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Phil Ivey back at the WSOP

June 11th, 2012

There’s plenty of news coming out of the World Series of Poker and some of it swirls around poker pro Phil Ivey. The problem Ivey faces is his association with the defunct poker site Full Tilt Poker. Now, plenty of poker players had some sort of association with Full Tilt. They had a massive number [...]

Does Zoom Poker mean PokerStars is looking into Full Tilt Poker

May 16th, 2012

There’s no question that Full Tilt Poker was first out the gate with a revolution in online poker with their Rush Poker system. This system allowed players to play more hands per hour and spend less time waiting for cards to be dealt. All without having to play multiple tables at one time. A good [...]

Full Tilt hiring online poker support people

April 5th, 2012

No, I’m not apply for one of the jobs, though working in Dublin does sound appealing. But many in the poker world are wondering what this news means for poker players and for Full Tilt. So, here’s the run down, the currently out of commission online poker room Full Tilt has placed ads in Dublin [...]

Online Poker Tutor updates for March

March 8th, 2012

It’s been a busy start to the year for online poker. Now, you’d have to search to find all the relevant stories on a major media site like www.cbsnews.com, so here on Poker Tutor I’m going to give you a quick rundown here. The big news that’s even made its way out of the online [...]

Tribal Gaming introduces intranet poker and an intranet casino

February 23rd, 2012

It’s being hailed by some in the media as an historic event and news is beginning to hit the major news networks like CNN. The Atlantis Internet Group just launched the first intranet poker room.  Now this is intranet not internet, so there’s a little difference in those terms. While the internet is what we [...]

Is Zynga Poker spying on players?

February 9th, 2012

This is hardly the same level of scandal that came about years ago when it was discovered that some members of the now nearly defunct UB.com poker room had super user access that let them view other players’ hole cards. But it seems a report has come out that Zynga spies on poker players. And [...]

Hawaii sneaks back into poker scene

January 26th, 2012

Ever since the DOJ reversed its stand on the Wire Act of 1961, states have been announcing their intentions to take advantage of online gambling in some form or another. It’s all been in the news and I’ve been following it on Google News. The most popular method seems to be online poker, which California [...]

Full Tilt players told “go to the cops”

January 12th, 2012

It looks like the Alderney Gambling Control Commission has decided to wipe their hands clean of the whole Full Tilt Poker situation. It’s not like I can blame them. Though on the other hand, I can’t say they’ve done much to resolve the Full Tilt situation other than meet the company’s request for private hearings [...]

Good news for poker players

December 29th, 2011

I’ve been following the developing news about the US gambling scene for the past couple of days and trying to figure out where this will lead us in the future. The news has been so big that it hit the Wall Street Journal. I still don’t have the answers but neither does anyone else. But [...]

Bodog Poker become Bovada Poker

December 15th, 2011

So, if you live in the US, like I do, you made an interesting discovery yesterday. Your Bodog Poker account was gone and you were now a member of Bovada Poker.  Now there’s more behind this than just a name change, so let me explain. I’ll also point out what I think was a bit [...]