Archive for August, 2008
Friday 29 August 2008 @ 2:08 am
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PartyGaming Slides on Slowing Growth in Online Poker Revenue
Bloomberg - 29 (Bloomberg) — PartyGaming Plc, the owner of the PartyPoker.com Web site, fell in London trading after the company said growth in online poker sales … |
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Friday 29 August 2008 @ 12:08 am
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Pacific Poker to send players to Poker Open V
PokerListings.com - By Sarah Polson 888 will be bringing together pros, stars and poker players from around the world for the Poker Open V at the end of October. … Another World Poker Tour tournament, another smaller field. |
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Thursday 28 August 2008 @ 11:08 pm
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Poker: Bluffing can be effective
San Jose Mercury News, USA - … kind of sophisticated play with five players left in the $2000-buy-in no-limit hold 'em event at the 2007 World Series of Poker at Las Vegas' Rio Hotel. … |
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Wednesday 27 August 2008 @ 1:08 am
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Online Poker Historic Victory in Republican Party
Online Poker Website, Florida - Earlier in the month it was discovered that the Platform did include such language, but a loud outcry by the Poker Players Alliance, along with the rest of … Online Poker Ban Struck From Republican Platform |
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Wednesday 27 August 2008 @ 12:08 am
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'Adjustments' get around most new ethics restrictions
Baltimore Sun, United States - They can rub shoulders with Ben Affleck and Sarah Silverman, thanks to the nation's professional poker players. Or just kick back in hospitality suites … Where's the old-fashioned party? Thanks to lobbyists and Congress … New ethics rules won't spoil Democratic convention parties Big firms sponsor parties for Democrats in Denver |
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Tuesday 26 August 2008 @ 10:08 pm
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WPT: Legends of Poker Q and A — Matt Graham
CardPlayer.com, NV - Other than a win in a preliminary event in Reno, Graham had yet to score big in a $10000 event, nor on poker's biggest stage, the World Series of Poker. … Adam Weinraub Leads Day 2 Legends of Poker Field Michael Mizrachi Eyes Pot Limit Omaha Win on ESPN ESPN Premieres World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha Event |
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Sunday 24 August 2008 @ 11:08 pm
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New ethics rules won't spoil convention parties
Los Angeles Times, CA - Lobbyists find exemptions in the law, so free liquor and a poker tournament await lawmakers in Denver. By Cynthia Dizikes, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer … Loopholes let lawmakers live large Ready to party hearty AT&T, Visa Plan Parties With Lawmakers at Political Conventions |
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Sunday 24 August 2008 @ 11:08 pm
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The VIP Club Comes to Walker Poker Online
Press Release 365 (press release), FL - NEW JERSEY, USA — Walker Poker's attention has now been focused on its Very Important Players who are those that form the cream and crop of its esteemed … |
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Sunday 24 August 2008 @ 11:08 pm
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WPT: Legends of Poker Q & A — Scott Montgomery
CardPlayer.com, NV - Scott Montgomery was the only member of the November Nine to play on day 1A in the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker championship event at the Bicycle … WPT: Legends of Poker Day 1B Recap WPT: Legends of Poker Q & A — Daniel Negreanu WPT: Legends of Poker Day 1A Recap |
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Friday 22 August 2008 @ 12:08 am
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WPT Legends of Poker Main Event Begins
Pokerpages.com - by PokerPages.com Hard to believe, but it has been more than a month since the craziness of the World Series of Poker was put on a 117 day break. … |
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Friday 22 August 2008 @ 12:08 am
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Gas betting - playing poker at the pump
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Leave it to the World Wide Web to be the playground for a new-age spin on pumping gas. There's even an element of gambling mixed in. … |
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Friday 22 August 2008 @ 12:08 am
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PocketFivesLive to Cover WPT Legends of Poker
PR Web (press release), WA - With the World Series of Poker Main Event in a 100-day layoff until November, the poker world will turn to the World Poker Tour's Legends of Poker… Banish the Miserable European Summer with Everest Poker's… |
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Wednesday 20 August 2008 @ 1:08 am
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Yaqui lawsuit aims to make poker club fold
Arizona Daily Star, AZ - By Brian J. Pedersen The Pascua Yaqui Tribe has filed a civil lawsuit against the owners of a poker room that opened last month on the North Side, prompted, … Tribe files lawsuit to shut down new poker room |
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Wednesday 20 August 2008 @ 12:08 am
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Aquatic sensation Phelps not a poker'fish'
Canada.com, Canada - But one thing he isn't is a 'fish' - poker parlance for a gambler who loses a lot of money - say the card sharks who've bumped elbows with him in the wager … Swimming Champ Phelps: World Series of Poker Next? Michael Phelps going all in at the World Series of Poker? Poker aspirations for multiple Gold Medal winner Phelps |
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Tuesday 19 August 2008 @ 11:08 pm
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Case forwarded against Hagerstown man charged in robbery at …
Hagerstown Morning Herald, MD - By ERIN JULIUS (erinj@herald-mail.com) HAGERSTOWN — The case against a Hagerstown man charged in the May 30 holdup at an illicit poker game was forwarded to … Poker Game Robbery Case Forwarded Hagerstown woman faces charges in connection with shooting |
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Monday 18 August 2008 @ 2:08 am
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Spanish Siblings in Rival Bid for China Poker Glory
PR Web (press release), WA - Skilled Spanish brothers Antonio and Bruno Naves will set all brotherly bonds aside this August as Titan Poker sends them both to compete at the Asian Poker… |
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Sunday 17 August 2008 @ 11:08 pm
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Unlucky 13: No Heartland Poker Tour seat for me
MLive.com, MI - Neither happened, though, and I eventually busted out in 13th place of a Heartland Poker Tour main event satellite in which the top 12 finishers were … |
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Sunday 17 August 2008 @ 10:08 pm
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Houston Man Turns Poker Win Into 21
Pokerpages.com - by PokerPages.com It wasn't cash that poker players were fighting for last week at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, but frequent flyer miles … Houston man wins 21 million frequent flier miles |
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Friday 15 August 2008 @ 1:08 am
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Muscles, mind games help in medal poker
guardian.co.uk, UK - By Sophie Hardach BEIJING, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Think of it as poker with bells on. Barbells, to be precise. Watching Olympic weightlifters plot their winning … |
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Friday 15 August 2008 @ 1:08 am
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UltimateBet Guarantees Another 50 Aruba Poker Classic Seats this …
PR Web (press release), WA - Online poker site puts another 50 Aruba Poker Classic packages on the line this weekend with the goal of sending a record number of players to UltimateBet's … Online Poker: 50 Aruba Poker Classic Seats Up for Grabs Ultimate Bet Aruba Poker Classic Giveaway This Weekend Aruba Poker Classic 50-Seat-Guaranteed Event Saturday |
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