Poker Articles

September 2007 - Posts

• Young Guns Look for Success in WSOP Europe

  
  

  On July 17, Jerry Yang defeated a field of 6,358 people to stake his place in poker glory, cashing for $8.25 million. Poker players from all walks of life and from all over the world made their way to Sin City to battle it out in the two week Main Event... Read More... Posted Sep 09 2007, 03:01 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Apestylin' Appreciated

  
  

  Apestylin’, apwnage, Ape Fu, there are many names for the display of poker talent Jon Van Fleet put on last month, but quite simply it was just astounding. Jon, better known to us as apestyles (pictured with pinksock), and his partner mig.com beat out... Read More... Posted Sep 09 2007, 07:46 AM by Lenny with No Comments

• PPA Membership Breaks 700,000

  
  

  At the beginning of the summer, the membership of the Poker Players Alliance sat at half a million. Not bad for the organization which, a year before, only numbered a tenth of that. Congress was winding down for the session and four bills dealing with... Read More... Posted Sep 07 2007, 03:15 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Jim McDermott’s H.R. 2607: A Closer Look

  
  

  When many outsiders examine the internet gambling situation, they always come back to one thing: money. Why doesn’t the United States Government just tax internet gambling revenues? Why put an effective ban on an industry that can be so lucrative? The... Read More... Posted Sep 06 2007, 06:21 PM by Dan with No Comments

• Rankings Update: McLEOD Enters Top 5 SCTrojans Enters Top 10

  
  

  Fresh off his victory in the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan two weeks ago, Andy McLEOD (pictured right) has moved into the PocketFives.com top 5 this week. The Aussie currently sits 8th on the PocketFives Pro Poll, and is second only to M8kingmoves in total... Read More... Posted Sep 05 2007, 06:44 PM by Tracy with No Comments

• Crown 'em All!

  
  

  What’s better on a hot summer day than sharing a six pack with your friends? Well that’s what bigdogpckt5s, Ship Happens, Basebaldy, AJKhoosier1, Bond18 and Apestyles can do this Labor Day weekend. The only thing is, they won’t be tossing back brewskies... Read More... Posted Sep 02 2007, 05:28 AM by Lenny with No Comments