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Good morning. I\’m not used to being up this early after a full night\’s sleep … so let\’s get to poker: They\’re down to 18 at the WPT\’s WORLD POKER OPEN @ the Goldstrike in TUNICA. \”The Catfish\” is in […]
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Over the River and through the Woods …
The St. Jude\’s senior citizens group (in Allen, TX) is planning a trip to Shreveport next month, and I was looking forward to hitching a ride on the bus. It\’s always good to spend time with Therese-in-Fairview, and I thought
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Texas: Two steps closer to legal poker
Two bills that would open the doors in Texas for state-sanctioned, regulated, taxable poker (and other gambling) have been drafted and are beginning to make the rounds necessary to bring the issue to a vote on Nov. 7, 2007. Pokerati\’s
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UPDATE: Redcoats Tell DOJ (essentially) to piss off
It didn\’t take long for the latest U.S. Department of Justice anti-online-gambling action — subpoenaing at least 16 European banks that did business with PartyGaming, 888, and others — to rub some powerful Brits the wrong way. Though the UK
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Art Buchwald, poker player, 1925-2007
We would be remiss not to acknowledge the passing of Art Buchwald, who died last week at age 81. The venerable semi-political humor columnist and pioneering pseudojournalist played an accomplished-rich-man\’s version of a Batface home game on Martha\’s Vineyard with
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It\’s official … my online gambling days are done, at least for a little while. I tried to deposit some more money into ULTIMATE BET, but to no avail (despite following instructions and agreeing to an extra fee). Even if
WSOP Gaming Expo Woes?
An American poker bizzer who would prefer to remain anonymous writes in with an update on some of Harrah\’s struggles to fill the 55,000 square feet of pavilion space dedicated to the Gaming Life Expo at the 2007 WSOP: I\’ve
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The \”wintery mix\” is starting to melt here won\’t seem to go away in Dallas … it\’s cold as all get-out. Some of the Aces-raid cases in Dallas were supposed to GO TO COURT yesterday. But according to one Pokeratizen
More season premiere of HSP3
I missed the first segment of the premiere of High Stakes Poker: the third season. But lo and behold, the guys over at Wicked Chops have just that much! Can we say perfect? You\’ll see Jamie Gold betting into Doyle
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Those Crazy Kids at Google
Remember when Google sent me a nasty message way back when, basically cutting me off because of the gambly content on this site? Well apparently they have changed their minds about Pokerati and want us back. Or they don\’t realize
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