Greg Raymer’s PokerStars Account Hacked

This should be a warning to everyone. Make sure that your account is as secure as possible. At least these hackers were morons. Whoever thought it would be a good idea to hack and dump on of the most railed players in the game doesn't deserve the small amount of space his brain takes up on this earth. What scares me is when the smart people start hacking accounts instead of just the idiots with a little computer knowledge.

Greg Raymer's Account Hacked

Poker Edge Review

While it's not your normal news post I thought people might be interested in checking out this review I did on a great program called Poker Edge.

Poker Edge Review

NETeller Case Postponed

Looks like we will have to wait a little bit longer for news about the neteller case.

http://www.igamingbusiness.com/article-detail.php?articleID=13119

Neteller Charges Dropped?

If the charges are really going to be dropped that is amazing news for the industry. It is really nice to have some good news for a change.

http://www.cappersmall.com/sportscenter/CM-Columns/online-gambling-uigea-repeal2268.html

Some Great News

UIGEA NEWS ALERT
The office of US Congressman Barney Frank, who is chairman of the House financial services committee, has confirmed that he is currently working on legislation to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
The news item appeared this afternoon on the Financial Times website and has been confirmed to eGaming Review by Frank’s press department. The details of how any repeal would take action have not been worked out and no timeframe was given.
Frank is quoted as describing last autumn’s Act as one of the “stupidest laws” ever passed and adds: “I am working on legislation to cut back on this internet gambling thing… I think it’s preposterous”.
While rumours of Barney Frank’s support for a repeal of the Act had been circulating around the egaming industry in the past few weeks, Frank himself had not confirmed or commented on them. Shares in PartyGaming, 888 and Sportingbet were all up this afternoon.
The FT says the mid-term Democratic victory in the US Congress brought some hope to the online gaming sector and John Conyers, chairman of the House judiciary committee, is also considered sympathetic to the industry.
But while Frank and Conyers are “powerful potential allies, it is far from clear that the lawmakers would have enough support to pass any meaningful legislation” because it is not clear “whether the votes would be there for a regulatory bill”.
The FT adds that the US treasury is currently drafting the rules to implement the Act but that the deadline for presenting them has been missed and is now expected in April or May.


http://www.egrmagazine.com/item/1669

Wall Street's poker gamble: All-in with WPT

Interesting article on the WPT stock. Poker is in a little bit of a dark time, so that might mean it's the perfect time to pick of some stocks.

Wall Street's poker gamble: All-in with WPT

Is Canada Next?

There are signs pointing to Canada following suit with anti gambling legislation. Some payment processors have closed down to the country without any real explanations. Here are some interesting opinions on the subject.

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/3/opinion-whats-happneing-friends-north.htm

If you are interested in becoming a better poker players you should really check out this video that my friend Jared did. It is one of the best poker videos I have seen yet.

Poker Video

EU Bolsters Rights of Online Poker and Gambling Sites

This is some great news hopefully the rest of the world will take notice and fall in line.

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/3/eu-court-ruling-strikes-blow.htm

D’Amato Never Folds

This was an excellent article that presents an unbiased view of the situation. Good to see something that is written about poker by someone who isn't ignorant on the situation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/05/technology/05poker.html?_r=2&th&emc=th&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Paul Wasicka Wins National Heads Up Championship

It's too bad this guy didn't win the WSOP ME. It looks like he can actually play and seems like he's a stand up guy, unlike Jamie Gold.

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_news/article/8435

Party Poker Pulls Out of France

F France.

"The climate in Scandinavia and the Netherlands is not good right now for online poker. And France is definitely not good. While PartyPoker considers limited advertising exposure in the aforementioned countries, they were forced to pull out of France entirely this past week.
Mitch Garber, CEO of PartyPoker, decided the regulatory environment in France right now is way too unstable.
French authorities have called a number of Garber's colleagues in for interviews about the legality of their marketing operations in France, most notably the spam-heavy 888.com."

http://www.gambling911.com/PartyPoker-France-030207.html

National Heads Up Championship Bracket Announced

This is always a fun tournament to watch, but there really are a lot of people who aren't very good at poker on that list. It would be nice if they put in some up and coming internet players in next year. Many of these people became poker celebs just because they happened to do well early in televised poker. I think a lot of the net players would make much better "stars" and actually be good at the game.

http://www.pokerwire.com/results.php?title=national-headsup-championship-brackets&uid=26545

2007 WSOP Pre-Registration Opens; Apparel Policy Liberalized

I'm pretty excited about the series this year. I got a taste playing in the main event this year, but I am pretty determined to place high in at least a few events this year. There will be no registration from poker sites accept US players, but this shouldn't be a huge deal. The sites can just give you the cash and you can reg yourself. Players can't wear .com logos from us accepted sites, but that's no surprise. If you wear a dot.net logo it has to be clearly visible. Nothing too surprising there. It will be interesting to see if attendance goes up or down, neither would surprise me:

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/3/2007-wsop-pre-registration-opens.htm