Monthly Archives: March 2012
Second Annual WSOP National Championship
Last year, the World Series of Poker introduced the National Championship event, and due to its success, the event will be included in this year’s WSOP. The second annual National Championship qualifiers have been announced this week and include Tom “durrrr” Dwan, among other big name poker pros. The event will take place at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on July 6th. The top 100 players from the 2011-2012 WSOP Circuit will be invited to play in the event with no buy-in necessary and a guaranteed $1 million prize pool. In addition, the top 100 performers from the past two years in all WSOP sanctioned events will be eligible to buy-in for $10K, which will go straight to the prize pool to add to the already $1-million-deep pool. The complete list of qualifiers is below and contains 17 Main Event winners, 17 casino champions, and 66… Read More »
USA & Canadian Real Money Texas Hold’em
Online poker for real money has flourished in Canada over the last decade. Some of the most popular players in the world hail originally from Canada. Although many of them have migrated to the poker mecca of Las Vegas, seeing the likes of Daniel Negreanu, Gavin Smith, Kara Scott and Evelyn Ng on poker TV shows representing their country proudly has helped develop a strong fan base for the online game. In 2010, French-Canadian Jonathan Duhamel won the Main Event of the World Series of Poker for $8.9 million sparking yet another spotlight on Canadian poker talent. Quietly over the last decade, a younger generation of promising poker players has grown up and is achieving tremendous poker success. Canadian poker players like Mike McDonald, Shawn Buchanan, Cory Carroll, Glen Chorny, Owen Crowe, Sorel Mizzi and Mike Watson are winning tournaments around the world. Their success has inspired countless others to… Read More »
Free Online Texas Hold’em Poker Against Friends
So you’ve caught the poker bug! The game that takes a minute to learn but a lifetime to master is your new passion. Great. It’s a fantastic card game that continues to challenge you no matter whether you play for fun or thousands of dollars. You can’t get enough, can you? Unfortunately for various reasons it’s not convenient for you to play live poker. Maybe you don’t feel like the long drive to the nearest casino or local card room. Maybe the live game options are too limited or you don’t like the environment (e.g. smoke, drinking, and the crowd). What you really want is to play online poker with friends from the comfort of your own home as your schedule allows. Thankfully, there are many options to play texas holdem against friends and get your online poker fix. Social media, mobile apps, and websites offer a range of online… Read More »
Ayre Speaks Out on Indictment
On Monday, Bodog.com, the dormant domain that once serviced US online poker players, was seized by the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice. Shortly thereafter, Bodog founder, Calvin Ayre, along with three other Bodog executives, was indicted out of Maryland on illegal gambling and money laundering charges between June 2005 and January of this year. If found guilty, Ayre, who is from Canada, faces up to 25 years in prison. The other three individuals named in the indictments are David Ferguson, Derrick Maloney, and James Philip. US District Attorney from Maryland, Rod J. Rosenstein, said, “Sports betting is illegal in Maryland, and federal law prohibits bookmakers from flouting that law simply because they are located outside the country.” He continued, “Many of the harms that underlie gambling prohibitions are exacerbated when the enterprises operate over the Internet without regulation.” According to the indictment, Bodog Entertainment Group, transferred… Read More »
