Gaming Today – One man’s life was changed forever last Saturday night as New Jersey’s first-ever Next Poker Millionaire was crowned in a momentous online tournament that culminated in a televised championship event played live at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City. Myroslaw Woroch (online screen name “onetime99”) had never won more than $7,000 playing poker until last weekend when he flopped a straight in the definitive hand against his heads-up opponent, Steven Edwards. “It was truly a surreal experience when I knew that I had him beat,” said Woroch. “When that final card came out my emotions…

Greek Reporter – The European Poker Tour was held in Deauville, France and Koutoupas ranked 1st, pocketing 614,000 euros. He had also ranked 2nd in last year’s Poker Tournament in Prague, winning 510,000 euros. “If someone believes that poker is only a game of chance, he is terribly wrong. Poker is a game requiring mental skills. Your opponents are usually very smart people and you should be able to fool them to win. I am a living example of how skilled you need to be in order to win. I have been trying since 2010 and until now I have…

Online Poker Report – Thanks to regulated online poker in Nevada and New Jersey, direct satellites to the biggest live tournament series in the world, the World Series of Poker, are once again available to online poker players in the United States via WSOP.com. WSOP.com is running multiple satellite tournaments in both Nevada and New Jersey, giving players several chances each week to win a seat into both the World Series of Poker Main Event (which is rumored to have a $10,000,000 first-place guarantee this year) as well as into a $1,500 buy-in WSOP bracelet tournament of your choosing. All…

Digital Journal – In April 2011, the FBI and the Department Of Justice changed on-line poker for good. Where do we stand nearly three years down the line? Poker has changed dramatically since the Black Friday domain seizures; true, there have been winners as well as losers, but some of those losers have literally disappeared. Among those that are no more are UltimateBet and its sister site Absolute Poker. The site where the stars come to play is now the site where the stars came to play. The collapse of Hollywood Poker does not appear to have been related to…

Card Player – Some lawmakers in Italy are considering a ban on gambling advertisements that appear on TV and radio, according to reports. The amendment to a government finance bill has already passed the Senate. The lawmaker behind the proposal is Riccardo Nencini. Those in favor of it cite gambling as being an addictive activity. Italy has a murky regulated online poker industry, one which has been on the decline. This past fall, a European court issued a preliminary ruling that Italy cannot legally block some gambling sites from accessing its 61 million person population. Critics for Italy’s practice reportedly…

Fox News – A group of seniors in Washington state is pushing back against the state Gambling Commission’s decision to shut down their nickel-and-dime card games at a local senior center due to local ban on card games with money. Seniors at the 650-member Snohomish Senior Center had been playing illegally since 2009, when the city council banned “social” card games, The (Everett) Herald reported. Unaware the ordinance applied to them, the seniors continued to play poker, bridge, pinochle and other games for cash. In December, the Gambling Commission shut down their game with a letter informing them the games…