Bad Bet(s)
You\’ve probably seen this already, but in case you haven\’t … lots of dumb gamblers* these days: And then there was this guy, who called 911 with a claim that a slot machine stole his money. * \”gamblers\” is a […]
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More Poker at the Olympics
Brendan Hansen … American swimmer … just got third in his semi-final in the 100m breaststroke. (Really, how amazing is that — to be able to breast-stroke the length of a football field in less than a minute.) Anyhow, apparently
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RE: What Poker can Learn from the Olympics
As mentioned below, I\’m currently watching Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh dominate the Japanese in women\’s beach volleyball (poker-playing b-baller Jason Kidd is also watching the game, albeit from the stands, not on TV — as the NBA players are
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How Many Olympians Have Played in the WSOP? (Six and counting …)
In comparing the Olympics to the World Series of Poker, I didn\’t plan to write about this, but Justin Shronk asks: \”Have any Olympians ever played in the WSOP?\” I stayed awake about an hour last night doing some research
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Excalibur Poker Room Rids Itself of People
Las Vegas Vegas let us know this week that the poker room at the Excalibur will be folding its hand but buying in to a new game. The room will close on August 18th and send all of its dealers
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RE: Hard Rock \”Poker Lounge\” Getting Ready to Open
After much talk and some anticipation, Dan notes that the Hard Rock poker room will open sometime in August. Evidently, poker pro Joe Awada got a sneak peak at the room and wrote an article about it for Gaming Today.
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What Poker Can Learn From the Olympics
In case your Friday night included something more interesting than watching TV (mine didn\’t), I\’m here to tell you that the summer Olympics \”started\” with the Opening Ceremonies tonight. Actually, the ceremonies took place about half a day ago in
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Barometric Poker — New Poll
The readers have spoken … and 42 percent of you are so damn principled that you wouldn\’t even consider accepting tournament buy-ins from Ultimate Bet or Absolute, while 22 percent have a more mercenary attitude and/or have forgiven UB/AP. 18
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Sam Simon Wins \”All In For CP\” Charity Tournament in L.A.
Yes, Simon Donated Winnings Back to Charity
The first annual \”All In for CP\” charity poker tournament was held at Hollywood Park Casino in L.A. this past Sunday and is being hailed as a total success. More than $44,000 was raised for Jacob Zalewski\’s One Step Closer
RE: Dallas’ Biggest Little Game
More on North Texas poker robbery (not to be confused with South Texas poker raid)
Can someone give me confirmation that this game is done, as in out of commission? I gotta think it has to be with the TV cameras and everything on it. But you know … we have standards here, and don\’t
