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Poker News Digest 6/6/2009 – 6/9/2009
By Dab
Published: Tuesday, June 09, 2009
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- Late last week, Full Tilt Poker made a surprise rule change that likely made many more customers happy than upset. No longer will heads-up cash game players be allowed to sit and wait for competition at dozens of tables at once. Now, the maximum number of tables players are allowed to wait at is four, and none of them can be at the same stakes and game type. For instance, waiting for an opponent at a $10/$20 No-Limit Hold'em game and a $20/$40 No-Limit Hold'em game is permitted, but waiting at two $10/$20 No-Limit Hold'em games is not. The rule change stems from customer complaints that the same handful of regular players would hog the open tables. On the surface, this may not seem bad, but casual players often don't want to play against someone they know is a skilled veteran, but when the regulars are taking up every table, the choices become limited. Once a game starts, a player who had previously maxed out his tables-in-waiting can sit down and wait at another table.
- Earlier this month, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons signed into law a bill that would give judges the option to send convicted criminals to treatment for problem gambling instead of prison. This, of course, would only apply to people who commit crimes as a result of their gambling problem, such as someone who burglarizes a home to pay for a gambling debt. Domestic and child abusers will not considered for the treatment alternative. In the program, if a judge believes the criminal may have a gambling problem, he can order the criminal to be seen by a mental health professional. If that professional deems him to be a problem gambling, the judge can send him to treatment for one to three years. If the criminal obeys the rules set forth by the judge and is believed to have been treated, he will not have to serve time in prison. The judge can still order the person to perform community service.
- In America, churches are stereotypically associated with bingo nights. But what about synagogues? How about poker tournaments? On Sunday, Congregation B'nai Torah of Ormond Beach, Flordia, held the Inaugural Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza Poker Tournament at the Daytona Beach Kennel Club and Poker Room. Sponsored by the Venetian in Las Vegas, Best Buy, and Daytona International Speedway, amongst others, the tournament's goal was to raise money for the synagogue's charitable programs, which include a local food bank, an Alzeheimer's support center, and gift boxes for overseas troops. Rabbi Dave Kane said that members of the congregation came up with the idea because in today's rough economy, it has become harder to ask people to simply donate money. The NBA's Vince Carter participated in the event and also provided a sampling from the menu at his soon-to-be-open restaurant.
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