Doyle Brunson withdrew from online poker
Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson has officially announced that he was leaving the Doylesroom.com poker room. Probably following the accusations by the US Government against several online poker rooms.
Even if Doyle left the boat, the online poker room which continues to accept US players despite the prohibition for them to play, will continue to operate with the name and the image of the legend of poker which to date, has 10 World Series of Poker bracelets.
The pros of the room (David Sands and Amit Makhija, Chris Moorman, Doyle Brunson) no longer bear the logo of the room when they participate in big poker tournaments.
Daniel Negreanu is confident for the next WSOP
What is black friday will have an influence on the number of players present at the next World Series of Poker? This is at least what believes Daniel "KidPoker" Negreanu. According to him, it would be no surprise to see that 3200 players participating in the Main Event (compared to 7319 participants last year). Her goal for 2011? Nothing less than 2 final tables! To do this, he will participate to the maximum of tournaments that can be. We wish him good luck for its purpose!
PokerStars keeps Word
To date, PokerStars has already reimbursed for 100 M$ US players following the agreement between the site and the federal authorities. This agreement allows US players access to the site to withdraw their funds.
The ARJEL approves the Home Games
The PokerStars poker room who had obtained its license from the ARJEL, should get a new a stamp of approval following the amendment of its software that allowed players to create some Home Games (of parts houses between friends). Agency of regulating online games believes the features offered by Pokerstars will "against any provision laid down by law".
The formal decision follows this short:
Article 1 - the game software of circle online to offer "Home Games" presented by the company
REAL MALTA LIMITED in its application for approval folder registered under the number
0006 PO-HOM-002 is approved. The approval number assigned is 0006-PO-HOM-2011-
05-12.
Article 2 - The game offer "Home Games" is authorized provided that it is exclusively
reserved for players whose account was definitely validated by the operator.
Article 3 - This decision will be notified to the real MALTA LIMITED company and published on the site
Internet of the regulatory authority for online gaming.
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