04 Dec 06
Paddy Power UK Poker Tour a Huge Success
uk.pokernews.com - An affordable range of tournaments, all £100+£10 freezeouts or rebuys, made for a great festival of poker for the masses. Famous faces and amateurs alike took their chances up and down the UK, but it was the lesser known players who grabbed the headlines.
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04 Dec 06
Frist not to run for President
pokerpages.com - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who snuck the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) into the Safe Port Bill in the final moments before the Senate recessed, announced Wednesday that he will quit public life and will not run for President of the USA. ... Frist would have had to deal with several ethics controversies in his quest for president.
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01 Dec 06
Last days of the Caribbean Poker Classic
pokerpages.com - We have gotten into the last two days of the Caribbean Poker Classic here at St. Kitts. Today we will have two tournaments: One that will start in a few moments, the $500+50 no-limit hold'em with one optional rebuy. And then in six hours from now, we had initially planned the $200+20 pot-limit Omaha with rebuys + add-on. But, that one has been skipped in favor of a $400+40 pot-limit Omaha freeze-out.
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01 Dec 06
Fallout: Jobs Cut at Card Player and WPT
"In the last 24 hours, I discovered that Card Player Magazine and the World Poker Tour axed several employees, a trend that's been too common in the poker industry over the last few weeks. Many jobs in the once thriving poker industry have been lost due to the UIGEA and it seems that the two big giants in the poker world were not exempt from the fallout."
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01 Dec 06
World of Poker: Hungary
pokerplayernewspaper.com - Live poker has reached the furthest corners of Europe - including a place that seems unlikely to be a gambling haven at first - Hungary. ...
Online gamblers in the country will have a tougher time, though, as payments from Hungarian banks are blocked to most online poker sites, as of June.
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30 Nov 06
New Bond Villain Wins With Hooks
mi6.co.uk - According to national media and the Danish poker magazine "Ace", Mads Mikkelsen participated in a real-life poker tournament in Denmark on Friday night.
Apparently the new Bond villain learned something from playing Le Chiffre because he won the BET24 tournament after beating everyone, including the Danish poker pro Theo Jørgensen by calling his "all in".
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30 Nov 06
Pennsylvania Gov: No Rush To Legalise Poker
online-casinos.com - The governor of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell dampened hopes of a legalisation of poker in the state anytime soon when he reacted sharply to reports that a member of the state legislature was framing such a Bill.
The governor says that he would reject any legislation seeking to legalise table games before the state has a chance to gauge the success and impact of slot machines, according to an Associated Press report.
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29 Nov 06
White takes $600,000 poker win
abbynews.com - After three days of tournament play, David Ross White of Abbotsford is B.C.’s newest poker champion, walking away with the grand prize of $600,000, the champion’s watch and bragging rights.
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29 Nov 06
France Considers Anti i-Gambling Legislation
pokerpages.com - France is considering adoption of 2 amendments containing anti-gambling legislation to France's "delinquency prevention" measures, which were originally introduced by the Minister of the Interior, Nicholas Sarkozy, following France's 2005 riots.
Supporters claim the legislation will decrease delinquency among minors of an increasingly young age.
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29 Nov 06
Penn. Politician Looks at Poker
cardplayer.com - The first slot parlor opened in Pennsylvania only a few weeks ago, but soon people there may be able to play poker legally if Rep. Bill Deweese gets his way.
Deweese, the Democratic minority leader who's expected to become the Speaker of the House after Democrats take control next year, is drafting a bill that would expand Pennsylvania's gambling laws to allow both poker and blackjack in some of the proposed slot casinos.
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28 Nov 06
Rules to Obtain UK Poker & Gambling Licenses Unveiled
pokerpages.com - The U.K. Gambling Commission unveiled the new "License Conditions and Codes of Practice" document yesterday. Anyone who wishes to be licensed to operate a gambling business in Britain starting September 2007 must follow the procedures specified in this new document.
"Britain's gambling laws are undergoing wholesale reform, and from September next year all operators must be licensed by the Gambling Commission," remarked Peter Dean, the Commission's chairman.
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28 Nov 06
Be careful when you’re table’s big stack
zwire.com - So, you’re playing in a multi-table No-Limit Hold ’em tournament and you have had the benefit of busting out of the gate in a big way, wiping out a couple of players early and taking down a few other nice-sized pots to give you a significant chip advantage at your table.
Congratulations on being the early chip leader. Know what that earns you? Zip.
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27 Nov 06
UK pubs get go ahead to hold poker games
thisislondon.co.uk - Pubs will be allowed to stage poker games in the latest twist of Labour's liberalisation of the laws on drinking and gaming.
Laws that have banned games of chance played for money from pubs and bars will be lifted next year, Whitehall confirmed.
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27 Nov 06
Poker: Spain Targeted for Expansion
pokerpages.com - London-based Media & Entertainment Consulting Network (MECN) did a recent survey of operators of online poker and gambling sites as well as operators of physical casinos and found many of them mentioned Spain as a particularly attractive place to expand.
Martin Oelbermann, co-author of the study, relayed, "In nearly all of our surveys and interviews the operators mentioned Spain as a particularly attractive jurisdiction for future expansion."
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27 Nov 06
Star City announces $.5M Poker Face-Off
In high-stakes poker, they say the straightest face wins. Australian company Star City is challenging you to put your best poker face up to the task, as they've announced a $500,000 Texas Hold'em face-off to be held Dec. 17.
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24 Nov 06
WSOP: "No Registrations From Online Poker Rooms"
casinogamblingweb.com - The 2006 World Series of Poker saw a record number of almost 9,000 registered players enter its event in Las Vegas. Because of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act the 2007 WSOP main event is expected to be much smaller. It is expected to be much smaller because Harrah's has announced that it will not accept third party registrations.
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24 Nov 06
World of Poker: Switzerland
pokerplayernewspaper.com - Interestingly enough, Internet gambling is prohibited in Switzerland, thanks to the Swiss Gambling and Casino Act back in 1998, though there is nothing on the books to enforce it.
Casinos in Switzerland are doing quite well. Back in 2004, they collectively made a profit of $645 million, and it's a safe bet that they're doing just as good today.
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24 Nov 06
Tony G Opens Online Poker Room
pokernews.com - Many poker professionals have ridden the world's obsession with Internet poker, either by becoming online professionals (such as Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy) or by opening their own online poker rooms. Such players as Scott Fischman, David "The DevilFish" Ulliot and the wealth of pros at Full Tilt demonstrate this fact handily. One of the biggest and brightest stars in the international poker world, Australia's Tony G, now has his own room to call his own!
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24 Nov 06
BC: Championship Main Event Starts Today
bluffmagazine.com - The B.C. Poker Championships main event begins today at River Rock Casino in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.
The $2,500 + $200 (CAN) buy-in No Limit Hold 'Em Championship is expected to generate a multi-million dollar prize pool, with the first place prize being estimated around $750,000.
Among the field today will be ten time WSOP champion Johnny Chan and Canadian pros Gavin Smith and Brad "Yukon" Booth, who are already registered for the event.
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23 Nov 06
Poker Shoot-Out in London: 6 Chosen
online-casinos.com - Six amateur poker players have battled their way past thousands of online competitors to represent their countries at the ActionPoker.com $500 000 Poker Shoot-Out in London on December 1.
The finalists, some of whom have never previously played for high stakes in a live environment, represent a sweeping trend of online poker players who are making the transition from winning regularly at home to competing at major live tournaments.
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