Online Poker News

Thoughts are being raised in the USA to legalise online poker and start to collect some taxes from the game. Legal online poker is fast becoming a reality. New Jersey may pass legislation by next week. Nevada has passed rules on how to regulate the websites already. California intends to take it up when the legislature reconvenes this year. More and more states are taking up the fight to get some much needed dollar taxes.

If poker players are willing to pay a fee and pay taxes on their winnings, to take part in a game or two of online poker, you will be hard pressed to find an elected official who will say no. In a time where education budget cuts and city services budget cuts are the focus of so many press conferences, finding willing tax payers is a jackpot for state and local governments. Legalising online poker is surely one way forward.

Online poker, which has been the mainstay of many internet gambling operators and has received a great deal of press since it was first introduced to players not that long ago. Online Poker is big money for many players, but it is a social event for many who enjoy the past time.  Many believe that the days of the poker professional sponsored by the big card rooms has run its course but there are many more who do not buy into this, although no doubt, recreational online poker player will dominate in the near future.

That being said it is interesting to see the actual amounts the poker professionals are earning from their winnings on top of the huge fees paid to them by their sponsoring operators. A pro poker player who recently had to come to a divorce settlement with his ex wife and it was revealed that many thousands of dollars was paid to the pro every month. The numbers seem staggering by any ordinary standard!

In the grand scheme of things Edoardo Alescio is a complete amateur, but he now has his name in lights alongside some of poker’s biggest names such as Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu and Gus Hansen as poker players who have taken down a prestigious WPT title. Two hundred and thirteen hopefuls started the event in Venice and then it came down to one, this young Italian is now the newly crowned World Poker Tour Venice Main Event Champion.

He started the day having no cashes in major live events, in fact we do not believe this may have been his first major lie event so his Return on Investment is now immense! At times throughout the tournament he made some quite questionable plays but he always did so with a big smile on his face and with a little celebratory dance, his earphones seemingly glued to the insides of his ears all day every day. Along with €175,000 in cash, he takes with him a replica of the Champions Cup, a solid silver card protector and a seat to the $25,500 WPT World Championship to be held in Las Vegas during 2012.

Victor Chandler Poker continues its Advent Calendar Christmas celebrations today with its Christmas Draw. The €1,000 freeroll starts at 7.30 p.m. Central European Time and registration opens 10 minutes prior to the start. The all-in-all-the-time format will see the top 10 players receive cash prizes within 48 hours of tournament completion. First place will receive €250 from the €1,000 prize pool, reducing to €25 for number 10.

The Chandler festive promotion has been a huge success so far this year and has given away Harrods Christmas hampers, cash prizes via several freerolls, and free entries to a variety of guaranteed tournaments at the site including pot-limit Omaha.  Victor Chandler Poker is one of the UK and Europe’s biggest online poker rooms, and is powered by leading independent gaming company and bookmaker Victor Chandler.

Several online poker sites are gearing up for their Christmas promotions and there are sure to be some mouth watering offers out there at online casino rooms. Christmas time is the perfect time for online poker players to join sites with real money online poker games. Players new to online poker should check out the best deals for bonus deposits that can really help them out when they begin playing there.

You will not want to pass up the opportunity to take advantage of the chance to participate in those great Christmas promotions which will offer them both fun and chances to win money and other prizes. Christmas time can also be a lot of fun and top online casinos get into the spirit of Christmas and often can change the look of the site to bring the holiday spirit to the players. If you have not yet joined do so now and reap all of the benefits the holiday season brings to online poker.