Congressman Barney Frank, the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts’s 4th congressional district, vowed thursday to return donations made to his campaign fund by Full Tilt Poker and the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), a lobbying group that received much of it’s funding from Full Tilt. The announcement came a day after new money laundering charges were made […]
Uniformed security officers were posted outside of the Park Plaza Hotel conference room where the Alderney Gaming Control Commission (AGCC) is holding Full Tilt Poker’s hearing. After two days of testimony, neither the AGCC or Full Tilt’s attorney’s are saying anything other than news that the hearing was adjourned and a third day rescheduled. It […]
Here at Poker For Free, we reported several months ago that the future of Poker TV was uncertain after the events of Black Friday. We can now give you a little more insight into the way that the different types of poker programming have been affected, both inside and outside the US. Many poker shows […]
There are some nights in poker when you just cannot seem to get a good hand. Everyone else around the table appears to be cleaning up and yet you get poor hand after poor hand so it is maybe time to switch to Razz Poker. Razz Poker rewards the poorest hand on the table but […]
Who doesn’t know about the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) that has been hanging over the heads of tens – if not hundreds – of millions of U.S. citizens who love to play poker online. Effectively most of us were forced to play more or less illegaly, and the poker rooms that still accept […]
Party Poker has revived the poker lounge, that being The Poker Show with Jesse May television program the site brought back from the brink of extinction. And as part of the program’s return to the airwaves, Party Poker will be holding a series of online poker tournaments in celebration. This will mark the 4th season […]
The new Cake Poker 2.0 software for sites on the Cake Network that includes sites like Power Poker and Only Poker has now gone beta. That means players can now enjoy all the new features and benefits that come with the Cake Poker 2.0 upgrade, and participate in its improvement and perfecting. The new features […]
One of the world’s most popular poker sites, Party Poker, and its parent company, Party Gaming are finally openly considering a move back into the U.S. market. Party Poker left the U.S. market in 2006 after Congress’s passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Implementation and enforcement of that act, however, which makes […]
In case you live in the United States and love to play online poker, but you’re done with playing free poker, you probably already know that only a small amount of online poker rooms are still accepting players from US. This is happening due to the restrictions placed in 2006. These restrictions are also imposed […]
As the online poker loving citizenry of United States are currently awaiting on pins and needles the promised “new and improved” Congressional Poker Bill, said to be released and reviewed by Congress within the week, more countries are getting into the legal online poker game. PartyGaming Gets in the Game Early Two countries – Denmark […]