Heritage Poker Tournament Articles

WSOP Circuit Event at Choctaw Jan 12-23

Admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:25:26 -0600

Choctaw is holding another WSOP Circuit event in January. Last year they had a ton of tournaments and were really busy. Here is the schedule:

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/schedules/schedule_848.pdf

Black Friday Tournament

Admin — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:39:26 -0500

Our annual Black Friday tournament will be held on Nov, 25, 2011 this year. This is always our biggest turnout of the year. RSVP early to secure your seat.

This tournament will start at 7pm instead of our usual 8pm.

Status of Online Poker

Admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:36:41 -0500

As you probably have heard by now you can no longer play online poker on Pokerstars or Full Tilt. Here is what is happening.

The Dept of Justice from NY, which has always said poker is illegal despite courts which told then it isn't filed charges against the poker sites for violating the law. They claim poker is illegal but that's just the side issue. Legal experts believe the DOJ can't prove this and it will be dismissed.

However when the law passed about banks being liable for processing gambling transactions most banks stopped dealing with online poker because it was a gray area. This made getting money in and out of the poker sites hard. Somewhere along the line Pokerstars and Full Tilt dealt with a middle man.

This guy worked with a bank in Utah which agreed to handle the flow of money in and out of the sites. The problem is that the bank broke the law by avoiding federal laws about reporting transactions. Then this middle man stole 100 million from the poker sites by skimming money from them. When this guy landed in the us one day Pokerstars and Full Tilt told the Feds he was here and that he stole money. He was arrested. He then flipped on the sites and told the Feds they were breaking banking laws working with this
Utah bank. So the big issue is that the online sites are charged with bank fraud and it appears there is a strong case for this.

The sites won't be back in the us until there is some sort of federal law legalizing online poker. This will probably be a couple years at least. Most people believe that any money still on the sites is safe. However it might be a while before you can withdraw because if the banking issues. It has been reported that player funds have been held in separate accounts by the major sites so the money is there right now.

You can probably expect people to flock back to casinos for live games. Higher limit games suffered a big decline due to online poker. With no other place to go all the online players will head to casinos to play live poker if they wish to play at all. The WSOP will probably take a hit this year for attendance. Estimates are that the Main Event which has had 9k people last year will have only 4-6k players.

This page has a lot of good solid information about what is going on right now:

http://jaredtendlerpoker.com/blog/some-solid-sources-about-blackfriday/

Player Milestone

Admin — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:42:23 -0500

We at Heritage Poker have just passed a milestone. We now have 400 players on our mailing list. We have come quite a ways from our roots. I hope everyone is enjoying the success we have as our local McKinney poker league.

Cash Game 3/5

Admin — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:53:38 -0600

We will have a cash game on March 5, 2011. The cash game will start at 8:30pm, however, you may come later if you wish and let me know.

We will have a $2/$5 No Limit Holdem Game if there is enough interest.

Parking

Admin — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:45:07 -0500

We seem to have some issues with a neighbor who doesn't like cars parked on the street. Because of this the McKinney police are going to be watching very carefully that cars are parked legally on the street from now on. Here is some of the things they will be looking for:

1. Do not block driveways.
2. Do not block mailboxes.
3. Do not block the fire hydrant.
4. Park in the direction of traffic only.
5. Do not park more than 18 inches away from the curb.

You must follow these rules at all times in the future or you risk being ticketed by the police.

August 2010 Monthly Tourney Results

Admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:10:57 -0500

Here is how the field ended up after the four tables of players weeded down:

1. Richard Posey
2. Patrick Lenihan
3. James Dien
4. Khoi Lang
5. Thao Dien
6. Byron Cox

$25 Rebuy Tournament

Admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:41:30 -0500

We are having a $25 Rebuy tournament on August 21, 2010. Rebuys are allowed until the first break (2 hours for rebuy period). There will be a $10 add-on if you are still in the tournament after the rebuy period.

July 2010 Rebuy Results

Admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:57:05 -0500

Congrats to our winners:

1. Mike Callahan
2. Dina Perez
3. Jody Wheeler
4. Jason Davis
5. Richard O'Neill
6. Khoi Lang

YAHOO EMAILS NOT GOING OUT/DELAYED

Admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:07:12 -0500

Just an FYI.

If you have an Yahoo email address I have just found out that Yahoo is delaying all emails from Heritage Poker. They are not accepting delivery or delaying emails. So you might be missing out on our emails and invites to tournaments. I have contacted them but they have not gotten back to me. No one else is blocking emails so if you use someone other than Yahoo you are fine.

I have checked and we are not listed in any known reliable spam lists or filters, so this is an isolated problem with Yahoo. Hopefully they will respond to me, however, if you do use Yahoo you might want to consider migrating to Google Mail (gmail) if you want to stay on our mailing list and receive emails in the near future.