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Event #2 at this year's World Series of Poker Circuit stop at the Palm Beach Kennel Club may well have made poker history. It wasn't even the biggest event held that day, but it did feature a poker first: women took the top three spots in a non-gender-exclusive World Series Of Poker event. New Yorker poker pro Loni Harwood finished first, followed by Anne Amato and Amanda Musumeci. What's even more unusual is the fact as they were sliding making their way into poker history, the final stages of the $1,000,000 Guaranteed event that kicked off the tournament were going down a few feet away.

Reports say that the evening was a real corker, with an atmosphere that was miles away from the usual casino reserve. Players were buying each other drinks, observers were cheering and everyone was having a great time, proving that even with money on the line, poker players remember that the game is all about fun.

Harwood, who graduated from State University of New York at Albany last year with a degree in finance is 22. The aspiring poker pro was in Florida visiting her father, who lives in Hallandale. She discovered the WSOP Circuit was being played in West Palm Beach and decided to pay a visit. The rest, as the cliché goes, is history. Third-palcer Amanda Musumeci, who hails from Philadelphia is best known for finishing 62nd in least year's WSOP Main Event. Runner-up Anne Amato is also an accomplished tournament chess player.

With the gender imbalance in the game, the odds of this happening again anytime soon are pretty, pretty grim, but who knows? Maybe more women will be inspired to hit the tables when they see they can do just what the guys do.

Gender doesn't matter at Bovada's online poker tables!

That would be a excitable offer....
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Add Mississippi to the list of states considering legalizing Internet gambling.

On Wednesday, House Minority Leader Bobby Moak, D–Bogue Chitto, introduced House Bill 1373 that would allow residents 21 and older to play poker and other casino games online in Mississippi. Moak is the former chairman of the House Gaming Committee.

The bill says millions of people are gambling on illegal offshore websites.

“Without regulation of online gambling, the public’s trust and confidence in legal gambling is impacted,” the bill says.

The measure sets a variety of fees and gives the Mississippi Gaming Commission the authority to license casino sites and the oversight of Internet gambling.

Online poker and slots would add to the revenue the state collects from casinos. Companies would pay taxes on winnings and a variety of fees, including a minimum of $200,000 for a license.

Several major casino companies have come out in support of regulated Internet gambling, including those with casinos in Biloxi. They include Caesars Entertainment, parent company of Grand Biloxi Casino; MGM Resorts International, parent company of Beau Rivage Resort and Casino; and Boyd Gaming, which last year bought IP Casino Resort.

Employees would be prohibited from gambling on their company’s website, just as they can’t gamble in the casino where they work.

If the measure passes, it would take effect July 1
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Las Vegas-based gaming technology company Bally Technologies have bought the business-to-business (B2😎 division of French gaming developer and operator Chiligaming.

Bally Technologies did not, however, provide details of the deal, although the Nevada firm will now include Chiligaming’s technology that provides internet poker, casino, bingo, sports betting and social media in their established operations that already include casinos and slot machines.

Bally plan to use these additional applications to assist their casino customers when entering the world of internet gaming in wager and free-based websites – even though they have no immediate plans to introduce their own gaming site.

Additionally, Bally – who have made an application with the Nevada Gaming Control Board to gain a licence following the establishment of the state’s new internet poker rules – will now consider moving into the field of multi-channel promotions, bonus schemes and the tracking of players via their online, mobile and conventional platforms.

Bally Building on Established Platform
Bally’s business development vice-president John Connelly believes that his company’s acquisition of this technology will provide “an open, cloud-based platform…to offer an integrated traditional and online casino solution to operators worldwide”.

Just as important, though, is Bally’s obtaining of “an experienced team of industry veterans…which will help our customers optimise their use of this platform”.

Chiligaming chief executive officer Alexandre Dreyfus – who founded the company back in 2006 – is also pleased with the agreement, saying that he is “excited to develop our technology, knowledge, and experience with Bally to bring the best value for land-based casinos”.

Chiligaming – who have offices in the UK, France, Malta and now the USA – have been attempting to increase their presence in the States after the fallout from Black Friday last April 15, when the US Department of Justice (DoJ) shut down several online poker rooms because of allegations of illegal gambling, money laundering and bank fraud.

Chiligaming to Launch Free Poker Website
Just a few weeks back, the French company revealed details of their partnership with Golden Nugget that will see Chiligaming – who operate and develop gambling products and multi-platform social games – launch a free poker website for the casino chain before June is out.

However, with federal legislation relating to internet poker stalling in the US Congress, numerous gaming firms have turned their attention to states that may well pass new laws that will permit gambling within their borders.

Nevada is, so far, the lone state to approve these regulations, so is now accepting licence applications, while the likes of Mississippi, Iowa, New Jersey and Hawaii have all made moves towards providing intrastate poker bills.

