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New to Me: Life on Tilt

Date: Sat, Oct 11, 2008

I don’t really get into poker fiction too much — the real-life stories are sordid/compelling enough. But I just stumbled across this novel by John Blowers — Life on Tilt: Confessions of a Poker Dad — and I gotta say, seems kinda intriguing. Also like the fact that it is available as a downloadable audio [...]

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Perspectives Weekly

Date: Fri, Oct 10, 2008

From APCW.org: Exposing John McCain! How deeply is he tied to the gambling industry? Does he want to criminalize online gambling? Why are Washington ethics groups calling for an investigation of his gambling activity? It’s certainly not our job to tell Americans whom to vote for this November, but it is our job to make sure [...]

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Pokerati on TV!

Date: Fri, Oct 10, 2008

If you squint your eyes and are watching on a super-hi-def-super-big-screen and using CIA-quality video enhancement technology you can see it … Team Pokerati player/lasts-longest winner Whit Blanton appears at the featured table during Day 4 of the 2008 WSOP main event, proudly displaying his Pokerati patch during Jean-Robert Bellande’s safe-seeming-flop runner-runner bustout hand (where [...]

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Instapoker

Date: Fri, Oct 10, 2008

Just got back on the grid and playing electronic catch-up … here are some of the things that are making good browser viewing, but not quite stimulating a full-fledged post: Jay Busbee (from Bluff) has a good State of the Poker Union address on ESPN.com, where he officially declares the poker boom dead. Also interesting to [...]

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Sinking WPTE Stock Prices Get No Life Raft from Lakes

Date: Thu, Oct 9, 2008

In the understatement of the year, I am no stock market expert. But this news doesn’t look promising. In an announcement on October 7th, Lakes Entertainment announced a stock dividend in all 12,480,000 shares in WPT Enterprises. That would be 61% of all outstanding common stock in WPTE. “The spin-off of WPTE shares to our shareholders [...]

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U.K. Poker Player Sets World RecordHard-Core Cash Game Players Say “Ehhh”

Date: Tue, Oct 7, 2008

In non-crazy-governor-attempts-to-take-over-online-gaming news, a poker player in the U.K. set an official world record, according to the World Records Academy. Dave Cain set the record by playing poker for 72 hours and 12 minutes in September of 2008. He played heads-up deep stack poker at the Library Bar in Lincolnshire, England, and beat the previous record [...]

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RE: Kentucky Domain-Grab Hearing Today

Date: Tue, Oct 7, 2008

The attorneys for all sides have rested their cases, and Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate hopes to have a decision by next week, October 15th to be exact. The Associated Press is following the story. Attorneys for Kentucky tried to make the case that the domain names of 141 gaming websites should be treated as [...]

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Kentucky Domain-Grab Hearing TodayKentucky Already Seized Certificates for UB, Doyles Room, and Cake

Date: Tue, Oct 7, 2008

Arguments are being heard today in the Franklin County Circuit Court in Kentucky regarding the attempted seizure of 141 gaming-related domain names. At the request of Governor Steve Beshear, the Commonwealth of Kentucky filed a civil action on September 18, 2008 to order sites like Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Doyles Room seized if they didn’t willingly [...]

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EPT London news

Date: Sun, Oct 5, 2008

On to entities that are still functioning, as the EPT London Main Event concluded earlier today with American Michael Martin pulled off a miraculous comeback to take down the title along with £1,000,000. Down to 100,000 4-handed (and in the big blind for 80,000), Martin tripled up, then doubled up twice in 3 consecutive [...]

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Duplicate Poker Defunct

Date: Sun, Oct 5, 2008

Duplicate Poker, the site that offered a different take on traditional online poker, is no longer a working site. Whether it was successful in its operations is questionable, but since its launch in 2006 and media blitz in 2007, Duplicate Poker attempted to be unique in its attempt to show that poker is a game of [...]

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Kentucky Domain-Grab Hearing Tuesday, Oct. 7thPPA Helps Organize Emergency Summit on Monday, Oct. 6th

Date: Sun, Oct 5, 2008

Governor Steve Beshear’s attempt to seize 141 gaming-related domain names is certainly not over in Kentucky. The Franklin County Circuit Court will hold its next hearing on the case on Tuesday, so the PPA is working with other organizations to hold a summit on Monday to put rational heads together and devise a plan to [...]

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Obama Has His Head in the GamePoker References Abound

Date: Sat, Oct 4, 2008

It is no secret that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama plays poker. The subject was first brought to light in a September 2007 CNN article in which players in Senator Obama’s Illinois Legislature poker game were interviewed. “By his poker buddies’ accounts, Obama is careful and focused. He’s not easily distracted and doesn’t give away his [...]

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Poker Night PizzaCourtesy of Mr. Food

Date: Sat, Oct 4, 2008

Just in time for the weekend… Not quite sure what makes this particular pizza perfect for poker night, but if Mr. Food says so…I’ll take him at his word. And frankly, it sounds good for any old night, with or without the poker. (And to anyone hosting a home game in the L.A. area who cooks [...]

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Perspectives Weekly

Date: Fri, Oct 3, 2008

Back from Barcelona and feelin’ feisty, we revisit the stupid stunts of the Governor of Kentucky in a not- so-respectful way. But don’t forget there’s other news, too… including updates on Barney Frank’s PSPA Bill which was passed a few weeks ago. Also, the status of the continuing iMEGA court case. Lastly, a brief musical [...]

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