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The proposed California law that would be the first step toward allowing online poker rooms in California made it through its first committee, and its sponsor, Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, hopes to see it lead to a law that would give the residents of his state a place to play online poker regulated by a governmental party in the United States.

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Yesterday I met with Bryan Kendro, Senior Legislative Assistant to Congressman Jim Gerlach of Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District http://gerlach.house.gov/District/ . I was accompanied by Pete Segal, a PPA member and constituent of Gerlach’s. Congressman Gerlach was one of the “Nay” votes that lead to the defeat of the HR5767 amendment to the UIEGA. If you’re not familiar with this amendment and its purpose, click here.
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It’s getting easier to play poker for a good cause in Jackson.

A card room run by Charity Poker Solutions opens today at Hot Rods, 1715 W. Michigan Ave.

Charity Poker Solutions, owned by Patrick O’Dowd, Jason Fuller and Tomas Cobb, plans to host Texas hold ‘em tournaments four days a week on behalf of charities and nonprofit organizations.

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Put on your poker face and let the chips fall where they may.

There’s a new casino room opening in Bay City, and it’s all for a good cause.

Owners of the Big House Sports Bar, 510 E. Midland St., were busy this past weekend transforming their establishment into a Las Vegas-style gaming room – complete with 12 poker tables, two blackjack tables, a roulette table and a brand-new name.

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The 2008 World Series of Poker is officially the largest and richest in the event’s 39-year history. Tournament officials just released final figures for the 55-event, 47-day poker extravaganza held annually each summer in Las Vegas. Both total player entries (58,720) and payouts ($180,676,248) reached all-time highs, as did the number of countries and territories represented by the participants (118 different nationalities).

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American flags bobbed in the sea of sunglasses and green felt at the World Series of Poker’s main event Friday. Independence Day brought fans and players sporting their country’s colors, and a few mused on whether poker is a quintessentially American game.

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The State Doesn’t Even Have a Law Against ‘Gambling’ on the Books

Old and archaic can be used to describe most state laws pertaining to the game of poker in the United States, and Massachusetts is no different. Massachusetts is the second state to go under CardPlayer.com’s home-poker legal examination, and Patrick Fleming — New Hampshire attorney, poker rights advocate, state director of the Poker Players Alliance, and the frontman and lead organizer for the PPA’s litigation network — put it this way when opening the conversation about Massachusetts:

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It may not be Las Vegas, but Texas Hold’em fans can be high rollers right here in Lawrence every Wednesday and Sunday nights at The Pool Room, 925 Iowa St.

Lawrence-based entertainment company, Poker Pub Inc., hosts no limit Texas Hold’Em tournaments at local bars around the region for anyone to play. With no entry fee and no pre-registration, anyone from those as experienced as two-time World Series of Poker Champion Doyle Brunson to someone who doesn’t know their “pocket rockets” can sit down to play at the same table.

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The House tonight approved legislation that would increase the size of some charitable and non-profit group bingo prizes and overhaul rules for Texas Hold’em Poker.

Both games are important sources of funding for non-profit groups.

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POTTERVILLE — Poker Aficionado, along with the Athena Room, is opening a new charitable gaming poker room a.k.a. Gizzard City Poker Room (GCPR) inside the Athena Room at 217 W. Main St., Potterville.

The GCPR can accommodate up to 120 players and is a non-smoking facility. Players will enjoy playing on the Vegas-style poker tables, and using high-end cards and chips. At each event, there will also be a 65-inch high definition satellite TV so that no other special events are missed.

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