The interactive media & gaming association has announced that the US 3rd circuit court of appeals & the lawyers who representing the department of justice (US) is set to consider the challenge to the unlawful online casino gambling enforcement act 2006

The court has submitted a letter to the both parties regarding the matter and has listed on the merits, 06th July 2009 in Philadelphia, PA.

Though the e oral arguments on the particular subject have been scheduled to April 2009, the court has to wait till two parties submit their supplements on the particular date in order to make the decision.

Also the letter submitted by the court has clearly stated that the chances of keeping and oral arguments or go according to the supplementary of the parties will be decide by the court and the procedure will be advised to both parties and the scheduled date for the selected argument. So these parties have to collect points according to the two methods and the panel has the right to select the choice.

Also, the iMEGA has clearly pointed out that the judgment on the merits will remain to the court and the decision will be made according to the evidence presented by the two parties and the laws which are apply for the particular evidences.

So the two parties are required to submit their documentaries and evidence before the deadline and it will make it easy to make the decision, also makes you easy to avoid unnecessary disputes. Also they must keep in mind that the final decision is given based on these merits.

The second of two starting days in the seventh annual World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship played out on Sunday. When the smoke cleared, just 337 players had entered, a drop of 38% from last year’s tally of 545.

Attendance at the WPT’s Foxwoods tournament, which took place earlier this month, was also down significantly. During this year’s running of the Connecticut tournament, 259 players turned out, representing a 25% slide from Season VI. In the end, Vadim Trincher stole the show, capturing the WPT title along with a $731,000 payday. Now, he leads the WPT Championship field 2,500 miles west at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. In fact, he is the only player with over 300,000 chips, leading the 301 remaining runners. Trincher’s opposition at Table 54 today includes online poker pros Phil “USCphildo” Collins and Brent “bhanks11” Hanks as well as Carlos Mortensen.

Here are the top ten chip stacks entering Day 2, which plays out on Monday:
1. Vadim Trincher - 309,725
2. Johnny Chan - 291,675
3. Burt Boutin - 281,000
4. Shaun Deeb - 269,900
5. Danny Fuhs - 254,200
6. Brian Powell - 254,075
7. Ryhnie Campbell - 239,600
8. Steve Billirakis - 232,450
9. Justin Young - 231,425
10. Bruno Fitoussi - 230,650

Full Tilt Poker pro Allen Cunningham suffered a loss in a 172,000 chip pot late in the day, sending his stack diving to just 22,000. The pot was 72,000 on a board of K-4-3-3-9 with three spades. Cunningham checked, Francois Safieddine led out for 50,000, and the five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder called only to see that he was beaten by the absolute nuts, pocket threes. Cunningham did not survive Day 1B as a result and will look to claim his sixth bracelet when the 2009 WSOP starts on May 27th.

Each winner of a WPT tournament during the season receives a buy-in to the Championship, which represents the final event of Season VII. This season’s champions who turned out for Day 1B on Sunday included Mike Watson (Bellagio Cup), Glen Witmer (North American Poker Championship), Allen “AawwNutz” Carter (Southern Poker Championship), Freddy Deeb (Celebrity Invitational), and Steve Brecher, who took down the Bay 101 Shooting Star event last month in San Jose. All but Witmer survived Day 1B. Others who fell by the wayside on Sunday included WPT investor Lyle Berman, Clonie Gowen, and Team Ladbrokes pro Jon Kalmar.

Dan Heimiller, a WSOP bracelet holder who finished third in the Season VII Borgata Poker Open for $387,000, will hold the 34th largest stack when play resumes. He got off to a healthy start on Sunday by cracking former North American Poker Championship winner Scott “BigRiskky” Clements’ pocket aces with 6-7 of diamonds after flopping both flush and straight draws; the latter finally hit. The hand sent Heimiller to nearly 200,000 in chips, which is nearly the same amount as he’ll start Day 2 with. Clements, contrastingly, did not survive Day 1B.

Notable names remaining in the top 50 at the Bellagio include:
13. Matt “mattg1983” Graham - 222,775
16. J.C. Tran - 218,300
17. Shane “shaniac” Schlager - 215,150
18. David Benyamine - 211,975
19. Freddy Deeb - 210,425
20. Andy Bloch - 208,800
23. Mark Seif - 206,775
25. Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier - 206,275
31. Dan Heimiller - 188,350
36. David Singer - 176,075
39. Scott Montgomery - 170,000
45. Sam Farha - 163,475
49. Brandon Cantu - 157,600

Play kicks off today at Noon local time for Day 2. The tournament will crown a champion on Saturday; its victor will find their bankroll boosted by $2.1 million. Stay tuned to Poker News Daily for the latest from one of the world’s most prestigious live events.

Gus Hansen just can’t quit those Dang brothers.

The Great Dane has been having a terrible April and things got worse last night as he tussled with Hac “trex313″ Dang at high stakes heads-up PLO.

You might remember that just last week Hansen was embroiled in a heated battle with Hac’s brother Di “Urindanger” Dang at the same stakes with the same result.

Last night Hansen and Hac played several pots that totaled over $200,000.

The pot of the evening came when Hac was dealt Js Ts 9d 8s while Hansen looked down to find Ac 7s 5s 3d. Hac bet pre-flop and Hansen flat-called.

The flop came 9s 4c 2h and trex313 C-bet. Hansen raised to $54,000 and Hac re-raised to $180,000. Hansen decided to call for the last of his $50,000 chips and the board finished with 2c and then the Ks to make Hac’s hand hold. The older Dang brother happily raked a $236,993 pot.

It was not a great session for Hansen, who despite being up nearly $3 million earlier this year, has donated most of it back to the high stakes sharks.

Meanwhile the rest of the high stakes players were rather quiet last night and the durrrr Challenge remains on an extended hiatus as Patrik Antonius is in Italy to play PokerStars.com EPT San Remo.

As always keep checking MarketPulse for all your high stakes updates or download the Full Tilt client and rail the action live.