Arena Of Poker

The World Series of Poker starts today in Las Vegas, the 39th annual run of the event that brings poker players from around the world together to see who is the best, and who can walk away with the most cash. Last year the winner was Jerry Yang, a California psychologist and father of six who won millions in the main event. Today the first event is a $10k “championship” event, Pot Limit Holdem, which will likely run for three days…

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Poker players and poker rooms are known for their charity, and online poker rooms are no exception. With the recent earthquake tragedy that struck China one online poker room took action to help bring some small relief to that nation and its people. Online poker room Poker Stars has set up a donation system to collect money for the Red Cross and their efforts to provide relief to the victims…

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The poker TV channel known as Sky Poker is living up to its name with two more poker shows on the horizon. “Stacked Up” is the name of one, while the other is called “Sky Poker Unlimited”. The first will focus on cash poker games, played with teams of three players and aired on Sky Poker Channel 846, and will be hosted by Norman Pace along with Tony “Tikay” Kendall…

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Following the lead of the World Poker Tour Online, which opened up an online room for American players that is subscription based (as opposed to players betting money on their own) Bluff Magazine has launched what they call Club Bluff, a “risk free” online poker room. Over $100k in prizes will be offered up in monthly poker and blackjack tourneys; players only need to pay the monthly $19.95 subscription fee to participate. The first two weeks are free for new members to give them the chance to try out the new poker room, found at ClubBluff.com.Related Articles:New poker upgrades at online poker roomOne million poker guarantee…

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The number of players is going up at RummyRoyal.com, which means the amount of cash prizes is on the rise as well. Players may be familiar with online poker rooms but not online Gin Rummy rooms, which is what RummyRoyal has to offer. Now a $3,000 guaranteed tournament is on the table for RummyRoyal players, called the Kalooki tournament…

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There was once an old song of the sea that begged the question “What do you do with a drunken sailor?” Well the obvious answer is to put him to bed in the hopes that he sleeps it off and make sure there are no firearms available. Locking the liquor cabinet is probably a pretty good idea as well. You could do the obvious here, but you could hand him sword, a bottle of vodka and point him toward the nearest National Rifle Association meeting. Chances are the NRA will solve your problem with the drunken sailor faster and more decisively than letting him sober up on his own. Of course they could hand him a membership card and an uzi and send him back toward you, so there is also a risk.

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Gene Wilder once starred in a movie based on the Roald Dahl book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. In this film he played the eccentric Willy Wonka: a genius who not only had a soft spot for tiny people, but also invented the Everlasting Gob Stopper. Apparently this was a confection that someone could suck on forever without getting tired of it. Bodog doesn’t make candy, and nothing lasts forever, but they have created a form of the World Series of Poker for people with very little money to invest in a tournament.

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There was once a very experienced female poker player who described to us her opinion of a lot of the competition out there. While praising the prowess of a lot of people in the sport, she did mention that there is a whole population of players out there that reminded her of a number of guys she met in bars, specifically the ones under the age of 25. Apparently they all seem to think they are Don Juan while also being under the impression that they are sporting a Howitizer in their jockey shorts and know how to use it.

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Most people would expect the Heads-Up Poker Championship played on NBC to be won by a poker pro, but when the online world hosts major heads-up poker events, anyone has a chance. In this case, at online poker room Full Tilt Poker, it was a pro who won it though. David Singer took home the big prize when he beat all comers to win the $25k event…

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Police in Baltimore County have seized poker machines they say are illegal from scores of businesses on a May 8 county raid. There is some question, however, if all 158 of the machines taken from restaurants, liquor stores and bars are truly illegal slot style games. The police were given two weeks to determine if they are all illegal, according to an order from Circuit Court Judge Dana Levitz…

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