13 Aug 07
A Year on the New Poker Circuit
pokerplayernewspaper.com - During the 1980s, writer and poker aficionado Tony Holden took a year off from civilized life to travel the professional poker circuit. The chronicle of his campaign, Big Deal, became an instant classic in poker circles. ...
The author's strange journey covering his adventures between the 2005 and 2006 World Series of Poker is the subject of Holden's latest book, Bigger Deal.
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10 Aug 07
Details of €3 Million Guaranteed Irish Open Announced
cardplayer.com - Paddypowerpoker.com today announced details of the 2008 Irish Open, Europe’s largest and most historic poker tournament.
The 2008 event sees the Irish Open expand with an increased buy-in of €4,200 + €300 registration fee, capacity for 1,000 players, and €3 million guaranteed prize pool.
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10 Aug 07
Online Poker Advertising Restricted in U.K.
cardplayer.com - The UK government yesterday published its much anticipated “white list” of jurisdictions that meet regulatory standards allowing companies based there to take advantage of deregulation in gaming advertising from 1 September, 2007.
According to the government, only Alderney and the Isle of Man have so far been able to demonstrate they have in place a sufficiently rigorous licensing regime aimed at preventing children gambling, protecting vulnerable people, keeping games fair, and stopping crime.
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10 Aug 07
Poker Visionary, Rob Gardner, Dies
cardplayer.com - Rob Gardner, the creative force and producer of the pioneering and massively influential U.K. poker TV show Late Night Poker, died earlier this week at age 34. Rob was widely known and highly respected in the European poker community and it is with great sadness that news of his premature passing has been received.
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09 Aug 07
Card Player and WPT Ink Exclusive Agreement
cnn.com - Card Player Media and WPT Enterprises today announced that Card Player Media has been named the official partner of the World Poker Tour(R) (WPT) for exclusive, live tournament reporting. ...
Together, WPT and Card Player will provide the industry's most comprehensive tournament coverage available
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09 Aug 07
Online Poker Legalization Gaining Ground in CA
gambling911.com - A proposed initiative to create a state-owned Internet poker game drew attention last week from the existing gambling community -- including Indian casino tribes -- and support from independent experts.
The proposal would allow Indian casinos and other gambling establishments to set up revenue-sharing deals ....
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09 Aug 07
Utah Online Players Warned by State Officials
pokerpages.com - Officials from the state of Utah have been sending letters to online poker players residing in the state to warn them that they could be violating state laws.
Utah is one of the few states in the USA that frowns upon any form of gambling, including state lotteries which are so popular in many other states.
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09 Aug 07
U.S. players breathe $60 million sigh of relief
daily-journal.com - Poker players and online gamblers in the United States are busy collecting $60 million with a few computer clicks, but not all of them are thrilled. The money, you see, was theirs to begin with and has been held hostage for six months. ...
Don't wait too long to cash out, though. The deadline is Jan. 26, 2008. After that, your account is forfeited.
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08 Aug 07
China WPT Deal Confirmed
online-casinos.com - Earlier reports that the World Poker Tour has clinched a poker sponsorship deal with Chinese authorities have been confirmed.
World Poker Tour Enterprises head man Steve Lipscomb signed the accord, which involves a five-year sponsorship and marketing deal with CLSA to help promote a Chinese 'national traktor tour'.
Traktor, or tuo la ji, is a popular Chinese card game that has similarities to bridge ....
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08 Aug 07
PokerStars Breaks Online Record
PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, shattered the record for the largest cash poker tournament on July 29th with the Sunday Hundred Grand. The tournament drew a field of 20,000 online poker players to the largest cash tournament in history.
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08 Aug 07
Texas Dolly To Launch New Online Poker Site
online-casinos.com - American poker legend Doyle Brunson will be a big attraction at both the European World Series of Poker (see previous Online-Casinos.com/InfoPowa report) and the launch of his Microgaming Poker Network online poker site Doyles Room.com next month.
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07 Aug 07
Surprise Supporter Backs Frank Legislation
Ten-term Republican Texas Congressman—and Presidential candidate—Ron Paul has come out in support of Barney Frank's proposed pro-legalization gaming bill.
"I believe strongly that the Internet should not be regulated by the Federal Government and believe even more strongly that people should be free to engage in the activities they wish as long as they are willing to take responsibility for their actions," Paul has been quoted as saying.
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07 Aug 07
Neteller Apologizes to U.S. Players on YouTube
pokerpages.com - Neteller President and CEO Ron Martin appeared on a YouTube video giving a short and concise speech explaining and apologizing for his company freezing online poker player and online gambling funds of U.S. customers, and for the company's lack of communication.
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06 Aug 07
Negreanu: Change your stripes
chron.com - In order to maximize your profits at the poker table, your goal should be to play completely opposite of the way other players at the table perceive you.
Simply put, if opponents label you a conservative player who never bluffs and only plays premium hands, you'll do better playing aggressively and bluffing frequently.
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06 Aug 07
California Readies for State Poker Championship
pokernews.com - What do Ben Affleck, Chip Jett and Tony Ma all have in common? They've all won the California State Poker Championship Main Event. The Cal State Championship is gearing up again, running from September 4-23, 2007. It will be hosted by the Commerce Casino, the world's largest poker casino.
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06 Aug 07
Stellar Line-Up for Women's World Open
cardplayer.com - The inaugural PartyPoker Women’s World Open gets under way in London on Tuesday, 7 August, running until Friday 10 August. The 36-runner field sees one of the strongest lineups ever assembled for a women’s poker tournament in Europe, and includes Liz Lieu, Jennifer Tilly, Shannon Elizabeth, Xuyen 'Bad Girl' Pham, Pippa Flanders, Katherine Hartree, Jen Mason, Lucy Rokach, Jackie Vaswani, and Beverly Pace.
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06 Aug 07
WPT to sign agreement with China
iht.com - Tournament poker is coming to China — where the card game has been gaining popularity since it was declared a sport five years ago.
World Poker Tour Enterprises Inc. signed an agreement on Monday with the China Leisure Sports Administrative Center to promote "the sport of poker, by helping to create, expand and commercialize China's first ever national poker competition."
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03 Aug 07
Hearing set for Washington online poker lawsuit
pokerlistings.com - Lee Rousso [a lawyer in Washington and the Poker Players Alliance representative for the state] reported ... that he has a Sept. 21 hearing date set for his lawsuit against the state of Washington in regards to its online gambling laws.
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03 Aug 07
Gambling and the Law: Is It Safe To Play Online?
eog.com - You are not going to go to jail for merely playing poker online. It is not a federal crime to make a bet. Half the states do have ancient laws on the books making it a crime, sometimes, to make a bet. But these are never enforced. I have been unable to find anyone who has been charged, let alone convicted, for playing Internet poker.
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03 Aug 07
Full Tilt Pulls Moscow Poker Sponsorship
online-casinos.com - The Moscow Millions poker tournament scheduled for October 20 to 22 this year suffered a serious blow this week when online poker company Full Tilt Poker withdrew its sponsorship and team appearance due to over-full commitments.
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