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Poker at its Renaissance
The game became a worldwide obsession virtually overnight. Now what will become of the game?
By Dan Michalski — published in All In Magazine, premiere issue, June/July 2004
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“Black Monday”
I\’m confident the sky isn\’t falling, but the stock is. PartyPoker\’s stock is down 55 percent in the first hour of trading today. UPDATE: It took a while, but the non-poker world is finally starting to notice poker\’s issues. Even
BREAKING NEWS: Is the Party Over?
OK, no need to freak out, but the Port Security bill that also makes any semblance of online gaming illegal seems to be going into effect sooner than many political typicos (self included) imagined possible, and that has big-time internet
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Thank You, And Good Night
Todd’s tourney is over. He got 5th place (out of 225) in the $1,500 NLH event. Still don\’t have a payout yet, but estimate is 19k. (Over/under?) Says he went out via cracked aces. That\’s all I know … oh,
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Numbers Are In
Pokerati\’s September traffic: Uniques — 22,430 Visits — 52,460 Page views — 248,377 Avg. visit duration — 8 min 38 sec Wow, can you believe 2006 is entering it\’s 4th quarter? Unbelievable. Time is rigged.
More Tiny BTunica
So Todd is apparently playing some damn good poker. From what I understand, he\’s never been too much more than an above-average stack … in fact, he\’s been mostly low, but a little more than tiny, stackwise that is. Anyhow,
RE: BF in Tunica
They\’re down to 17 in the $1,500 NLH event. Todd is sitting with 29k, compared to an average stack of 38k. He says: [emphasis added] —–Original Message—– From: Todd Phillips Sent: Sun Oct 01 03:33:47 2006 Subject: Still Alive-ish Thanks
Batfaces in Tunica Update
Just got a text message from Tiny B: 48 left in 1500. I have 15k in chips, a little above par. Top 27 get paid. I expect coverage. So there you have it. Go Big Todd! 8400, coloring greens. 100-400-800
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Poker at Its Renaissance
The future of poker arrived in 1984–when legendary Vegas gambler Bob Stupak faced off against Orac, a poker-playing Apple II computer. It was heads-up no-limit Hold ‘Em for $500,000, in a showdown that would later air on ABC’s Ripley’s Believe
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Semi-live legislation update
I\’m getting an education in the back-and-forth of both houses of Congress right now. The anti-gaming provision has passed, not passed, been debated, is being discussed … but apparently the fat lady has yet to sing. As we speak, Rep.
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