A man who did the hard labor and bucked the odds in a way that greatly affected all of our lives, either directly or indirectly, has passed. Joel Sterns, senior director of Sterns & Weinroth in New Jersey and named […]
photo: WYFF4 – Greenville No charges have been filed, despite yellow tape identifying this site of a deadly poker game as a crime scene. This time it was player-on-player violence … leaving one man dead and another injured after a
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photo: Jeanine Deeb * Paul Kitsos, 55, was enthusiastically headed to Las Vegas from his home in Long Island, New York, with $11,000 in cash on him, when he died of an apparent heart attack mid-flight. According to his wife
Paul Kitsos, Big Fashion Name and East Coast Poker Semi-Pro,
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Dude, how bad does this suck … Patricia Clark, a 51-year-old preacher from Chicago\’s South Side, was supposedly a pretty good poker player. She went to a home game on Thursday to collect a $300 debt from \”an old friend
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That\’s the word we\’re hearing … but no confirmation other than that the World Poker Association\’s website — wpapoker.com — has disappeared. A good idea with lots of support that never quite found its way before getting entangled in all
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NeverwinPoker.com, the filthiest, most offensive poker site on the internet — filled with racist, sexist, drug-addled degeneracy and perverse nudity that provided a voice for a notably vile, socially maladjusted segment of the poker world — is no longer, or
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The day before the November Nine return to conclude the World Series of Poker Main Event comes word from Matt Savage on the passing of poker veteran Hans \”Tuna\” Lund earlier this morning of cancer at the age of 59.
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What has been a well-respected staple and in the poker media for years is now among the outlets that have bitten the dust. PokerPages announced today that it will officially close up shop on October 31, 2009. The Closing of
Las Vegas businessman, poker player, and one-time candidate for Lt. Governor of Nevada, Bob Stupak died today in Las Vegas of leukemia. He was 67-years old. KVBC of Las Vegas printed the news release: BOB STUPAK, LONG-TIME LAS VEGAN, DEVELOPER
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Barron Boutte, 1985-2009 The funeral for Barron Glenn Boutte is today in Houston. He\’s the 24-year-old shot and killed while attempting to rob a Houston underground poker room earlier this month. His shooter is not being publicly identified, though police
RE: Houston Poker Room Gun Battle (3) More details emerge as fallen robber is buried
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