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Influential Casino Owner Does NOT Support Online Gaming—Chairman of the Las Vegas Sands and campaign contributor, Adelson may hold up the passing of a national law. Adelson is a fixture of the Las Vegas gaming community and unlike many of his colleagues he does not see the positives of legalized online gaming outweighing the negatives. [...]

Here are the highlights of this week in poker. Bellagion Bike Robber Arrested—Last month a man wearing a full face motorcycle helmet walked into the casino at the Bellagio in Vegas, went up to a craps table and demanded poker chips at gun point. He left the casino with approximately 1.5 million in chips. With [...]

Here are the highlights from this week in poker or at least what I found to be interesting. Harry Reid Pushes Poker Legislation Capitol Hill is buzzing this week as the online gaming legislation is pushed forward by house majority leader Harry Reid. Finally the issue has made it to main stream media and people [...]

Legislation and lame ducks. House leader Harry Reid is proposing the online poker legislation be address during the lame duck session or quiet season in congress. Politicians from across the aisle sent Reid a letter stating they would not support the bill as it seemed to take advantage of young gamers incapable of making informed [...]

Poker News.com was lucky enough to sit down with this year’s WSOP champion 23 year old Jonathan Duhamel from Canada. He explained to the reporter that he felt a lot of pressure during the four months between the July game and the November final table. Since the start of the November Nine Table, the chip [...]

Here’s are the latest big news stories in the world of poker: Nguyen Fan Tour Schedule :  Scotty Nguyen has begun a fan tour of the United States and continues to add stops to his schedule. His latest is the Prince of Poker event in Iowa and the HPT Championship in Michigan. Nguyen, holder of [...]

So we all know the 2010 WSOP in Vegas is pretty much over except for that final televised table in November. Here’s a little background on those final nine players. Filippo Candio: 25, Italy. Recent credits include his win at the 2009 Italian Pro Championship and past sponsorship from PokerStars.net. Considered a strong favorite by [...]

This is a recap for those of you out there who like tables and charts. When it comes to poker, it just makes pattern easy to spot. In this case, it make big winners easier to spot. Check out below for the winners of every event in the 2010 WSOP except for event 57, of [...]

And despite the final game the results of the 2010 WSOP are in and what a ride it has been. For those who like recap without too much drama here are the results of events 53 through 56. Event 53: $1,500 Limit Hold ‘Em Shootout tournament. . It didn’t take long to thin the herd [...]

Last week we discussed the events up to the 47th tournament. Now let’s recap the five following. There was a lot of action, a lot of plays and a few surprises. Event 48: This was the $2,500 Mixed Event. The game consisted of eight different styles of poker. There were a total of 453 entrants [...]