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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Island View Casino has a new poker room, and the big turnout at the opening of the room was a happy and expected event. The casino, which before offered other games, now has nine poker tables to cater to the popular card game market. The tables are in a smoke free environment, which is sure to bring in new players who might be off put by a smoky back room…

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The southern state of North Carolina has had a long, rough relationship with video poker, and recent testimony seems to indict the Sheriff of Haywood County in a bribery operation to allow illegal video poker to operate. Jerry Pennington, a Henderson Amusement Inc employee, has testified that Haywood County Sheriff Tom Alexander took thousands of dollars every month to not bust the company running the poker games. The testimony came during the trial of former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford, who also is accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars in poker related criminal bribes.Related Articles:New York poker game shut downPoker room bust leads to indictments…

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At the last two World Series of Poker events a special tournament has been held to raise money for the problems in Darfur, Africa, and yet another tournament is going to be held soon. This time the host is not the WSOP but the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino, which is joining forces with the celebrity backed charity organization Not On Our Watch, founded by stars Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Jerry Weintraub, Matt Damon, and Don Cheadle, who is the most vocal in supporting Darfur. Annie Duke is also an instrumental part of the tournaments for Darfur.Related Articles:Celebrities play poker for a cureGA poker run fundraiser…

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