On Wednesday afternoon, the House Financial Services Committee passed HR 2267 — the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act — by a wide margin, which is the first step to the regulation of online gambling in the United States.

Now, some of you may be wondering,… READ MORE

The United State Congress will vote Tuesday on the Internet Gambling, Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, which would secure your rights to play online poker.

Passing this bill is the first step to undoing the Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act that prevents banks from… READ MORE

Sometimes it’s difficult to track down online tournament players from Minnesota, so apologies for the belated “props,” but 24-year old Patrick Mahoney, ‘pmahoney22′ from Winona, MN finished sixth place in the $109 buy-in SCOOP Main Event ‘L’ on PokerStars last month.

The final table finished earned… READ MORE

June 1st, 2010 was expected to be a doomsday of sorts for online poker players. This is, after all, the day for all banks to legally comply with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).

Well, don’t expect a doomsday, according to the Poker Player’s Alliance,… READ MORE

So far in 2010, more than $5 million has been spent on online gambling lobbying, which is interesting considering the UIGEA is set to officially kick in on June 1.

Topping that list, according to a recent report (thanks to Pokerati for organizing this into a… READ MORE

‘DAG55555′ from St. Cloud, Minnesota finished ninth in the $150,000 guaranteed PokerStars SCOOP event #14-M, limit Omaha eight or better event on Friday night.

The $530 buy-in event drew 429 players. ‘DAG’ earned $3,560 for his efforts, with ‘DaMurdera3′ winning the event for $36,892.

For full… READ MORE

Eric ‘AceQuad’ Brix and David ‘dcoop4506′ Cooper continued the recent success of Minnesotans in big online tournament series.

On Friday night, Cooper took home $48,736 for his third-place finish in the PokerStars SCOOP-M event #12.

For a recap, check out David Aydt’s PokerStars blog.

Brix, who… READ MORE

“JohnnyGstaks,” a 27-year-old from St. Paul, MN, according to PocketFives.com, has been tearing it up online over the last six months, specifically on Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet.

Since last September, “JohnnyGstaks” has 15 cashes of at least $5,000, including victories in the Ultimate Bet $75k… READ MORE

Lance “kingpin023″ Harris, from Apple Valley, MN, finished sixth-place in Saturday night’s FTOPs event #5 — a $100 rebuy tournament with a field of 1,936 fighting for a chunk of a $600,000 prize pool.

Harris, who won an FTOPs event in February for more than $330,000,… READ MORE

Alec “aabomb09″ Anderson added $14,714 to his bankroll and another headline to his resume by finishing ninth in the Full Tilt $1 million guaranteed tournament last Sunday.

Anderson, who won Canterbury’s State Poker Championship in April, 2009, has been ranked in the top 10 of PocketFives.com’s… READ MORE