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Online poker has been evolving in fits and starts over the last decade and has a significant number of offerings available for every level of internet poker player. One popular poker room on the net is the Purple Lounge which recently made some changes to its venue. The operator decided to leave the Microgaming poker network for the Swedish Entraction poker network.


Read More: Purple Lounge Online Poker Moves to the Entraction Network

In the burgeoning European online casino market, Italy has emerged as the continent's biggest online poker player, say Gamingclub-com. The online casino and online slots site reports that Italy's online poker sector surpassed that of all other EU countries for the first time in 2010. In figures published by leading gaming data specialist H2 Capital, the UK led the European online poker market until 2009, with Italy's market growing substantially to surpass UK figures in 2010.

Read More: Italy Emerges as Europe's Biggest Online Poker Player, Say Gamingclub-com - MarketWatch

Imagine paying $USD 215 ($NZ 262) to enter an online game combining skill with luck.

Imagine playing this game at your computer, continuously, from 7.30am - 10pm.

Imagine outlasting 33,729 other competitors in this game to finish in third place.

Imagine turning your original investment into $NZD 674,677.

This dream became reality for Kiwi poker player Daniel Francis on Monday when his third place finish in the PokerStars Sunday Million 6th Anniversary tournament equated to New Zealand's largest ever online poker tournament cash.

Read More: Steven Holloway: Kiwi poker player hits huge online score - Sport - NZ Herald News

Hmmmm. That's Great so that will be a great tournament.

Great work. Congrats to the winner.

Poker players in Iowa celebrated too early this week when the Senate approved File 2257 to legalize online poker in the state. Despite the 29-20 approval for the bill, it was soon clear that this was the end of the road when the Iowa House informed gambling proponents that it didn’t plan to take up the bill as there as a “general lack of interest” among Senate members.

According the House Speaker, Kraig Paulsen, none of the 60 members have met to discuss Senate File 2257 which would allow state licensed casinos to operate online poker sites, under regulations dictated by the Racing and Gaming Commission.

Read More: Iowa Online Poker Runs out of Luck

Online poker enjoys huge popularity in all four corners of the globe. People who want to enjoy the thrill of winning big without having to get dressed in an expensive tuxedo and pay the taxi fare to a real-life casino and back often log on to an Online Casino in the hope of finishing their session with more money than they had at the start.


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Bodog Poker has embarked on a new style of playing poker online. The new style has been named ‘the recreational poker model’. It is a self explanatory definition of what some online poker marketers are calling very innovative and interesting. The process of implementing the system has taken a few years now and each new phase of the concept makes the model more and more suitable in today’s competitive world of online poker.

Read More: Bodog Online Poker Network Adds Another Interesting Feature

According to reports coming from two gaming news sources, the sale of Full Tilt Poker to French investment company Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) is imminent and could be finalized as early as this week.

Whereas eGaming Review is predicting the deal will be completed in the next week or two, Gaming Intelligence is even more optimistic in its assessment, and wrote:

“The Bernard Tapie Groupe looks well placed to complete its agreement to buy Full Tilt Poker this week. Tapie and the owners of Full Tilt agreed to extend their deadline for completion until this Friday (March 16th) to allow for further due diligence and sources on both sides are confident that the deadline will be met.”

Read More: Full Tilt Poker Deal By 16th March, 2012?

Playtech, the publicly quoted Israeli online gaming operator, today announced its full year results for 2011 confirming an online poker decline of 20 percent to €21.8 million from €27.4 million in 2010.

Read More: Playtech Confirms Poker Revenue Decline - European Poker News

As we get closer to the end of the
Black Diamond Poker Open's Contender Series, the events are getting hotter and the prizes are getting bigger. This Sunday will see the Contender Series $25,000 Guaranteed Main Event, but there's still plenty of time to get in on that action before the Championship Series gets underway.

