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