Texas Holdem Poker

Viktor Blom, aka Isildur1, is finally beginning to put together a string of impressive finishes in both live and online poker. In the past few days, he has put together one of the more impressive runs in recent online poker history after winning two Spring Championship of Online Poker event at PokerStars. His first victory …

When playing online poker for money, you try by all means to find ways to double or triple your investment and at the same time applying risk management. I bet during game play, there is a time when you say to yourself, ‘I wish if I had played that hand’, or ‘why the hell did …

Big news broke earlier this week regarding two Black Friday defendants. First, Chad Elie pled guilty to one charge of conspiracy on Monday, followed by co-defendant John Campos entering his own plea deal on Tuesday. The two had been schedule to go to trial in April, but many expected a plea deal to be struck …

Daniel Tzvetkoff, 29, is set to testify in the trial of Chad Elie and John Campos. All three men were caught up in the aftermath of Black Friday. Tzvetkoff processed over $1 billion dollars in online poker transactions. Tzvetkoff, originally from Australia, made a plea deal after being arrested in Las Vegas and threatened with …

Bodog has recently announced that they will allow players to request hand histories that will include all hole cards of all of the players at the table. The hand histories will be available 24 hours after the session. This delay will prevent players at the same table from knowing each others playing style. Bodog made …

A couple of weeks ago, Federated Sports and Gaming announced that they were filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy.  This move was not surprising seeing that the company was virtually bleeding money from their running of the Epic Poker League.  The company then released statements that the move was primarily one of reorganization.  However, according to recent …

Several legal developments have occurred in the last week in relation to online poker legalization in the United States. Bills in both Mississippi and Iowa both appear to be dead and the reported deal between Full Tilt Poker and Groupe Bernard Tapie may be completed by sometime next week. On Monday, the Mississippi online poker …

What was once inside information is now beginning to get press in major media outlets. The news is that even if you are a foreign company and register your domain outside of the United States, the U.S. Government can still seize it. This comes on the heels of the U.S. Government shutting down Bodog. Bodog …

The long awaited sale of the Ongame Network has finally been completed and made official. Last week, reports surfaced stating that Shuffle Master, Inc. was purchasing the company and just an hour ago the company put out a press release announcing the acquisition. Shuffle Master purchases the company from bwin.party Services (Austria) for the sum …

Tuesday proved a banner day in the fight for legalized online poker in the United States, but unfortunately for the wrong reason. Earlier in the day, Bodog and its founder Calvin Ayre were among those indicted by the United States Department of Justice in connection with running an illegal sports betting business. Shortly after that …