A new version of the AB 2863 was introduced in February 2016 which included boosting the horseracing with $60 million annually.
Being the largest populated US state with over 38 million citizens, California will be a true test to see how online poker can be a benefit to the economy of the state.
PokerStars is still being opposed by Californian Indian tribes for the bad actor clause despise the recent change in ownership to Amaya Gaming.
Under new ownership of Amaya Gaming the poker site was allowed back into the US regulated poker market and finally there is a launch date: March 21, 2016.
The PokerStarsNJ.com website have announce a massive $25K We Are In New Jersey Freeroll scheduled for March 27.
Former players of PokerStars that are based in New Jersey have until May 31, to re-register and resurrect their previously registered screen names.
Boudreau had the support from his family and poker friends who include: Peter Jetten, Gabe Patgorski and Mario Silvestri III.
In less than eighteen months Boudreau returns to the live poker tournament circuit and final tabled the first two tournaments he entered, proving he still has the skills dispute having physical and communication challenges.
The Kevin Boudreau story reached film director Ian Tuason who had been following his progress and thought his amazing comeback story would make a heart-warming documentary. Tuason contact 888poker to fund the project and they approved the funding of: Phwap’s Back: A Poker Comeback Story.
888poker went one step further and sponsored Boudreau’s buy-in to the 2015 WSOP Main Event, just two years after his tragic event.
She has been actively promoting poker for more than a decade as a poker player, TV presenter and journalist. Kara Scott has presented and commentated on several poker TV shows including: Poker Night Live, High Stakes Poker and World Series of Poker.
Her achievements as a poker player include: top 100 on the Canadian All-Time Money List and a total live career earnings of $643,880.
The merger makes perfect sense for the company from a business point of view making it easier to run as a single entity sharing the same games and promotions.
Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars will still be separate software downloads but they will share the same network, poker games, players and promos. Players signed up on both sites will benefit from the merging of the software. Full Tilt Poker recently dropped out of the list of top 10 poker sites in the World.