Now for the past couple days' worth of winners! Contender Event #15 was a $3,000 Guaranteed NLHE heads-up tournament and it was won by Michael S, who earned $810 for his $10+1 buy-in. That's what we call a return on investment! John E won $593.40 for his first-place finish in Contender Event #16, the $2,000 Guaranteed NLHE turbo tournament.

Contender Event #17 was a $2,000 guaranteed shootout NLHE tournament and Sang C claimed the top prize of $729. He was soon joined in the winner's circle by Cheryl S, who earned $355.52 for Contender Event #18, the $1,000 Guaranteed turbo fixed limit hold 'em tournament.

Want to join these winners? There are still plenty of events on the schedule! With two tournament series offering events aimed at every online poker player and satellites that start at just $1, it's easy to see why so many think the Black Diamond Poker Open is the best bet for players no matter how big their bankroll!

Visit Bovada's Black Diamond Poker Open page to get more details and download their software so you can get started right away and claim your share of the $250,000 in guaranteed prizes! In addition to events like the BDPO, new online poker players at Bovada can also get a bonus of up to $1,000 with their first deposit while enjoying the best player support in the business!

Internet gambling mogul Calvin Ayre, who taunted U.S. federal authorities from his luxury penthouse in Yaletown, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Maryland for allegedly running an illegal sports gambling enterprise and conspiring to launder money.

Also indicted were three of Ayre’s associates who, until last year, operated out of a Bodog-related office at 333 Seymour Street in downtown Vancouver.

They are Vancouver chartered accountant James Philip (also a director of NovaGold Resources Inc.); former controller and head of e-commerce David Ferguson, who commuted to Vancouver from his home in Kelowna but is now believed to be living in London, UK; and media buyer Derrick Maloney.

Read more: Bodog founder indicted for $100 US million gambling business

Reports that Canadian poker pro Daniel Negreanu has become one of the most visible and vocal advocates for poker in the world. Negreanu’s candid discussions of events surrounding Black Friday, namely his willingness to share very frank opinions about Full Tilt Poker, set him apart from more politically correct poker pros. But this PokerStars-sponsored player does more than publicly criticize Full Tilt Poker; Negreanu has the unique capacity to stand up for online poker, not just as a player who feels strongly about the reputation and future of the game, but also as one of the most consistently successful players in history.


Read More: G-poker: Online poker star Daniel Negreanu speaks up for the game by speaking out against Full Tilt Poker | Business Wire

Although legislation to license and regulate Internet gambling did not pass through the state legislature Thursday as he had projected, New Jersey State Sen. Raymond Lesniak said that he still expects Internet poker to be up and running in the Garden State by September.

Lesniak said the reason for the delay was that technical amendments from Gov. Chris Christie's office on issues such as licensing procedure weren't finished until Wednesday. He said that would have been enough time for him to push the bill through in the state senate Thursday but was not enough time to get it through the state assembly.

"We're going to have to work harder and faster to get the regulations and licenses issued, that's all," Lesniak said Thursday in a phone interview. "We'll still have it done by September. That can still be reached for sure. I was being conservative in saying it would be done by September."


Read more: Despite Delay, Lesniak Expects Online Poker in New Jersey by September | PokerNews

The name Chris "Moorman1" Moorman is synonymous with tournament poker, particularly in the online poker world, and rightly so because he is the winningest player in the entire world. In his online tournament career Moorman has won just shy of $7,800,000 including 11-Triple Crowns (three tournament wins on three different sites within a week) but if you check the Brighton lad's Hendon Mob database there are no first places listed; but check in a couple of days time and there will be because Moorman has finally won his first live tournament after six years on the circuit!

Moorman proudly announced on his Facebok profile "Finally won a live tourney it only took 6 years😡! 1k turbo with bounties for 21k + 14k in bounties. Epic hu battle which lasted over an hour. Now gonna go celebrate without any alcohol! — with Jason Koon." and has so far seen over 120 likes and more than 40 comments, such is Moorman's poker celebrity status!


