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Manne wrote: Obama campaigned for Internet freedom from censorship, and his own interactive poll revealed US residents consider affirming the right to play online poker the top technological priority of the administration. Obama himself is a known poker aficionado, and Barney Frank, a leading Democratic Congressman, has taken on evangelical Republicans in a battle to restore individual liberty to the Internet and preserve the right to choose to visit online casinos.

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I hope Obama does the right thing
There seems to be a good deal of positive momentum for legalized and regulated online poker in the United States right now. The country needs the money, and many are coming to the realization that the UIGEA is an extremely flawed piece of legislation.
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The UIGEA is a piece of garbage, but the regulators did the best they could do with it. It’s an un-funded mandate. It’s a requirement that banks spend money for nothing and that’s not what the government should be doing right now, partly because we’re in a financial crisis. It’s also personal intrusion. The regulations would have been killed last summer, but the Republicans decided to make it into a political issue.

There will be even more support for the legislation of online poker in the coming weeks.

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Face the Ace debuts on August 1st. The show is scheduled to air at 9pm on Saturdays and has seven shows scheduled for its inaugural season. The concept of the show is quite unique and is the first poker show of this type to air on television. A contestant will choose from among four doors with a Full Tilt poker professional behind each door. The player will then play whichever pro poker player was behind the door in a heads up poker match. If he beats the poker pro, or the "Ace" as they call it, he will have the choice to take home $40,000 or chance it and play another "Ace" for a chance at a bigger payout.

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Italy PokerStars players noticed on Monday that they were no longer able to play on the international PokerStars.com website. When trying to visit PokerStars.com from an Italian IP you will be redirected to the Italian version which is PokerStars.it.

At PokerStars.it the Italian players will only be able to play against other players from Italy and they are not able to access any of the cash games that they are used to playing at the international PokerStars.com.

(The Italian government have been negotiated with the EU about what restrictions are possible for online poker. On the 27th of July the European Union accepted the Italian governments request for a monopoly).

Only tournament play is allowed, those poker sites operating in Italy will only be allowed to accept Italian tax payers as poker players on their site, the servers of the site must be located in Italy and every single tournament held has to be approved by the Italian government. :helpme
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Manne wrote: Face the Ace debuts on August 1st. The show is scheduled to air at 9pm on Saturdays and has seven shows scheduled for its inaugural season. The concept of the show is quite unique and is the first poker show of this type to air on television. A contestant will choose from among four doors with a Full Tilt poker professional behind each door. The player will then play whichever pro poker player was behind the door in a heads up poker match. If he beats the poker pro, or the "Ace" as they call it, he will have the choice to take home $40,000 or chance it and play another "Ace" for a chance at a bigger payout.

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This could be interesting.
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Manne wrote: Face the Ace debuts on August 1st. The show is scheduled to air at 9pm on Saturdays and has seven shows scheduled for its inaugural season. The concept of the show is quite unique and is the first poker show of this type to air on television. A contestant will choose from among four doors with a Full Tilt poker professional behind each door. The player will then play whichever pro poker player was behind the door in a heads up poker match. If he beats the poker pro, or the "Ace" as they call it, he will have the choice to take home $40,000 or chance it and play another "Ace" for a chance at a bigger payout.

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For each heads-up match a pro wins, $10,000 will be donated to the charity of his or her choice.
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Set to begin on September 3rd, the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker is going to be the largest online poker series in history! The schedule is made up of 45 events, including three high rollers, with a guaranteed prize pool of more than $40,000,000!

