The movement to bring intrastate online gambling to California recently took a giant leap forward, courtesy of State Senator Roderick Wright. With his introduction of a marked-up SB 1485 to the California legislature with the intention of moving it quickly through the voting process, Wright has ignored efforts to put an indefinite hold on the process by Indian tribes. The issue is now moving quickly toward a vote in a state that is financially strapped and in desperate need of the revenue that could be provided by intrastate gaming.
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It’s only a week into the WSOP, but 2010 is already shaping up to be another big year for the UK’s Hit Squad.
The Squad’s Praz Bansi won his second career WSOP bracelet, taking down the victory in the $1,500 No-Limit event Wednesday.
Following on the heels of an outstanding 2009 performance by the Hit Squad’s James Akenhead, the London-based faction of young players is making quite a splash on the poker scene.
“Praz, to me, is a young kid, but there’s a whole generation that’s come up behind him,” said noted UK pro Neil Channing.
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The last day to qualify for a trip to Ibiza at online poker room Betfair is today. The online poker room is holding an event as part of their Betfair Live series. Betfair Live will hit Ibiza in June for the fourth in the series of live tournaments hosted by the online poker room. The event will run at Casino Ibiza, Gran Hotel Ibiza from June 4 to 6 and is a $850 buy in tournament. Today at 9:30 p.m. is the last qualifier for this trip running at the online poker room.
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I walked into the poker room at 11:55am, just in time to hear Tournament Director Jack Effel welcome everyone to the start of the 2010 World Series of Poker. It was a nice welcome, with Effel telling the crowd that none of this – the poker, the casinos, the WSOP, would be possible without the players and the fans, which was of course very nice. He then revved the gathered crowd by getting everyone to yell the customary, “LET’S SHUFFLE UP AND DEAL!” It was fine, but I have to admit I expected a little more.
I believe I expected more because there are thousands of people that plan every bit of their life the rest of the year, so they can devote their full-time and attention during these six weeks. I didn’t expect a show like the start of the Winter or Summer Olympics, but I did expect a little more pizzazz.
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A new king has been crowned at the WPT Spanish Championship in Barcelona, Spain. Ali Tekintamgac is the big winner in the Spanish Championship. Nine players returned to duke it out for the championship prize of €315,000 + WPT Championship Seat 2011 + Tiffany bracelet. Ali Tekintamgac entered the final table as the chip leader with 1,522,000 in chips, and Triston Clemoncon was the low man on the totem pole with only 139,000 in chips to start the day.
Play started out at level 22 with blinds at 8,000/16,000 and 2,000 ante. Tekintamgac raised from early position with 9 9, and Manuel Cuberos Lopez Cozar moved all in with AQ. W
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Leading social networking site Facebook recently signed a five-year deal with online poker provider Zynga. Zynga will provide a number of games to Facebook including poker. Other games include Café World, Mafia Wars and Farm Ville. The particulars of the deal were not disclosed outside the length. Online poker is one of the more popular games played on Facebook, which has millions of users. No money is exchanged but rather players play for virtual chips and can earn chips via social networking efforts, like communicating with friends.
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Phil “The Unabomber” Laak will attempt to break the world record for the most hours of poker played in a single sitting during the 2010 World Series of Poker.
The UK’s Paul Zimbler is the current record holder, having played 74 hours, 20 minutes and 21 seconds straight inside London’s Casino at the Empire during the 2009 WSOP Europe.
Laak’s attempt will begin June 2 at the Bellagio poker room in Las Vegas.
“I have played many enduro sessions of poker, but never anything of this magnitude,” Laak said.
“I know this will test my limits, but I love a good challenge and am excited to be trying to beat this record in Vegas’ top poker room.”
Laak is regular on televised poker shows like Poker After Dark and High Stakes Poker, but is perhaps most recognized as the player with the beat-up hooded sweatshirt pulled over his head at the poker table and for his relationship with Hollywood actress turned poker pro Jennifer Tilly.
He is also well known for his animated personality, banter at the tables and participation in often bizarre prop bets with good friend Antonio Esfandiari.
The main event at the New Orleans stop on the World Series of Poker Circuit kicked off at Harrah’s New Orleans Monday.
The $5,000+$150 event saw 156 entries creating a total prize pool of $756,600.
Pros including T.J.
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Dane Theo Jorgensen added a World Poker Tour title to his resume with a win in Paris this weekend.
The 2008 World Series of Poker Europe bracelet winner moved into the chip lead at the WPT Grand Prix de Paris just as the final table was set and never really looked back.
“Wow, I’m on top of the world,” said Jorgensen. “It means so much to win a WPT title.”
He pushed past a final table that included former EPT Prague winner Arnaud Mattern, Swedes Per Linde and Jimmy Ostensson and four Frenchman to book the €633,902 win, bringing his career earnings up to $2.3 million.
Jorgensen lost the chip lead at one point during the final table before doubling through Antoine Amourette to take control again.
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