This shoulda gone up about two-and-a-half months ago … but hey, we were busy with the November Nine and Tiger Woods was busy banging every chick in Vegas who ever said \”call me!\” … not to mention posing for photoshopped […]
Poker Players Like to GolfBig bucks for every hole
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The first thing that caught my eye when I saw the cover of the new issue of National Journal was the hand: Obama already has Jacks-or-better, but could also be drawing to an inside straight. Great artistic display of poker
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Finally, someone asked President Barack Obama semi-directly about gambling legalization. The college-student questioner didn\’t specify online gambling, and he lumped us in with drugs, prostitution, and other non-violent crime with revenue generating potential. But it does give a little insight
Barack Obama on Online Gambling (Sorta) Not good job creation strategy, President says
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Jim McManus appeared on All Things Considered the morning the November Nine was getting underway, to offer a little cultural (and presidential) history of the game, based on his new book, Cowboys Full. Not to be a spoiler, but the
Jim McManus + Darvin Moon on NPR Historical perspectives
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I went to Bellagio yesterday for free danish a little poker suit ho-down to learn more about the PartyGaming-World Poker Tour merger/acquisition/absorption … and was thinking how this meeting that included outgoing WPT president Steve Lipscomb and incoming new boss
Meet the New President (of the WPT) (He works for PartyGaming as of Monday)
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I have a feeling Party Gaming\’s (PRTY.L) stock will go up sharply this morning. I dunno — total stocks donkey here — but I like what Obama had to say about the importance of generating revenue, and I suspect Canary
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Barack Obama is in Montana today — where he\’ll be cavorting with Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)*, who is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and therefore has to come up with ways to fund any major health care reform. A
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Interesting article in today\’s New York Times about the Pentagon\’s plans to set up bases in cyberspace. Though you gotta think it might be pretty cool to follow the next #war via twitter (@evilgeneral firing missiles @TankGuy. boo-ya!) — deployment
The final numbers for the big $40K NLHE event were released just after the first break of the day: Number of Entries: 201 Net Prize Pool: $7,718,400 First Place Prize: $1,891,012 Total Spots Paid Out: 27 The vast majority of
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Air Force One just landed at McCarren airport. The President is headed to Caesar\’s Palace, for apparently what is a semi-controversial \”junket\” fundraiser for Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV). We can not, however, confirm the rumor that he is in town
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