25 May 07
Slain poker pro's wife indicted for murder
pokerlistings.com - Jill Rockcastle was indicted Wednesday on charges of murder in the death of her 44-year-old poker pro husband William Gustafik. She is due for arraignment on those charges May 31.
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24 May 07
BetonSports Pleads Guilty To Racketeering
By pleading guilty to the racketeering conspiracy charge, BetOnSports admits that it conducted an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering acts, including repeated mail and wire fraud, operated an illegal gambling business, laundered money, and admitted to multiple state gambling felony charges, according to a release from [U.S. Attorney Catherine] Hanaway's office. The corporation admitted in federal court that the gambling enterprise began as an illegal sports betting business in New York City in the early 1990s
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24 May 07
Final Table of the Mirage Poker Showdown WPT Event
pokerpages.com - Jonathan Little is our champion, winning the first event of the World Poker Tour's sixth season, earning $1,066,295 plus a $25K entry into next year's WPT Championship!
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24 May 07
No Sponsor Registrations Will Greatly Affect WSOP Turnout
poker-king.com - I think that most players will likely just take the [registration] money and not play the main event. This will obviously have a major impact on the total number of players that will be participating in the main event. ... [Y]ou will likely see somewhere around 4500 players playing in the Main Event this year, compared to about 8700 players in last year's main event.
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23 May 07
Everest Poker Doubles Profit
pokernews.com - Gigamedia Limited, the parent company of Everest Poker, announced strong sales in Q1 driven by their popular online poker room, to the Nasdaq stock exchange yesterday.
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23 May 07
Big Money For Danish poker Winner
online-casinos.com - Paradise Poker named it "The Battle of the Nordic Countries" (Slaget om Norden) and in its third edition this poker tourney lived up to its name, with players from the Scandinavian region competing fiercely for the big main prize of SEK 1 million, or around $147 000.
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23 May 07
Bodog Announces Betting Odds For 2007 WSOP
Bodog.com Sportsbook is ready for the action with a variety of wagers, including bets on bracelet races and several Main Event "last longer" props that pit countrymen, family members and even the "Phils" against each other.
... Will it be the legendary Texas Dolly who first turns it up to 11 or does Chan have a plan to be the first over the decade mark? Bodog.com bookmakers think otherwise, picking Hellmuth as the favorite at 9/5 odds.
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22 May 07
Students Find Ways Around Online Restrictions
Despite legislation passed in Congress last fall banning credit card, check and electronic fund transfers to gambling sites, student gamers show no sign of folding. Instead, they are finding ways around the new legislation through underground sites and alternative payment methods.
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22 May 07
$10,000 Bonus Stuns Online Poker World
igamingbusiness.com - The company that took the first online bet ever stunned the online poker world this week with the biggest bonus in the history of online poker. Starting today, IntertopsPoker.com is offering a massive 500% Match-Up Bonus to all new Poker Room customers, up to a maximum bonus of $10,000.
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22 May 07
Everest Announces Seats at WSOP Main Event
Everest Poker today announced that the online poker room was beginning a series of biweekly tournaments that gave players the chance to win a seat at the upcoming World Series of Poker Main Event. ...
"The World Series of Poker Main Event is a massive tournament for any player to be a part of," said Jonathan May, Everest Poker property manager. "Getting there is not easy at all, and that's why we're very eager to see how our players perform."
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21 May 07
Poker Stars Hits Its 10 Billionth Hand
online-casinos.com - Over 100 000 pokerheads were on the Poker Stars.com tables this weekend, hoping they would be at the right time and in the right seat for the 10 billionth hand of online poker, imminent at the world's biggest online poker venue ... And a nineteen year old Canadian student gets the payout.
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21 May 07
Players Bet on Prohibition Repeal
wired.com - Anyone who thinks poker isn't a game of skill should see Boy Wonder playing Texas hold 'em online from his D.C. apartment. The 24-year-old sharp starts with six tables. Then eight, then 11. He folds. He checks. He raises. New windows pop up on his monitor like whack-a-moles. Boy Wonder doesn't even break a sweat. This is a job to him.
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21 May 07
Who's the Richest Player Under 30?
poker-king.com - The question up for debate here is: who is the richest poker player, under the age of 30, who acquired most or all of their wealth from poker?
You might to tempted to say, come on, that's easy, it's Phil Ivey. But wait a second; Ivey is 31 years old.
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18 May 07
Hachem Joins WPA Board
cardplayer.com - Joe Hachem, the 2005 World Series of Poker champion, has joined the board of the World Poker Association.
Hachem will also serve as the board’s secretary and will be the main face of the organization that’s goal is “to promote professionalism in poker worldwide that supports the highest standards of ethical conduct in tournament poker activities.”
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18 May 07
WSOP Director Leaves Harrah's
eog.com - DG Holdings, Ltd. (DGH) has announced that Robert Daily, former World Series of Poker Tournament and Events Director has agreed to become a member of the DG Holdings board, leading the company's online gaming platform division.
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17 May 07
Final Four Set for Heads-Up Showdown
bodogbeat.com - The $5,000 buy-in heads-up event at the Mirage Poker Showdown started on Tuesday drawing some of the biggest names in poker ... [The] final four match-ups are as follows: David Pham vs. Jon Little and Aaron Been vs. Eric Froehlich.
The final matches begin at 1pm today with the players battling for their share of the $425,000 prize pool.
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17 May 07
A New Poker Column is Born
pokerplayernewspaper.com - My name is Jan Fisher and I have been involved in the poker industry for more than 30 years. My poker experience includes being a co-owner of Card Player Cruises, a poker dealer, statistician for the World Poker Tour, WPT Boot Camp instructor, tournament director, board member of the Poker Players Alliance, avid poker player, and co-founder of the Tournament Director's Association (TDA). It is my affiliation with the TDA that inspired my first column for Poker Player Newspaper.
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17 May 07
Look to classics for big-screen poker
thedesertsun.com - It's not a very good film ... So, why bother? Simply because there's a thrill in seeing poker hands played out on the big screen. They're bigger than life, and a lot bigger than TV screen-sized poker. Looking at playing cards that are 10 feet high is an experience that doesn't present itself very often.
Which got me to thinking about poker movies. Here are three worth seeing:
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17 May 07
Big brands redefining online poker
casinocitytimes.com - With Yahoo! entering the market and the World Poker Tour Online migrating to a better network, it appears success in the online poker industry depends on having big, trusted brands with vast resources.
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16 May 07
Negreanu: A-Q In The Hole Can Be Trouble
"Ask professional poker players which hole cards cause them the most difficulty and I would bet that more than half would say ace-queen. A-Q is a powerful starter, but the problem with it is that it matches up poorly against other premium hands."
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