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(Way Outside) the WSOP Europe – Day 9 Gus Hansen in final 4 of 10k HU

Date: Wed, Sep 22, 2010

With the £10,000 + 350 Main Event scheduled to start at 12pm London time Thursday, the final prelim event, £10,000 + 350 High Roller No-Limit Holdem Heads-Up will come to its conclusion at 3pm. Four players remain with the two winners playing a best-of-three final shortly after both matches are completed. Gus Hansen v Andrew [...]

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Poker Hall of Fame Breakdown (Part Tres)

Date: Wed, Sep 22, 2010

In this third part of the series, its time we go through the last four pros that are up for the Poker Hall of Fame. There haven’t really been any misses in this group thus far, sure, a couple people that have no chance given the current roster of nominees, but no complete misses. That [...]

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(Way Outside) the WSOP Europe – Day 8

Date: Tue, Sep 21, 2010

JP Kelly fell ohsoclose of winning his 3rd WSOP bracelet in Event #3 – £1,000 + 75 NL Holdem, finishing 2nd to Scott Shelley, an employee at online poker site PKR, who won his seat in an office freeroll*. Shelley earned £133,857 for the win, while Kelly pocketed £82,854 for the runner-up finish. [...]

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Al D’Amato Goes Postal, lol PPA Chairman calling out Republican strategist for racism

Date: Tue, Sep 21, 2010

This has little to do with poker, but kinda fun to see one of “our guys” — Al D’Amato standing up to his grand old party, which as we know, hasn’t exactly flocked in support of online gambling legislation, despite its compatibility with Tea Party principles on personal freedom, sensible government, and fiscal responsibility. Check [...]

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(Way Outside) the WSOP Europe – Day 7 JP Kelly going for back-to-back £1k bracelets

Date: Mon, Sep 20, 2010

The final table has been set at the WSOP Europe Event #3 – £1,000 + 75 NL Holdem as the defending champion, JP Kelly, is in contention to defend his bracelet triumph at last year’s WSOPE. If Kelly won, he would also become the first player to defend a NL holdem bracelet since Johnny [...]

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Poker Hall of Fame Breakdown (Part Deux)

Date: Mon, Sep 20, 2010

The Poker Hall of Fame voting is upon us, and with only two weeks until voting closes, its time to look at three more nominees for induction. Last time Chris Ferguson, Barry Greenstein, and Jennifer Harman were analyzed and picked apart, ultimately resulting in a single number signifying my personal feeling toward that player’s admission [...]

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(Way Outside) the WSOP Europe – Day 6

Date: Sun, Sep 19, 2010

Day 1c of the £1,000 + 75 NL Holdem event drew a field of 185 players, with the 25 survivors joining the 55 day 1a and 1b players with chips Monday at 2pm to play down to the final table. 54 players will make the money with the winner pocketing £133,857. The day [...]

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The Birth of (Legal) Online Sports Betting in America Leroy’s primed to dominate a nascent industry?

Date: Sun, Sep 19, 2010

This is a little confusing … because didn’t Barney Frank succumb to the NFL and make sure sports betting wasn’t included in any bill that codifies American freedom to gamble online? I thought so, too … and maybe that’s why few seem to be recognizing the historic happenings right here, right now, with sports betting in [...]

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(Way Outside) the WSOP Europe – Day 5 Lisandro wins 5th bracelet

Date: Sat, Sep 18, 2010

Event #2 of the WSOPE, £5,250 Pot-Limit Omaha, has concluded with 2009 WSOP Player of the Year Jeff Lisandro earning his 5th career bracelet, defeating Joe Serock heads-up, earning £159,154 in the win. Serock collects £98,262 for the runner-up finish. Willie Tann and Chris Bjorin, final tablists in event #1, finished 3rd [...]

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Delaware — Atlantic City’s Plight? Not to be confused with the Boardwalk’s blight

Date: Fri, Sep 17, 2010

The WPT-Borgata Poker Open is underway … big action of the season for East Coast grinders and top pros willing to travel to New Jersey. New Jersey happens to be one of the most fascinating states on the online gambling legal fronts for many reasons — sports gambling, poker, and casino games all included — [...]

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(Way Outside) the WSOP Europe – Day 4

Date: Fri, Sep 17, 2010

Day 1a of the £1,075 NL Holdem event drew a field of 202 entrants Friday afternoon. After nine levels of play, 28 players return Monday afternoon to join the day 1b and 1c survivors. The day 1a chip leader is Denmark’s Jeppe Bisgaard with 49,000 in chips. Other day 1a notables: [...]

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California Intrastate Online Gambling Senator Indicted 8 felony counts, including voter fraud, perjury

Date: Fri, Sep 17, 2010

Sen. Rod Wright: Give me PartyPoker.cali or give me death! California state Sen. Roderick Wright (D-Inglewood) — the legislator behind California’s aggressive efforts for intrastate online gambling and opponent to Barney Frank’s federal online gambling bills — is in some hot water. I couldn’t tell on quickest glance if he’s being hassled over some jurisdictional technicalities [...]

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WPT Playing Dirty on Facebook?

Date: Fri, Sep 17, 2010

I think we all understand the nature of the WSOP’s push for their play-money online poker game on Facebook, which is being heavily advertised on commercials during ESPNs broadcast of the WSOP main event. People seeking more information, however, could be mistakenly led to the Facebook page promoting action with the WPT, arguably one of [...]

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Pokerati Announces Slight Changes to Rules in NLH/PLO Game

Date: Fri, Sep 17, 2010

Click to download. Image 1: Serzhenko, Image 2: Cheong, Image 3: Game logo. Hi-res images available on request. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2010 Pokerati Game Releases Minor Rules Update for Version 2.0 Upgrade without Revealing Real Facts Behind Brief Hiatus, Rumors of Discord A 1/2 no-limit hold’em/pot-limit Omaha (round of each) game that has become known [...]

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