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New Jersey legalizes Online Gambling
Online gambling took another big step in the United States after New Jersey legalized online poker and casino games. Governor Chris Christie signed the bill into effect today, making New Jersey just the third state behind Delaware and Nevada to legalize internet gambling. After vetoing previous gaming bills in 2011 and early 2013, Christie finally…
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Swedish Poker Bots win $1.8m, Shut Down Afterward
People have been experimenting with poker bots for years now. These computer programs are used in online poker games because they run on their own and make decisions based on statistical observations. Players often debate about exactly how successful these bots are against humans, who can think analytically. However, there’s no denying that poker bots…
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PokerStars to open World’s Biggest Branded Poker Room in Macau
Over the past few months, PokerStars has been making some major forays into the land-based gaming world. First, they worked out a deal to buy the Atlantic Club Casino in Atlantic City; then they announced plans to build a branded poker room in London. And now Stars has announced that they’ll build the world’s largest…
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WSOP to name Event after Deceased Jerry Buss
One of the biggest news stories from yesterday was that Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss passed away at the age of 80. He’d been battling cancer and was hospitalized last Thursday before dying on Monday. Because of Buss’ poker playing background, the World Series of Poker is in the process of naming a tournament…
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Hot Model Lily Kiletto just misses WPT History
While female poker players have definitely cracked the male-dominated barrier in WSOP events – having collectively won lots of gold bracelets – they’ve yet to do the same in the World Poker Tour. In fact, women haven’t won an open WPT tournament of any kind since the organization began operating in 2002. Lily Kiletto was…
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Tom Dwan wins $2 Million, then Loses Big
Last month, we wrote a story about how Tom Dwan had been unsuccessful and largely absent from the online poker scene over the past couple of years. However, he’s recently returned to the internet poker scene in a major way and has seen some huge bankroll swings in the process. That said, let’s discuss some…
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Mike Matusow Bitter over Full Tilt Poker
With his fanny pack and big attitude, Mike Matusow recently did an interview about his lack of a Full Tilt Poker contract. Matusow is fresh off of winning the 2013 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship ($750,000) – a tournament where he had to overcome 12-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth in the finals. With that…
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Patrik Antonius back at Full Tilt Poker
Prior to Black Friday (April 15th, 2011), Full Tilt Poker was THE destination for online high stakes poker action. Many of the game’s most notable players like Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey and Viktor Blom were grinding at the Full Tilt nosebleeds on a regular basis. However, from the spring of 2011 until FTP’s relaunch on…
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Daniel Negreanu picks well on Millionaire Matchmaker
A few weeks ago, we discussed how Daniel Negreanu was set to appear on the popular Bravo reality show “The Millionaire Matchmaker.” Well that day finally came as KidPoker sought out the advice of show host Patti Stangler in hopes of finding true love. In the video introduction that he sent to Patti, Negreanu let…