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Etiquette is the name of the game whether it is at a casino, arena or a sports ground, and poker is no exception to the rule. Jena Phillips and Shaun Harris who were chosen to deal at the WSOP Main Event have a tale to tell having observed both the experienced and the amateur players. They declare that the amateurs are always willing to learn and are apologetic; it’s the professionals that do things that tend to put the others off! So do keep the following poker game rules of etiquette in mind the next time you are at a poker table!

The Bellagio is back in action with this year’s World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic. The casino in Las Vegas is expecting at least 400 participants to participate in this momentous event. This annual even brings in some of the biggest fields of poker because of its huge $15,000 buy ins and organizers believe that this event will be nothing less than last year’s.

A mobile gaming software company called Cecure Gaming, was recently bought by PokerStars. PokerStars wants to get in on the mobile gaming market. By acquiring Cecure, they now have their assets too, which include Aces Royal Casino.

The supreme leader in online poker, Full Tilt, have added two brand new attributes in their recent software update. These updates are assured to influence even those people who are less inclined towards gambling.

Although betting on the outcome of a poker tournament is forbidden under certain state gaming rules, it is still being done illegally, and if the chances to win on the final table of the WSOP were based entirely on the number of chips each player had in his possession, Phil Ivey would have been a long shot!

Luke Schwartz the controversial poker player was in the limelight again for the wrong reasons, when he was escorted off the premises at the Hilton Metro pole during Day 2 of the European Poker Tour (EPT). The outspoken poker online games star decided to treat himself to a sandwich and had no intention of paying for it, claiming it was his right as a VIP customer!

Poker Stars, the poker online giant, is living through its worst nightmare with a sudden dip in the number of players. Reports claim that there is at least a 9% decrease in the number of players and a seizure of $30 million by the government isn’t making things any better for the online poker company.

In a recent turn of events a man from Pennsylvania is reported to have gone to far extents to prove that poker does not fall under gambling law restrictions because it is a game based on skill and not chance. Lawrence Burns, a 65 year old resident of Pennsylvania was charged with 12 accounts of illegal gambling misdemeanors in 2007.

The kings of poker world entertainment are renewing their relations to continue to bring spectacular events to poker fans across the globe. World Series of Poker (WSOP) and ESPN are taking their contract all the way to the year 2017. The news of the two extending their contract has been the buzz of recent times. The joint venture began in 2003 since when WSOP has been airing on ESPN. Their present contract is to expire next year. The new one is stated to begin from 2011 and requires ESPN to pay a rights fee.

With the recent spell of a financial slump, Microgaming, on of the world’s largest online gaming software providers, is forced to liquidate their poker online skins. Two of Microgaming’s licenses dissolved around the time when state of Kentucky lost over 140 gambling domains that were associated with Microgaming. The company lost another 30 of its skins when yet two more of their software users BetonBet Poker and Eurolinx Poker closed down.