One of the groups opposing all things legal-pokery in Texas is the Texas Eagle Forum, which recently spoke out against a bill for full-on casinos in Texas: From Texas Weekly: Texas Eagle Forum President Cathie Adams, telling the Houston Chronicle […]
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On this week\’s episode, our little consortium of poker media geeks report from the LAPC, phlegm it up about the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, give you a poker law and politics update, and looks a little closer at what it
Fergie Final Table, Heads-up Playas, 4th Banana Footage The Poker Beat
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The fallout from our Cardspike investigation continues, as the partners who have run Casino Affiliate Programs (CAP) for years have now turned on one another in a power struggle battle royal. Whether you\’re a webmaster or a player in this
CAP Meltdown Perspectives Friday
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Sure, this is a cheap hedline we really could run daily — at least until it\’s no longer true — but there were some very specific rumors circulating around the internet and the Wynn that Paul \’Eskimo\’ Clark had been
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Everyone\’s hustlin\’ gigs these days … and beyond status updates to my Facebook page, I\’ve found two welcome homes for some non-Pokerati writing — at Bluff, and most recently What\’s On … where I let the not-so-poker-geeky Vegas tourists know
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Generally found money is great money, right? I just got an email from UB telling me I have $219 in my VIP account. I haven\’t played there since I went bust for all but $8 one day a couple years
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Wicked Chops reports that Michael Phelps was supposed to play, but his anti-bong-smoking handlers won\’t let him get anywhere near Vegas or poker-playing, 420-friendly degens.
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Ahh, spring is in the air, and WSOP deals are starting to take shape. One of them that wasn\’t a guarantee but has been re-solidified is Milwaukee\’s Best Light, which signed a two-year deal to be the official beer that\’s
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As a follow up to the story from nearly a year ago, there has been an arrest in the murders of Ernest Scherer Jr. and wife Charlene Abendroth. Ernest Scherer III – their son – was arrested on a murder
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With banking matters all over the place these days, the IRS reportedly investigating Russ Hamilton, and Barney Frank putting together a bill that would simply strike down the UIGEA as if it never happened, I gotta think, well … I
