Poker News: WPT New Hostess, PokerStars hits Five Billion, D?amato applauds Barney Frank

John Caldwell
WORLD POKER TOUR TAPS FOURTH HOSTESS IN FOUR SEASONS

Shana Hiatt made poker fans fall in love all over again as hostess for the World Poker Tour, hosting the popular show?s first three seasons. Now, for the third time in three seasons, the WPT has turned to another beautiful face to be its hostess. […]

Poker News: WPT New Hostess, PokerStars hits Five Billion, D?amato applauds Barney Frank

John Caldwell
WORLD POKER TOUR TAPS FOURTH HOSTESS IN FOUR SEASONS

Shana Hiatt made poker fans fall in love all over again as hostess for the World Poker Tour, hosting the popular show?s first three seasons. Now, for the third time in three seasons, the WPT has turned to another beautiful face to be its hostess. […]

Green Good as Gold at Commerce Casino

Green Good as Gold at Commerce Casino
Travis Green swept through a field of 180 other players to capture the main event at the Commerce Casino?s Heavenly Hold?em tournament series.

In the main event, the $2,500 + $90 no-limit hold?em tournament,Irvine, California?s Travis Green emerged victorious, winning $166,790 for first place. Finishing second was George Yutuc […]

Green Good as Gold at Commerce Casino

Green Good as Gold at Commerce Casino
Travis Green swept through a field of 180 other players to capture the main event at the Commerce Casino?s Heavenly Hold?em tournament series.

In the main event, the $2,500 + $90 no-limit hold?em tournament, Irvine, California?s Travis Green emerged victorious, winning $166,790 for first place. Finishing second was George […]

Extra Tips for Profit

Extra Tips for Profit
I can’t believe I’m writing my 102nd column for Poker Player. In the columns that preceded this I’ve passed along advice and tips from Mike Caro University of Poker intended to help you play better. We’ve discussed psychology and how to play your hands.

We’ve chatted about tells and about attitudes that prevent […]

Reno’s Poker Problem

Byron Liggett
Little more than twenty years ago, Interstate 80, one of this great nation’s east/west main veins, was tiedoff at Reno. It stopped on the outskirts of town and pick-up again on the other side.

Casino operators in “The Biggest Little City” were afraid that if they allowed West I-80 and East I-80 to be joined, […]

Extra Tips for Profit

Extra Tips for Profit
I can’t believe I’m writing my 102nd column for Poker Player. In the columns that preceded this I’ve passed along advice and tips from Mike Caro University of Poker intended to help you play better. We’ve discussed psychology and how to play your hands.

We’ve chatted about tells and about attitudes that prevent […]

Reno’s Poker Problem

Byron Liggett
Little more than twenty years ago, Interstate 80, one of this great nation’s east/west main veins, was tiedoff at Reno. It stopped on the outskirts of town and pick-up again on the other side.

Casino operators in “The Biggest Little City” were afraid that if they allowedWest I-80 and East I-80 to be joined, nobody […]

Poker Industry Player Profile: Jeffrey Pollock - WSOP Commissioner

Jeffrey Pollock World Series of Poker Commissioner at the 2006 WSOP
Jeffrey Pollack knew a thing or two about marketing major league sports when Harrah’s Entertainment asked him if to try his hand at running the company’s newly acquired poker tournament.

The tournament in question was a legend-in-its-own-time thing known as the World Series of Poker. […]

Is It Legal To Bar Foreign Online Poker?

I. Nelson Rose
The latest decision from the World Trade Organization (”WTO”) shows that foreign licensed Internet poker operators are fighting back against the many governments, including the United States, which are threatening to arrest them. The WTO ruled that the U.S. has not taken any steps to comply with its prior decisions. It declared that […]