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2008 WSOP

March 6th, 2008 · No Comments

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Baseball has the World Series. Football (American) has the Superbowl. Football (rest of the world) has the World Cup. Poker has the World Series of Poker.
It’s getting ready to be that time again. Yesterday, the WSOP released the schedule for 2008 and started taking pre-registrations. 55 events in all and […]

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Bodog is having URL problems

August 28th, 2007 · No Comments

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Bodog.com no longer works and customers are being redirected to newbodog.com. You’ll have to download new software as well, as your old software won’t work. I’ve been through this process and it’s fairly painless.
According to the Bodog website:
Welcome to the new (temporary) Bodog. As you may know by now, Bodog.com is experiencing a […]

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Good news for Neteller people

March 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

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So looks like people with money stuck in Neteller will soon be able to get their money.
According a press release issued by The Neteller Group, parent company of Neteller:
The recent agreements between NETELLER, Navigant Consulting, and the US Attorney’s Office (USAO) represent an important step in the process of an orderly distribution of funds to […]

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Issac Haxton deserves his $800,000

February 28th, 2007 · No Comments

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Tonight I finished on right on the bubble of a satellite tournament… 3rd after an 2 1/2 hours of play, where only top 2 finishers made it to the satellite round. Still, I guess it could be worse. I could be Issac Haxton, a young online poker player who thought he had it […]

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Harrah’s and the UIGEA

February 26th, 2007 · No Comments

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Old news, but worth bringing up here. Harrah’s will not allow advertising from online poker sites that allow U.S. players due to pressure from federal regulations and the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
In a statement released by Harrah’s they said,
As a gaming company licensed in more than a dozen jurisdictions in the United States […]

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