Initial Revenues Likely to be Low
However, Brian McGill – a gaming analyst with financial services firm Janney Montgomery Scott – reckons it will be some time before internet poker provides substantial revenue for businesses, even if Chiligaming do win a Nevada licence.

He said that “it will take passage from larger states, or a federal bill, to act as a catalyst to really drive revenues”, but added that, “at this point, neither of these seem imminent”.
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A Wall Street gaming analyst told investors Friday that debate over federal legislation that would legalize Internet poker has most-likely been pushed into 2013 after lawmakers didn't attach an online gaming bill to the payroll tax cut extension.

However, Macquarie Securities gaming analyst Chad Beynon said in a research report that Nevada stands to benefit from the inaction because it may be the only state that allows Americans to gamble online this year.

Earlier this week, Nevada gaming regulators finalized the state's minimum internal control standards for interactive gaming, which could become effective in a month.

"We think the standards were written in a way that will allow for small adjustments as the process moves forward," Beynon told investors. "At this point, no firm date has been set, but 13 companies have now submitted for an operating license."

On Thursday, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., ended speculation that online poker legislation would be attached to a bill that renewed the payroll tax cut through the end of the year. Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, did not give a Internet poker legalization was omitted from the bill.

The payroll tax cut was approved Friday by Congress and sent to President Barack Obama for his signature.

Beynon said the major gaming operators and suppliers would continue to push for federal legalization of Internet poker because they believe Washington D.C., is better equipped than individual states to regulate online gambling.

He thought gaming companies looking to break into the online wagering field in the U.S. would look in two directions; Nevada, which has the laws in place, and social gaming on various "play for fun" sites.

"Nevada's gaming control board continues to methodically roll out legalized intrastate gaming and we believe their regulatory board has a great handle on what's to come," Beynon said.

Also, he expects New Jersey, Iowa and California to adopt online gaming legislation this year. He expects other states and "potentially the federal government" to use Nevada's Internet gaming regulations as a template for further legalization.

Three social media gaming site's -- Zynga's Texas HoldEm Poker, Slotomania, which operated by Playtika through an agreement with Caesars Entertainment Corp., and Double Down Casino on Facebook, which is being acquired by International Game Technology -- draw more than 1 million daily users each, Beynon said.

The Double Down website has also been under construction at times because of what Beynon said are additional changes IGT is making.

"Currently, multiplayer blackjack and roulette, slot machines and video poker are available, but we expect additional slot games as well as community poker games to be added in the near term," Beynon said.

Washington, D.C., insiders speculate Internet poker legislation could resurface during Congress' lame duck session after November's Presidential election. Two years ago, Reid and Arizona Republican Sen. John Kyl tried to push Internet poker legalization during the lame duck session.

Whatever shape or form Internet poker legalization takes, Beynon said Nevada gaming companies will benefit.

He said Caesars Entertainment, which owns the World Series of Poker, could be well-positioned if the U.S. were to push through some type of regional pooling or federal legislation.

Beynon said land-based casino operators, such as Caesars, MGM Resorts International and Boyd Gaming Corp., have the best opportunity with state gaming legislation, depending on the laws are written. Lottery venders would also benefit because they have existing infrastructure and state contracts.

"In both cases, we believe slot vendors would be able to generate fees from both content licensing and platform design, but we note that, with a piecemeal rollout, initial revenue and profits may be minimal," Beynon said.

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Proponents of Internet poker estimate that the chance of a bill legalizing it getting through Congress in 2012 is better than 50-50. This is more wishful thinkingthan scientific oddsmaking. There's practically no chance at all of a bill squeaking through, now that the presidential campaign's focus has shifted from economics to social issues.

Poker might be played in millions of basements, fire halls and even congressional back rooms every night, but that doesn't mean it's universally acceptable. A sizable contingent of voters has religious scruples about gambling, like their great-grandmas and great-grandpappies before them, and equate it with sin. Other voters don't like the fact that it can feed gambling addictions, particularly among college students. Campaigning politicians are reluctant to rile up these folks this close to a general election.

There is other formidable opposition as well. Native Americans operating gambling casinos fear they would be disadvantaged by electronic, off-the-reservation betting. According to the congressional testimony of Kevin Washburn, dean of the University of New Mexico Law School, casino gambling is "the greatest economic engine on Indian reservations that the United States has ever seen."

Internet-poker lobbyists had one big chance this year to get a law passed, but they failed to ace it. They tried to have language inserted into a bill that extended the payroll-tax holiday until the end of the year. Their argument was that the legalization of online poker would rake in $3.3 billion in taxes annually. Much of that money is being lost to gambling sites based in Canada, Gibraltar and the Netherlands, they assert. But the managers of the bill were unimpressed.

The only other major piece of spending legislation likely to move this year is a highway bill, and congressional sources tell me that it's unlikely to include any mention of Internet poker.

