The news is good for poker players and poker companies in France. Recent developments has an approved bill proposed for making online poker legal in the country. In the wake of the approval some 1200 online poker companies are expected to apply for licenses to operate online poker rooms in the country. A few amendments have been added to the bill that will require poker players to close their accounts for six months before reopening in the new legal online poker system, and the revenues and profits will of course be subject to tax by the French government.
High Stakes Poker has lost one of their hosts. A. J. Benza, who along with Gabe Caplan provided commentary for the cash poker tournament that ran during each episode of High Stakes Poker, has been let go. Benza responded with a heartfelt plea on his blog to get his job back and showed anger at the poker show executives who fired him. No word on who the replacement poker host will be, although rumor is that it will be a female. Poker pro Vanessa Rousso’s name has come up in more than one poker forum.
Three WSOP final tables and two second-place finishes in a single year, more than $1 million in 2009 winnings, a nationally syndicated TV show with him as the star, and a photo in ESPN The Magazine with him wearing just his briefs.
On paper, it looks like 2009 has been quite a year for Daniel Negreanu. And while it’s hard to argue with his successes, those who follow “Kid Poker” know that it’s been a trying time for the superstar. Wit
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Annie Duke is continuing to live up to her role as a great promoter of poker and giving back to the community. On November 19, 2009 she will be hosting a charity poker tournament which all proceeds will go to the Decision Education Foundation.
The Celebrity Poker Tournament will take place during the L.A. Poker Open at the Commerce Casino. Some of the celebrities that will attend are Shannon Elizabeth, Scott Ian, and Joe Reitman. No celebrity poker tournament would be complete without a few of the top pro players, so Howard Lederer, Rafe Furst, Andy Bloch, and Dan Harrington will represent some of the best talent in poker.
This event is open to the public, so anyone willing to put up the $330 buy in can attend.
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| There’s an unspoken rule that a rite of passage of being a poker player involves serving time at The Vic |
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Even if you’ve never been there, if you’ve got the remotest interest in live poker, you’ll have heard of London’s Grosvenor Victoria Casino.
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| Most players prefer to gamble their tournament lives on a made hand, even if it’s only one pair, than go out on a failed draw |
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While no-limit hold’em has long been the tournament game of choice both for online players and in bricks-andmortar establishments, fixed-limit games still refuse to die out. In fact, they’re gaining in popularity.
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PokerStars is invading Ireland and Andy Black will be there to defend.PokerStars is putting its weight behind yet another international poker tournament with the start of a brand new tour.
The online giant will be sponsoring the Irish Poker Championship in a partnership with Eglinton Casino as part of the new PokerStars.com UK and Ireland Poker Tour.
The five-day festival will take place in Galway, Ireland at the Radisson Hotel from Dec.
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One of the nonexecutive directors of Party Gaming’s Board of Directors recently quit is role. The Board of Directors has achieved a balance between executive and nonexecutive members now that Emilio Gomez stepped down, according to the official statement of Gomez’s departure from Party Gaming. The news did not include a mention of a replacement for Gomez, which leads to speculation that Party Gaming’s Board of Directors wishes to maintain a parity. Party Gaming is in the midst of a deal with World Poker Tour Enterprises to purchase that company’s brand and assets.
One of the men who were responsible for Las Vegas becoming the gambling mecca of the world has passed away at the age of 67. Bob Stupak, the builder of the Stratospher and a poker and gambling legend, passed away after fighting a battle with leukemia. Stupak was taught poker by Puggy Pearson and used those skills to win a WSOP bracelet in 1989 in the $5,000 Deuce-to-Seven event. He also took a turn on the High Stakes Poker show and made the final table of the 2003 WPT L.A. Poker Classic
The man they call the Professor of Poker has made the final table of WSOPE Event Three. A member of online poker room Full Tilt Poker’s pro team, Howard “the Professor” Lederer showed he still has it when he sat down at the final table of the Pot Limit Omaha tournament as part of the World Series of Poker Europe, running now in London. Lederer is the only American at the table, the rest coming from various countries in Europe, appropriately. Only one more event remains in this year’s WSOPE.
