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Houston Poker Room Gun Battle: 1 Robber Killed, 1 Player Injured

Date: Fri, Sep 4, 2009

Details are just coming in, but it took place in an underground game in southwest Houston late Wednesday night … Three armed gunmen burst into a strip-mall game to rob it, and one of the players pulled out his own weapon and began firing. The player shot one of the bandits (whom police found dead [...]

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Awesomest Stupid New Poker TV Show

Date: Thu, Sep 3, 2009

It’s called Pool, Poker & Pain, and apparently was inspired by hardcore 9-ball grinders. From PokerNews: The show’s format will have contestants begin a match by playing pool. After a winner is declared, contestants will head to the poker felt. After a contestant annihilates an opponent at the poker table, he put on gloves and mix [...]

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Awesomest Stupid Poker Promo Gimmick of the Month

Date: Wed, Sep 2, 2009

Seriously, it’s 2005 again, right? Remember, Juha Helppi and Robert Varkonyi were playing underwater, or maybe it was on an iceberg? Regardless … while on first glance this gets more eyeroll and groan than live-event invitations to Michael Phelps, Lady Gaga, Barack Obama, Sasquatch, and Superman … the idea of Mike Sexton and Tom Dwan [...]

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Awesomest Stupid Poker Promo Gimmick of the Month

Date: Wed, Sep 2, 2009

Seriously, it’s 2005 again, right? Remember, Juha Helppi and Robert Varkonyi were playing underwater, or maybe it was on an iceberg? Regardless … while on first glance this gets more eyeroll and groan than live-event invitations to Michael Phelps, Lady Gaga, Barack Obama, Sasquatch, and Superman … the idea of Mike Sexton and Tom Dwan [...]

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WSOP: No $40k NLH, No Champions Invitational in 2010

Date: Wed, Sep 2, 2009

From CardPlayer.com: “Next year, you’re not going to have a Champions Invitational. You’re not going to have a $40K for the 40th-annual event,” said [WSOP Communications Director Seth] Palansky. “Both events probably come back 10 years from now, when we’re celebrating 50 years. We announced them and intended them as one-off specials.” First off, I’m not sure [...]

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Sports Legends Challenge Canceled?

Date: Tue, Sep 1, 2009

Officially it’s just been postponed … but I might be willing to make a wager. The red flags flying around this thing made it seem, well … at best, like the second coming of the Poker Bowl. Not implying that the guys behind the Sports Legends Challenge are in any way shady, but the numbers [...]

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Rosenkrantz and Dani Stern Aren’t Dead But they do take a pummeling reminiscent of Double Dare

Date: Tue, Sep 1, 2009

I swear Attack of the Show (on G4) is a great show, despite the epic fail-after-fails in this bit … the cast of 2M2MM steps into Olivia Munn’s War Machine to play some one-card-better-than (aka War) … though the cards themselves get kinda forgotten amid all the eggs and toilet paper. Still, it’s testament to what [...]

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Players Added to Caesars Cup Rosters

Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2009

Teams are 3/4 of the way there … Team Americas: Daniel Negreanu (captain), Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, John Juanda, Doyle Brunson, Jennifer Harman Team Europe: Annette Obrestad (captain), Peter Eastgate, Dario Minieri, Bertrand Grospellier, Patrik Antonius, Ilari Sahamies (aka Zigmund) Also more on the format: The Caesars Cup will feature the game No-Limit Hold’em with two teams of eight [...]

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Conservative Magazine Says Online Gambling Coming (Soon!)

Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2009

I’m not sure if it’s an endorsement of our efforts or a call to action to our opponents … but be sure to check out this lengthy article in the October issue of The American Conservative: Coming Up Aces Legalization of online gambling looks like a sure bet. The piece does give some important numbers — projected internet [...]

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APPT Main Event Final Results

Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2009

The big APPT Macau festival also came to a close this weekend. Interestingly enough, for all its growth and the coverage it got, comparatively, the APPT main event was smaller both in terms of field size and prize pool than The River tournament in Oklahoma. From BluffMagazine.com: APPT Macau Main Event Final Table Payouts Dermot Blain - [...]

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RE: Biggest Casinos in World Choctaw to join ranks of Top 20

Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2009

It really is amazing what the people of Texas have built in Oklahoma. Not only is WinStar now the third-largest casino in the world*, but also Choctaw (the “other” casino for Dallas people) is undergoing an expansion that will make it the 17th largest in the world. * Third is my number, btw, based on [...]

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Pokerati - 2009-08-31

Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2009

Poker in Sweden Everybody knows Scandinavians take their poker seriously. But now, after winning results in the WSOP and on the EPT, more Swedes are playing poker than ever before. While Swedish poker players compete in regular games at Casino Cosmopol in Gothenburg, Malmo, and Stockholm, a lot of Swedish players get most of their [...]

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Costa Rica Seeking to Regulate, Tax Online Gambling Ops

Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2009

Funny, here in the USA we’re screaming, “tax us! tax us, dammnit! for all in the name of freedom!” Elsewhere around the world they’re saying, yeah, we should tax … which has some companies considering new homes. Costa Rica plans to officially introduce a bill this week that has been brewing for a few months [...]

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Tennis Pros + Gambling + Twitter

Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2009

While poker seems to like what tweeting from the field of play brings to the table, tennis people — specifically the Tennis Integrity Unit (wow) — do not want to see anything on twitter saying, “returning serve. whoa! that was close!” because of fears the communications will be misappropriated by gamblers. From the New York Times: The [...]

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