JOHN PAPPAS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Poker Players Alliance, says that the legalization of interstate online poker is inevitable in this era of soaring deficits, given its revenue potential and the game's popularity among Americans. Indeed, several states hungry for tax revenue, including New Jersey, Iowa and California, are considering legalizing online poker and other games for players within their borders. The impetus came when the Department of Justice told states that the federal Wire Act prohibits only online sports betting. Las Vegas casino operators interested in online gambling want a national law, so they don't have to deal with 50 state regulators.

While Internet poker enjoys bipartisan support, the majority of the cheerleaders are Democrats, most notably Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. Republicans generally have a history of opposing Internet gaming.

According to congressional testimony, global online-gambling revenue was $30 billion in 2010, with less than $4.5 billion of that wagered by U.S. players. But other studies claim that the total annual bet is much larger. One study put it at $60 billion globally in 2005, with $54 billion coming from U.S. citizens. Says Pappas: "This idea that Congress would be opening a Pandora's box by legalizing national Internet gambling -- these people have their heads buried in the sand." That's something that might also be said of those who expect national clearance for online poker this time around.
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California is ready to take another crack at online gaming.

On Friday, a pair of lawmakers introduced The Internet Gambling Consumer Protection and Public-Private Partnership Act of 2012, which would permit the activity within the state’s borders.

Poker would be the only game allowed for an initial period of two years.

After a regulatory framework is created, eligible entities would apply for a 10-year license. The bill would require each site to pay a $30 million licensing fee, which would be credited against monthly fees on revenue.

The legislation is seeking “to provide hundreds of millions of dollars annually for the public services that have been cut repeatedly during the state’s budget crisis.” Lawmakers plan to raise at least $200 million from online gaming fees in the 2012-13 fiscal year.

Efforts to pass the bill won’t be easy.

Gov. Jerry Brown remains skeptical on the issue and its potential help to the budget deficit, the L.A. Times reported earlier this year.

The tribal casino industry in the Golden State, which forks over hundreds of millions per year for gaming compacts, has historically been fiercely divided on the issue.

Robert Smith, Chairman of the California Tribal Business Alliance, said last year that many stakeholders would be “irreparably harmed” if a bill that was then on the table was rushed.

In early February, gaming experts converged on Capitol Hill to talk about how a federal online gaming bill would impact tribes. Attorney I. Nelson Rose testified that a large licensing fee in California would leave my tribal casinos out in the cold. While California is looking at legalizing Internet poker, Nevada has already done so and has such an industry on the horizon. Regulators in the Silver State are nearing the potential licensing of poker sites.

In an intrastate introduction to online poker, player pools would be limited to residents and visitors. One potential Internet poker operator told Card Player that there would be enough liquidity under such a model, but that Nevada would love to have a state like California “come on board.”

Some gaming attorneys see the recent Department of Justice flip-flop on the Interstate Wire Act as cracking open the door for state coalitions.
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Christian Harder doesn’t have a poker face.
He doesn’t have a lucky charm or a lucky outfit, either.

What he does have is a lot of game.

The 24-year-old Annapolis resident has earned over $5 million playing poker, though he’s “only” pocketed several hundred thousand after taxes and paying off people who put up his entry fees for tournaments.

A few years ago, Harder was making wraps at a local sandwich shop. Now, he’s a top-ranked poker player, coming in 41st out of thousands in one set of recent power rankings.

“You can go from Roly Poly to the World Series of Poker,” said Scott Cohen, who owns the sandwich shop. “It’s an amazing country, isn’t it?”

Harder’s path to poker began when he was a teenager and a high school friend invited him to play. The St. Mary’s student wasn’t very good at first, but he liked the game, so he kept at it.

Harder honed his skills at online poker, and eventually played so much he was in danger of flunking out of Salisbury University. Someone who’d once considered becoming a lawyer dropped out of school in 2008 to pursue poker full-time.

“His level of success isn’t surprising,” said Joe Bidnick of Annapolis, the high school friend who introduced him to the game and played professionally himself for three years. “His level of fame... maybe that’s surprising.”

Harder focused on online play until last spring when federal officials cracked down on the largest sites. But unlike others, he also had experience in live tournaments, so he simply increased his participation in those. Of course, it entails a lot of travel both in this country and abroad — the Bahamas, Barcelona, Germany, Denmark, Madrid, Monte Carlo are a few of the places he’s gone for tournaments — and a lot of late nights.

And even the best players only win about 20 percent of the time.

“It’s such a sick feeling if you don’t win for 30 tournaments, but there’s nothing else (like it) when you win,” he said. “The highs are so high, and the lows are so low.”

Harder’s taking home enough and enjoying himself enough to keep on going. “Poker is fun... and, at this point, I don’t know what else I’d do,” he said. “If poker is like work, you’re not going to play as well.”
Drawing on experience

Poker requires skill, but Harder admits there’s also an element of luck involved.

“Poker is such a great game,” he said. “It’s the only sport in the world where anybody can sit down with the best players in the world and win.”

