Kill Skill?
Ray in Chicago writes in with some relevant, outside-the-poker-box thoughts about why it might be a losing battle to argue poker as a game of skill: Hi Dan, I wanted to comment on the bust and on the updates that […]
RE: Poker Pros Busted in Carolina Underground (2)
For those interested in the details of the Carolina poker raid, information is continuing to flow via Otis and G-Rob (including specifics about the tournament itself, which should give you a little better sense about what sort of poker operation
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RE: Poker Pros Busted in Carolina Underground
As expected, the non-poker, non-local media has caught wind of the poker raid in Raleigh — the one in which WPT champion and accomplished pro Michael Gracz was nabbed. [Forbes.] This sort of coverage always reminds us how unfamiliar the
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Poker Political Strategy
A telephone interview with John Pappas, new Executive Director of the PPA. OK, so he\’s moved into a new office in Washington DC … as poker-minded political efforts move from infancy to toddlerhood, now what?
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“I may or may not be the greatest!”
Will we ever see an undisputed heavyweight high-stakes live-action champion of the world? Who\’s the best tournament player in the world? That\’s hard to say. For a long time, the CardPlayer Player of the Year has been the standard —
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Instapoker
Some stuff I meant to write about until I got distracted from poker by pictures of Vanessa Hudgens nude. I didn\’t even know who this Hudgens girl was … but now I do! (She\’s the star of Disney\’s \”High School
Poker Pros Busted in Carolina Underground
Chris Bell and WPT champion Michael Gracz were playing what appears to be a $1,000 tournament with about 70 players when police rolled in and stopped the action. Ahh, reminds me of the good-ole-days of the Dallas poker scene (which
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Comedy Poker Central
I\’ve always thought the Unknown Comic would do great at a poker table. Hilarious Pair Appearing in Concert October 12 COACHELLA, Calif., Aug. 15 /PRNewswire/ — Fall down laughing this October when TV comedy idols Gabe Kaplan and Murray \”The
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Re: Chip Nicknames
Gentle Shane in Dallas writes in with his own suggestions for poker-currency lingo: Dan- Just read the pokerati post on chip denomination nicknames. This could be your huge claim to the world of gambling…actually being known as the man who
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Legally Challengeable Poker
Arkansas
After much legal sparring and delay, a curious, first-of-its-kind poker room just opened up in Little Rock that publicly challenges the laws — or at least the standing interpretation of them — by running free tournaments that award money prizes.
Legally Challengeable Poker
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