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An appeals court reported lessened the jail sentences of two men convicted of throwing a 700-player shindig. From CP-Europe: The men had the charges against them reduced from serious illegal gambling to illegal gambling. The court ruled that because the […]
Swedish Court Rules Tournament Poker a Game of Skill Read More »
A slightly different take from Pauly. I intellectually don\’t agree with his boisterously pessimistic outlook, yet he seems to have a read on many in the poker world\’s gut … from Tao of Poker: God bless Ty Stewart for saving
RE: Beef Jerky Is the New Beer? Read More »
Remember the good old days, when poker was in its boom period and the poker community was treated to shows such as Celebrity Poker Showdown, Hollywood Hold \’Em, Hip-Hop Holdem, WPT\’s Hollywood Home Game, etc. etc.? Celebrities playing poker makes
Sam’s Game: 4-Color TV Poker Read More »
Matt at PokerListings (or should we be saying @_Pokerlistings_?) directs us to a fun Twitter feed to follow: Jean Robert Bellande\’s — aka @BrokeLivingJRB. Tales of a, er, stability-challenged(?) degen burning his bankroll down to $200(!) … but not before
Poker Reality Twittering Read More »
This just in over the poker transom: Nicole Sullivan’s Poker Skills Tested HollywoodPoker Celebrity Player Nicole Sullivan Challenged to a Head’s Up Game by a German Fan A german fan! I won\’t waste your time with the rest of the
BREAKING: Somebody Challenges Somebody to Heads-Up Read More »
The WSOP continues to move in an Olympic-like direction … as they just added another non-bracelet exhibition event … Dream Team Poker. (Didn\’t we talk about this on an episode of The Poker Beat? I seem to remember someone —
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The more I read about this, the more I like it. I stumbled across this courtesy of High Stakes News. A Canadian by the name of Bo Fric didn\’t exactly make a success out of his run as a professional
Living the Dream(s)Go Bo!
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One of the things you will quickly notice about good players in any variation of poker is how they change their game depending on how many people are in the hand. That great aggressive no limit hold\’em player who seems
Firing Into Multiple Players Read More »
KevMath (the Snopes.com of Poker?) challenged my facts on the easy-to-prove number of eligible players for the WSOP Main Event Champions Invitational. I say there are 27, he says there are 25. So, going through the list here’s who may
RE: Chris Ferguson among ?-marks2009 Binion Cup Line-up
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One of the first \”big\” WSOP events will be the special, invitational Champions tourney … a non-bracelet freeroll for all previous main event champions, which will be one of only four televised ESPN events. This made-for-TV No-Limit Hold\’em brouhaha —
Russ Hamilton Chris Ferguson among ?-marks for Binion Cup Read More »