Over the long haul, though, experience pays off, added Harder, who spent last week playing poker in Los Angeles.

What makes him successful is his ability to focus on his opponents; what they’re doing and how they behave in certain situations. The vast majority of the time, he plays a game called No Limit Hold ‘Em.

“You pick up tendencies,” Harder said. “When someone sits at your table, you think, ‘How is this guy going to react? Will he bluff, will he fold a lot, will he always call all my bets?’”

He’s quite modest when discussing his skills, as Cohen found out when Harder came back to the sandwich shop for a visit. Cohen asked what he’’d been doing. Harder replied, “I’m playing a little poker.”

Cohen didn’t think much of it until he looked up Harder online and discovered just how much he was earning. “You’d never know,” Cohen said. “He’s not a showy guy.”

He’s watched Harder on ESPN when they’ve covered big-time poker tournaments, and Harder has the same demeanor. “He’s quiet,” Cohen said. “That’s the whole thing with him, he’s unreadable.”

Harder’s a big University of Maryland sports fan, so he’ll sometimes wear one of the school’s jerseys to a tournament, but it’s not a habit. He might chat with other players or listen to music, but that’s not a steady pattern, either. Mostly, he’s studying the other players the way an anthropologist investigates new cultures.

Matt Juttelstad, a fellow player from Orlando, said Harder’s dedication is what separates him from the pack. “He was always playing and studying,” Juttelstad said. “He made himself good. I don’t think he has any glaring weaknesses.”

Jessica Welman, managing editor of Bluff Magazine, which ranked Harder 41st, said he’s very consistent and always makes level-headed decisions. “He’s absolutely an elite, top-tier player,” she said.

Known as “charder” or “charder30” online, his typical tournament day begins at noon or 1 p.m. and he’ll play for hours and hours, often not getting to bed until 4 a.m.

When he tells people what he does for a living, they’re often surprised. But, he said, “most people think it’s cool.”
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Last Friday, a new online poker campaign was launched in California. The Internet Gambling Consumer Protection and Public-Private Partnership Act of 2012, if passed, will permit intrastate online gambling in California. The bill dictates that only poker would be allowed for the first two years of regulation.

Pending a regulatory outline, eligible operators can apply for a 10-year license and if accepted, will have to pay a licensing fee of $30 million, credited against monthly revenue.

This bill seeks “to provide hundreds of millions of dollars annually for the public services that have been cut repeatedly during the state’s budget crisis” in hopes that at least $200 million will be earned for the state in the fiscal 2012-2013 year. This all looks great on paper, but it won’t be good on paper. California Governor Jerry Brown has made it publicly clear that he is skeptical that legalized online gambling would solve the cash-strapped state’s economic problems.

California’s tribal casino community, which pays hundreds of millions of dollars every year to the state for gaming contracts, is divided on regulation. Gaming experts took the cause to Washington in earlier this month to shed light on how a federal Internet gambling bill would affect the tribes. One attorney testified that the large licensing fee imposed by California would leave tribal casinos helpless.

Neighboring state, Nevada, has already legalized intrastate online poker and are close to licensing.
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Poker Agenda is a free mobile application for Android phones that shows upcoming tournaments on PokerStars, Titan Poker, Bet365, CentreBet, and SunPoker. The application also can add tournament reminders to a user's calendar, which will assist online poker players in keeping track of their favorite events, especially those who compete via their smartphone on TeamViewer.

To begin with, our readers should be clear that Poker Agenda is not an application that will allow you to play online poker through your mobile device. We mention this because a number of users have downloaded the app with that specific intent in mind. If you are looking to play online poker, you will need to do so via an official online poker site such as PokerStars or one of the other rooms listed in the first paragraph of this article.

Poker Agenda is capable of keeping up with a multitude of MTTs regardless of their start time, buy-in, number of players, or game type - such as No Limit Hold'em, Omaha, Badugi, and Limit Hold'em. It can also update the user on satellites and non-cash tournaments such as those on PokerStars that require the use of Frequent Player Points instead of actual funds.

The application was most recently updated on February 22nd to include several new online poker sites. Formerly known as PokerStars Live, Version 1.10 includes an improved user interface along with additions for rakeback chases, bonuses, and promotions.

In order to make use of this application, the user will need to possess an Android 2.1 or newer mobile device. The file size is 182 KB and well over 10,000 individuals have installed it since its initial release. On the official Poker Agenda blog maintained by user NobleDroid, there is a section that allows current Poker Agenda users and non-users to give their opinion on which online poker sites or networks they would like to see added next. There are several sites to choose from and, at the time of this article's publication, iPoker, PartyPoker, and 888 Poker were leading the votes with over 50% combined.

The benefit of being notified of your favorite online poker tournaments can be huge depending on your goals. If you're a professional player who wants to add an extra event into your daily schedule, but are afraid you may not remember to register on time, you can set Poker Agenda to remind you of the event's start time in advance so you will be notified in time to enter.

