PokerStars Recruits Players to Help Fight Seating Scripts
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PokerStars Recruits Players to Help Fight Seating Scripts

December 7th, 2014 | by Jason Reynolds
PokerStars is hosting a meeting at their Toronto offices in the hopes of finding an equitable solution to the problem of seating scripts, programs that help players automatically sit at cash game tables where they feel they have...
PCG Entertainment Aims to Raise China Online Poker Capital
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PCG Entertainment Aims to Raise China Online Poker Capital

December 6th, 2014 | by Jason Reynolds
PCG Entertainment, a company that hopes to raise enough funding to make its mark on China’s online poker scene down the line, was off and running when the company’s shares rose by two percent on its first day of...
Daniel Negreanu Strikes Back at Victoria Coren PokerStars Exit
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Daniel Negreanu Strikes Back at Victoria Coren PokerStars Exit

December 3rd, 2014 | by Jason Reynolds
Daniel Negreanu took to his blog at Full Contact Poker to talk about his feelings on poker and gambling in a message that seemed like a direct response to Victoria Coren Mitchell‘s recent decision to leave PokerStars....
Albert Riera Sacked by Italian Soccer Club Over Poker Tournament
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Albert Riera Sacked by Italian Soccer Club Over Poker Tournament

December 2nd, 2014 | by Jason Reynolds
Albert Riera, a winger for Italian soccer club Udinese, has reportedly had his contract with the club terminated because of his decision to attend a poker tournament in Slovenia rather than attend the team’s match against...
iPoker Network Changing Rake Calculations for 2015
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iPoker Network Changing Rake Calculations for 2015

November 24th, 2014 | by Jason Reynolds
The iPoker Network will be calculating rake distributions to member sites in a new way starting on January 1, a move that could help reconnect a network that is currently split into two tiers. The new way of awarding rake to...
Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel Hit by Cease-and-Desist Federal Order
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Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel Hit by Cease-and-Desist Federal Order

November 21st, 2014 | by Jason Reynolds
The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel is facing the first legal challenge to its new online bingo platform, which could impact its impending online poker site as well. The tribal operator went live with DesertRoseBingo.com earlier...
90-Year-Old Georgia Woman Arrested for Illegal Poker Game
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90-Year-Old Georgia Woman Arrested for Illegal Poker Game

November 20th, 2014 | by Jason Reynolds
A 90-year-old Georgia woman was charged this week with running an illegal poker game in her hometown of Albany. Police swooped in on the home of nonagenarian Mary Morgan on Saturday night at around 8.30 pm, breaking up the game...
Norway’s Felix Stephensen Will Pay 50 Percent in Tax on WSOP Winnings
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Norway’s Felix Stephensen Will Pay 50 Percent in Tax on WSOP Winnings

November 18th, 2014 | by Jason Reynolds
Felix Stephensen might still be celebrating his second place finish at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event this month, but it’s likely that his home nation of Norway is celebrating just as much. Part of that is due...
Jose Canseco Finger Fallout More Hand Information Than Wanted in Poker Tournament
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Jose Canseco Finger Fallout More Hand Information Than Wanted in Poker Tournament

November 17th, 2014 | by Jason Reynolds
Jose Canseco might be a good poker player, or he may be a total fish; we’re not really sure. But one thing is certain: you’ll never want to lose a hand in the same way he has. Canseco told the world that he lost a...
California Online Poker Coalition Sees San Manuel Join PokerStars and Morongo
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California Online Poker Coalition Sees San Manuel Join PokerStars and Morongo

November 13th, 2014 | by Jason Reynolds
The prospects for California online poker were bolstered this week, following the defection of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians from a coalition of tribal gaming operators fighting to prevent online poker giant PokerStars...