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Many rookie internet poker players will also enjoy playing poker machines; however that enjoyment could soon take a dive for the worse if US gambling legislators are watching developments down under, in Australia; where moves are afoot to limit bets on poker machines to $1. A report on Australian gambling claims that of the $18 [...]
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Published this week is the list of candidates to be added to the Poker Hall of Fame in 2009. Based at the famous Horseshoe Casino, in Las Vegas, the Poker Hall of Fame is in its thirtieth year, not bad going for something devised by the casino’s owner, Benny Binion, as a way of attracting [...]
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The WSOPE reached the six day Main Event stage in London, UK, last weekend. Seated at the tables who, along with the usual professional and top ‘celebrity’ players included a few who had qualified via online poker satellites. One particularly interesting inclusion in the professional’s field was ten times WSOP bracelet winner and poker legend, [...]
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Great news for poker fans everywhere is that the World Series of Poker has just signed a four year renewal of its contract with IMG Sports and Entertainment, in conjunction with Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment, for the global representation rights of WSOP – meaning that we can all be assured of continued and uninterrupted access to [...]
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Not that we need to feel too sorry or concerned about this but news just in reveals that PartyPoker, part of the PartyGaming group, has filed a 29% drop in earnings for the poker website compared to the same period last year. Considering that the whole of the PartyGaming groups profits are down by 6.5%, [...]
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If ever you were in any doubt at all as to whether or not online poker can make you any money -take heart from the news that the top online poker players can make over $1 million in just one weekend. Of course having said that, you can also lose over $1 million in a [...]
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If you’re a poker player and you fancy a poker playing break in the fall then California must surely be the place to head for. With the California State Poker Championship having been moved from its regular slot in the fall to earlier this year in May, it looked as if there’d be a gap [...]
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It’s not very often these days that you hear of a poker cheat being caught, let alone a poker cheat being caught in one of the very best poker rooms in the country. But, the fact that the poker room concerned is remaining tight lipped about what happened must only confirm how embarrassed they are [...]
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NBC’s much vaunted ‘Face the Ace’ poker show started last week-end and if the ratings are anything to go by – if you missed it, you didn’t miss much, as it ended up bottom of the ratings. Hosted by Steve ‘The Sopranos’ Schirripa the show had poker players from the audience pitting themselves against poker [...]
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The WSOP 2009 Main Event got off to just the sort of start that the organizers would have wanted it to. News is just starting to filter through that the WSOP organizers have prevented some 500 poker players from entering this years Main Event. In an amazing turn of events some 500 players were refused [...]