What’s next for online poker in the U.S. after a key vote? And play the WSOP on Facebook. It’s all in today’s PTP Hit and Run.
If you live in the United States, but under a rock, you may not have heard about the good news for online poker in the U.S. A House committee passed the pill that would legalize and regulate online poker — story here. The next step would be a vote in the full House of Representatives, and it’s unclear when that may happen. Here’s a lookahead at the future of the bill in Congress and beyond.
In other big news for online poker, a couple of large companies, bwin and Party Gaming, are set to merge in 2011. The news is bigger for online gambling as a whole than online poker in particular. And Party has already been waiting for the day that the U.S. market becomes entirely open again. They withdrew in 2006 — story here about Party Gaming’s positioning to get back in.
If you’re interested in All Star Week at PokerStars, here’s an update. The Challengers are continuing to own Team PokerStars pros in a series of heads-up matches this week. Get the details here from PokerStars’ blog.
The World Series of Poker is trying to capitalize on the popularity of its brand with a Facebook application where you can play free online poker. Story here about the launch, and here’s the Facebook page.
Speaking of the WSOP, the first episode of the summer aired on Tuesday. It showed the action from the $50K Players Championship. Watch the first segment below, or head over to pokertube for the whole thing. If you don’t want to watch it, you can read Dr. Pauly’s entertaining recap over at Tao of Poker.
Bruce Buffer, the UFC announcer, can actually play some poker, apparently. After getting a poker room named after him at the Luxor in Las Vegas, he actually shipped a tournament this summer. He won $75K for taking down the Grand Slam of Poker at Hustler Casino in L.A. And while one poker room opened this summer in Vegas, another closed. The swanky Poker Lounge at Hard Rock is closing its doors, although some poker will still be played at the casino.
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