Financial
July 26th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunVladimir Putin isn’t the most popular world leader, especially in the United States where a recent Gallup poll found that Americans have a 60 percent unfavorable view on the Russian president. Putin has inserted his...
Players
July 6th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunThe World Series of Poker’s Main Event began on Sunday, but there was plenty of poker action in the Rio and elsewhere in Las Vegas before the biggest tournament of the year kicked off. This past weekend not only saw the last of...
Players
July 5th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunBen Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s relationship escalated while filming the 2003 superhero film “Daredevil,” a bit of foreshadowing perhaps that the now 42-year-old actor likes to take risks, especially when it...
Players
June 30th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunJonathan Duhamel survived one of the most challenging final tables of the 2015 World Series of Poker in order to win the 2015 High Roller for One Drop, earning the Montreal-based poker pro his second career bracelet and...
Players
June 28th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunChad Brown cashed over $3.6 million in live earnings and reached nine World Series of Poker final tables, but he was more widely known in the poker community for his good spirited nature and personality, even while he battled...
Legal
June 25th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunThe Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) was going to be introduced to the United States Senate: it was only a matter of time, and we have even known which senator would bring up the legislation for a while now. But on...
Players
June 24th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunThe father of WPT commentator and sometimes poker player, Vince Van Patten, sadly passed away on Tuesday night in California. Dick Van Patten was 86 when he died in a Santa Monica after complications with his diabetes; however,...
Financial
June 20th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunFrench online gambling became legalized in 2010, but since peaking in February of 2012, online poker has suffered a continued decline in cash game traffic over the last three years. Once occupying more than 5,700 seats on 30-day...
Players
June 18th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunJason Mercier was once associated with the hashtag #whenwillitend, a reference to the nearly endless tournament success he has seemed to enjoy throughout his young career. But at this year’s World Series of Poker, the same...
Casinos
June 16th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunGovernor Jerry Brown has come under fire this week for appointing Jim Evans, his outgoing chief deputy press secretary, to chairman of the California Gambling Control Commission (GCC). The 46-year-old has worked alongside Brown...
