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Poker Series Commissioner Blasts Joan Rivers
April 29, 2009

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What in the world is up with Joan Rivers? Not only did she call Annie Duke a “nazi(!)”, but her views about poker players are that we’re “beyond white trash”! Another questionable quotes that Rivers made was “Your people, you give money with blood on it.” Where does she get off saying stuff like this?

These comments were made during the latest “Celebrity Apprentice” in which both Annie Duke and Joan Rivers were participants in.

Poker Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack mentioned that “We would love to see a woman win the main event … unless that woman happens to be Joan Rivers,” in a recent news conference that was in regards to addressing player conduct during WSOP events and how new measures will be implemented to monitor player’s actions more closely, and dish out more appropriate and stiffer penalties for those that cross the line of what boils down to good sportsmanship.

Pollack was also quoted as saying “After the episode with Phil in the main event last year, we said publicly we’re going to review our system of warnings and penalties. We have done that.” and “We saw a couple of things last year that we weren’t too pleased with or proud of and recognized that some changes needed to be made.”

For those of you that missed it, here’s the clip in question where Phil literally blows up and goes on a tirade that lasts for what seems like forever, berating another player. He was given a 9 hand penalty that was supposed to be served out when play resumed the next day, but yet he whined enough and it was overturned and play resumed as normal.

Here’s the original article, at SFGate: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/28/entertainment/e160914D06.DTL

California Working to Legalize and Regulate Online Poker
April 27, 2009

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The bill, titled California Online Poker Law Enforcement Compliance, and Comsumer Protection Act (wow, that’s a mouthful) will be great for Californians. The bill will only legalize online poker within its state walls, and operators will be limited to land-based casinos and card rooms, those of which that currently hold gambling licenses.

A few key points of this bill include:

While this would mean that Californians will be able to legally play poker online, technically it’s still not “legal” to do so across state lines.

I’ll be keeping my eye out for more news on this, and post updates as more information is made available.

If you’re interested in reading the official draft, you can find it here, on IGamingNews’ website.

NBC’s Poker Heads-Up championship hits the airwaves
April 17, 2009

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The first 2 hour episode of NBC’s poker heads-up championship hit the airwaves Sunday, April 12th, and will run on Sunday for 6 weeks, until the 3 hour grand finale on May 17th. There is $1.5M up for grabs, and those lucky enough to reach the sweet 16 are guaranteed at least $25,000; with the winner taking home a cool $500K along with the title of being the National Heads-Up Champion.

Week one featured some great matches, which included Daniel Negreanu v. Chris Moneymaker, Mike Matusow v. Dario Minieri, Mike Sexton v. Phil Hellmuth and Gabe Kaplan v. Chris Ferguson. Week 2 will feature matches between Johnny Chan & Eli Elezra, and Annie Duke & Brad Garrett.

Be sure to tune in and watch some great heads-up action!

Here’s the full (remaining) schedule:

Spring Championship of Online Poker is currently underway at PokerStars
April 4, 2009

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With 4 events completed and 18 more to go, there is still millions of dollars up for grabs at PokerStars‘ Spring Championship of online poker.

I love what they’ve done with this, as there’s no need to worry if you have a limited bankroll. They have 3 levels of each event – one each for low, medium, and high stakes players alike. You can play in one, two, or even all 3 if you like!

Entry fees range anywhere from $16.50 all the way up to $1,000+. The main event finishes off this series, and you can buy into this for $109, $1,050 or $10,300, respectively, or try your chances in several satellite tournaments that will be running up until it starts on April 12th at 4:30PM EDT.

Head on over to PokerStars today to get into these SCOOP tournaments, and I’ll see you at the tables!

PDC Poker changes their freeroll structure
April 1, 2009

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Starting today, PDC Poker is changing the way players can enter into freeroll tournaments.

The $50,000, $10,000, $2,000 & $1,000 freerolls at PDC Poker will cease to exist, but they are adding several new ones which include a weekly $50,000 freeroll as well as various $5,000 frerolls throughout each week.

Entry into different freerolls will now be based on a player’s VIP level, so this new structure is somewhat similar to the rewards scheme that PokerStars has in place.

Don’t fret If you have tickets for any of the freerolls that have been canceled. All outstanding tickets will be converted into VIP points today, and should be in your account by the end of today, at the following rates.

Legend:
Exchanged Coupon – VIP Point Refund


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