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With IPO Imminent, Zynga Casino Launch Brings Social Gaming Closer to Online Gambling - Pokerati Interviews: Lo Toney, Zynga Poker Boss

Date: Thu, Dec 1, 2011

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 [...]

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Wider World of Poker - Ivey’s new home game, German PokerStadia, and exciting news for UK Facebook gamblers.

Date: Thu, Dec 1, 2011

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 [...]

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Day-after Cyber Monday Poker Player Gift Guide - Meteorite poker chips, wooly mammoth dice, Micros T-shirt, Euro-plaques, Annie Duke fantasy

Date: Tue, Nov 29, 2011

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 [...]

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FYI: Epic Poker Satellite Bounties - @PokerKat + @LasVegasPokers @PalmsPokerRm @Palms FTW!

Date: Sun, Nov 27, 2011

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 [...]

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Fueling a No-Limit / PLO Revolution? - Pokerati Game @PalmsPokerRm FTW!

Date: Sun, Nov 27, 2011

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 [...]

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Wider World of Poker - Ivey returns from exile, IPF reward skill, and poker pros brawl in the sunshine.

Date: Wed, Nov 23, 2011

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 [...]

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Nations Cup in London Tonight - Countries collide in mid-air

Date: Fri, Nov 18, 2011

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, [...]

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Follow Online Poker Senate Assessment Live - Congressional hearing quicklinks

Date: Thu, Nov 17, 2011

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 [...]

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Phantom Reid Bill, Take 2 - UIGEA author Kyl pushing GOP support in Senate for online poker?

Date: Thu, Nov 17, 2011

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 [...]

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DonkDown Radio - Frankie O'Dell, Karina Jett hosts, Weisner Check-In, +MOAR

Date: Wed, Nov 16, 2011

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...

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A Wider World of Poker - EU gamble on laws, lenience for identity thief, and a duet of London TV tournaments.

Date: Wed, Nov 16, 2011

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 [...]

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Rabbit Hunt: 74

Date: Wed, Nov 16, 2011

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 ...

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Internet Poker Legislation Moving Forward - Update from the PPA

Date: Tue, Nov 15, 2011

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 [...]

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Ben Lamb’s New License Plate - and the car that goes with it

Date: Fri, Nov 11, 2011

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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