Seriously, compared with the action that came before, the second round of the Clubs/Spades bracket was not especially exciting. All but one of the matches were over in 70 minutes and the all-in-fest that started 30 minutes in usually featured...
#364 – NBC Heads-Up Championship #14 – Special Delivery
I had to delay writing this because after the last round ended I was standing talking with Phil Ivey and Mike Matusow and Phil started asking about food. What’s around here? I was thinking of getting a slice of pizza...
Everest Poker signs on as World Series of Poker sponsor
According to an announcement released today, Everest Poker has apparently replaced Party Poker as the primary poker room sponsor of the World Series of Poker. Terms of the deal were not announced, but Everest will be featured as a table logo on all WSOP ��...full article
According to an announcement released today, Everest Poker has apparently replaced Party Poker as the primary poker room sponsor of the World Series of Poker. Terms of the deal were not announced, but Everest will be featured as a table logo on all WSOP tables and receive additional placement on the inner ring of the final table.
Excerpt from the press release:
The alliance also includes other prominent on-site visibility at the WSOP, including hanging banners and barricade logos.
“We are very pleased to have Everest Poker join the World Series of Poker family,” said WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack. “Everest Poker is one of the leading poker brands in Europe and around the world and will help strengthen our own brand even further.”
“We are very proud, very excited for Everest Poker to be the sole poker related table sponsor of the World Series of Poker, one of the greatest championship events in the world,” stated GigaMedia Chief Executive Officer Arthur Wang. “We plan to bring our large international player base to the WSOP to make it an even greater event — in partnership with Everest Poker.”
2008 WSOP Pre-Registration Begins
Harrah's Entertainment announced today that online and live pre-registration for events at the 2008 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee's Best Light has begun. Pre-registration is available either live at the main...
#360 - Mojo Ricin
Sorry to interrupt my coverage of the NBC Heads-Up Championship, but you'll understand why I have to for this story ... An international news story is developing about a man in Las Vegas who has been hospitalized for two weeks...
#368 – NBC Heads-Up Championship #18 – Chris Ferguson Has Eliminated Phil Ivey to Make the Finals of the Championship for the Third Time in Four Years
Chris Ferguson eliminates Phil Ivey to win his way into the finals. On a board of 9-4-3-5, Chris bets 100,000. Ivey moves all-in. Chris thinks about it for 4 minutes. He’s shaking his head almost imperceptibly. He doesn’t look happy....
Court releases decision in iMEGA vs Department of Justice
Judge Mary L. Cooper, of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, released her decision today regarding the lawsuit brought by gaming lobbying group Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) that aimed to prevent implementation of the UIGEA. The official ��...full article
Judge Mary L. Cooper, of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, released her decision today regarding the lawsuit brought by gaming lobbying group Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) that aimed to prevent implementation of the UIGEA.
The official response from iMEGA spun the decision as a major win, but others aren’t so sure. Excerpt from iMEGA statement:
“iMEGA is very pleased that the Court recognized our standing and the weaknesses in UIGEA” said Joe Brennan Jr., the chairman of iMEGA. “Judge Cooper found that banks, credit card companies and other payment system instruments are exempt from criminal sanctions under UIGEA, significantly undercutting UIGEA’s enforcement mechanism. Her ruling echoes the growing consensus of opinion that UIGEA is a fundamentally flawed statute.”
“We believe Judge Cooper missed the opportunity to affirm Americans’ online privacy rights and we plan to appeal to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals,” continued Bernstein. “However, her honor’s decision significantly undercuts the federal government’s argument that UIGEA is a well-drafted, effective and enforceable law.”
Excerpt from 2+2 thread on the decision:
It looks to me as a non-lawyer, that:
1) iMEGA has standing based on associational stuff and actual harm, i.e. their desired commercial activity is just that, and not free speech or commercial speech;
2) but the harm involved isn’t something the gov’t is not allowed to do;
3) the Wire Act is strengthened not that it needed it;
4) iMEGA lacks standing to bring privacy challenges for individual gamblers;
5) the position of the DOJ on WTO issues is strengthened as they say based on precedent that the gov’t cannot be bound by the WTO decisions (so much for bouncing betsy).
#367 – NBC Heads-Up Championship #17 – The Other Quarterfinals, or, It’s a Tilt-Eat-Tilt World
The two semifinalists from the morning round, Andy Bloch and Huckleberry Seed, are both red pros. Three of the four in the afternoon quarterfinals are Team Tilters, Ivey/Hansen and Chris Ferguson. Jonathan Little is also wearing the colors. So when...
UIGEA Update: iMEGA Challenge Dismissed but Legal Standing Granted
An action brought by the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) against the US federal government, seeking an injunction against implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act (UIGEA)...
Delaware Trooper Arrested Following Poker Game Robbery
A Delaware State Police trooper has been arrested following an armed robbery of a 'high stakes' poker game at a Dover-area country club. Authorities arrested HyunJin Kim, 27, of Dover on Monday and charged him with 11 counts, including...
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