05 Nov 07
Are poker forums fumbling?
pokerlistings.com - Recently ... I have noticed a significant erosion in the quality of poker forums that has led me to ask if they are necessary at all anymore.
Perusing forums on several sites I have bookmarked, I've noticed that what people are discussing isn't necessarily poker related and, in some cases, would be better relegated to the locker room.
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05 Nov 07
WSOP is wedded to its current business model
pokerlistings.com - In the past couple of years, many tournament schedules have become totally devoted to No-Limit Hold'em, completely ignoring the intricacies and charms of the other disciplines in the poker world. Casinos may do this in the belief that they are catering to the desires of the players, but it has done more of a disservice to the game of poker than they might imagine.
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02 Nov 07
Sweden Offers State-Controlled Poker
A state-controlled gaming company – who is a member of the World Lottery Assocation (“WLA”) - has obtained permission from its government to arrange Internet poker in cooperation with Svenska Spel and Boss Media. The WLA Company will use Svenska Spel’s and Boss Media’s solutions for security and supervision.
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02 Nov 07
High Stakes Poker IV Features $.5M Buy In
4flush.com - GSN will televise its popular television show High Stakes Poker beginning November 5th. High Stakes Poker features some of the world’s best poker players bringing $100,000 to the table and battling it out for the money.
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02 Nov 07
Bodog gets a new look
pokerlistings.com - Bodog Poker has released a new look for its online poker room.
The new Bodog Poker design is the result of player feedback and user testing over the past two years.
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01 Nov 07
Negreanu: Reading Tells Early
fcnp.com - The subtle tells you pick up at the poker table will often occur well before you’re faced with your big decision. Why? Because tells happen early. To make a good read, you must pay attention to the action at the beginning of the hand, even though the table action doesn’t yet seem exciting.
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01 Nov 07
Understanding Poker Blinds
point-spreads.com - Both Omaha and Texas hold’em have poker blinds because they are often played without the use of antes. This allows for the player to fold his hand without placing a bet. In short, the poker blinds require a regular cost to play in the game. What this does is encourage a player to get involved in pots to balance the price of taking part in the game.
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01 Nov 07
Doyle prepares for High Stakes Poker war
pokerlistings.com - The stakes will be higher than ever in the upcoming episodes of High Stakes Poker. "It's going to be a war," says poker legend Doyle Brunson.
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31 Oct 07
Day Three of the North American Poker Championship
cardplayer.com - With 79 players still in contention for the title at the World Poker Tour North American Poker Championship, the $1,387,224 first-place prize seemed light years away. But the day started with a flourish of bust-outs, and players dropped from the race at an extraordinary rate.
It didn’t take long to lose several well-known professionals. In a span of an hour we lost Jordan Morgan, Kathy Liebert, J.C. Tran, Joe Cassidy, and Jeff Madsen, among others.
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31 Oct 07
888 revenues jump in September
sharecast.com - Online gamer 888 lifted third quarter revenues by nearly 40% and said September was its best month since its pull-out from the US following the crackdown on online gambling.
Group net gaming revenue from its businesses outside of the US rose by 37% to US$52.5m (Q3 2006: US$38.3m) in the three months to September with revenue from casino and poker up 24% to US$47.6m.
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31 Oct 07
Lee Childs Wins First EXPT Main Event
cardplayer.com - Lee Childs, represented by Card Player Media, recently won the first Executive Poker Tour (EXPT) event at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The $2,500 event was attended by some of the biggest names in poker and will be broadcast on TV at a later date.
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30 Oct 07
European Poker Tour Preview
pokernews.com - One of the most exciting events on the European poker calendar returns today as Pokerstars present their European Poker Tour Dublin event. The Merrion Casino is once again the place for the €8000 buy-in event and all eyes are on the Brits for this one.
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30 Oct 07
Cookery on the box works
tvscoop.tv - Food Poker, according to a BBC press release some time ago, is "an innovative take on a cookery show... combining the thrill of a poker round with the competitive edge that always ensues when you put two or more top chefs in a kitchen together."
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30 Oct 07
More Bad News For Absolute Poker
Contacting a numerous and wide range of major newspapers, Virginia-based Publicity Guaranteed revealed that it was owed some $43 000 by the Costa Rica based online poker company.
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29 Oct 07
Poker growing in Asia
pokerlistings.com - Poker appears to be expanding in a market that everybody in the industry has their eye on. ...
China is not the only country in Asia where poker is starting to flourish. Recently PokerStars held a very successful APPT event in Manila and, according to the Cebu Daily News, a Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.
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29 Oct 07
Absolute Poker Spokespro Mark Sief Interview
gambling911.com - Sief said he was consulted by Absolute Poker as to how they should handle this matter and he responded by suggesting "overpayment" and "over compensating" those who were harmed. Management was all for that.
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29 Oct 07
Day 2 WPT's North American Poker Championship
pokerpages.com - A total of 504 players entered the tournament, each contributing their $10,000 buy-in to generate a prize pool of almost $5 Million. First place in this event will take down an impressive $1,361,724!
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29 Oct 07
Sweden Votes to End Gambling Monopoly
Sweden’s ruling Moderate party has giving its backing to the de-monopolization of the country’s gambling industry and sell-off of Svenska Spel at the party’s annual conference in Gävle on Saturday.
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26 Oct 07
B.C. Poker Championships set for November
pokerlistings.com - British Columbia's largest poker tournament is set to return for a third year at the River Rock Casino as the British Columbia Lottery Corporation presents the B.C. Poker Championships Nov. 18-25.
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26 Oct 07
AbsolutePoker POTRIPPER Cheating Footage
A report from MSNBC states that a player with the username POTRIPPER hacked into Absolute's system and could see his opponents hole cards.
Watch the YouTube video to see what POTRIPPER could see ...
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