23 Apr 07
"The Grand" Takes The Pot
nymag.com - Zak Penn’s hysterical mockumentary The Grand (which debuts April 27) starts with the simplest premise: celebrity-poker improv. Penn gathered a bunch of famous funny people—Woody Harrelson, Judy Greer, Richard Kind, Michael McKean, Jason Alexander, and others—and had them play a real poker tournament as fictional characters. And though he outlined basic character traits, it was up to the actors to improvise the vicious trash-talking and Best in Show–ish backstage psychodrama.
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23 Apr 07
"Wacokidd" Doms the Bellagio Poker Classic
poker-king.com - To say that Jared "Wacokidd" Hamby is having a strong month playing live poker would be an extreme understatement. Like many other online poker pros, Hamby had made most of his money playing online; hundreds of thousands of dollars compared to a paltry $20,000 in live poker tournament wins.
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20 Apr 07
UK Pubs attack "social" poker deal
uk.reuters.com - Pub and private club operators lodged an appeal on Friday against new government restrictions on poker playing. ...
Clubs are attacking the new limits as draconian, while the government has asked for consultation before they are implemented later this year.
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20 Apr 07
Bellagio WPT Championship Starts Saturday
poker-king.com - The fifth $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship starts on Saturday, and it should be one of the biggest poker tournaments ever. Any worries that the turnout to the main event might be down should be squashed, as event organizers are expecting a much larger turn-out than the 605 people who entered the event last year. Preliminary estimates are calling for a field of about 800 entrants, which should create a first prize of over $5 million dollars.
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20 Apr 07
Spain Says “Bienvenidos” to WPT
bodogbeat.com - The World Poker Tour and Grup Peralada, the largest casino group in Spain, have announced an agreement to bring the first ever WPT stop in Spain to the Casino Barcelona. The event has been added to the line-up for the sixth season of the popular poker television show and will be filmed in October 2007.
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19 Apr 07
Internet Bet Ban Resistance Growing
Although there may not be much support in Congress for Internet gambling, Rep. Barney Frank says resistance is growing against a ban passed late last year.
"I think a lot of members of Congress voted for that (ban) without having given it a lot of attention," Frank said Wednesday. "And I think that there is growing opposition to it," he said.
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18 Apr 07
Blog Helps Americans Continue Playing
prbuzz.com - unitedstatesofpoker.blogspot.com is updating every week and has full details of all US player accepting poker rooms. You would be surprised to know that at the last count the site listed over 30 rooms that are still open for US customers.
It also has a full guide on how to fund your account, using a safe, and secure eWallet.
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18 Apr 07
WSOP: Who will make the Final Table?
point-spreads.com - Professional poker player Phil Ivey is the favorite to make it to the final table of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event. Online betting company BetUS.com has Ivey at +1400 to be one of nine 2007 WSOP finalists.
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18 Apr 07
"NL Hold'em Theory and Practice" by Sklansky and Miller
pokernews.com - What makes this book unique are three elements:
1) There is a lot of information about ring games. ...
2) The authors admit that there are times when you can and should use math to make your decisions but there are also times when math alone will not get you to the winning solution.
3) They introduce the concept of "Multiple Level Thinking" which although not new, is certainly explained and applied here better than I have seen it anywhere else.
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17 Apr 07
Alaska: When is poker illegal?
ktuu.com - "If this is just a bunch of people getting together to have a good time at Buddy Joe's house, eating pizza, watching the game, no, the state's not interested in that," Assistant District Attorney Richard Payne said.
What the state is interested in is when the hosts of the poker party are profiting from the games.
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17 Apr 07
Five Star Poker Classic Has Another Winner
cardplayer.com - The Bellagio Five Star World Poker Classic continues this afternoon with the conclusion of the $3,120 no-limit hold’em event and the start of the $5,180 no-limit event. The series concludes with the weeklong $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship that starts Saturday.
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17 Apr 07
The WSOP Comes to London
uk.pokernews.com - The World Series of Poker is coming to Europe and London is set to be the venue for a series of "bracelet" events in September this year. With an expected prize pot of around £7.5 Million a few eyebrows are bound to be raised by professionals worldwide.
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16 Apr 07
UK poker clubs go head-to-head with gov't
jackpot.co.uk - Tessa Jowell and the government face even more opposition from the gaming industry following the embarrassment of the recent super-casino fiasco.
The UK Poker Clubs Association (UKPCA), which counts 72,000 people amongst its members, is ready to go head-to-head with the government over the new Gambling Act, which is to be enforced this September.
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16 Apr 07
Online Poker: Republicans Want to Legalize
gambling911.com - In another sign that things are turning around for the better with online poker, Republican representative Jim Kasper from North Dakota has told Gambling911.com that he would like to explore licensing and regulating internet poker once again in his state of North Dakota.
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16 Apr 07
Online Poker Bluffing: Beware
gambling911.com - You really need to be careful about online poker bluffing. Bluffing in online poker just doesn’t work as well as it does in local cardrooms. There are no eyes to read in online poker, no twitching, and no talking to get information out of your opponent at the online poker table.
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16 Apr 07
WPT Stops At the French Border
uk.pokernews.com - More trouble in France has erupted on the poker front as the World Poker Tour's plans to film their world-renowned French episode, the Grand Prix de Paris, collapsed after a refusal by French gaming authorities to provide permission.
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16 Apr 07
Absolute Poker and UltimateBet – US Still Strong
gambling911.com - With their US Business still breaking growth records, AbsolutePoker.com and Ultimatebet.com announce huge promotions, international plans and news on the pros.
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13 Apr 07
No More Poker Pros
According to reports, Ultimatebet and Absolute Poker will revamp its marketing plans and amongst the changes will be the discontinuation of sponsorships for poker professionals.
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13 Apr 07
Toronto Man Wins Giant Online Poker Tournament
Absolute Poker today revealed the winner of the second Absolute Dream Package promotion. Daniel Boone, a 31-year-old construction worker and father of three from Toronto, Canada, finished first in the Sunday, April 9th online poker tournament to claim the grand prize worth $150,000.
The prize package grants Boone access to over $100 million in land-based tournament prize pools.
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12 Apr 07
Negreanu: Are Suited Cards Worth the Risk?
fcnp.com - In a book I recently read, the author actually said that if he were playing a hand like 6-7 in a No Limit Hold’em game, he’d prefer the hand be offsuit rather than the same suit.
... In fact, starting out with suited cards has many more advantages above and beyond the low percentage of time that you'll actually complete your flush.
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