POKER CON? Lo Toney plays his cards close to the vest when questioned about Zynga’s entrée into casinoville and supposed disinterest in the future of real-money online play. Wall Street is buzzing about a coming Zynga IPO — set for December 15, according to the Huffington Post — and what it may or may not [...]
This week we’re heading back to Macau – the Las Vegas of the Orient – to discover why Phil Ivey was really hanging out at the APPT. Here’s a clue: It has to do with playing poker for stupid amounts of money. Plus, a social media development that will surely plunge my homeland into an [...]
It was the other Black Friday … I mean Cyber-Monday … er, Merry Christmas / Happy Hannukah! Whatever the day, here’s Pokerati’s guide to some rather unique poker player shopping specials that we are pretty sure are still valid … though the last readily available but still legally questionable space chips will probably be in [...]
Oh, almost forgot to tell you … two Pokerati Game players are/were bounties in this weekend’s Epic Poker Pro-Am satellites. Both have far more accomplishments to their Hendon Mob cred than just playing 1/2 NLH/PLO with me, obv … but still, happy to declare that this is plausibly proof that playing in the Pokerati Game [...]
Check it out. This story in PokerListings is probably a bit too kind without any LOLs. But hey, as a guy who’s key flaw in his plan to offer Pokeratizens the best low-stakes action in Vegas was not learning how to fold more often pre-flop, I’ll take the love! While it is true that nowhere [...]
This week, my continent graciously released a delegation of Frenchman into your capitol. Had they to craned their necks around for a look back across the tumbling expanse of ocean, they might have seen a fallen hero re-emerging, nations sparring on the felt, and one of their countrymen getting kicked in the head. Stay tuned [...]
If you had looked into the London sky last night, you might have seen Barry Greenstein rotating slowly through the air like a hairy balloon. Which should have come as no surprise, were you standing at the base of the London Eye. Otherwise – I hope you enjoyed your drugs. Barry, Vanessa Selbst, Antonio Esfandiari, [...]
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing concerning online poker legislation is getting underway in Washington DC: OVERSIGHT HEARING on the Future of Internet Gaming: What’s at Stake for Tribes? Thursday, November 17 2011, 2:15PM Senate Dirksen Buldg SD-628 To follow along: Live Webcast here. And top-quality live tweeting from @PokerScar, @CKrafcik, and @CasinoCityVin. @PPAPoker [...]
It’s November, and the online poker political buzz seems ready to kick into high gear … we’ve got the Senate Indian Affairs Committee taking on the issue today (with Al D’Amato testifying on behalf of poker players from the MoneyMaker-Duhamel era) … and the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade revisiting [...]
In an awesome show we have Karina Jett, Adam Schoenfeld, and me, Micon on the show as hosts. We talk to the Weisner about her recent NYC home invasion / knife threatening experience. Menachem gives us his NFL picks for week 11, and we fail to get...
With the World Series lumbering off into the distance, it’s back to the grind for the world of poker; wider parts included. The twin-tailed dragon of news has been belching forth stories about big government and big tournaments this week, so follow me as I slay the beast with my sword of journalism and craft [...]
Mark and Matt are back to a normal news week on Rabbit Hunt, with stories ranging from Full Tilt's latest actions with the DOJ, Nevada looking to license online poker sites, Congress starting up more hearings, and how the IRS made more money than ...
I have great news to share with everyone. There will be TWO hearings on the online poker issue this week! The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding a hearing to examine the impact of Internet gaming regulation on Indian tribes on Thursday, November 17th at 2:15 PM ET. PPA Chairman former Sen. D’Amato will testify [...]
If you just saw it on the street, you might not know it had anything to do with poker. But indeed, according to 2+2 NVG, this fine Nevada license plate is attached to nearly $100k worth of Beamer, a 650i, that Ben Lamb recently purchased: Would be much cooler if the “1″ represented a bracelet, [...]
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