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Received another update today. Another new version of the Mac client has been released. This newest version includes fixes to issues with the bet slider; makes a table move forward if action is required, and hopefully deals with the issues some people have been having with receiving automatic updates.
The final version is in clear view now, and we should see a completely stable and full featured Mac Pokerstars client soon.
The Great British Poker Tour Final will take place on the 5th of November and run till the 11th. It will take place at the Gala Casinos in Harbourside, Bristol. The event has signed five professional players to play at the event which will surely boost numbers.
Jamie Gold, Phil Laak, Antonio Esfandiari, Robert Williamson III and Jennifer Tilly will all be present at this year’s final battling for their chance at the title. Great British Poker Tour Director Thomas Kremser [...]
In New Smyrna Beach, Florida a 62 year-old man was shot and killed when he was playing at a home poker game. Police are still looking for two suspects who are to blame for the death of Dennis Michael Turner. According to the police, two men wearing masks broke into a house where poker was being played by about eight people around 9:30 p.m. Monday night. They had guns and they were demanding money. [...]
O.J. Simpson’s alleged accomplices decided not to roll the dice on their own fate in court but to take a plea deal. The two men, Walter Alexander and Charles Cashmore, both will take plea deals offered to them and turn state’s evidence against O.J. Simpson. Both men are accused of taking part in a four men group who tried to take memorabilia from dealers Bruce Fromong and Alfred Beardsley. This took place on September 13th in Las Vegas at [...]
PokerStars has been doing an ongoing investigation into allegations about the account of “The V0id”, who recently won the World Championship of Online Poker main event. This story has been going around various poker-discussion forums for two weeks. Stars have now confirmed that TheV0id has been disqualified and this bumps everyone who was involved up a spot.
Stars released a statement saying that the investigation into the WCOOP main event is now over. Stars determined [...]
Lights, camera, action! When you hear those words you think of celebrity right? And when you think celebrity you think, parties, beautiful people, champagne and money. So where do celebrities go when they want to gamble with their fat pocketbooks? Experts say Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s very convenient to Los Angeles, only an hour away, and hosts many luxurious attractions for a celebrity.
Frank Fahernkopf, president and CEO of the American Gaming Association says; “When celebrities are deciding where they want [...]
There was a ruling yesterday on the Bodog.com domain case. A judge ruled that BodogLife.com could continue to have a presence on the internet but the judge didn’t dismiss the $49 million default judgment that was against them for alleged patent infringements, nor did the judge return the domain name, Bodog.com, to the original owners. Bodog’s lawyers will be appealing this judgment.
The judge did reject 1st Technology LLC demand for a permanent [...]
MGM Mirage has announced that they will be building a $4.5 to $5 billion casino complex in Atlantic City. The complex will have the largest casino floor in the state, a poker room, a 3,000 room hotel facility, a 1,500 seat theatre, restaurants, spa, and a convention center. The complex will be built on the 72 acre property neighboring the Borgata, which the MGM equally owns with Boyd Gaming. Awaiting regulatory approval, MGM Mirage [...]
The Internal Revenue Service had proposed a new rule that would take 25% of poker tournament winnings of over $5,000 from players. Thankfully, this rule has been withdrawn. The idea was withdrawn after an evaluation of the rule’s feasibility and discussions with the IRS rules making group. The American Gaming Association’s Tax and Finance Task Force fought against the proposal. The AGA is a leading group that is involved in land-based casino matters.
This rule if enforced would have caused [...]
As the Poker Players Alliance members gear up for their October 22nd-24th meeting in Washington, DC, they are looking to add one more supporter. The group has been gaining support from Congress men and women for their upcoming meeting but would love to have the 2008 Presidential candidate Barack Obama on board.
“Senator Obama is not in DC much these days,” John Pappas, Executive Director of the Poker Players Alliance. But we are working to try to meet with someone from [...]
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