And with proper discourse, so the wheels begin to turn … check out the Bud Kennedy column in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about the prospects for more-legal gambling in Texas. As I started reading, I began to grumble a bit […]
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Got an email from Aces … and though I am pretty sure about 85 percent of all Pokerati readers have received the same email two or three times already: Thank you for your patronage. First off, we would like to
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Aces was hardly the only action in town on Saturday. Apparently, there was a big charity tourney in Garland that went off without a hitch. The \”Annual All-In for the Kids Texas Hold\’em Tournament\” … or something close to that
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I\’m not ready to declare the sky on Dallas poker falling, but it has for certain turned rather green. (Look, over there! I think it\’s a wall cloud!) With the Channel 8 \”expose\” and the Dallas SWAT raid … there\’s
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Some finer details, from a reliable firsthand source: 12-15 SWAT guys, carrying M16s and MP5s. Most of them were professional and courteous in their show of overwhelming force, but there were \”a couple macho SWAT-type assholes.\” 15-20 more uniformed officers
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Some basics trickling in: Raid went down about 9 pm. Aces was in the middle of an 8-table tourney … with a few tables of cash games and sit-n-go\’s running. About 10 people got carted away in handcuffs — dealers
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Even the techy website Slashdot has something to say about Washington state\’s assertions that linking to online poker sites violates its new law (and is a felony). You know, Johnny Holmes, the famous former Harris County DA, once said, \”The
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Easycure in Tacoma writes in from behind the frontlines with some follow-up about the situation (which he likens to holding JJ on an 8-6-4 flop): There\’s a good chance that\’s it\’s posturing, but I\’m not taking any chances. I\’m s
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So Washington state passed a law that makes it a felony to play online poker. But there weren’t too many direct concerns from online poker players … because the law it self — with $0 provided for enforcement — seemed
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So Washington state passed a law that makes it a felony to play online poker. But there weren\’t too many direct concerns from online poker players … because the law it self — with $0 provided for enforcement — seemed
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