Rep. Timothy Bishop (D-N.Y.) became a cosponsor of H.R. 2046, the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act, Friday.
Currently serving his third term in Congress, Bishop is a member of the House committees on Budget, Education and Labor, and Transportation and Infrastructure.
During the 109th session of Congress, Bishop voted for Bill Frist's bill to further restrict online gambling in the United States. He voted yes to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, allowing it to pass into the Senate where it was added to the Safe Port Act and passed into law.
Now he has switched sides to support legalizing and regulating Internet gambling, which would bring the United States into compliance with World Trade Organization regulations and potentially bring in billions of dollars in tax revenue for the government.
He brings the number of IGREA cosponsors up to 47, joining the following members of Congress:
George Miller (D-Calif.)
| Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) | Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) | Robert Andrews (D-N.J.) |
| Joe Baca (D-Calif.) | Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) | Howard Berman (D-Calif.) |
| Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) | Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) | Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) |
| Julia Carson (D-Ind.) | William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) | Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) |
| Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) | William Delahunt (D-Mass.) | Bob Filner (D-Calif.) |
| Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.) | Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) | Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) |
| Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) | Michael Honda (D-Calif.) | Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) |
| Peter King (R-N.Y.) | John Larson (D-Conn.) | Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) |
| Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) | James McGovern (D-Mass.) | Charlie Melancon (D-La.) |
| George Miller (D-Calif.) | James Moran (D-Va.) | Ron Paul (R-Texas) |
| Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) | Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas) | Steven Rothman (D-N.J.) |
| Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) | Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) | Robert Scott (D-Va.) |
| Adam Smith (D-Wash.) | Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.) | Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) |
| Edolphus Thompson (D-N.Y.) | Melvin Watt (D-N.C.) | Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) |
| Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) | Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) | Albert Wynn (D-Md.) |
| Don Young (R-Alaska) |
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Jorbeck, from Stockholm, Sweden, won his seat in the tournament through an online satellite at PartyPoker and defeated several pros to win the 2008 season of Late Night Poker.
The final table included Eddy Scharf, Surinder Sunar, Roland de Wolfe, Andy Black, Ian Frazer, Maria Demetriou and David Tighe.
"To win an event as prestigious as Late Night Poker against Europe's top professionals in my first live event is quite something," said Jorbeck. "I've been playing online poker for around four years with relatively small stakes and never thought something like this would happen to me."
Jorbeck made it to the final table through Heat 5 of the event, where he was pitted against fellow online qualifier Jon Parsons as well as Joe Beevers, Liam Flood, Rene Mouritsen, Agnieszka Rylik and Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott. Conquering Heat 5 earned Jorbeck a seat at the grand final.
When the grand final began, Jorbeck was probably not favored to win, but it didn't take long for him to start making his mark on the table.
Andy Black took out the first player, banishing British pro Maria Demetriou to the rail when his pocket kings held up against her pocket queens. Black then took out Ian Frazer as well with A-K against A-T, and a king on the flop paired up Black.
Then Jorbeck stepped in to start doing some damage of his own. Eddy Scharf was all-in with A-Q against Jorbeck's T-9, and a nine on the river sealed Scharf's fate.
Roland de Wolfe also stepped up the action, taking out David Tighe and then Surindar Sunar, leaving just de Wolfe, Jorbeck and Black at the table.
Despite a dominating start, Black was the next out after Jorbeck crippled him with a set of jacks against his A-2. He was all-in next hand with his big blind and couldn't find a hand to back him up.
That left Jorbeck and de Wolfe to battle heads-up in a match that looked like a lock for de Wolfe. He was running well, but then went card-dead toward the end of the match, and Jorbeck claimed the win.
"Roland played really well throughout but I started to relax and adopt a more aggressive approach when we were three handed," said Jörbeck.
During heads-up the balance of power swung a number of times before Jörbeck 's A-T took down de Wolfe's K-3. The flop came down AA-K and the Swede's set gave him victory.
"I really, really fancied this, but in the end it just wasn't my day," de Wolfe said after his defeat.
The final-table results were:
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Andreas Jorbeck | Sweden | $125,000 |
| 2nd | Roland de Wolfe | England | $75,000 |
| 3rd | Andy Black | Ireland | $50,000 |
| 4th | Surinder Sunar | England | $30,000 |
| 5th | David Tighe | England | $20,000 |
| 6th | Eddy Scharf | Germany | $12,500 |
| 7th | Ian Frazer | England | $10,000 |
| 8th | Maria Demetriou | England | $7,500 |
"Andreas' achievement is huge when you consider that every other player at that final table was an aggressive pro, and that he was the only online qualifier who made the final," said a PartyPoker spokesman. "Credit must also go to Roland de Wolfe - finishing runner-up in Late Night Poker and the Premier League is very impressive."
Jorbeck is a telecom business development manager back in Stockholm. Despite winning this event, he doesn't see himself turning poker into a profession.
"I am not a big player so have no huge plans on the horizon; poker is just a hobby. I will use some of my prize money on a bankroll but will invest the majority in stocks and shares," Jorbeck said. "My strategy throughout the tournament was to sit back, keep out of trouble and loosen up and try and relax when we were shorthanded. If possible, I would get others to do the dirty work for me and get involved in lots of hands. I was so surprised to even get through my heat considering I was up against the likes of the Devilfish and Joe Beevers."
This won't be the last of Jorbeck on the live tournament circuit, though. He also won a seat in the PartyPoker Million VI on the PartyPoker site and will be setting sail on the cruise in May.
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