Poker Agenda is also helpful to online poker fans that wish to follow a certain major event such as the $1 million guaranteed Sunday Million that runs on PokerStars. The application will also work for any type of tournament regardless of its start time as long as the event is being played on one of the compatible sites.

For those who are interested in a free application that allows for programmed reminders of online poker tournaments, Poker Agenda is an ideal addition to your software list. Remember that this application is not for actual online poker play and in order to use it, you will need an Android mobile phone with Version 2.1 or later. Poker Agenda will not work on your iPhone nor is it intended for PCs, Macs, laptops, or desktops.
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Young gun Dane poker pro Mickey Petersen, known online as “mementmori” took the first place win at the 2012 EPT Copenhagen yesterday and a €338,133 paycheck, worth about $455K in $US. This is only a drop in the bucket for the Internet poker phenomenon though, as his online earnings total more than $4.6 million. He’s only played in about 50 live tournaments, which account for about $700K, including the EPT Copenhagen, which proves that although he doesn’t have as much live experience, he’s just as good at the felt as he is at the computer.

Petersen said of his win, “This is so special to me. Not only is it the first time I’ve done well in a live event but doing it on home turf like this is just amazing. I’m good friends with Rupert (Elder), David (Vamplew), (Kevin) MacPhee and Ben (Wilinofsky), all those guys that have won EPTs in the last couple of years so to join that club is awesome.”

Petersen started the eight-man final table at the Casino Copenhagen in fourth place. He ultimately made his way through the opposition to a heads-up battle against Pierre “Zoutechamp” Neuville, Team PokerStars Pro. Six hours later, Petersen finally emerged the winner after both he and Neuville were all in pre-flop with A/5 vs. A/4, respectively. The K/J/6/3/5 board sent the hand to Petersen.

Petersen explained the ups and downs of the final session: “I felt pretty confident going into the heads up match but I’d like to think that I ran really bad in cards in the first couple of hours. I barely had a pair and I had ace-jack once and had to fold it. I was getting run over a little bit and then I made two stupid mistakes that I kind of regret which put a little doubt in my mind. Eventually I managed to grind it back, very slowly and steadily so that was really nice.”
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Online poker has already demonstrated its radical potential to flourish – not just in the United States, but globally – when it's been widely and readily available.

However, the inability of our country's policymakers to act in construing appropriate legislation has not only left professional and recreational poker players unsatisfied, it's starved our economy of millions and millions of dollars, and also created a literal haven for Ponzi schemes.

The federal government's stance has been historically restrictive, while, in reality, regulative policies would be far more effective for nearly everyone involved.

In other words, instead of adopting sensible regulative legislation in regards to online poker, most lawmakers have decided to focus on demonizing it, attempting to forbid American citizens from using the expansive capabilities of the Internet to gamble.

But one of the most common misconceptions about online poker is that it is illegal; quite conversely, it's completely legal, federally – if you're a player.

However, in 2006, legislators were able to embed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act into the totally irrelevant Safe Port Act, HR 4954, a bill aimed at doing just what it sounds like – regulating American port safety.

According to Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg from New Jersey, the bill was hurried so much in the final minutes before the election period recess that no one on the Senate-House Conference Committee had even seen the final language of the bill.

Additionally, this sloppy, baseless legislation only made it illegal for gambling websites to deal with banks in regards to illegal gambling transactions, and offered absolutely nothing in the way of potentially regulative policies.

The results were catastrophic.

While poker was exploding across America, many of the major online poker venues were able to remain open, despite UIGEA's implementation in 2006, but they also remained grossly unregulated.

This in turn led to multiple Ponzi schemes across the board for the major online poker sites, including a shocking discovery that Full Tilt Poker, perhaps the most recognizable of any of the online poker franchises, had taken out a whopping $444 million in distributions since its inception, despite the fact that its income had seen a sharp decline after the UIGEA.

The U.S. Justice Department also indicted executives at Full Tilt Poker and other major online poker venues on charges of illegal gambling, bank fraud and money laundering – crippling the existing online poker infrastructure.

But as I mentioned, it's still legal for players in the U.S. to partake in online gambling, as long as it is through an approved, licensed establishment.

The problem is, hardly any online poker venue has able to find their way around the hastily instilled legislation from 2006, and the ones that do simply don't have the software, user traffic or existing capital that the major franchises like Full Tilt and Poker Stars were dealing with at the peak of their existence.

For instance, researcher H2 Gambling Capital estimated that before the recent crackdown from the Justice Department, 1.7 million players were wagering nearly $15 billion per year online in the United States alone – an absolutely staggering statistic.

Obviously our policymakers have a lot on their plates right now, but quite honestly, I'm tired of that being used as an excuse.

No, lives don't depend on it, but adopting some stable, realistic regulative legislation in regards to online poker would create more taxable income, as well as new jobs in the information technology and securities field, an already rapidly growing American industry.

