20 Aug 07
US men threaten poker host with rattlesnakes
iht.com - Two Colorado men who allegedly tried to use rattlesnakes as deadly weapons to collect on a debt have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder, authorities said.
The men were allegedly trying to kill Matthew Sowash, owner of Amateur Poker Tour, because he owed them $60,000
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17 Aug 07
Strategy can be useless if others don't play along
philly.com - You can plan all the check-raises you want when you're playing a hand, but unless someone goes along with it by betting, you will have to adjust your strategy to figure out where you are in a hand.
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17 Aug 07
Asia Pacific Poker Tour Starts Next Week In Philippines
eog.com - In another show of the international force that poker has become, the new Asia Pacific Poker Tour kicks off next week in the Philippines with three stops planned. The launch event begins on Aug. 23 at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino Manila. The second event is scheduled for Sept. 27 at the Sheraton Walkerhill Hotel and Casino in Seoul, South Korea, and the tour wraps up in December with the Grand Final at the Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia.
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17 Aug 07
Last Chance to Qualify For WSOP Europe on Bodog
cardplayer.com - Players looking to qualify on Bodog for the World Series of Poker Europe main event will have their final opportunity to do so this Sunday.
Bodog is holding its two WSOPE semifinal tournaments, which will send a guaranteed combined six winners to the Series.
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16 Aug 07
Boss Media Profits Rise But Poker Falls
cardplayer.com - Boss Media, the Swedish publically quoted gaming software provider, yesterday announced its results for the six months to Jun.30, 2007. Sales increased by 5 percent to SEK 161.9 million (€17.9 million) from the same period in 2006 while operating profit amounted to SEK 27.5 million (€2.94 million) up from SEK 26.8 million in the first six months of 2006.
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16 Aug 07
New Card Room For Dublin
cardplayer.com - Respected Irish tournament director Luke Ivory opens his own club on the site of the old Merrion Casino Club in Dublin on Friday Aug. 17. The Georgian building at 81 Merrion Square has played host to previous stops on the European Poker Tour and ‘Cool Hand Luke’s’ contiunes the tradition of offering a comprehensive tournament schedule to suit all pockets.
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16 Aug 07
Neteller Co-Founder Pled Guilty
cardplayer.com - As our readers know, Canadian citizens, Stephen Lawrence and co-founder John Lefebvre started Neteller in 1999, took it public in 2004 (London Stock Exchange) and were arrested by the FBI in January, charged with conspiring to transfer funds internationally with the intent to promote illegal online gambling.
During a hearing before U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel in Manhattan Friday, Lawrence pled guilty to conspiracy. ... What does this guilty plea teach us regarding the law of online gaming? Absolutely nothing.
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15 Aug 07
Negreanu: Cracking Under Pressure
fcnp.com - I recently played in the $10,000 buy-in main event at the World Series of Poker, and the key reason that I was eliminated was because I did something that I haven't done in a poker tournament in a very long time: I cracked under the pressure.
What led to my demise was not just the final hand, but also, and more importantly, the previous hands that caused me to lose my cool.
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15 Aug 07
Harvard Prof Forms Global Poker Society
cardplayer.com - A Harvard law professor with a special interest in Internet law has formed a University-based think tank called the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS), which he hopes will take root in colleges and universities everywhere and will use poker as a an educational tool to teach everything from basic life skills to war games at military colleges.
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15 Aug 07
SA Online Gambling Bill Criticized
pokerpages.com - Long-awaited legislation introduced by Fungai Sibanda, the acting Director General of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), to the South African Parliament last week to regulate online poker and online gambling has run into opposition from some members of Parliament.
The National Gambling Amendment was proposed specifically as a way to prevent crime and to protect players, problem gamblers and the under aged as an alternative to the current completely unregulated environment.
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15 Aug 07
Be the best in the (Canadian) west
mapleridgenews.com - British Columbia Lottery Corporation is proud to present the second annual Pacific Poker Shootout Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 at Cascades Casino in Langley.
The tournament has a total estimated prize pool of $600,000 and a top prize of $125,000 to the last player standing. Stuart Bagri of North Vancouver took home $51,300 last year.
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14 Aug 07
Poker Coming to at Least Two Counties in WV
cardplayer.com - Table games, including poker, are coming to at least two of the four West Virginia counties that have casinos, and depending on the results of a recount, a third county might also allow table gambling.
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14 Aug 07
Harvard Law Prof Backs Poker as Educational Tool
Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson will announce an international effort to organize "poker strategic thinking societies" at universities and secondary schools around the world that will use poker as an educational tool to teach everything from basic life skills to war games at military colleges.
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14 Aug 07
Top Woman Online Poker Player Named By Party
online-casinos.com - Beverley Pace, wife of comedian/poker-player Norman Pace, took home $50 000 and the title of first Party Poker Women's World Open Champion this week after a tough competition and a tense heads up with runner-up Jen Mason in London. After a number of swings Pace's pocket sixes held-up all-in against Mason's Ace Jack off suit.
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13 Aug 07
Event One at National Poker League UK Open
cardplayer.com - The final table of event one of the National Poker League UK Open plays down this evening with Tony G starting as chip leader and Dave Colclough the second short stack.
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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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