Read more: Chris Moorman Finally Wins A Live Poker Tournament! | PokerNews

The $25,000 guaranteed Contender Series Main Event in the Black Diamond Poker Open may take place this Sunday, but there's still plenty of playing to do! There are two more Contender Series tournaments on the schedule — a $1,500 guaranteed fixed-limit tournament tonight at 8pm ET and a $4,000 guaranteed knock-out turbo event at 10pm ET — along with Super Saturday Satellite Day leading up to the $25,000 guaranteed Main Event and the $10,000 guaranteed Second Chance tournament on Sunday!

In the meantime, though, it's time to list the winners of the last couple of days. Stefan B won $1,021.81 for their first-place finish in Contender Event #19, the $3,000 guaranteed rebuy tournament that featured a mere $5 buy-in. He was soon joined by the winner of Contender Event #19, Jeffrey C, who won $400.20 for taking the top spot in the $1,000 guaranteed 6-Max Turbo Pot Limit Omaha tournament.

Contender Event #21, the $2,000 guaranteed fixed limit Omaha Hi/L tournament featured some fierce competition but Kyle O won, adding $667 to his bankroll. Finally, Contender Event #22 was the $2,000 guaranteed six-max turbo no limit hold 'em event and Adam L won it, earning $560.79

With two tournament series offering events aimed at every online poker player and satellites that start at just $1, it's easy to see why so many think the Black Diamond Poker Open is the best bet for players no matter how big their bankroll!

Visit Bovada's Black Diamond Poker Open page to get more details and download their software so you can get started right away and claim your share of the $250,000 in guaranteed prizes! In addition to events like the BDPO, new online poker players at Bovada can also get a bonus of up to $1,000 with their first deposit while enjoying the best player support in the business!

Years ago, I wrote that in the future, the majority of successful poker players would be young, online-educated players who had accumulated significantly more hand experience than players from previous generations, who had spent their days at the slow-moving live tables.

For a while, established professionals scoffed at those who predicted a transition, and derided the online generation as impatient and unacquainted with the realities of major live tournaments. Now, few in the high-stakes culture would question that the online generation has taken the helm in the poker world, and even older players who have been profitable for years scramble to adjust to the new form of ultra-aggressive poker that the kids have brought to the live arena.

Read More: Tight play helps Jazayeri topple young guns - chicagotribune-com

In a recent news report from G-poker, the site claimed that poker leaders who hailed from Canada were the most important in the industry. And as surprising as this statement may be and all the conclusions and opinions that one could possibly draw from it, there seems to be some truth in it.


Read More: Best Poker Leaders are Canadians?

Bally’s Interactive, has been busy lately in it’s preparation of the availability of legal online poker in the state of Nevada. However, doubts as to when this will actually happen have been overshadowing such events as Bally Interactive Vice President of Business Development John Connelly said he didn’t expect federal legalization of online poker anytime this year, despite assurances by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that he’ll try to get it through.

“An election year makes things a little more complicated,” Connelly said, and Reid’s efforts haven’t produced any publicly circulated drafts of a bill or any proposals since late 2010. Caesars Entertainment Corp. and other casino companies have lobbied for federal legislation to regulate online poker and to allow states to opt out if they choose.


Read More: Bally's Doubts As to When Online Poker Will Become Legalized | Casino Scam Report

Christie has taken a nuanced position on Internet gaming, where online poker is by far the most popular offering. Christie vetoed a bill last March to allow such betting, questioning what he called the "legal fiction" of stating that Atlantic City's monopoly on gaming was not compromised by allowing residents statewide to play online poker. Lesniak and other supporters say that the servers that handle the action still would be based in Atlantic City.

The state Attorney General's Office is still reviewing whether a statewide referendum in November would be needed to permit online poker, Christie said this month. Lesniak said that the state already is in a race against other states to be the "first to market," or no worse than second, and thus cannot afford to wait. Nevada has passed an Internet gaming law, and may soon be ready to take such bets.

Read More: A landscape of wagering options in N.J. - NorthJersey-com