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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02 Aug 07
Poker Petition Gets Support in California
onlinecasinonews.com - A petition drive in California that could result in the creation of a State-owned online poker site is gaining support from existing gambling communities and independent experts.
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02 Aug 07
Player competed against superstars in Vegas
wltribune.com - Chuck Christensen got a lucky break, or not, sitting at the TV table at the recent World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event held at the Rio in Las Vegas.
Christensen, who has been playing poker for 30 years, sat at the table with poker legends TJ Cloutier and Mike “the Mouth” Matasow during his first round of play. ...
He says Matasow didn’t play so well and, during one hand, Christensen took many of Matasow’s chips.
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02 Aug 07
Bad Beats Are A Reason For The Gambling Craze
casinogamblingweb.com - Poker has been around for years and years, and for as long as I can remember, the thought was that it was the game itself that draws players worldwide to the tables.
After doing some investigation into this matter, I have changed my opinion. I have come to realize that the bad beat, above all else, is what keeps players coming back for more.
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02 Aug 07
Representative Dismayed: Poker Lacks "Cohesiveness"
gambling911.com - Representative Jim Kasper (R-Fargo, ND) ... expressed dismay at the online poker's industry's lack of cohesiveness and organization. He has reached out numerous times with suggestions on what these online poker rooms can do to help legitimize themselves, and has received little, if any, response.
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01 Aug 07
Negreanu: Resisting Pressures
I recently played in the $10,000 buy-in main event at the World Series of Poker, and the key reason I was eliminated was because I did something that I haven't done 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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