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Watching the Annie Duke testimony (and related non-poker people arguing both sides of pending anti-UIGEA legislation) left me rather impressed. And then I started thinking about Duke\’s good work with the Ante Up for Africa charity tourneys … and thus […]
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Reason Magazine has taken note of Annie Duke\’s newfound lobbying prowess, too. They were impressed by her ability to cite John Locke and John Stuart Mill. It\’s true that sometimes Beltway outsiders are the ones who can stir things up
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In this week\’s episode: And the Walls Came Crumbling Down … The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act may not be dead yet, but the cracks are really starting to show through. This week we share story after story about all
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Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee held the Hearing on Establishing Consistent Enforcement Policies in the Context of Online Wagers. Errr, it was about online gaming. John Conyers (D-MI) chaired the hearing; he has every potential to be a co-sponsor of
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Business Week is reporting that Harrah\’s may be shopping around to acquire an online poker site in the U.K. How awesome for poker would that be? Imagine if Harrah\’s owned an online poker site and players from all over the
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Interesting article out of Australia about the development of bots at the online poker tables. While this \”threat\” is real … the truth is bot-prejudice is already taking root in the non-poker world. Think how much you hate it when
T.J. Cloutier has another \”blog\” about good times around the unique concept of the US Poker Bowl with his Dallas Roughnecks teammates. Though for some reason he doesn\’t extol the virtue of Karridy\’s team management prowess — he was the
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There was a story last week (that Tom and I discussed on the next episode of Beyond the Table) about the threat of lead contamination from poker chips. Considering the potential PR disaster for Harrah\’s that could result from an
WSOP Officials Say: Don’t Eat the Chips! Read More »
More proof that politics is way more about money than morals … Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is pushing for three resort casinos in his state. You would think we might say that\’s a good thing — especially for Gonz. However,
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There\’s a fun thread on 2+2 about what it takes to become a Full Tilt pro In it, online semi-stud Jimmy Fricke, aka Gobboboy, writes in seeking sponsorship in the upcoming Aussie Millions, where he finished in second place last year.
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