On top of that, it wouldn't hurt Congress to pass the legislation for the simple sake of doing something for the nation's social morale.

Too often, it seems, we hear about potential liberties and freedoms that will have to be sacrificed. Legislators' approval ratings aren't at dismal record lows by accident.

But if they can somehow finally and sensibly regulate online poker, Congress could begin to win back some of that lost faith from Americans, and even help themselves in the upcoming election.
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There is more to online poker than the cards in your virtual hands. After years of playing poker online, I realized that some factors to my success had nothing to do with my own cards. Here are five ways to improve your online poker game.

Money Management

It is important to understand your necessary buy-in and bankroll. Different games have different requirements. For example, no-limit holdem is more volatile than limit holdem. In no-limit holdem, there is no limit to the amount you can bet. So you can lose your entire stack in one hand. That's why you need a bigger buy-in and bankroll for no-limit holdem. My typical buy-in for no-limit holdem is 100 big blinds. My average bankroll is 20 buy-ins. That gave me a comfortable cushion for those wild bankroll swings. Good money management allows you to be profitable without the risk of going broke.

Table Selection

The easiest and best way to make money in poker is to play against bad players. Your goal should be to find those bad players so they can make mistakes against you. That's how you will make money. If you are not searching for the bad players, you may find yourself on a table with superior players. And they will be making money on you.

Pay Attention

Pay close attention to the players at your table. See how they play their hands. Observe all the hands, not just the ones you are in. You will pick up valuable information about these players, information that will help you play future hands against them.

Keep a Log

To know if you are a successful poker player, you need to measure your sessions over time. Keeping a log will help you do that. You should also know what a good win rate is. For example, at smaller stakes a win rate of eight big blinds per hour may be possible. But at high stakes, one big blind per hour may be realistic

Avoid Tilt

Don't let your emotions get the best of you in poker. Since there is luck involved, the better player doesn't always win. Letting a bad beat affect your play could be disastrous. Tilt can wipe out a month's worth of winnings in hours. Control your emotions and keep playing well. In the long run, good poker players can beat bad luck. However, tilt can cause a downward spiral from which there is no return.

These are five ways to improve your online poker game. They are things you can control and implement. Add them to your poker arsenal and become an even bigger winner.
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The massive Black Diamond Poker Open is in full swing and the best online tournament series keeps giving players reasons to get in on the action! Online poker players with any size bankroll can compete for their share of a prize pool that totals $750,000 with satellites that start at just $1.

If you're not familiar with the Black Diamond Poker Open, here's how it works. Bovada is offering two different levels of play: the Contender Series and the Championship Series. The Contender Series features over $100,000 in guaranteed online poker tournaments that have low to mid-rannge buy-ins, culminating in a $25,000 Guaranteed Main Event on Sunday, March 18.

If you've got a bit more in your bankroll, though, the Championship Series is perfect for you. It kicks off right after the Contender Series wraps up and features tournaments with mid-to-high buy-ins starting on March 19th. Like the Contender series, the Championship Series is all leading up to a main event, but this one is massive: it's a $250,000 Guaranteed Tournament on Sunday, April 1st where the winner gets at least $50,000 along with a Championship Watch worth $5,000.

Satellite tournaments for the Contender Series and the Championship Series are underway as we speak! Satellites start from $1 and players have over 2000 chances to qualify for the Contender and Championship Series with the array of events on the schedule. If you don't qualify for the main events using the normal schedule, Bovada's also going to be holding Super Saturday Satellite Days the day before each Main Event. On Saturday, March 17th you can qualify for the Contender Main Event and on Saturday, March 31st, players can win their way into the Championship Main Event.

Want to get started? Visit Bovada's Black Diamond Poker Open page and get more details! In addition to the Black Diamond Poker Open, players can also get a bonus of up to $1,000 with their first deposit while enjoying the best player support in the business!
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Manne wrote:

There is more to online poker than the cards in your virtual hands. After years of playing poker online, I realized that some factors to my success had nothing to do with my own cards. Here are five ways to improve your online poker game.

Money Management

It is important to understand your necessary buy-in and bankroll. Different games have different requirements. For example, no-limit holdem is more volatile than limit holdem. In no-limit holdem, there is no limit to the amount you can bet. So you can lose your entire stack in one hand. That's why you need a bigger buy-in and bankroll for no-limit holdem. My typical buy-in for no-limit holdem is 100 big blinds. My average bankroll is 20 buy-ins. That gave me a comfortable cushion for those wild bankroll swings. Good money management allows you to be profitable without the risk of going broke.

Table Selection

The easiest and best way to make money in poker is to play against bad players. Your goal should be to find those bad players so they can make mistakes against you. That's how you will make money. If you are not searching for the bad players, you may find yourself on a table with superior players. And they will be making money on you.

