When the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act came into play in the United States, it was put into action by Rep. Jim Leach of Iowa, who soon was voted out of office. Many take this as a sign of displeasure by the poker playing public, and out of all the candidates running for the Republican nomination, Ron Paul is the most online gambling friendly…
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In Anchorage, Alaska there is a once-a-year winter celebration called Fur Rendezvous, and this year poker has been added to the mix of festivities. More than 200,000 people are expected to show in downtown Anchorage for the February events, partially for the $10k World Series of Poker main event seat prize package that will be up for grabs. This is the prize for the winner of the state Texas Holdem Championship Poker Tournament which will be held during Rondy, the nickname for the Fur Rendezvous…
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Poker is a game and a lifestyle that has permeated nearly every aspect of life, and the stage has joined those areas infected. Vices (An Ugly Comedy) is a stage play about four men and their nightly card games. This is a one act play by playwright Scott Tobin, from New York, and mull over the big questions in life, such as women, sex, work, middle age and poker…
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David “The Dragon” Pham has claimed his prize – Player of the Year, so named by Card Player Media. The Dragon grabbed this honor when he won the No Limit Holdem event at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic and more than $279,000. This put him over the top in points, and no one could catch him, making it just a matter of time before his victory was officially recognized and announced…
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In an open letter to the poker industry and fellow poker players online poker pro Josh Field apologizes. Field, better known by his online handle of “JJProdigy”, has supposedly earned hundreds of thousands of dollars in the last few years playing online poker, and has been involved in a number of scandals in the industry. Field has just recently turned 18 - and his apology is mostly about his handling of these situations, which he blames on his immaturity over the years…
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If you are a Red Wings fan you might have missed a shot at meeting, and possibly beating, some of your favorite players. The Ilitches held a Charity Texas Holdem Poker Tournament that had a few members of Detroit Red Wings in November, raising money for the Detroit Red Wings Foundation. The good news is they have announced recently that they will be doing it again in March…
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At a popular online poker room, the high stake tables have been quiet lately. A few players log in and play, but there is a general lack of robustness that is customary around these online tables, and that has been primarily due to the fact that David Benyamine went into self-imposed exile. He is back now, and an instant upswing in the number of players at these tables was marked…
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Mansion Poker has set out to prove their worth to the online poker player in the New Year, offering up great value tournaments online. The New Year will kick off with a $20,080 “Happy New Year Freezeout.” This event, which is open to all Mansion Poker players for the low price of $1+0.10, will run on January 2nd, giving all the poker players time to recover from the New Year’s Eve festivities. This 2008 themed prize ($20080) will be up for grabs in a deep stack event with 3000 chips and 15 minute levels, well above normal levels for most online poker tournaments.Related Articles:Special offer for LaunchPoker visitors - the Pacific Poker $1,000 New Year freerollTitan Poker and LaunchPoker exclusive $1,000 freeroll…
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The surprise hit poker show on NBC is Poker After Dark, a show that airs in most cases at two in the morning, and features six poker pros fighting for a $120,000 prize, to which they each contributed $20k. The show will start its third season on December 31st, and the network recently announced who would be on the show. Fans will get to see Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Harman, Mike Matusow, Scotty Nguyen and Ken Light in what is being called the “Dream Table” week…
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When Associate Judge Ramona V. Manglona handed down the sentence to Genero Vega Lansangan she took into account the accused’s history of good behavior over the last ten years of residency. As a result, Lansangan’s punishment for robbing the Susupe Laundry & Poker was suspended all the way down to 180 days…
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When Barry Bonds started a legitimate chase for the greatest record in sports history, this should have been one of baseball’s crowning achievements. Passing Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron on the road to sport immortality would be like calling Alexander Graham Bell on your iPhone to congratulate him on his new invention.
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The stakes keep on rising in the online poker world, as it can be seen by online poker room Titan Poker’s recent announcement of a $10 Million Tournament guarantee in accumulated monthly prize pools. This means that players looking for tourney action can go to Titan Poker and expect to see at least ten million dollars being paid out each and every month. This figure stands to be an industry leader if the online poker room can keep it up…
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The Card Player Media Player of the Year race has been officially won by David “The Dragon” Pham, but what about the Online Poker Player of the Year race? In the lead is Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron, but his recent surge in points does not give him the lead that Pham had over his competition, and Matt “ch0ppy” Kay is breathing down Baron’s virtual neck. Baron has 8,304 points over Kay’s 8,278, so it looks like Baron will be going for any big win to keep himself out in front. It is unlikely - although not impossible - that current third place runner Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi, with 6,676 points, could overtake the two front runners.Related Articles:David “The Dragon” Pham is Card Player Media poker player of the yearPoker editor fired for cheating…
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The last two people of Asian decent to proudly sport the nickname, “The Dragon”, were Bruce Lee and professional wrestler Ricky Steamboat. Let’s face it these two could have called themselves Shirley Temple or Liberace for all it mattered: both of these men could easily mess up the body of an antagonist in ways that only a good, stout Cuisinart could successfully replicate.
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It had been a long tough battle. At the final table six great players did their best to win, but in the end there could be only one. A Frenchman, a Swiss player, two Danes and two from Finland had all tried, and then it was down to one Finn and one Dane.
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