28 Aug 07
Three Poker Pros To Munch For KFC
cardplayer.com - KFC, the fried chicken franchise fronted by Colonel Harland Sanders, has hired three professional poker players to help sell its chicken.
Gavin Smith, David Williams and Paul Wasicka will soon appear in KFC commercials that will be shown on ESPN during the World Series of Poker broadcast. They will talk about their ability to read people while munching on chicken.
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28 Aug 07
Canada: 80 arrested in poker raids
thestar.com - Police have charged seven people with running illegal gambling houses following a series of raids in Mississauga in which as many as 80 people were arrested.
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27 Aug 07
Absolute Poker's Jackpot Nearly $700k
cardplayer.com - Absolute Poker’s Bad Beat Jackpot reached record numbers on Friday and has now shattered its all-time high. The old record was a mere $464,652.03. At the time of this publication, the jackpot is $673,800 and growing at the rate of about $2,000 an hour.
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27 Aug 07
US student wins first leg in Asia Pacific poker tour
inquirer.net - A 22-year-old university student from Indiana won the first leg of the inaugural PokerStars Asia-Pacific Poker Tour in Manila on Monday after three days of high-stakes gambling.
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27 Aug 07
Legends of Poker Day 1B Recap
cardplayer.com - The 2007 Legends of Poker started Day 1B looking for a larger field than 2006, which featured 460 players. Play began today with about that many, but by the time registration ended after the first level, 485 players entered this event, beating last year's field by 25 players.
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27 Aug 07
World Poker Showdown signs television deal
pokerlistings.com - The World Poker Showdown takes poker players to tropical vacation spots for large poker tournaments, and now, even if you can't make it in person, you can at least watch the poker action on TV.
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24 Aug 07
Late Night Poker returns to British TV
pokerlistings.com - Since the 1999-2002 series, the show has used a variety of setups to convey the action at the tables. For the 2007 season, Late Night Poker will return to its original format, which reaped widespread success by highlighting player personalities.
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24 Aug 07
High Stakes Poker Season Four Premiers Monday
cardplayer.com - The long-awaited season four premiere is Monday, Aug. 27 on GSN at 8 p.m. PT. There will be many familiar faces, including Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Mike Matusow, Barry Greenstein, Jennifer Harman, and Sammy Farha. Viewers can watch these seasoned pros take on the newcomers.
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23 Aug 07
PPA Changing Locations and Leaders
cardplayer.com - PPA President Michael Bolcerek stepped down ... John Pappas, who has served as vice president of government affairs for the PPA since May and acted as an outside consultant before that, became the executive director of the PPA following Bolcerek's resignation.
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23 Aug 07
Pamela Brunson Wins Ladies Legends Event
pokernews.com - The Bicycle Casino put on the fifth annual Ladies Night tournament this past weekend, August 18th and 19th, in Los Angeles, California. The champion turned out to be the daughter of perhaps the poker world's largest legend of all, Doyle Brunson, as Pamela Brunson claimed the title.
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23 Aug 07
WSOP Poker Camp Heads to Atlantic City
bodogbeat.com - The WSOP Academy, a series of instructional poker camps held in cities across the U.S. and featuring instruction by world champions such as Phil Hellmuth and Greg Raymer, announced today that it will host its first-ever event in Atlantic City. The two-day camp will be held Dec. 1-2, just ahead of the World Series of Poker Circuit Event at Harrah's Atlantic City.
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22 Aug 07
PPA Moves Fight to Washington D.C.
gambling911.com - The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), headquartered in San Francisco, will soon be changing locations and leadership. In the coming weeks, the PPA will move its headquarters to Washington D.C. where the organization can be more central as it continues to fight to clarify federal laws that impact the rights of Internet poker players.
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22 Aug 07
Increasing Pot Wins in Online Poker
gambling911.com - Using deception to minimize the perceived strength of your hand can often encourage table betting, and increase your eventual pot wins in online poker.
If you've got the nuts, you need to watch that pot grow for as long as possible before showdown time, and sometimes the best way to do this is through slow deceptive play; either calling with your strong hand, or using very weak raises post call or bet.
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22 Aug 07
Should I Play Multi-Tables Online?
gambling911.com - If you've got what it takes, a great way to maximize your income is by participating in two or more simultaneous games via multi tables in online poker… but it can also be a great way to lose money if you're not consistently earning while playing a single hand.
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22 Aug 07
Negreanu’s Instructional Mobile Video Series
allinmag.com - Daniel Negreanu and I-play recently launched its ‘Win at Texas Hold Em’ instructional mobile video series, where players can learn how to win from the poker expert, signaling a ground-breaking new product and an industry first. Sprint and Cingular were the first mobile carriers to launch the poker video series, and several other major North American carriers are expected to roll out the poker video series over the next few months.
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21 Aug 07
Top 10 poker strategy guides
casinocitytimes.com - With nearly every great player writing some type of quick book, locating the difference makers proved to be the key. The books in this top-ten don't necessarily represent the best strategy guides available. The list takes into account those books that changed the game or have stood the test of time by still being relevant in world gone poker crazy.
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21 Aug 07
UK Open Main Event Result
cardplayer.com - British pro Peter Gould has beaten 33 challengers, including his son Josh, to win the £2,500 no-limit hold’em main event at the National Poker League UK Open. He collected £32,500 for his victory.
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21 Aug 07
eCOGRA Welcomes UK Regulatory Tests
cardplayer.com - ECommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eGOGRA), the online gambling standards and dispute mediation organisation, expressed support today for the UK Gambling Commission's recently published testing approach for online gambling software.
The player protection and standards body chief says his organisation is especially pleased that the Commission has recognised the validity of outcome-based testing principles and methodology.
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20 Aug 07
Negreanu: It doesn't take much to outplay a dummy
chron.com - There's an old poker saying that goes something like this: "If thou attempts to bluff a bad player, thou becomes one."
The meaning behind that adage is extremely important. Learn what it means and your poker results will improve immensely. I like to call it dummying down your game.
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20 Aug 07
Beware Of The Bot in The Future
casinogamblingweb.com - Not only do amateur poker players have to worry about playing against more skilled players when they play online, but now there is an opponent arising that might not be beatable, a computer program.
Poker playing computer programs, which are commonly known as bots, are a growing problem for online poker sites. The technology has been tested against top pros, and just recently Phil Laak and Ali Eslami barely defeated the computer program named Polaris.
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