Pay Attention

Pay close attention to the players at your table. See how they play their hands. Observe all the hands, not just the ones you are in. You will pick up valuable information about these players, information that will help you play future hands against them.

Keep a Log

To know if you are a successful poker player, you need to measure your sessions over time. Keeping a log will help you do that. You should also know what a good win rate is. For example, at smaller stakes a win rate of eight big blinds per hour may be possible. But at high stakes, one big blind per hour may be realistic

Avoid Tilt

Don't let your emotions get the best of you in poker. Since there is luck involved, the better player doesn't always win. Letting a bad beat affect your play could be disastrous. Tilt can wipe out a month's worth of winnings in hours. Control your emotions and keep playing well. In the long run, good poker players can beat bad luck. However, tilt can cause a downward spiral from which there is no return.

These are five ways to improve your online poker game. They are things you can control and implement. Add them to your poker arsenal and become an even bigger winner.

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Manne wrote:

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Black Friday saw online poker websites PokerStars.com, FullTiltPoker.com, and
AbsolutePoker.com seized by the US Government, followed a month later by
other poker rooms, including TruePoker.com and DoylesRoom.com.

The new Bodog domain name can be found here at Bovada.lv.

Now the domain name Bodog.com has been added to the list, after it was seized by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday. Consequently, anyone trying to visit Bodog.com will see a seizure notice, complete with the DoJ and DHS logos.

Nevertheless, the Departments actions will have no affect on Bodog’s operations, as the company switched domains to Bodog.eu a while back in order to put itself out of the DoJ’s reach, while Bodog also changed its U.S. facing operation’s name to Bovada back in December.

Commenting on the latest US anti-online poker action, Bodog founder Calvin Ayre said:

“Not sure what to say. BodogBrand.com is a brand-licensing organisation based outside the US. The brand left the market last year and the domain in question has been dormant globally for longer than that. We are only currently doing brand licensing deals outside the US so this domain had no place in any of our current plans.”

This then begs the question why the US government choose to seize the Bodog.com domain name, with Bill Beatty of CalvinAyre.com suggesting a possible motive as revenge for Bodog.com introducing Bovada to the American market.

Another reason suggested by Beatty is scare tactics by the US Government, which may be trying to intimidate other online gambling sites, such as Sportsbook.com, BetOnline.com and Merge Gaming Network, which is believed to be owned by Sportsbook.com. Bill Beatty concludes his article in CalvinAyre.com, by stating:

“We have not received word on the other gambling companies still actively using .coms but we can assume Bodog.com won’t be the last domain taken in the US Government’s razing of the competition as it clears way for the large Nevada casino corporations to dominate under a proposed federal poker regulatory scheme.”
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California Sen. Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) and Sen. Roderick Wright (D-Inglewood) introduced a bill to allow intrastate online gambling, reported PokerNews.com. Despite previous failed attempts to get approval for online poker in California, the Department of Justice’s recently updated opinion on online gaming may increase the bill’s likelihood of success.

If passed, the Internet Gambling Consumer Protection and Public-Private Partnership Act of 2012, also known as SB 1463, would only allow poker for the first two years of regulation, reported OnlinePokerNews.org. Eligible operators could apply for a 10-year license. Those approved would pay a mandatory $30 million licensing fee, credited against gross gaming revenue proceeds for the first three years of operation.

The department would potentially phase in other games allowed under the California Constitution and the Penal Code after the first two years.

The move is an effort to pump more money—prospectively $200 million in the fiscal year 2012-2013—into state coffers for public services that have suffered as a result of California’s budget crisis.

Nevada has already legalized intrastate online poker, and the neighboring state is close to licensing it.

But California Governor Jerry Brown is skeptical online gaming could boost the state’s ailing economy, reported OnlinePokerNews.org.

Also hindering the bill’s passage: the California tribal casino community remains divided on Internet gaming. California tribes funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to the state annually, in addition to making significant donations to lobbyists, thus potentially thwarting politicians’ motives to move forward with online gaming.
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The Dutch supreme court has ordered international online gambling operators, including online poker sites, to install software which blocks access to citizens from Holland according to DutchNews.nl.

The ruling, which favours the Dutch Lotto over companies such as Ladbrokes and Betfair, says the onus is on online gaming companies to install software and not Dutch internet service providers to block foreign companies offering gambling services.

The ruling also indicated banks which continue to process payments for foreign operators could face prosecution.

In 2011 Dutch banks were asked to block payments to these sites ahead of proposed online gaming regulation which for now appears to have stalled.
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ONLINE POKER MEASURE DROPPED FROM TAX-BILL TALKS

An effort by Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) to attach an online-poker bill to a “must pass” payroll-tax bill under discussion in late February failed, leaving any such legislation less likely for 2012. The tax bill, briefly eyed by Reid, was designed to extend unemployment benefits and tax cuts. Despite its controversial nature, the bill was eyed by some as an omnibus measure to which some special-interest measures could be attached. The short-circuited move mirrored Congress’s 2006 passage of the UIGEA, which sailed through without opposition after being added to a needed port-security measure.

