10 Mar 06
Bodog.com's Ayre appears on Forbes
"On a warm, bright morning just outside San José, Costa Rica, Calvin Ayre, slightly hungover, was lounging in his bathrobe at a poolside office in his new $3.5 million, 10,000-square-foot compound. Sipping coffee poured by one of his five servants, the entrepreneur declared, paraphrasing Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, 'I’m going to win this war without fighting battles. I’ve put a lot of energy into finding ways not to fight my enemies.'
From this tropical oasis, Ayre has dodged and taunted those enemies, the main one being the U.S. Department of Justice."
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10 Mar 06
Bluff Does Europe
March 10 - Bluff Poker Magazine, North America's leading poker publication, is making its way across the pond to Europe. Poker fans in Europe and the United Kingdom will be delighted that they can now have easy access to the latest reviews, interviews and strategies...
The first edition of Bluff Europe will launch in the UK and Europe in March, making it the first poker magazine widely available in Europe.
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10 Mar 06
PartyPoker Adds Dating
"No-one can accuse the Party Poker marketers of lacking imagination, and their latest initiative explores the possibilities of online poker players finding dates as well!
Online poker card room Partypoker and Lavalife (an online dating agency) are teaming up to present a free 11-week long No Limit Texas Hold'Em tournament series that offers single poker players a chance to meet new people while playing cards online.
Once registered, online poker players are given a tournament date where they can compete for prizes and spend time chatting with potential dates. The theme of the tournament is 'Play on Thursday. Have a date on Saturday.'"
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09 Mar 06
Poker's Prince is Back
"Lately, Scotty Nguyen has played some razor-sharp poker. He finished fourth in the World Series of Poker Paris/Bally’s Circuit event last November. He followed up with a second-place finish in a $2,500 buy-in preliminary event at Bellagio’s Five-Diamond World Poker Classic in December. Both of these performances represented six-figure scores.
But, it was another preliminary event, a $3,000 no-limit hold’em tournament at the Gold Strike in late January, in which Nguyen’s play boosted his confidence and primed him to secure his first WPT championship."
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09 Mar 06
Online Player Becomes A Pro
"Pokerroom.com's 'Become a Poker Pro' tournament was won by Jim Davenport, and investment bank analyst. He beat out a tough field on the Royal Caribbean Majesty of the Seas this past weekend.
Davenport trailed the leaders for most of the tournament, but dominated the action for the last hour.
Davenport called an all-in bet with A-Q after the flop came A-J-7 to win the tournament'. His opponent held Q-7, and the Ace on the turn spelled his end."
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09 Mar 06
Dealing With Info Overload
"I look down to find a measly suited J-10. My first instincts are to follow the others and chuck the cards into the muck when
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Erick Lindgren's thoughts race to my mind that early action can be helpful in building your chip stack. David Sklansky's kicking in my cranium, screaming that J-10 is the only hand that makes four nut straights. With position on the early raiser, I fire a re-raise into the pot."
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08 Mar 06
Bodog.com reality series: "Action!"
"Filming is under way at the Bodog Compound in San Jose Costa Rica for the Bodog.com produced Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker TV series airing on Fox Sports April 15th at 11:00 PM for six weeks. The show is hosted by Bodog.com Founder and CEO Calvin Ayre and will have Celebrities, Poker Pros and Internet Poker qualifiers all vying for $750,000 in prize money."
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08 Mar 06
Al Alvarez: The Poet Laureate of Poker
"In 1983, British poet, poker player, theatre critic, rock climber, and novelist Al Alvarez published The Biggest Game in Town, an account of the 1981 World Series of Poker ('poker's equivalent of Wimbledon'), won by Stuey Ungar. One critic called it 'the origin of contemporary poker literature.' The London Evening Standard calls it 'probably the best book on poker ever written.' Jim McManus, author of Positively Fifth Street calls it 'the seminal book on the literature of poker. Gorgeously written. Very cool.'"
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07 Mar 06
Tilly chooses poker over Oscar
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Actress-turned-poker-star Jennifer Tilly has become infatuated with high stakes Texas Hold 'Em.
So much so that for the first time in more than a decade, she's skipped the red carpet of the Oscars for the green felt of the poker table.
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07 Mar 06
Forrest Wins Heads Up Championship
"Three days of poker spread out over sixty three matches led to the crowning of a new champion in the 2nd Annual National Heads Up Poker Championship early Tuesday morning. The poker played during the weekend at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas was action packed and also provided many surprises as well. In the end, veteran cash game player Ted Forrest was able to withstand the charge of the best in the game today to walk away from the felt with the title."
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06 Mar 06
Online Poker: Is it fair?
