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Switch Poker is a brand new poker room which got off to a flying start two weeks ago by being the ONLY poker room in the world to fully support iPad, iPhone, Android and most other browsers and mobile devices.. You can play on almost anything from poker on your phone to poker on linux, Apple Mac poker and all the other devices and systems which are poorly supported by the major poker rooms.

Poker Bot Scandal Rips PokerStars to the Core

Their slogan is "Find the Poker Star in you" but this week things have taken a much more disturbing turn on the World's largest poker site - It's more like "Find the Bot at your table." This is exactly what Poker Table Ratings the largest online collector of information about online poker hands played at the big sites found playing as high as the $200 buy in tables and winning big, big money.

By not having invested in the necessary resources to have already detected these bots or possibly having already detected them and chosen to take no action, Stars has failed once again.AKingdom (Adept 2+2 Poster)

So what's next? How many undetected bots are out there? What are the experts in the industry saying? Is it safe to continue to play?

French Poker Stars Strike Succeeds: More to Follow

Available in French (Courtesy of Google) Les joueurs de poker français arrêter de jouer pendant quatre heures sur PokerStars

French players gave hopes of a smooth transition to a new higher rake structure and segregated poker for French only players (regulated by the French Government) a blow this Sunday as they staged a 4 hour sit out (strike) at the tables on PokerStars (currently the World's largest online poker operator).

Many were frustrated that smaller rivals had absorbed part of the tax increase while they argue PokerStars had used the increased tax as and excuse to further increase rake in other areas. You can see photos of the strike in action as well as more commentary and discussion below.

Dusty "Leatherass" Schmidt: American Poker Hero

Leatherass who used to coach for the now defunct StoxPoker brand (now part of Cardrunners) and currently has his home on Drag the Bar and is a Team PokerStars Pro is one of the most successful grinders of the online poker game with millions in winnings. This unbelievable work ethic would be enough to declare him an American poker hero but it turns out there is a lot more to the man that makes him someone a lot of us can look up to.

Live Poker in Delaware! The Game We Love Continues to Spread

As table games have started to spread to the casinos across the East Coast of the United States the ability to play poker in multiple States was inevitable. As the online game is often felt to be getting tighter and tougher new and fantastically soft live games continue to spread from coast to coast!

Delaware Park became the state’s second casino to offer players a wide range of games that include poker, roulette, blackjack and craps, over and above the traditional slot games that were offered until now.
Roger S (Compatible Poker)

Shaun Deeb: Mocks Women and Plays Ladies Poker Event at World Series

There's a lot of ways you can describe the men who played the Ladies Event at the World Series of Poker this year. At best it was a foolish attempt to stand up for the idea that poker is an even playing field so a ladies event is not needed. At worst it was selfish, rude and outright pathetic. It all depends on whether you believe a serious message was intended by the get up Shaun Deeb busted out and shown right as he played the event.

Daniel makes some good points (below) and furthermore I'd like to know who these random men think they are to 'stand up for' these apparently unfortunate women who thought they were having a fun day's poker! Sorry ladies you were in fact being oppressed... or not if you ask me. Nice try guys. We also have a video interview with Deeb below.

Sunshine as Phil Laak Storms World Record Poker Session

Phil Laak is apparently on his way into the Guinness Book of World Records as he has played the longest poker session in history. 115 hours without sleep would be an impossible challenge in itself to most mortals but Laak, who appears surprisingly full of energy at the 80 hour mark was able to not only achieve this but deliver winning poker as he went.

I have to say I was a little bit worried... I didn't think it would be this positive and uplifting... he's superhuman
Jennifer Tilley (Laak's Partner)

Real Deal Poker - A Scam That Tells the Rigtards What they Want to Hear? or the Solution to Rigged Online Poker...

This is a contributed 'view' column and is not Poker News.

A lot of gamblers are paranoid. It's only human nature to think we ought to win at games. Especially when there's skill involved. We're more skilful than the rest right? Online Poker must be rigged if we're losing... right? surely? It's the rigged random number generator catching up with us again. If only there was some kind of Real Deal going on! Well that's the exact paranoia that Real Deal Poker appears to be targeting with their upcoming launch.

YouTube hosts this video which is a recording of their launch presentation. I've included it for completeness and fairness - you guys can of course make your own minds up about these things.