Barney Frank’s hearing postponed. Poker murderer facing extradition. Hot dog update.

Posted by Dave McCarthy | Filed under Bloggers Corner

Some recent updates in recurring stories:

Barney Frank’s hearing to discuss a rational approach to online gambling in the US has been postponed (and not yet rescheduled). The House Financial Services Committee, which Frank chairs, was set to debate HR 2266 and HR 2267 on April 16. The former bill would delay implementation of the UIGEA, and the latter would legalize and regulate online gambling in the United States. PokerNewsDaily has the full story.

A British poker player accused of killing his American wife has been approved by a district judge for extradition. Marcus Bebb-Jones allegedly killed his wife in Colorado in September 1997 and went to Las Vegas for a “playboy weekend” where he somehow managed to shoot himself in the head without causing life-threatening injuries. Then he moved back to England and became a poker pro. He was finally arrested in England last year and has been fighting extradition, arguing that he might face the death penalty in the US. He will be extradited to Colorado if the British Home Secretary signs off on the district judge’s decision.

In more lighthearted news, Hot Dog Harrison, a Canadian college student who prop bet his friend that he could eat 450 hot dogs in April (all live via webcam) is falling below ED (expected dogs, i.e. a winning pace). Heading into April 13′s dinner, he had only eaten 175. He would have needed to eat 20 by the end of the day to get back to neutral ED.