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Vin Narayanan Gaming Guru - Page 13  Top-10 Tweets Phil Hellmuth would have sent out upon winning his 12th WSOP bracelet13 June 2011
Phil Hellmuth — the poker player everyone has an opinion about — came oh-so-close to winning a record 12th World Series of Poker bracelet over the weekend, finishing second to John Juanda in the $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship. After holding a 3-1 chip advantage early in heads up play, Hellmuth saw ... (read more)
Top-10 other things to do in Las Vegas during the WSOP6 June 2011
With the World Series of Poker underway at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, many poker players are making a pilgrimage to Las Vegas to take a shot in the world's most famous poker series. Anyone who has been to the WSOP before knows that it can become an all-encompassing endeavor. Hours, days, even weeks ... (read more)
World Series of Poker to host $1 million buy-in event2 June 2011
The World Series of Poker announced in a news conference Thursday it will host a $1 million buy-in event in 2012. The No-Limit Hold'em tournament has 15 confirmed players, including poker pros Johnny Chan, Tom Dwan, Patrik Antonius, Gus Hansen, Daniel Negreanu and Tony G. Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin ... (read more)
Payment processor Quicktender suspends operations25 May 2011
QuickTender, a popular electronic wallet for online gaming affiliates, announced Wednesday it is halting operations. QuickTender announced the move on its website and e-mailed account holders about its decision. "With regret, the Quicktender service has been discontinued," QuickTender said on its website. ... (read more)
Top-10 storylines at GiGSE23 May 2011
The one thing everyone at last week's Global iGaming Summit & Expo in San Francisco agreed upon is licensed and regulated online gambling is coming to the United States soon. Nobody could agree on when it would happen or where it would happen (federal or state). But the consensus was it would happen in the next few years. ... (read more)
DOJ indicts more online gambling operators, seizes Doylesroom.com23 May 2011
Two businesses and three people were charged with money laundering and operating an illegal gambling business according to indictments unsealed today by U.S. Attorney Ron Rosenstein. As part of the indictment, ten domains were seized, including Doylesroom.com. A federal grand jury in Maryland returned the indictments on April 26. ... (read more)
Top-10 observations from the iGaming North America Conference9 May 2011
Last week, land-based and online gaming executives gathered together at the iGaming North America Conference in Las Vegas to discuss the state of the online gaming industry in the United States, when Americans could expect regulated online gaming and in what form that online gambling would take place. ... (read more)
Top-10 non-gambling activities to do in Vegas25 April 2011
One of the beautiful things about Las Vegas is there are plenty of thing to do for people who don't gamble. In fact, there are so many things to do, it was hard distilling this list down to just 10, so I cheated a little bit (you'll see where below). But I did restrict this list to things that happen in the ... (read more)
Top-10 things to watch for in the online poker industry18 April 2011
When the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment accusing the owners of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker of bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling on Friday, it sent shockwaves through the online poker world. After digesting the news over the ... (read more)
News analysis: DOJ has online poker figured out16 April 2011
Within the online gambling industry, one of the prevailing beliefs was that the U.S. Department of Justice couldn't keep up with payment processors. As fast the DOJ shut them down, new ones would spring up to replace them, and online poker rooms would continue to operate in the U.S. despite these "minor annoyances."
The FBI and the U.S. ... (read more)
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