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Just a Hunch/Prop Bet

Date: Thu, Sep 10, 2009

I have a feeling Party Gaming’s (PRTY.L) stock will go up sharply this morning. I dunno — total stocks donkey here — but I like what Obama had to say about the importance of generating revenue, and I suspect Canary Wharf (I think it’s also called The City?) will, too. Flash Player 9 or higher is [...]

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Hot Boys: EPT Barcelona Winner Added

Date: Thu, Sep 10, 2009

In keeping with my newly-formed collection of the hottest boys of poker, I couldn’t resist adding this one to my list. Hello, Carter Phillips! The well-armed winner of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour’s Barcelona stop just collected 850,000 Euros for his victory in the tournament there. Is it just a coincidence that I’m open to dating [...]

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Isabelle Gone From Stars, Tiffany Renewed With UB

Date: Wed, Sep 9, 2009

While the criteria for getting, retaining, or losing online poker sponsorship deals remains a mystery in many cases, decisions are made, and we regurgitate from press releases report. Some are not surprising, like Jason Mercier signing with PokerStars, while others (like half the Full Tilt roster) are baffling. Regardless, two developments came to light today. First, [...]

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Maria Ho & Tiffany Michelle Set for Debut on Amazing Race

Date: Wed, Sep 9, 2009

It was pretty much confirmed by everyone but Maria Ho and Tiffany Michelle, but now the CBS website lists the contestants for the upcoming broadcast of the Amazing Race, and they’re on it. The Associated Press provided a quote from Ho: “It’s obviously different from competition at the poker table,” said Ho, who came in 11th [...]

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Re: ESPN.com Inside Deal w/ Mark Seif

Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2009

Tuesday night’s WSOP Main Event episode featured Norman Chad stating one sentence about the Ultimate Bet scandals as Phil Hellmuth and Todd “Dan Druff” Witteles were at the same feature table. Michalski noted in the comments, Mark originally “broke his silence” regarding the Absolute Poker scandal over at Raw Vegas back in 2007. Watch The [...]

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2009 Poker Hall of Fame Finalists Named Good news: I’ve heard of all of ‘em

Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2009

The official ballot has been released … so basically I’ve got about three weeks to choose Mike Sexton and one other guy from this list, in alphabetical order: BARRY GREENSTEIN DAN HARRINGTON PHIL IVEY TOM McEVOY MEN NGUYEN SCOTTY NGUYEN DANIEL NEGREANU ERIK SEIDEL MIKE SEXTON I see two who definitely won’t get my vote. As for the rest, will have to give them some [...]

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ESPN.com Inside Deal w/ Mark Seif Seif breaks his silence regarding AP/UB scandals

Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2009

Mark breaks his silence to briefly discuss the Absolute Poker/UB Scandals (about 13:00 into the show): Mark also discusses the scandal on ESPN.com’s Poker Edge podcast (starting at around 11:00), also available on Itunes. Related Posts UltimateBet/Absolute Scandals Revisited (3) The First through Ninth Families of Poker? (36) Inside Deal for August 25, November Niners Rolling at the Legends of [...]

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Deaf Poker Tour

Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2009

Not sure that anything came of it — their website looks a little sparse — but interesting concept to say the least … just stumbled across this video promoting a championship at the Choctaw Casino (in Oklahoma) for the Deaf Poker Tour. (Sign language at the very end.) Related Posts APPT Main Event Final Results (1) RE: Biggest Casinos [...]

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Fly Roller

Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2009

Do you like fast cars? I like fast cars. Hassan Habib likes fast cars — red ones — and he gives me hope that a rapidly balding man can compensate for the onset of inadequacy as he shows off his 2004 Ferrari f360 Spider … all with an entertaining Pakistani accent: Related Posts Jeff Shulman to [...]

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UltimateBet/Absolute Scandals Revisited

Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2009

Many in the poker industry consider the UltimateBet and Absolute Poker scandals resolved, at least as much as we can expect them to be considering the sources of any information and the lack of the ability to involve U.S. law enforcement due to jurisdictional issues. And while some of us still have eyes and ears [...]

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RE: Houston Poker Room Gun Battle (2) Attempted robber’s criminal record

Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2009

Here’s the complete criminal record of Barron Glenn Boutte, the poker robber shot and killed in Houston last week. A lot of marijuana charges and some evading arrests. Pretty petty thuggish. Not a surprise that robbing a poker room seemed to provide him an opportunity to step up into a bigger game. Ahh, the poker [...]

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RE: Houston Poker Room Gun Battle More details, some questions, progression of violence

Date: Sun, Sep 6, 2009

The story behind an underground game in Houston that broke with a flurry of bullets last week — resulting in one fatality and two others wounded — is starting to emerge. Filtering through braggadocio, legal ambiguities, and the inherent fuzziness of thirdhand sources, here’s what we definitely know, what we are hearing, and then some [...]

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Friday Night Video(s) Euro-rock music poker

Date: Fri, Sep 4, 2009

New to me … Here’s a (just-barely) safe-for-work video by the Norwegian rock band Jaqueline, called “Olivia,” about the convergence of poker and strippers … and all the potential tilt associated with both: Sexy. You’ll notice the attractive presence of Kem cards in what looks to be a game of Omaha on a table by Cardmeister, [...]

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Pokerati - 2009-09-04

Date: Fri, Sep 4, 2009

Online Poker Tactics Without entering in-depth in the poker tactics and analyzes, because I ensure you, that it is impossible to be constantly winner with the poker online. If you are not defined the tactics suitably, it will be then only thanks to the chance that you will win. In other words if you do not control [...]

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