"Internet discussion forums are rife with unproven allegations of non-random card dealing, possibly to favour house-employed players or “bots” (poker playing software disguised as a human opponent), or to give multiple players good hands thus increasing the bets and the rake, or simply to prevent new players from losing so quickly that they become discouraged. However, there is little more than anecdotal evidence to support such claims, and others argue that the rake is sufficiently large that such abuses would be unnecessary and foolish."
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06 Mar 06
Series Returns To Binions
"Once again, Binions Horseshoe in Las Vegas will host a tournaments series. The American Poker Player Championship is a 29-event series that will take place from May 10-24, at the former home of the World Series of Poker."
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06 Mar 06
Day 2: NBC Heads-Up Poker
"Heads-up poker is one of the most exciting formats to witness, but when colorful and talented professionals perform in front of a live audience, the spectacle is nothing less than exhilarating. Today the players exhibited everything a poker fan could hope for and NBC has a winner on their hands after capturing some amazing moments in poker history."
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03 Mar 06
Free iPods for Playing Online
(PRWEB) March 3, 2006 -- Smack Dog Poker is offering up one of the best rake back deals on the web right now with our newest online poker sponsor, Royal Card Club. ... Our bonus prizes are earned by simply playing online poker and collecting 35% of the rake you generate at the end of the month. Our grand prize is a brand new, 30GB iPod valued at $299. This is not the only great prize you can earn though playing online poker at Royal Card Club. We are offering up every iPod available from the 512MB iPod shuffle to the 4GB iPod Nano to the 30GGB iPod.
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03 Mar 06
The Mother Of All Poker Games
"The popular poker magazine, Bluff carries an interesting report on what was probably one of the most expensive poker games of all time in its current issue.
In what is considered the largest head-to-head poker game ever, self-made billionaire banker Andy Beal matched $20 million against a rotating cast made up of the best high-stakes poker players in the world, including Phil Ivey, Jennifer Harman, Todd Brunson, and Ted Forrest.
... They played three series of matches in February where each side started with at least $10 million on the table, with millions more in reserve. Wins and losses ran as high as $10 million in a single day, and one session featured two $8 million swings."
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03 Mar 06
Heads-Up at Caesars
"Friday is here and so is the first day of elimination for the NBC Heads Up Championship at Caesars Palace. This major poker tournament is limited to 64 players including many of the top professionals. The organization of the event and the subsequent elimination rounds are patterned after the college basketball championship.
Last year's winner, Phil "the Brat" Hellmuth, will be defending his title in the second annual installment of this very popular event."
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02 Mar 06
Paddy signs 10,000 players in first year
"PADDY POWER’S entry to the online poker market has paid off, signing up nearly 10,000 gaming customers in just a year.
According to the bookmaker, nearly 10% of its total online customer base use the site solely for casino games and it is making a solid contribution to group profits.
Gross win from Paddy Power’s gaming book increased to €17 million from €6m in 2004. The sports book, which has been up and running for some years has gross win of €26 million."
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02 Mar 06
Margolis Tries Her Poker Hand
"Within the last several months, Margolis has launched her own online poker room, teamed up with professional poker player Cyndy Violette to pitch a reality TV show, become the face of the World Poker Tour’s official online community, Chipleaders, and opened a Los Angeles night club with her husband, Guy.
Oh, and she just expanded her business team by adding Poker Royalty, a marketing and player representative agency that specializes in poker business. As if she needed any more help.
Margolis must have the energy level of a Kenyan marathon runner and brains that rival those of any marketing guru."
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01 Mar 06
Poker's Biggest Night
Men "The Master" Nguyen was the star of Cardplayer Magazine and Bodog's inaugural "Biggest Night in Poker," capturing the coveted Best Player honors for 2005.
Nguyen had a career-year in 2005; a tough accomplishment considering Nguyen was already a three-time Player of the Year recipient (1997, 2001, 2003) and is one of the most decorated and recognized professionals ever to play.
... Cardplayer Magazine awards the Player of the Year title annually, using a point system that gives players certain values for their placement in major poker tournaments. The higher a participant places in a tournament, the more points they earn.
In 2005, no one earned more points than "The Master."
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01 Mar 06
BetFair Targets Women
"As part of a new "female focused" promotional campaign, Betfair Poker will be sending a male model to host their women's poker nights for five lucky female poker players.
... In their latest promotion, Betfair Poker will allow five lucky ladies to experience a night of Texas Hold 'Em in their own homes with a hunky male host on hand to assist. The five winners will be able to invite nine of their girlfriends over to share in the fun packed night in. Ladies who register at Betfair Poker and play for free between today, March 1st, and March 28th will be eligible for the prize."
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