The WCOOP Extreme Satellite Schedule is as follows:

August 4 at 14:00 ET - $7.50 Buy-in, 100 x $109 seats added
August 4 at 21:00 ET - $27 Buy-in, 100 x $215 seats added
August 5 at 14:00 ET - $82 Buy-in, 50 x $530 seats added
August 5 at 21:00 ET - $27 Buy-in, 100 x $215 seats added
August 6 at 14:00 ET - $82 Buy-in, 100 x $320 seats added
August 6 at 21:00 ET - $7.50 Buy-in, 100 x $109 seats added
August 7 at 14:00 ET - $27 Buy-in, 100 x $215 seats added
August 7 at 21:00 ET - $82 Buy-in, 100 x $320 seats added
August 8 at 14:00 ET - $215 Buy-in, 50 x $1050 seats added
August 8 at 16:00 ET - $27 Buy-in, 100 x $215 seats added
August 9 at 14:00 ET - $82 Buy-in, 100 x $320 seats added
August 9 at 16:00 ET - $82 Buy-in, 50 x $530 seats added
August 9 at 18:00 ET - $27 Buy-in, 100 x $215 seats added
August 10 at 14:00 ET - $27 Buy-in, 100 x $215 seats added
August 10 at 21:00 ET - $215 Buy-in, 50 x $1050 seats added
August 11 at 14:00 ET - $82 Buy-in, 50 x $530 seats added
August 11 at 21:00 ET - $27 Buy-in, 100 x $215 seats added
August 12 at 14:00 ET - $82 Buy-in, 100 x $320 seats added
August 12 at 21:00 ET - $82 Buy-in, 50 x $530 seats added
August 13 at 14:00 ET - $7.50 Buy-in, 100 x $109 seats added
August 13 at 21:00 ET - $82 Buy-in, 100 x $320 seats added
August 14 at 14:00 ET - $27 Buy-in, 100 x $215 seats added
August 14 at 21:00 ET - $82 Buy-in, 50 x $530 seats added
August 15 at 14:00 ET - $215 Buy-in, 50 x $2100 seats added

If you don’t already have an account set up at Poker Stars, make sure to set one up so you can participate in this upcoming WCOOP!

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Manne wrote: The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), reported on the success of National Poker Week activities this week in Washington, D.C. More than 50 representatives of the PPA, including 33 state directors, traveled to Washington, D.C. to directly deliver the message to lawmakers that poker is not a crime, and asked them to support licensing and regulation legislation that will protect the online game enjoyed by more than 10 million Americans.

PPA Chairman and Former Senator Alfonse D’Amato said. “Congress is Now preparing for hearings this fall on the licensing and regulation of the game we love, so I urge all PPA members to continue this activism and enthusiasm so our elected officials can take their marching orders and fight to protect our game.

For more information and to contact members of Congress, please visit National Poker Week

Regards ixgames
Representative Frank has received major support from both New York and California in his efforts to change Internet gambling laws.
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Manne wrote: Obama campaigned for Internet freedom from censorship, and his own interactive poll revealed US residents consider affirming the right to play online poker the top technological priority of the administration. Obama himself is a known poker aficionado, and Barney Frank, a leading Democratic Congressman, has taken on evangelical Republicans in a battle to restore individual liberty to the Internet and preserve the right to choose to visit online casinos.

:dirol

I hope Obama does the right thing
I hope he makes the right decision!
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Manne wrote: Bodog is hosting Bodog Poker Blogger tournament.

The tournament is open to any poker bloggers or owners of legitimate gaming or sports-related blogs, and the dates for the event will be set depending on how many bloggers enroll. Players are invited to apply for enrollment as soon as possible – after they have been approved and qualified they will receive a notification from Bodog; and after registration is complete the dates for the tournaments will be announced. It is expected that the tournaments will take place sometime in September.

Regards: Bodog Poker

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According to a survey taken by the PPR (Poker Players’ Research), the USA is still by far the leading market in online poker real money games despite the efforts of the Bush administration with their Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

The list of top five countries by the amount of real money players is as follows:

USA 10 million
UK 1.9 million
Germany 1.6 million
Nordic countries 1.4 million
France 1.3 million

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For the second week in a row, exactly 486 online poker players sat down at the virtual tables of the Bodog Poker room to play in the Sunday $100k Guaranteed online poker tournament to take advantage of the generous overlay. Taking full advantage of that value was Bodog regular "czarcaesarxx" who took down the event and the $25,000 first-place prize.

