29 Dec 06
Negreanu: On Playing a Rush
fcnp.com - You'll occasionally find yourself in a poker game where it seems you can do no wrong. Every hand you play comes out a winner and lady luck is definitely on your side. This is known as playing a rush.
Depending who you ask, you'll get a variety of advice on what you should do when the cards keep coming and you’re on fire. One thing’s for sure, you should never leave a poker game that you’re destroying.
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28 Dec 06
Book Review: The Mathematics of Poker
pokernews.com - Experts encourage one to play the man as opposed to his cards. But what if such conventional assumptions proved to be only partially true? This eventuality is addressed in the recently released "The Mathematics of Poker". Authors Bill Chen and Jerrod Ankenman definitely state that it is the numerical reasoning behind our decisions that is more important than the searching for tells or the twitching of our guts.
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28 Dec 06
3-D Poker Site Launched by French Co.
cardplayer.com - French video game company Mekensleep launched a new 3-D real-money poker site, pok3d.com. The site immerses players into a complete three-dimensional environment and brags that it represents a revolution in Internet poker because players can customize their own avatars and use them to express emotions to their opponents.
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28 Dec 06
Full Tilt Playing Santa Until New Year
cardplayer.com - FullTiltPoker.com is wishing everyone a Merry Christmas with its “12 Days of Christmas” promotion that is running on the site from now until Dec. 31. It’s awarding cash and prizes from its Full Tilt store to players who earn at least one Full Tilt Point (FTP) each day until the new year. Here’s how it works:
Play at FullTiltPoker.com and earn at least one FTP in any of its cash games to become eligible. All players who earn at least one FTP will be put into a drawing for the day’s grand prize.
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27 Dec 06
Doyles Room: Aggressive Advertising
gambling911.com - Doyles Room Poker has begun advertising heavily on US television recently with the legendary player himself, Doyle Brunson, discussing how to play poker. The ads themselves direct viewers to the free education version of the Doyles Room website - DoylesRoom.net. That site does not permit betting.
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27 Dec 06
Most Important Court Case in Poker History
uk.pokernews.com - The New Year will bring the most awaited verdict in the history of UK poker. Is poker a game of skill? Now, this is in the history of UK poker alone for a little known fact, not often seen in the forum postings, is that European law has already judged poker as a game of skill - well, almost.
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22 Dec 06
Judge keeps poker prize on ice
seattlepi.nwsource.com - A judge turned down a motion to lift a freeze on half the World Series of Poker pot and said a TV producer would likely win his claim to the $6 million.
U.S. District Court Judge Roger Hunt turned down the motion by lawyers for main event winner Jamie Gold to lift an injunction set in September on half the $12 million pot won in the annual no-limit Texas Hold 'em tournament.
Hunt said he had concerns Gold would turn over the money to plaintiff Bruce Crispin Leyser if the TV producer were to win his case.
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22 Dec 06
Italy to Auction Poker & Gambling Licenses
pokerpages.com - Seen as yet another indicator towards liberalization of gambling restrictions in Europe, the Italian government has announced that it will auction off 17,000 licenses for betting shops, kiosks, casinos as well as for online casinos, poker rooms and sportsbooks.
This is in preparation for January 1st, when all Italians will be able to legally play online poker.
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22 Dec 06
NJ Roofing Contractor Takes Major Poker Pot
online-casinos.com - 37 year old New Jersey roofing contractor Rick Rosetti took home the big money - all $368 096 of it and a $10 000 WSOP sponsorship to boot - this week when he won the Harrah's World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) main event in Atlantic City.
In an exciting heads up with management consultant Alex Gomez, who had a dominating lead in chips Rosetti played a blinder of a game for 75 hands to triumph, winning the cash, the sponsored 2007 WSOP seat and a champion's ring.
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21 Dec 06
The Ban: Only an Inconvenience
allinmag.com - Since President Bush signed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (the “Act”) in mid-October, many popular Internet gambling sites have voluntarily blocked U.S. gamblers from real money games. However, other sites are continuing to advertise, promote and host real money games.
In passing the Act, Congress failed to understand that Internet gamblers are exceptionally resourceful, fiercely independent and technologically savvy. A determined poker player will be able to play cash games on-line, despite this ill-conceived law.
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21 Dec 06
Negreanu on Poker: Giving Away a Free Card
fcnp.com - What you’re about to read goes against a strategy that’s often taught in poker literature which recommends a straight forward, all-out aggressive approach when playing in No Limit Hold’em tournaments.
Undoubtedly, the best approach to No Limit tournaments is to be aggressive, but at the same time, you must avoid major risks in marginal situations.
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20 Dec 06
Another crown for Oz poker king
news.com.au - Melbourne poker king Joe Hachem has won the second-biggest poker tournament in the world, pocketing almost $US2.2 million ($2.8 million) at the Bellagio Hotel Casino in Las Vegas.
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19 Dec 06
Bluff's Annual Readers’ Choice Poker Awards
Bluff magazine (www.bluffmagazine.com), America’s leading poker magazine, has announced the winners of their 2006 Readers’ Choice Awards in their January issue, available on newsstands now. These awards are determined by the fans of poker--not the industry--and are the only magazine awards of their kind.
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19 Dec 06
Legal Online Poker & Gambling in Spain
pokerpages.com - Spain, like the UK and Italy, decided that there is much to be gained from regulating online gambling. Last Friday Spain announced that it will allow gaming in regulated locations, specifically including online ones.
The potential revenues are high, especially how legal wagering in Italy alone is close to 30 billion Euros. Now Spain is looking forward to a similar cash flow, that otherwise would be barely accounted for.
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19 Dec 06
Harrah's Agrees to Buyout Offer
"Harrah's Entertainment Inc., the world's largest casino company, accepted a $17.1 billion offer from Apollo Management LP and Texas Pacific Group in the fourth- biggest private-equity buyout ever."
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18 Dec 06
Europe Deals Online Gambling A Strong Hand
"Any day now the Italian government is expected to show its hand on gambling.
In a move viewed by many in the sector as the latest evidence of a shift towards the liberalization of gambling in Europe, Rome will award new gaming licences to a range of national and international companies vying for the chance to run betting shops, kiosks, casinos and online services."
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18 Dec 06
Poker players go for longest game
news.bbc.co.uk - A group of poker players is attempting to set a new world record for the longest uninterrupted game.
The 24 players began their endurance bid on Friday night in a club in Greenwich, south-east London, and must keep going for more than 42 hours.
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18 Dec 06
Paradise Gives Canadians a Chance to Play Down Under
bluffmagazine.com - Paradise Poker is bringing a little of the Australian outback to Canada through daily qualifiers for the Crown Australian Poker Championship, the southern hemisphere’s largest poker event.
ParadisePoker.com’s Aussie Millions qualifiers run daily and start at $3 with the main event taking place on December 23. Alternatively, players can buy-in to the main event on December 23 at a cost of $200.
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18 Dec 06
Major Nations Now Debating Online Poker Legislation
pokernews.com - An old adage states that 'as the U.S. goes, so goes the world.' While the saying itself is increasingly untrue, the wake left by the America's passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act [UIGEA], finds several important countries now taking up the issue, in addition to those reported in recent weeks. Germany, South Africa, Spain and Italy have each seen developments connected to the regulation of online poker
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15 Dec 06
Harrah's is Undecided
pokerpages.com - The special board committee for Harrah's Entertainment Inc. ended their 2 day meeting yesterday with no decision regarding buyout offers it has received, according to a person close to the matter.
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