Groupe Bernard Tapie Agrees To Buy Full Tilt Poker

After having its licenses to operate revoked by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission just one day ago, Full Tilt Poker today announced it has signed an agreement with Groupe Bernard Tapie to acquire the site...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

30 Sep 2011

Online Poker's Future in Germany in Doubt

After more than a decade's worth of debate over the issue of online gambling in Germany, the future of online poker in the country has been cast into doubt this week as talk surfaced of...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

29 Sep 2011

Alderney Gambling Control Commission Revokes Full Tilt Poker's License

In a development that comes as little surprise in the wake of last week's action by the U.S. Department of Justice versus Full Tilt Poker, today the Alderney Gambling Control Commission announced that it has...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

29 Sep 2011

Hard to Explain: The Full Tilt Poker Fiasco

This week I found myself in the not-so-easy position of trying to explain to "non-poker" people what the heck had happened to land Full Tilt Poker on the front pages of websites like CNN, FoxNews,...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

23 Sep 2011

U.S. Dept. of Justice to Amend Black Friday Complaint, Alleges Full Tilt Poker a "Ponzi Scheme"

The poker world was rocked once again early Tuesday afternoon when news broke that the U.S. Department of Justice had filed a motion to amend its "Black Friday" civil complaint in order to add further...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

21 Sep 2011

Partouche Poker Tour Main Event Final Table Set, Trickett Leads

The Partouche Poker Tour Main Event has played down to its version of the November Nine, having reached its nine-handed final table Saturday night. When play resumes a couple of months from now in Cannes,...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

18 Sep 2011

Kanit Leads Final 18 at Partouche Poker Tour

Play is about to get underway for today's Day 5 at the Partouche Poker Tour's Main Event. Of the 579 players who started back on Tuesday in the €8,500 buy-in tournament, just 18 survived to...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

17 Sep 2011

The Question of "Poker Ethics"

It has been a rocky few weeks for poker, overall, with all sorts of off-the-felt battles and stories not exactly helping to present the game in the most favorable way. As Dusty Schmidt, author of...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

16 Sep 2011

Mike "Timex" McDonald Captures Epic Poker League Main Event #2

It took nearly 300 hands and over 12 hours (with breaks) before Canadian Mike McDonald finally emerged as the winner of the second Epic Poker League Main Event, topping a field of 97 to earn...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

10 Sep 2011

On the "Bubble"

Yesterday at the Epic Poker League's second Main Event they played down from 23 to a final table of eight, during the course of which period the tourney reached the money. (As it happened, they...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

9 Sep 2011

Steicke, Seidel Lead for Epic Poker Main Event #2 Final Table

The starting field of 97 for the Epic Poker League's second $20,000 buy-in Main Event has been whittled down to a final table of eight. David Steicke and Erik Seidel both lead the way with...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

9 Sep 2011

Soulier Tops Counts With 23 Left at Epic Poker League Main Event #2

After last month's inaugural Epic Poker League Main Event drew 137 entrants, just 97 entered the league's second $20,000 buy-in ME, and following two days of play the Frenchman Fabrice Soulier leads with 23 players...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

8 Sep 2011

Prospects for D.C. Online Poker Suddenly Dim

Less than a couple of weeks ago it looked as though the District of Columbia -- that small quadrant located in between Maryland and Virginia where reside 600,000 residents and the United States capital --...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

5 Sep 2011

Women in Poker Hall of Fame To Induct Gazes, Heintz, Caro

The Women in Poker Hall of Fame will be adding three new members tonight with the inductions of Kristy Gazes, Margie Heintz, and Phyllis Caro. Tonight's ceremony and dinner will take place in the Grand...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

2 Sep 2011

Martin Schleich Claims EPT Barcelona over Kostic, Katchalov

After five long days of play, Martin Schleich of Germany has bested a field of 811 to claim the Season 8 European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event title. Schleich survived a hard-fought, 14-hour final table...

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Short-Stacked Shamus

2 Sep 2011

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