Jan
27
2008
There will be thirty tables to start off play at the 2008 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship, which means they need 60 poker pros to agree to play, but the problem with the NBC show was not in getting enough players but narrowing the list down. Plenty of big names will be on hand to play, including many of those that have won the World Series of Poker over the last twenty years. The most recent champ, Jerry Yang, will be on hand, one of his few appearances since winning the 2007 WSOP…
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Jan
27
2008
The winner of the first ever World Series of Poker Europe event has showed a knack for investing in the industry that made her a millionaire. Nineteen year old Annette Obrestad has bought stock in Poker Manager.com, a Norwegian community and information website. She has upped her share to five percent, and actually had a hand in developing the site…
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Jan
27
2008
Decks of cards were handed out last year to Florida prison inmates with wanted felons printed on them in hopes of dredging up new leads, and now a new deck is being unveiled with cold case info. The 52 card deck has local cold cases profiled on each card, and police are hoping that the people that might know the most will be forthcoming with information if they see something that jogs their memory while they play poker. Ten thousand decks of cards will be deployed to the Tomoka Correctional Institution and local jails.Related Articles:Retired Arizona poker judge bucks poker lawPoker player robbed of $30,000…
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