EVERLEAF DEPARTS US MARKET

The ranks of US-facing online-poker networks lost another player in February when the smallist Everleaf Network pulled out of France, Malta, and the US, following the seizure of accounts held by a Liechtenstein-based payment processor. Everleaf’s tiny skins included such sites as Everleaf Poker, Poker4Ever, LuvinPoker and dozens of others. A former Everleaf skin called Victory Poker, which featured a handful of prominent players including Antonio Esfandiari and Andrew Robl, previously folded after a planned move to the Cereus Network collapsed amid the “Black Friday” fallout.

JEWELL RETURNS TO WSOPC WINNER’S CIRCLE

The second ring’s as sweet as the first; just ask Kentucky’s Matt Jewell, who claimed custom Jewellry for the second time in winning the WSOP Circuit Tunica main event. Jewell’s short jaunt south to Mississippi proved a profitable trip when he won a race against runner-up Chris Thompson’s pocket pair to seal the $192,984 first prize. Thompson fell just short, but banked $119,415 for second, while Dan Blakeman’s thirdplace run was worth $87,586 in earnings.

DUHAMEL’S WSOP BRACELET RECOVERED

A French poker site, PrincePoker.com, reports the recovery of Jonathan Duhamel’s 2012 WSOP main event bracelet, though in a damaged state. The bauble was found by a street sweeper cleaning Montreal’s Villa- Marie Tunnel after an attempt to scrape Duhamel’s name and other engravings had seemingly been abandoned. Four people, including Duhamel’s ex-girlfriend, have been indicted for the home-invasion robbery in which the bracelet and other valuables and cash were taken. No word on whether Duhamel plans to have his mangled bracelet restored.

INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE RECONVENES ONLINE-GAMBLING DEBATE

The pros and cons of federal versus state regulation of online gaming were up for discussion as the US Senate’s Committee on Indian Affairs resumed talks. As before, no official measures were reached. Hard-line tribal proponents condemned intrastate efforts, such as Nevadas, as an attempt to steal protected tribal revenues, while other interests pushed for a solution that would offer revenue streams to all interested parties. A third Indian Affairs Committee meeting on the topic remains to be scheduled.

SOMERVILLE OUTS SELF AS FIRST GAY MALE PRO

Young poker star, Jason Somerville celebrated Valentine’s Day in a unique fashion by choosing to post a lengthy, heartfelt, and personal blog, declaring himself as poker’s first “out” male poker player. While the stigma against homosexuality remains ingrained in Western athletic and competitive-pastime cultures, Somerville’s courageous statement was widely praised among his peers, and in the poker media at large. Somerville joins female player Vanessa Selbst as the only pros who have announced their alternative lifestyles.

CAESARS SECOND TIME AROUND IN IPO

Caesars Entertainment, Inc., parent company of the World Series of Poker, re-entered the world of publicly traded stocks after its recent IPO in which just over two million shares were offered for sale. Though the share price quickly jumped from $9 to $14, the shares represent only about 1 percent of the outstanding stock of the company, which was taken private in a 2005 leveraged buyout by Apollo Global Management and Texas Pacific Group.

Veteran poker-industry writer/editor Haley Hintze is the author of an upcoming book on the Absolute Poker and UltimateBet
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Every week, Bovada hosts thousands of online poker tournaments, ranging from single table events to their massive $100,000 guaranteed events There's really no way we can cover all of them, but we do want to make sure you keep up with who won the biggest of the big games so you know how hot the action is there.

So, who took the top spot in this past Sunday's $100,000 guaranteed online poker tournament? Ivonne R took first place this week, earning $22,405.50 for their victory. They were followed by Volodymyr A ($14,937.00) and David B, who rounded out the top trifecta while pocketing $11,375.10. Here are the rest of the final table results: Robert V ($8,330.25); Michael S ($5,974.80); Adam L ($4,481.10); Tim G ($3,332.10); Allison G ($2240.55) and Eric P ($1493.70).

In addition to show-stopping Sunday events, Bovada hosts a series of regularly-scheduled big-money online poker tournaments for players, and here are the winners for last week!

• February 20 — $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: Hamilton R
• February 21 — $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: Scott K
• February 22 — $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: Thomas H
• February 23 — $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: Charles P
• February 24 — $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: Scott M
• February 25 — $10k Guaranteed Turbo Double-Stack: Kenneth S
• February 26 — $15k Guaranteed Turbo Double-Stack: Sean L
• February 26 — $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: Albert W
• February 26 — $10k Guaranteed Double-Stack: Joseph M

Bovada's guaranteed tournaments mean that there's always a big cash pool and with more players getting in on the action every week, that means there's more to be won! Play poker online at Bovada and get your share today!
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