Poker
WSOP is still packing them in
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Canadian poker professional Jonathan Duhamel began his title defense at the World Series of Poker Saturday, some eight months after winning the 2010 main event title for $ 8.94 million.
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Motorcycle Club hosts poker run for Hope for Warriors
The Warthogs Motorcycle Club is hosting the 4th Annual Mike Winchester Memorial Poker Run this Saturday. Registration is set for 8:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday, July 9 at the East Grand Rapids Community Center, 750 Lakeside Drive.
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Ben Affleck Allegedly Lost 0,000 In Secret Rich-People Poker Games
Remember how, for a brief shining moment, Tobey Maguire seemed like some kind of international playboy for raking it in at those secret famous people poker games? Ben Affleck’s gambling habits, on the other hand, kind of takes the shine off of his badassery. RadarOnline reports that at one point, The Town star ended up [...]
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Groups sponsor poker run in Danville
DANVILLE — The Danville Firefighters IAFF Local 429 and the Friendly Tavern are joining forces to sponsor their …
A-Rod Played in Illegal Poker Ring: Report
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has reportedly participated in illegal high-stakes poker games with other celebrities, The New York Post said on Thursday. The Post report said Rodriguez was a player in a ring that had a $ 100,000 buy-in and included A-list actors such as Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. He also recently participated in …
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Casino City Gang: World Series of Poker fireworks edition
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Illinois awaits Quinn’s decision on casinos
Blackjack, poker, slot machines. It all sounds exciting, right? To many Illinois citizens, it does. It also sounds like a great way to reduce the state’s $ 8 billion dollar deficit. To others, it sounds like the quickest way to increase crime and even poverty.
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End of season 00 poker night
You may remember a while ago we had poker night. This was so succesful that as a celebration of the end of last season and to keep the interest in these …
UAF Scientist Offers New Insight into Comet and Planet Formations
A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist is helping shape our understanding of the formation of the solar system. Don Hampton, the optical science manager at Poker Flat Research Range is part of team analyzing images of a comet taken by a NASA spacecraft.
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Ride for a cause
Big hogs and sport bikes alike came out to raise awareness for the Ride for Ramps Poker Run Saturday morning in Pace. Ray of Hope, a ramp ministry builds ramps …
2011 World Series of Poker: Why Phil Hellmuth Is the Greatest Athlete Ever
Michael Jordan Isn’t Worthy To Clean 2011 World Series of Poker Superstar Phil Hellmuth’s Feet Who’s the greatest athlete of all-time? Quick: who’s name just popped into your head? Michael Jordan? Babe Ruth? Jim Brown? Fools! Those three couldn’t even spell poker, stupid Northern Europeans… Phil Hellmuth is the greatest athlete to ever touch the surface of the Earth, even though we’re …
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Through the binocs
Big day for Bill Mott. After winning the Grade …
Skill or luck, online poker in the eye of a legal storm
CHICAGO — Steven Levitt, of “Freakonomics” fame, plays poker. His wife loves to play more than he does, as he has written on his blog. It should be hardly surprising then that Mr. Levitt would take his analytical eye to the card game and revisit the age-old question of whether poker is a game of skill.
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Cops: Burnsville man hit daughter with fireplace poker
A Burnsville man is accused of hitting a stepdaughter with a poker as …
Sundstrom wins poker tournament
Telegraph staff reports Tracy Sundstrom outlasted a field of 32 qualifiers to win the Tournament of Champions Poker Tournament on Sunday at the Touchdown Club in North Platte.
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The World Series Of Poker Is Planning A Tournament With An Million Buy In
There’s upping the ante, and there’s upping the ante. The World Series of Poker is planning to hold a three-day Texas Hold ‘em tournament in July, 2012. “The Big One for One Drop” calls for a $ 1 million buy …
Kennel Club may gamble on poker room in Orange City
Although Daytona Beach Kennel Club officials have put plans to locate a poker room in a former Walmart building on hold for now, back-and-forth emails show how Kennel Club attorneys believe they hold a license allowing them to open a gambling establishment on the county’s west side
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Police offer ,000 reward in Athens, Ga., poker game heist
Athens-Clarke police are offering a $ 1,000 reward for help in tracking down the three men who pulled a heist …
WSOP officials don’t see online poker’s demise deterring event’s momentum
The prevailing thought from those around the poker community is that this year’s World Series of Poker will suffer its first decline in participation in eight years. With federal authorities shutting down the largest online poker sites in America last month, many players had large amounts of money frozen and/or lost an avenue to play themselves into some of the WSOP’s tournaments.
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Panel says critical mass matters for online poker
In the online poker industry, liquidity has been …
