On Tuesday, the internet gambling industry emerged victorious in a case involving the seizure and possible forfeiture of 141 of its most notable domain names. The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled in favor of online poker sites such as PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and UltimateBet, which could have potentially seen their websites inaccessible not only in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, but also around the world. One day later, the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet appealed the decision and the case may now head to the Kentucky Supreme Court. A Notice of Appeal was officially filed on Wednesday. The industry, while celebrating this victory, now awaits the next step in the legal process.

The 16 page appeal to the Kentucky Supreme Court pits Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Secretary J. Michael Brown and lower court Judge Thomas Wingate against the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA), the Interactive Gaming Council (IGC), and lawyers for several of the sites at risk. In October, Judge Wingate ruled that the State had jurisdiction to seize 141 of the world’s largest internet gambling domain names on the grounds that they were “gambling devices” similar to physical items such as slot machines and chips that you’d find in an underground casino. Judge Wingate scheduled a final forfeiture hearing, which prompted iMEGA and the IGC to act prior to an official appeal. The organizations officially filed a Writ of Prohibition, which was granted by the Kentucky Court of Appeals.

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If you're playing in a typical no-limit hold 'em tournament at your local casino, you don't have to worry about such peripheral things as cameras and boom mikes crowding the table.
But if you play in the World Series of Poker, those things can become a factor, and wily pros such as Kirk Morrison will try to exploit them.
In this hand from the 2008 WSOP $10,000-buy-in main event at Las Vegas' Rio Hotel, with blinds at $50-$100, Morrison found king-10 suited on the button. The player in Seat 7, who had beaten Morrison in several earlier hands, open-raised to $350. The cutoff called, as did Morrison.
"I'd call with anything in position," Morrison said. "I'd call with deuce-6 offsuit in position in this tournament."
The flop came queen-8-7, two hearts, giving Morrison the second-nut flush draw. Seat 7 bet out $650, the cutoff folded, and Morrison called.
The turn came the 9 of spades, giving Morrison an open-ended straight draw to the jack or the 6 to go with his flush draw. His opponent bet out $1,200.
"When he put out $1,200, I thought there was a good chance he might've flopped a set of queens or a set of 8s," Morrison said.
Morrison called. The river came the 4 of hearts, completing Morrison's flush. Seat 7 checked.
Morrison immediately said, "That's me," and he threw out a $5,000 chip.
"With this gentleman, if I take my time, he was capable of laying it down," Morrison said. "So, I had to throw it in quickly and look like I was steaming. If I slow down, I don't think I'm going to get a call.

"Plus, there was a boom mike hanging over the top, the cameras were there, and people don't want to be bluffed. I tried to take advantage of all those nuances that don't get written about in books."

The online poker player in Seat 7 said, "I don't think I can lay this hand down." He didn't. He called, then mucked his hand when he saw Morrison's flush.

"You have to decipher different people's mentality," Morrison said. "That kind of thing wouldn't have worked against 70 percent of the field. I wouldn't have gotten a call. He was the kind of guy who, when you have the cameras in there, he wouldn't want to have it shown that he was bluffed."

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