Jan
10
2008
The Aussie Millions is the biggest poker event in Australia, and so many big name poker stars make their way Down Under to participate, but poker players are not the only big names to make an appearance. Pam Anderson, the Baywatch beauty, has been tapped to put in an appearance. This could have something to do with her ties to the poker industry through her failed poker room or her third husband, pro poker player Rick Salomon, who has bought into the event…
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Jan
10
2008
Los Angeles based consultation company Dealer Dolls recently announced that they have struck a strategic alliance with eWorld Companies, Inc, in order to provide their services during the latter’s activities. Boomerang Media Station and PlayTV, the online broadcasting network owned by eWorld, will receive original content from Dealer Dolls as part of the deal. Dealer Dolls uses their Poker Service to provide “beautiful and professionally trained poker dealers” as well as other staff to make a function work, such as bartenders, and equipment and supplies.Related Articles:Online poker kiosks comingAutomated poker machine gets patent…
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Jan
10
2008
The world of poker blogging may never be the same if the prediction made on a recent blog post comes to pass. The poker blog “Tao of Poker”, written by well known poker blogger Paul “Dr. Pauly” McGuire, may come to an end at the end of this year according to the author himself…
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Jan
10
2008
Poker memorabilia is a growing business that occasionally goes in some slightly strange directions. We mentioned that a Brunson signed photo can basically be bought for the value of the lint in your pocket. A signed photo of Jennifer Tilly from the night she won the WPT Ladies Night event is a bit harder on the bank account. That item can run up to $500.00. These items are dwarfed by what somebody put out to buy the visor that was worn by Lieutenant Data on Star Trek the Next Generation when he was experimenting with the game of poker.
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Jan
10
2008
In most sports it is very easy to know when things have gone horribly wrong. In baseball, if the pitcher is watching the ball sail out of the park with a look on his face that says he would rather be in Paris, chances are this is not one of his crowning moments. In poker bad things happen, but because you have no idea what cards are in the other guy’s hand, you won’t know how bad things are until it is truly too late.
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Jan
10
2008
It would be hard to imagine Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan and Phil Hellmuth playing with these cards, but new poker players will enjoy the Poker Prima Divas Texas Hold ‘em 101 Playing Cards. The idea behind the cards is a great one, and one that seems to have been executed quite well. Each and every card in this set has poker tips printed right on them.
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Jan
10
2008
There are poker names for just about every starting hand in Texas Holdem poker, like Cowboys for pocket kings, Big Slick for ace, king, and the Doyle Brunson for ten, deuce, but most of the time when people get seven, deuce off suit they don’t have a clever name for it, they just groan about their bad luck and muck the hand.
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