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 …

Last week we reported on how the deal between Groupe Bernard Tapie and Full Tilt Poker failed and that it is now rumored that PokerStars is looking to purchase the now defunct online giant. Now, it appears that GBT may be trying to one up Full Tilt Poker by stealing their entire staff. In a …

For months now, the poker world has been waiting for a conclusion to the deal between Groupe Bernard Tapie and Full Tilt Poker. Now, at the last moment, not only will GBT not be purchasing Full Tilt, but it now appears that PokerStars may be purchasing the company. Rumors began to swirl around the internet …

The plea deal between John Campos and the United States Department of Justice is now official. Campos had entered into an agreement on March 28th that saw him plea guilty to a misdemeanor conspiracy charge and in addition Campos agreed to not work in the banking industry for the rest of his life. Campos was …

There appears to be actual news regarding Full Tilt Poker. While the rumored deal between Full Tilt and Groupe Bernard Tapie has not been made public as expected, there still have been a couple of potentially big steps towards the company becoming live once again. First, one of their subsidiaries has filed for a new …

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 …