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Go Texas Poker! (In Oklahoma, of Course)

Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2009

photo: @cgowen Considering that Texas poker players helped build the third-largest friggin’ casino in the world (literally under a tent in Thackerville, OK) we can take some pleasure in knowing a bunch of Texans kicked butt in The River tourney this weekend and will be sending back home some riches made in El Norte. WinStar [...]

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Biggest Casinos in the World RE: Asian Poker Boom Is on

Date: Fri, Aug 28, 2009

The Business Week article about the Asian poker boom referenced here also has a photo-sidebar about the 20 Biggest Casinos in the World. I’ve listed them in order below — a few surprising results — but click here to check out the pics and for all sorts of other interesting data about the largest gamble-gamble [...]

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Hottest Boys of Poker

Date: Fri, Aug 28, 2009

Boys will be boys, and those of us in poker’s minority know this. The Wicked Chops entities made “hot girls” the norm for poker media, and the PokerListings guys have jumped on board with this gem, including comments about how their telephoto lenses are always “extended and ready.” Seriously, guys? Argh! But I’ve gotta be [...]

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Asian Poker Boom Is on, or at Least Getting on

Date: Fri, Aug 28, 2009

They’re in the money (and just waking up for Day 3 right now) at the APPT Main Event in Macau, and sure enough, Season 3 saw a record number of entrants and prize pool. 429 players, $2.1mm prize pool, $540k first prize. Click here to follow the action. This comes on the heels of the [...]

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(Las Vegas) People You Meet: The 1/2 $100,000-aire

Date: Fri, Aug 28, 2009

Those following @Pokerati may recall an unusual situation I faced in a 1/2 game at the Golden Nugget last weekend — when this guy, “The Duke”, bought in for $100,000 … which he pulled from purple velvet Crown Royal baggies stuffed in a tattered violin case. I had been trying to place him … was he [...]

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The First through Ninth Families of Poker?

Date: Fri, Aug 28, 2009

Watching the latest episode of ESPN’s Inside Deal … Laura Lane had a question for Howard Lederer, about who would win between him and his sister vs. the Brunson clan. Though Howard’s non-committal answer shows he is definitely learnin’ himself some politics, it got me thinking … really, who are the biggest poker families? Though [...]

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Argentina Moves to Embrace Online Gambling, Poker 180-degree turnaround to pay for soccer?

Date: Thu, Aug 27, 2009

Funny … as Brazil accelerates efforts to ban online poker+gambling, Argentina is going completely the other way — looking to legally regulate it. And in a hurry, no less … From Dow Jones via NASDAQ: The Argentine government is working on plans to allow online gambling throughout the country, presidential Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez said [...]

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WPT Legends of Poker final table features November Niner

Date: Wed, Aug 26, 2009

The final table of the $10,000 WPT Legends of Poker resumes at 4pm PT today, with November Niner Kevin Schaffel the chip leader at 2,234,000. Here’s how the rest of the final table will be seated: 1. Sam Stein - 743,000 2. Todd Terry - 2,219,000 3. Kevin Schaffel [...]

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Jeff Shulman to Shake Up Poker IndustryTaking It to the Next Level, He Says?

Date: Tue, Aug 25, 2009

In the last edition of Card Player Magazine that I may receive (canceled the subscription after his initial WSOP comments), November Nine member Jeff Shulman takes the sly opportunity to make another unclear accusation point about the WSOP and Harrah’s. To refresh memories, Shulman was headed for the final table of the WSOP Main Event in [...]

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Inside Deal for August 25, November Niners Rolling at the Legends of Poker

Date: Tue, Aug 25, 2009

Here’s the latest edition of PokerStars.net’s Inside Deal, with November Nine participant Eric Buchman: In other November Nine news, Kevin Schaffel and Steve Begleiter are 2nd and 3rd with just 24 players remaining at the WPT Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California. Todd Terry is the current chip leader with [...]

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Brazil Looking to Ban Online Gambling Think UIGEA + Kentucky + Washington State

Date: Mon, Aug 24, 2009

A Brazilian UIGEA could seriously hurt their biggest national hero’s ability to bring in real-money players. The Brazilian senate is soon to consider a bill modeled after the UIGEA — banning payments to and from online gambling sites. The original legislation was introduced 15 months ago, but more recently has grown some teeth. At President [...]

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PartyGaming Outbids Gamynia for WPT Assets

Date: Mon, Aug 24, 2009

At least we’ve heard of this company, right? It just came over the wire (errr, internet) that the Gamynia deal has been terminated in favor of an agreement to allow a PartyGaming subsidiary, Peerless Media Ltd., to purchase the WPT assets for a cool $12.3 million. Check ‘er out: PartyGaming Moves For World Poker Tour Assets [...]

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Betfair Considers $2.5 Billion Public OfferingAnd other European online gambling maneuvers

Date: Mon, Aug 24, 2009

Apparently our good friends across the pond are a bit more optimistic about the notion of the US opening its online gambling market in 2010 than we are … and in preparation, the buzz around England is that Betfair — the British online poker-and-more company and title sponsor of WSOP-Europe — is getting serious about [...]

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California Intrastate Online Poker Bill Going Nowhere

Date: Mon, Aug 24, 2009

Just to be clear … even with tribal casinos ready to get in on the action, California’s efforts to create it’s own little bubble of online poker freedom — the anti-Kentucky if you will — are done … at least for now. According to Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (who has the power to [...]

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