22 Mar 07
Teresa Sanchez Wins First LPPT Event
cardplayer.com - The first Ladies Professional Poker Tour event took place this weekend at the Bicycle Casino’s Winnin’ O’ the Green series.
The $550 buy-in no-limit ladies-only tournament attracted 91 players, making the prize pool $45,000. The tournament began at 2:15 p.m. on Sunday. The final table was suppose to be played Monday night and air live through the Live At The Bike website, but one of the players could not stay the extra day so the women played through the night.
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21 Mar 07
WTO Expected To Rule Against US
onlinecasino.org - More and more rumors are now coming out, that the World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled against the US in an online gambling dispute with the Caribbean island of Antigua and Barbuda.
Although the ruling has not yet come out and is still private, it's been reported that the WTO has found the US guilty of not complying.
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21 Mar 07
EU Rules Against Sports Bettting Monopolies
winneronline.com - The European Commission on Wednesday demanded that Denmark, Finland and Hungary change national rules that limit sports betting in their countries, saying it could take them to court if they do not respond within two months.
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20 Mar 07
"Join PPA" Says Top Gaming Attorney
pokerpages.com - Prominent Las Vegas-based gaming attorney Anthony Cabot has voiced strong support that the Poker Players Alliance (the "PPA") is the one broad grass roots organization that will best represent U.S. online poker players' interests with regard to Federal legislation. He also noted that PPA dues go directly to fight the fight.
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20 Mar 07
Multi-Table Tournament Tips
gambling911.com - Multi-table poker tournament tips are essential these days. Playing No-Limit multi-table poker tournaments are becoming quite popular at online poker sites around the world for many reasons. Players can gain entry into bigger events, win great prizes and compete against some of the best players in the world.
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20 Mar 07
PokerStars hosts largest tournament in history
casinocitytimes.com - The largest poker tournament in history took less than 11 hours to complete.
PokerStars, celebrating the one-year anniversary of their weekly Sunday Million, drew 10,508 players for their $1.5 million guaranteed event, creating the largest field for any big-buy-in-tournament live or online.
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19 Mar 07
Northern Ireland Poker Championships Stopped by Police
pokerpages.com - Poker players from all over Europe who had come to play in the Northern Ireland Poker Championships March 16 were furious when, one hour before the event was due to start, the Gardai (Irish Police Force) prevented the event from proceeding. ...
Under current Irish law, poker tournaments with a one-time registration fee are legal. So the police interference with the Northern Ireland Poker Championships has caused confusion and concern by tournament operators and corresponding venue management.
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19 Mar 07
Turkey Restricts Online Poker
cardplayer.com - Turkish legislators have passed a law forbidding online gambling to be offered by any unauthorised domestic or foreign company to citizens in Turkey.
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19 Mar 07
The Ace-Anything Trap
gambling911.com - One of the most noticeable factors at the online poker table these days are the all too typical poker players that will play ace-anything. If there is an ace in their hand then they are in the pot, period. This ace love affair gets players into more trouble than they can possibly imagine when playing online poker.
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19 Mar 07
Busting Players Out of Tournaments
gambling911.com - One of the biggest differences you will find when playing an online Texas Holdem poker tournament versus a regular ring game is “busting” people - deciding to put them all in. While this may happen by chance in a ring game – after all, not everyone is as good a player as you – in a tournament, it is a given. But, the concept of “busting” poker players out of the tournament is often elusive to some people ...
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19 Mar 07
Raise or Fold – But Don't Call Much
casinocitytimes.com - Every time there's a bet made to you in a hand of poker, you have three choices – call, raise or fold. Sociable players who are in it for the fun of gambling tend to call way too much. If you're in it to win, you should usually be folding and sometimes raising – but calling only now and then. Here's why ...
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16 Mar 07
News Site Offers $12K Freerolls
onlinecasinonews.com - Popular poker news site, PokerNews has announced that it will host over twenty $12,000 World Series of Poker Freerolls, giving away over $250,000 in prizes.
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16 Mar 07
French Gov Levies Fines for Online Poker
cardplayer.com - It would appear that the situation in France, as it relates to online poker, is continuing to deteriorate. Patrick Partouche, head of France’s largest casino chain (Groupe Partouche), has been penalized by the French authorities for his involvement with an online poker site Poker770.com.
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16 Mar 07
WSOP Shuns Internet Gambling
eog.com - The World Series of Poker (WSOP) stepped up and tried to make a statement which exuded confidence. They say they are planning for 10,000 players at this year's championship event. Further they believe the greatest tournament in the world is going to grow without the online poker world. Sounds optimistic, but why does it feel like bluster?
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15 Mar 07
Bill to Repeal UIGEA May Be in the Works
cardplayer.com - Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank is considering a bill that would repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
According to Reuters, a spokesman for Frank confirmed that the liberal Democrat is considering legislation that would repeal the entire UIGE Act.
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15 Mar 07
WSOP prepares for 10,000 entrants
cnn.com - The World Series of Poker is preparing for a record number of entrants even though the government is cracking down on online gambling sites that have boosted the tournament's popularity.
Organizers said Wednesday they are planning for 10,000 players, a 14 percent increase over last year's record of 8,773 players.
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14 Mar 07
Amateur Player's Absolute Dream Come True
cardplayer.com - An amateur poker player recently won every budding poker player’s absolute dream: buy-ins to 10 big-time tournaments, lessons from an award-winning poker player, and a free stab at more than $100 million in prize pools.
Illinois machinist Scott Carroll won Absolute Poker’s appropriately named Absolute Dream Package main event on March 4, and the $125,000 package that went along with it.
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14 Mar 07
Bills to Legalize Poker in Texas Introduced
pokerpages.com - It appears Texas state coffers are running so dry, that not one, but 3 separate bills have been introduced relating to poker and casino gambling as a means of generating revenues for Texas.
Legislation to regulate poker in Texas was filed in the Texas House last Thursday March 8.
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14 Mar 07
Players Butt Heads Over Online "Censorship"
gambling911.com - Poker players fear that public postings related to online gambling are being read by the likes of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales...and information obtained from such postings acted upon in a flash of the eye.
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13 Mar 07
The poker boom hits South Africa
sundaytimes.co.za - And now the game of poker is growing in popularity in South Africa. It is played in casinos and homes around the country by people from all walks of life ... despite currently being illegal in terms of the National Gambling Act of 2004. ...
[I]n December, Cabinet approved a Draft Gambling Amendment Bill to regulate online and cellphone gambling.
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