gambling, and it has led to a discussion on legalized online poker set for February. |
| Mar 10 |
Poker After Dark Brings Six Heavyweights To The Table This Week
Poker After Dark on NBC prides itself on bringing viewers the type of action that they long for. This week so far, they have not disappointed after bringing together six of the top players in the world. |
| Mar 10 |
FBI Says Online Poker Cheating Is Easy
A letter from the FBI to Spencer Bachus says that many methods exist at cheating at online poker, but also says that technology can be deployed by operators to prevent fraud at gambling sites. |
| Mar 10 |
Online Poker Gambling Could Be First Regulated Form In US
While the discussion over Representative Barney Frank's new online gambling legislation will begin this week, it may be online poker that becomes the first regulated form of Internet gambling in the US. |