Here are the full final table placings and payouts:

1. czarcaesarxx - $25,000
2. TSM12 - $15,000
3. hahaustink - $9,500
4. kingkai - $7,000 (kingkai)
5. AgentSSE - $5,500
6. mdgolfer - $4,500
7. CATALINFR - $3,500
8. narf - $2,200
9. GATORMACK - $1,700

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World Poker Tour (WPT), its parent company has sold the roving tournament series for $9.075 million plus a percentage of future revenues to Gamynia Limited. Recently, the WPT recorded its second straight month of profitability.

The sale will likely be completed during the fourth quarter of 2009, but must first be approved by a majority of the company’s stockholders.

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Surviving a field of 439 players - many of them pro players - this week was Manchester, UK poker pro Matt Perrins (21), who won himself Euro 200 000 in taking down the Venice stop on the PokerStars.it Italian Poker Tour.

(Next stop for the tour is San Remo, where the action starts on August 28th, with qualifying satellites running online at Pokerstars).

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Legislation that would allow online poker and other games of skill while bringing up to $3bn in state revenue was introduced last night to the US Senate.

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group, commended Senator Menendez for introducing the Act:

"Today's action by Senator Menendez is yet another powerful step towards protecting Internet freedom, protecting consumers and protecting online poker," said PPA Chairman and former Senator Alfonse D’Amato.

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Manne wrote: The UIGEA is a piece of garbage, but the regulators did the best they could do with it. It’s an un-funded mandate. It’s a requirement that banks spend money for nothing and that’s not what the government should be doing right now, partly because we’re in a financial crisis. It’s also personal intrusion. The regulations would have been killed last summer, but the Republicans decided to make it into a political issue.

There will be even more support for the legislation of online poker in the coming weeks.

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Poker will soon be legalized, don't worry, be happy.
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Manne wrote: According to a survey taken by the PPR (Poker Players’ Research), the USA is still by far the leading market in online poker real money games despite the efforts of the Bush administration with their Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

The list of top five countries by the amount of real money players is as follows:

USA 10 million
UK 1.9 million
Germany 1.6 million
Nordic countries 1.4 million
France 1.3 million

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Germany has been the biggest growth market in Europe for online poker.
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Since winning eight gold medals last year, Michael Phelps has done everything from host Saturday Night Live to gain notoriety for a photo of him with a bong.

But now there's something new for him to add to the list, not far from where he won all that hardware: Play in the Asian Poker Tour.

The Asian Poker Tour, whose next event is Aug. 12-23 at gambling-crazy Macau, sent Phelps a letter inviting him to play next weekend, according to a press release.

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One lucky player could win their seat to an upcoming European Poker Tournament event of their choice worth up to £5,200 at the Jamie Gold Charity Poker Tournament, which takes place later this week as part of Poker in the Park.

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As if it were ordained by fate, online poker player "potroast" won Bodog Poker's Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed online poker tournament last night. Of course, naming yourself after a traditional Sunday dinner meal does not make you a lock for a Sunday major, just gives us a little material to work with for the write-up.

To make it to his first $100k final table, "potroast" had to beat out a field of 477 players, and then tackle a final table that included Bodog regulars "ImTheJackal" and "timosy" in order to take home the $25,000 first-place prize, his largest cash to date on Bodog.

Here are the full final table payouts and placings:

1. potroast - $25,000 (Potroast)
2. kingkai - $15,000 (kingkai)
3. mitch 21 - $9,500
4. rjrat84 - $7,000
5. ImTheJackal - $5,500 (Aaron_Hacker)
6. DLetterman - $4,500
7. EgonTowst - $3,500
8. timosy - $2,200
9. halincandenza - $1,700

Daily online poker tournaments at: Bodog Poker

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