Poker News

In what is being hailed as a victory for both sides, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the casino industry has reached an agreement on the taxation of poker tournament winners.

 

Last month, the IRS had initially told casinos that they were responsible for withholding 25% ...

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Michael Clebnik, a self-professed “computer guy”, may be the potential savior of poker playing in America.

 

After the Unlawful Internet Gambling Act (UIGA) was put into place last year and effectively cut off the world’s largest customer stream for online gaming, many analysts ...

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When Safford Police officer Brian Avila pulled over a 2007 BMW G-6 sportscar for reckless driving last week he had no idea what he would find inside – over $51,500 in cold hard cash.

 

Aurangzeb M. Sheikh, an online poker player from Texas was pulled over after an officer spotted ...

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Does a computer bluff well? Can you read a computer’s reaction to his/her/its cards?

 

These are a few of the questions that will be facing two poker professionals on Monday in Vancouver, British Columbia as they face a poker-playing computer in a showdown for ...

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Rajesh Modha is a 44 year old father of three who only started playing poker 18 months ago.

He says that he was taught to play by his brother and today he battled to the very to win the Ladbrokes Poker Million tournament in London.

Modha, a nuclear engineer from Northampton, ...

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They like to think of it as the green felt revolution - the upset defeat of Iowa Rep. Jim Leach, father of the Internet gambling ban, in last month's congressional election.

Leach had been in online gamblers' sights ever since Congress passed the ban as one of its final acts before ...

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Poker site Doylesroom.com was built on the reputation and legend that is Doyle Brunson. The man is often referred to as godfather of poker, he has published several books and won many high-profile poker tournaments. His endorsement, along with several highly successful marketing campaigns, ...

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A source at Tribeca Tables has said that the company has laid off almost 30% of its first and second tier support staff. The firings were from UK and North American locations. The source said that “The remaining support staff is very busy. We are still servicing an unchanged level of poker ...

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An insider at Doyle’s Room said that they were in discussions with Tribeca Tables to acquire the network provider's online poker software source code. Last week Tribeca announced that it would no longer take US players. Doyle’s Room is one of Tribeca's larger skins and is scrambling to find ...

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After discussions with its attorneys on the foreseen impacts of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, Tribeca Tables has announced that it will no longer take US ...

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