Saturday Summary of Week in Poker News

This week was jam-packed with poker news, including updates on online gambling legislation, World Series of Poker issues, and stories on the Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament. Here's a summary of what happened.

Online Poker

PokerStars ran a Sunday Millions anniversary that upped the guarantee to $1.5 million and attracted 10,508 players, making the prize pool $2,101,600. It was possibly the largest real-money tournament field in history. Although a five-person deal was made at the final table, gambforlife emerged victorious after eliminating the other players while fighting for the $30,000 that must be set aside for first place, according Poker Stars chop rules.

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Poker Legislation and Hearings

A bill that would allow Florida cardrooms to hold multi-day poker tournaments is going through committees in both state house and senate. Cardrooms are currently prohibited from being open when an event is not taking place at the tracks or arenas.

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Democrat Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank is considering legislation that would repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

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Patrick Partouche, head of Groupe Partouche, France's largest casino chain, has been fined and given a 12-month suspended sentence for his involvement with an online poker site. Pacific Poker is also facing potential fines.

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The hearing for two former NETELLER board members that was scheduled for March 16 has been rescheduled by the judge and postponed until April 16. Stephen Lawrence and John Lefebvre are being charged with conspiring to transfer funds with the intent to promote illegal gambling.

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Tournaments

The first ever Wynn Classic $10,000 buy-in championship final table consisted of multiple pros: Chau Giang, Michael Mizrachi, Scott Fischman, Mike Matusow, and Ted Lawson, but it was one of the three unknowns who took down the $749,033 first place prize. Ted Lawson finished runner-up to Zachary Hyman.

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In his first major tournament, Thomas Jenson won the PartyPoker.net East vs. West Cup €100,000 freeroll at the Concord Card Casino in Vienna, Austria. David "Devilfish" Ulliott came in second and Tony G placed third.

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The regional finals for the second Poker in the Pub league have begun after three months of play. The West Midlands final took place in Birmingham, and a little over 100 players fought for the prizes and seats to the national final.

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Andreas Hoivold, a 35-year-old Norwegian, won the first-ever European Poker Tour Dortmund event for €672,000. The tournament took place at Casino Hohensyburg in Dortmund, Germany.

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Scott Carroll of Illinois defeated more than 500 players to win Absolute Poker's Absolute Dream Promotion, receiving $125,000 worth of prizes. The package includes a one-on-one tutorial with Michael Mizrachi and buy-ins to the following: World Series of Poker main event, five World Poker Tour events, and the Ultimate Poker Challenge's high-stakes cash game.

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World Series of Poker

Online poker websites are giving poker players a chance to satellite into the World Series of Poker main event for buy-ins as small as $1.

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In a recent conference call, the World Series of Poker representatives outlined several changes for the 2007 WSOP.

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Miscellaneous Poker News

Casinos in Las Vegas are using freerolls to reward their most frequent poker players. Those who log in enough hours, according to each tournament's stipulations, will get to compete for a prize pool that the casino provides.

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The Chicago chapter of the Women's Junior League attracted over 450 guests to its casino-themed festival to raise money for charity. The JLC raised more than $50,000.

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Tom Jacobs, an accomplished poker player and runner up in the 1992 World Series of Poker main event passed away.

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The Ladies Poker Association gave away a seat to the first tournament in the Ladies Professional Poker Tour. The LPPT and LPA are creating a ranking system for women. Their goal is to recognize women for their poker accomplishments.

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