17 Oct 07
Absolute Poker to Submit to Third Party Audit
poker-king.com - Absolute Poker have now said that they will be submitting to an independent third party audit, which will be done by Gaming Associates. Absolute Poker has said that Gaming Associates will be conducting a thorough investigation to determine whether someone may have had access to hole card information, and how they may have exploited that information.
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17 Oct 07
'Battle of the Mags' Happens 8th November
pokerpages.com - Readers of Europe's top poker magazines will compete in a televised single table tournament for the 'Battle of the Mags' title and more than 14,000 Pounds in major poker tournament entries on the 8th November, sponsor Paddypowerpoker.com announced today.
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17 Oct 07
U.S. Stars Turn Out for Great British Poker Tour
cardplayer.com - Five stars of the poker world from the U.S. have signed up to take part in the Great British Poker Tour grand final taking place at the Gala Casino Harbourside, Bristol, England from Nov. 5 to 11.
Phil Laak, Antonio Esfandiari, Jennifer Tilly, Robert Williamson III, and Jamie Gold will compete for the title of Great British Poker Champion and a share of the estimated £500,000 prize pool.
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17 Oct 07
Jan Fisher – The Secret to Her Success
pokernews.com - Jan began her quest for perfection in poker in 1977 when she started as a poker dealer in old downtown Las Vegas. Her experiences in dealing lead her to playing professionally to make a living at poker. One opportunity led to another as Jan took a position with Card Player Cruises as a dealer and floor supervisor.
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16 Oct 07
Familiar Faces Return to Late Night Poker
pokernews.com - Filming for the next season of PartyPoker Late Night Poker starts on the 23rd of October. It will take place in Cardiff and will be filmed until the 27th of October. After different formats in recent years the tournament will go back to the successful format that was used from 1999-2002. There will be increased emphasis on the player's personalities.
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16 Oct 07
Pro for a Year with Everest Poker
cardplayer.com - Everest Poker is on the hunt for 10 amateur poker players to represent the company for one year at poker tournaments around the world. The “pro-for-a-year” deal is worth $100,000 to each successful player and covers the buy-ins and travel expenses for eight major live tournaments.
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15 Oct 07
Harvard Society Seeks Poker Curriculum
blogs.guardian.co.uk - The Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society, the latest brainchild of Harvard law professor and Berkman Center founder Charles Nesson, not only celebrates poker in its own right, but sees it as a game of skill fit to be used as a "powerful teaching tool at all levels of academia and in secondary education" ...
The organisation is looking to establish an open online curriculum centred on poker that will draw the brightest minds together, both from within and outside the conventional university setting
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15 Oct 07
Irish Open to Guarantee $4.3 Million
cardplayer.com - The 27th-Annual Paddy Poker Irish Open in Dublin, Ireland, is not set to take place until March of next year, but it is already making headlines. As one Europe’s oldest tournaments, it has been luring players from the United States for decades and is looking to make 2008 its biggest year ever by increasing the buy-in, player capacity, and guaranteed prize pool to a staggering $4.3 million.
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15 Oct 07
AP's Response to "Superuser" Controversy
poker-king.com - Absolute Poker issued their statement, in which they said that they did a thorough, top to bottom security check and found no holes in their software and no "superuser" accounts. They continue to investigate, they said, but also said that many of the allegations are unfounded. They said that they did indeed find at least one case of chip dumping.
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12 Oct 07
Omaha Hi/Lo: Clearing up the Confusion
casinocitytimes.com - Omaha Hi/Lo is more of an "action" game than Hold'em because the pot gets split between the best high and low hands. It also produces a much wider range of poker hands due to the extra cards held in each player's hand.
With all that going on, the game scares many novices away. But once presented clearly, Omaha becomes a logical game with a strategy based in step-by-step reasoning. Following is a basic Omaha Hi/Lo primer that should put you a few steps ahead of most novices at the game.
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12 Oct 07
Most Notable Poker Tournaments of All Time
poker-king.com - If you were to make a list of the most important and notable poker tournaments of all time, how would it look? Which tournaments had the biggest impact on the game as we know it? Which tournaments pop into your mind when you try to concoct your own list? How many of these do you agree / disagree with?
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12 Oct 07
California poker players gathering in October
pokerlistings.com - California is, arguably, recognized as a mecca of the poker world. With more poker tables than any other spot in the United States (spread out among about 100 rooms) and major events in Los Angeles, San Diego and San Jose almost monthly, it's only natural that it would be a location for players to come together to learn more about the game.
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11 Oct 07
EU: Record Turnout for Tournament in Europe
cardplayer.com - The International Poker Open, hosted by Mermaid Poker and Poker Ireland, attracted a field of 1,072 players in Dublin on Oct. 6, 2007, smashing the previous record of Europe’s largest tournament of 708 set by the Irish Open earlier in the year.
The record turnout was remarkable as it was achieved almost entirely by word of mouth ...
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11 Oct 07
WPT hosts Spanish Championship
pokerlistings.com - The World Poker Tour is making its first stop in Spain with the Spanish Championship at the Casino Barcelona. Day 1a started today and nearly 100 poker players have anted up the €7,800 buy-in for a crack at a WPT title.
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11 Oct 07
PartyGaming Up for Sale
gambling911.com - The number two online poker room, PartyGaming and its marquee PartyPoker site, is up for sale. This move is likely to usher in a feeding frenzy from big name companies not necessarily limited to Las Vegas. Many experts believe the likes of Google, Time Warner, Virgin, Microsoft, etc... could be eyeing recent developments in online gambling legality.
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11 Oct 07
Tax Law Targeting Tournament Players Stopped
cardplayer.com - Thanks to discussions between representatives of the American Gaming Association and IRS officials, this plan was killed. Now, players who gross $5,000 or more in a poker tournament will have to fill out a W2-G form immediately after they get paid. They are then responsible to pay taxes up to 30 percent of the winnings. The percentage depends on what tax bracket the player is in.
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10 Oct 07
Top universities setting up poker clubs
pokerlistings.com - The Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society announced today that students at several top universities are forming poker clubs in preparation for a national collegiate team poker tournament and conference next year that is designed to promote the educational benefits of poker.
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10 Oct 07
New Casino and Poker Sites Launched in Asia
onlinecasino.org - Online casino, 12Buzz.com, has launched four new online casino and poker websites targeting the booming Asian online gaming market. ...
Spokesperson for 12Buzz.com, Sutida Suwunnavid, estimated that the total potential players in Asia are over 500 million, with 100 million in China alone.
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10 Oct 07
Food Poker puts top UK chefs to the test
thestage.co.uk - "Combine the competitive spirit of some of Britain’s top chefs with one of the world’s most exciting card games and the result is Food Poker, a recipe competition in which culinary reputations are put on the line with every card." ...
Food Poker?! You have got to be kidding
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09 Oct 07
Poker After Dark to Feature a $50k Buy-in
cardplayer.com - Upping the stakes is part of the routine of all poker players, so it is no surprise that this week’s Poker After Dark will feature six of the biggest high-stakes pros who have agreed to play in the record-breaking $50,000 buy-in winner-take-all tournament.
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