Barney Frank’s Bill Wins Committee Vote

Barney Frank’s Payments System Protection Act has been voted through by the Financial Services Committee with 30 – 19 votes in favor of the bill. Great news for US players as this is a step forward for online poker to be legal, unless it is forbidden by state law like it is in Washington.

The bill was written to ensure that UIGEA regulations would not effect the bank systems or financial industry in the USA.

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PokerStars have added an extra £250,000 to the EPT London prize pool with a guaranteed £1,000,000 for first prize, which makes this event one of the biggest EPT events ever. There is a special high rollers event named PokerStars £1M Showdown, which guarantees £1,000,000 prize pool! Satellites are available for this Showdown.

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Both Absolute Poker and UltimateBet Poker have released reload bonuses valid for this weekend only September 20th – 21st, giving players added incentive to recharge their player account by redepositing funds at either UltimateBet Poker or Absolute Poker.

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Scotty Nguyen won the 2008 HORSE WSOP event in a drunken state, Doyle Brunson states that Nguyen is a “good friend” and there was no excuse for his behaviour except to say that the event winner had way too much to drink.

Although Scotty Nguyen was drunk, his victory in the 2008 HORSE WSOP won him $1,989,120 which was also his first win since 2001 when he received two bracelets. Doyle Brunson stated that the tournament director should have dealt with the situation with Scotty Nguyen’s behaviour much earlier.

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