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May 10, 2008
City and Crystal Palace are heading for a Championship play off semi final showdown, and the fans from both clubs are being offered an opportunity to show their support and take out some healthy aggression in a free poker tournament. Monday, May 12 is the day of the event where City and Palace supporters will be granted exclusive access to the tournament on Party Gaming’s online platform. The winner will get a signed shirt and bragging rights for their club…
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May 10, 2008
This May the Playboy Mansion will play host to a bevy of beauties, poker pros and celebrities during a poker tournament and casino night. On May 17 the Urban Health Institute will hold their third annual Celebrity Poker Tournament and Casino Night. The host of the night will be Khloe Kardashian from Keeping Up with the Kardashians, along with 2006 World Series of Poker champion Jamie Gold…
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May 10, 2008
A recent report disclosed that the president of a group of Philippine poker players dodged an abduction attempt, but did result in a gunshot wound to his hand. According to Chinese Filipino digest Hermie Philipson Chua, 34, a resident of Makati City and also a president of the Philippine branch of the Poker Players Association, was abducted while he was driving in his Ford Escape. He stopped for an old man in the road, but three men plus the man jumped in his car and took over…
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May 09, 2008
Last year Swedish authorities shut down a live poker tournament, claiming it was illegal. The 2007 European Poker Challenge (EPC) was raided on the first day of play and six organizers were charged with running and advertising an illegal poker tournament. Just recently the District Court in Uddevalla cleared two of the charged, while two others got fines and the last two will get jail time of six and eight months…
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May 09, 2008
The Latin American Poker Tour recently concluded their first ever event and the winner was Julien Nuijten, a young poker player from Holland. Nuitjen has a thing or two in common with some other big time poker pros: he is also a pro at another game played with cards called “Magic: the Gathering”. Magic: the Gathering is a fantasy card game that involves spells and mythical creatures, where players construct decks from a huge library and try to outplay and outwit their opponents, skills Nuitjen used to win $223,000…
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May 09, 2008
Recently the American Cancer Society Relay for Life got to see the charitable side of poker players as more than 140 went “all in” to help support the organization. These were poker players taking part in the charity poker tourney that occurred at the Berkshire Hills Country Club, and $5,000 was raised. The event was sponsored by Berkshire Poker and the Relay for Life Team known as Rock’s Rockers…
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May 09, 2008
In Tama, Iowa, poker players who have yet to hit their twenty first birthday won’t be in violation of the law if they are playing poker at the nearby Meskwaki Casino. A plan has been put forth and approved by the Tribal Council to allow players from as young as 18 to play poker on site. Larry Lasley, a spokesman for the tribe, says this is possible because the casino does not provide the prize pool when poker is played: it is generated by the player’s buy ins, and the Tribe will not earn money from these games.Related Articles:Online poker site cleared of chargesNew York poker game shut down…
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May 09, 2008
In January, twenty one year old Josh Sommervold was shot and killed during a poker game, and three men will stand trial according to a recent report. Gilbert Martinez, a Fourth Judicial District Judge, announced that there was enough evidence for the three accused to stand trial. Adrian Works, 27, Bryant Sherman, 18, and Andrew Dickerson, 33, will stand trial in what some are saying was a gang related homicide…
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May 09, 2008
The man they call Back to Back because of his consecutive victories at a past World Series of Poker event has won the first ever Kentucky Derby Poker Championship, but the big winner was the charity. Layne Flack won first prize, $13k in cash and a seat in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event, and three charities will split the proceeds from the tournament, which totaled $60k. The three charities are the Health and Climate Foundation, the Robby Albarado Foundation and the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre…
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May 08, 2008
And then there were eight. If this statement was attached to an Agatha Christie novel it would mean that some really bad things had happened to everyone but the remaining eight people; and even their future was looking a little on the bleak side. When we are talking about this statement in reference to television poker, it describes where we are in the NBC National Heads-Up Championship.
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May 08, 2008
Gabe Kaplan was a stand up comedian. He started in a popular show in the 1970’s called “Welcome Back Kotter” and then sort of dropped from view. But since then he has become a regular poker pro and poker commentator, and was a great fit in the Cowboy Week shows of season three of Poker After Dark.
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May 08, 2008
We think it is embarrassing that this article even has to be written, but while the internet has given us wonderful advancements in communication, social interaction, and research, it has also encouraged many people to sit alone in their rooms typing for hours: an activity where showering is not mandatory. While looking up obscure details on the English victory over the Zulu at Rorke’s Drift or hitting on people who are thousands of miles away are all interesting things to do online, eventually you are going to have to rejoin the rest of your carbon based brethren in the real world, and we prefer you don’t smell.
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May 08, 2008
First of all, if a maniac is playing behind you, that is a perfect opportunity to check. These people generally bluff with the same precision and focus as somebody trying to kill a mouse with a hand grenade. In short, they bluff for the sake of bluffing. If you bet, they are simply going to call and probably raise anyway, so why should you do the heavy lifting? Let them do the betting. Your check also lends further anonymity to your hand, and helps make it more difficult for them to put you on a hand.
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May 08, 2008
Doyle Brunson doesn’t look like the type who spends a lot of time watching MTV. He looks more like the sort that will spend his limited television time watching old re-runs of Rawhide or Maverick. Like most reasonable people on the planet we are guessing Mr. Brunson would rather have nasal polyps removed with a belt sander and lighter fluid than watch an episode of “The Real World”. So why are these kids showing up on his website?
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May 08, 2008
Andy Bloch and Gabe Kaplan were the only two left. Andy had just lost a big pot to Gabe by taking a chance to bust him out, but he still held the chip lead.
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