15 Jan 07
SC Lawmaker Says "Legalize Home Poker"
cardplayer.com - In South Carolina, it’s illegal to buy a deck of cards on Sunday. It’s also illegal to wear pants with back pockets, and bathe a horse in a bathtub, but Republican Representative William Scarborough isn’t tacking these outdated and ridiculous laws. He’s trying to get, in his opinion, another one changed.
This week, Scarborough introduced a bill that would allow people to play poker in their own homes.
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12 Jan 07
Season 3 of High Stakes Poker Begins
poker.bodogbeat.com - Huge wads of cash and some of the biggest names in poker will mark the beginning of season 3 of High Stakes Poker on GSN. The series will begin airing weekly on January 15th and will feature some interesting twists and, well, high stakes poker, as both professional and amateur players put their own money at risk ...
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12 Jan 07
2007 WSOP Event Schedule Announced
pokerplayernewspaper.com - The 38th edition of the world ' s most prestigious poker tournament, set for June 1 through July 17, 2007, at the Rio ® All-Suite Hotel & Casino – and televised exclusively by ESPN – features 55 bracelet events with buy-ins up to $50,000. Among the additions to the schedule are $2,500 HORSE event and $5,000 Mixed Hold ' Em Events and a $5,000 Heads-up No-Limit Hold ' Em World Championship.
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11 Jan 07
Biggest Prizepool Yet In Full Tilt Poker Challenge
online-casinos.com - The high popularity Full Tilt Online Poker Series is to be held again this year...and the already substantial multi-million dollar prizepool is to be further boosted to an impressive $3.6 million, according to a internet poker companys spokesman.
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11 Jan 07
Prosecution sets out case in poker trial
morningadvertiser.co.uk - The twelve members of the public who make up the jury at Snaresbrook will decide the fate of Derek Kelly, licensee of the Gutshot poker club in London.
Kelly hopes to argue that he does not need a gaming licence for his club because poker is a game of skill and therefore exempt from the 1968 Gaming Act.
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11 Jan 07
Louisiana man wins first WSOP Event of 2007
pokerplayernewspaper.com - "I was watching ESPN and I saw the World Series of Poker on television," he said. "It was the year after (Chris) Moneymaker win it (in 2003). I had never played much poker before. But after I saw that, I decided to start playing."
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10 Jan 07
Jurors to get poker lesson at landmark trial
timesonline.co.uk - The members of a jury were told that they will get a free lesson in how to play poker during a landmark trial which opened today that could decide the future of poker gaming in the UK.
Derek Kelly, 46, chairman of the Gutshot Private Members' Club in Clerkenwell, Central London, has been accused of illegally holding two poker games under the 1968 Gaming Act.
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10 Jan 07
Jury to rule on nature of poker
news.bbc.co.uk - Club owner Derek Kelly, 46, is accused of running unlicensed poker games at the Gutshot Private Members' Club in Clerkenwell, central London.
But he has argued that poker is a game of skill and he therefore does not require a licence.
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10 Jan 07
£258,000 For £1 Bet On Poker
mirror.co.uk - A mum scooped more than a quarter of a million on one hand of poker after staking only £1.
Warehouse worker Anne Taylor, who earns £200 a week, walked away with £258,982 after playing for 15 minutes in a casino.
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10 Jan 07
Sundance to Feature Celeb Poker Tournament
gambling911.com - “Sundance is one of the premiere events for Hollywood and the film industry and I’m so glad to be a part of it,” said Doyle Brunson. “I can’t wait to get out to Utah and show those celebrities how we play poker in Texas.”
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09 Jan 07
Harrah’s Announces 2007 Schedule For WSOP
businesswire.com - Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET) said today the 2007 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light will offer the most diverse event schedule in the tournament’s illustrious history.
The 38th edition of the world’s most prestigious poker tournament, set for June 1 through July 17, 2007, at the Rio® All-Suite Hotel & Casino ...
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09 Jan 07
Paradise searches for poker King of Canada
casinocitytimes.com - Canada is a hotbed of great poker players and Paradise Poker is in search of the best one to crown him or her King of Canada with a $50,000 prize. This first-ever exclusively Canadian poker tournament kicks off with daily freerolls at ParadisePoker.com on January 8th and concludes with an online main event on April 15, 2007.
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08 Jan 07
Ottawa student wins cool million
eog.com - An Ottawa graduate student climbed out from under his $30,000 debt Sunday in a novel way: he won $1 million US in a poker tournament in the Bahamas.
Quillan Nagel, 30, is actually scheduled to defend his master's thesis next week at Carleton University's Norman Patterson School of International Affairs ... he is a former professional ballet dancer with the Washington and Cincinnati ballets before having to retire because of injuries.
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08 Jan 07
Legal in-House Poker in South Carolina?
pokerpages.com - South Carolina state Rep. Wallace Scarborough, R-Charleston is drafting legislation to legalize in-house poker games, as long as they are a 'recreational activity.'
The bill would be part of an overall effort to update antiquated state gaming laws dating from 1802. If strictly interpreted, these laws prohibit card and dice games and even some common board games like Monopoly.
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08 Jan 07
Woman's Mag To Sponsor Author's Tourny
pokernews.com - Woman Poker Player Magazine will be sponsoring the First Annual Poker Authors Challenge Las Vegas, which will take place at Binion's Hotel and Gaming Hall on January 21st. For a cost of $125, poker players will have the opportunity to meet and play a poker tournament with the people behind some of the best poker books on the market today.
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08 Jan 07
New EPT Event in Poland
onlinecasino.org - PokerStars.com will be sponsoring the 2007 European Poker Tour (EPT), and has just announced a new event being added to the schedule, which will be held in Warsaw, Poland.
The preliminary event in Warsaw is scheduled to being on March 14-17, 2007. There will be a maximum capacity of 300 players, with the no limit Texas Hold 'em tournament taking place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
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05 Jan 07
Negreanu on Poker: Position play always key
nj.com - Suited connectors like 5h-6h or 9s-10s can be fun to play, especially when you hit a big flop and make a straight or a flush. While these hands certainly have a lot of potential, you'll need to be careful that you don't bleed your stack to death by playing them in the wrong situations.
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05 Jan 07
EU Poker Tour Announces Polish Leg
onlinecasinonews.com - The European Poker Tour (EPT), sponsored by PokerStars.com, has announced that a new event in Warsaw, Poland, has been added to the schedule for Season 3.
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05 Jan 07
Win "Poker For A Year"
online-casinos.com - ... the twelve month-long online poker league offers over $150 000 in prizes and will culminate with a ten-player Final to be played offline at a secret location - all expenses paid. The winner will be crowned Poker Pro For A Year and will win the "Ultimate Poker Experience" - full sponsorship into four major poker tournaments in 2008.
This grand prize includes flights, accommodation, tournament entries and expenses, and is worth over $50 000.
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04 Jan 07
PokerRoom.Com Comes Right
online-casinos.com - A festive season poker tournament that went horribly wrong following a software glitch was belatedly resolved this week by the million player Poker Room.com. Cash removed unilaterally from the tournament winner's player account ... was re-deposited as the poker room admitted its screw-up in a somewhat provocatively worded public announcement on the Poker Room forum.
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