Lea Bouwmeester of the Labour Party says that legalisation of online poker is not enough and says they will come with a complete online casino legalization proposal of their own. In the Netherlands, only Holland Casino may offer poker services over the Internet, but according to the Commission, online poker is  massively played by the Dutch, and not the site of Holland Casino. Because there are so many online poker offerings, the committee wants to grant a number of licenses to the largest online poker providers. According to the Commission already much of the Dutch poker players play on those sites, but it is unlicensed and un-taxed. The commission suggests it is better to regulate en license.

The proposal also asks for the possibility that ISP’s can block access to the illegal Internet poker online sites. The Labour Party will present a proposal for the complete legalization of online gambling in the Netherlands next month.

The winner of the 2010 EPT starts the festivities at the Leicester Square in London where more than 20,000 poker pros, amateurs, newbies, online poker players and tournament players are expected. During the fair sit n go tournaments will be held throughout the day, but also presentations by big poker names, stands with the latest poker merchandise and more. It is the fourth time the two-day poker event is being held. Liv Boeree is one of the most famous women in the world of online poker and poker tournaments, she has won in total more then 1.9 million pounds playing in poker tournaments.

In addition to being a professional poker online player, Liv Boeree is also a model, aTV presenter, she is not only beautiful but also smart as she graduated in astrophysics.

The German Ali Tekintamgac is the chip leader after day 1a chip, after he last month reached the final table of the IPT in Venice and earned profits in the WPT in Spain. 89 players have survived day 1a and will go to the 2nd day together with the online poker pro Luca Pagano Team PokerStars who is close on the heels of Ali. There are poker players from 41 different countries that participate in the  poker online tournament in Tallinn. The EPT is the richest and most famous poker tournament in Europe.

Last season, the prize pool was € 56,672,284 through the registration of more than 9,000 poker players. EPT in Tallinn will run until August 16 at the Swissôtel in the capital of Estonia.

The tournament runs until August 8 and hundreds of online poker players will flock to the tournament. The tournament has an unusual buy-in structure because players can enter on each of the 5 first days, but they can re-buy the next day when they are eliminated. The top 7 percent of poker players of every day will qualify for the final. In addition a 400 pounds poker event will be held on 7th and 8th August. Both events will count for the Asian Player of the Year rankings for best poker player.

Macau is a special region in China where different laws apply than in mainland China. The place is the new gambling Mecca and attracts gamblers and  poker online players from around the world, some call it the ‘Las Vegas of Asia’.

The collaboration comes just weeks after Everest Poker received a French poker license from the French gambling authority ARJEL. Besides the online poker operator, the sports betting site BetClic also got a sponsorship with the French soccer team. Both companies are part of casino gambling and sport betting group Mangas Gaming. The new away shirts of the French national team shirts were designed by Adidas Lifestyle in the colors crimson red and gold and carry the logo of Everest Poker. The home jerseys bear the logo of BetClic. Sandrine Mangia-Park, director of Everest poker in France said: “Everest Poker is a community which brings together all kinds of players, from amateurs to pros. By becoming a sponsor of Olympique Lyonnais, we want to associate the sport values of the poker online community with those of Lyon’s football team.

Pushed by our commitment to strengthen our link with players and to gain ground in our growing market, we are confident this partnership will be a true success thanks to the joy offered by our partners’ performance.”

He said in a Facebook message: “I was bored of the game, lacking motivation, did not need the money any more so saw no point in continuing. In case I return, it will be because I need an income again or because I am bored doing nothing.“  Eastgate said he had no immediate plans of what to do next. Eastgate has announced his decision via his blog with his online poker sponsor PokerStars, and said that he had to take care of himself. “When I started playing poker for a living, it was never my goal to spend the rest of my life as a professional poker player.

My goal was to become financially independent.” Eastgate said. Two years ago, Eastgate became the youngest player ever to become a WSOP champion. With that, Eastgate beat the record of Phil Helmut. Helmut won the main event of the WSOP in 1989 at the age of 24, he said that the decision of Eastgate goes against the typical decisions of young poker online players when they gain a lot of money and fame by winning a major poker tournament.

As usual, the tournament started with a $ 500 Casino Employee event, but Harrah’s has added a new section on day 1, a $ 50,000 Poker Player Championship. Because of the hefty buy-in and the 8-game format, the player field is limited to the poker elite, who say the predecessor of the event, the $ 50k HORSE tournament, was comparable to a Main Event strictly for professional players. 8-game is played with six players and includes 8 different poker games, players will compete for bracelets in the next one and a half month in the games Limit Hold ‘em, Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, Seven Card Razz, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8 or Better, No Limit Hold ‘em, Pot Limit Omaha and 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball . Poker pro Daniel Negreanu said: “The best of the best poker players will test their skills.”

The Main Event starts on July 3 and has a buy-in of $ 10,000 with thousands of participants, the game in the Main Event is exclusive No Limit Hold’em. Although Hold’em  poker online is by far the most popular in the gambling world, top poker players are accustomed to many different styles of poker.

Poker Pro Phil “Unabomber” Laak will attempt to break the endurance poker world record on June 2 in the Bellagio Poker Room in Las Vegas. The online poker player wants a place in the Guinness Book of World Records by breaking the poker endurance record by Paul Zimbler. The record attempt by the poker pros will take place in the Bellagio poker room on June 2 starting at 12 PM. The goal of Laak is to play for 80 hours consecutively poker, if he would succeed his record will top Zimbler’s record with 5 hours. Larry Olmsted was the first poker player to set the poker endurance record in 2004, by playing poker 72 hours straight at Foxwoods. In 2008 Dave Cain broke the record by playing 74 hours in a row. Paul Zimbler went on to break this record by one hour in September 2009, where he played heads-up against approximately 200 different players. The professional poker player commented on his record attempt: “I have played many endurance sessions of poker, but never anything of this magnitude. I know this will test my limits but I love a good challenge and am excited to be trying to beat this record in Vegas’ top poker room. “