Peninsular Poker
A series of deep-stack tourneys just kicked off over at the Venetian yesterday — $300, $500, $1,000 buy-ins and the like — the 2008 Deep Stack Extravaganza I. It was apparently a pretty big deal … I heard two reports […]
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Jennicide to Appear in Playboy
The rumor has persisted for more than a year, and it seems to be true. Jennifer \”Jennicide\” Leigh will appear in the May 2008 issue of Playboy Magazine. It is unclear if she will be on the cover as Wicked
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Back to Poker
It\’s good to be back in Vegas. Was interesting being on the plane as someone \”returning home\” as opposed to heading out. The guy in front of me was 21 and heading to Vegas for his first time with an
California Says Ladies-Only Tournaments = Discrimination
It seems that the California Bureau of Gaming Control doesn’t take too kindly to discrimination. On January 18, the Bureau released a statement that rejected ladies only poker tournaments because they violate the state’s anti-discrimination laws. Not only will such
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More Aces Cases Dismissed
DALLAS–Man, I thought we were done with the legal proceedings from the first big poker raid in Dallas (June 2006) … and almost done with the trials stemming from the subsequent triple-raid (November 2006). But learned that charges against another
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Karridy + Charity = Rarity / Hilarity
DALLAS–The charity tourney for Bea\’s Kids was Saturday night, and none other than your second-favorite host of Beyond the Table won it! No, I\’m not talking about Tom … In a field of 80-someodd players — most of whom had
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Back-End Upgrade
No, I\’m not getting a butt-lift. We\’re doing some maintenance. Appearance and operation could be affected in a way you\’re not used to. Go play a nice MTT and check back with us later. The butt-lift seems to have gone
Single-issue Politics / Special-interest Poker
Super Tuesday is right around the corner, and Jason Kirk over at PokerListings runs down the remaining candidates and where they stand on the issues near-and-dear to online poker hearts. The lack of information the candidates choose to make public
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Re: Comedy Poker Central
Shamus pointed out in a comment below that poker’s favorite academic, Charles Nesson, of the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society, may well be the Dr. Timothy Leary of Poker. Hmm so to see what this Harvard Law professor is really
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Gavin Griffin Makes Poker History
WPT, EPT, WSOP Belts United
Gavin & Kristen In Atlantic City, New Jersey, tonight, Gavin Griffin won the WPT Borgata Poker Classic, making him the first player to win a WPT title, EPT title, and WSOP bracelet. The final table set out to be a
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