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Political Prop Bets

Date: Fri, Sep 12, 2008

I offered “Shmom Schmeider” a sizable-to-me-but-big-blind-to-him wager on the outcome of the US presidential election. I even was willing to give up a few points on behalf of Obama, but he wanted to bet it straight up for “any amount” because he’s obviously a little bit of an Arizona homer with the hots for Sarah [...]

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Instapoker (the Return of?)

Date: Fri, Sep 12, 2008

Ahh, remember the good-ole-days when there were only like three stories at a time coming in on the Google News Alerts for “poker”, and only like three bloggers who had signed up for them? Me neither … it was never quite like that (but close) … and though I make no promises to keep this [...]

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RE: Murder in the Dallas Underground New York poker robber arraigned on murder charge this week

Date: Fri, Sep 12, 2008

If the New York justice system is anything like Texas’ (er …), we can expect it to take about a year before the people responsible for the killing of a low-stakes (but high-action) poker player in Arlington. Just this week, New York courts officially charged William Delvalle with the murder of Frank DeSena, who you [...]

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Robin Hood of Blackjack

Date: Tue, Sep 9, 2008

I just read this news story and I have to say, I am slightly creeped out. Not really sure why. Then I went to Robin Hood’s own site, and after seeing the circa 1988 (pure guess there) of Caesars Palace, I am now officially creeped out. He might be a lovely man. He might even be a [...]

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Murder in the Dallas Underground? Attempted robbery in Arlington went awry; shots fired, one killed

Date: Tue, Sep 9, 2008

Two masked men showed up at a poker game in a South Arlington apartment complex a week or so ago … they knocked on the door, one player got up to answer, and upon realizing that the game was about to be robbed, he struggled to shut the door. Commotion ensued as it became an [...]

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Poker Players Prefer Obama to McCainSo Says Duplicate Poker Polling

Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2008

(Am I the only one surprised that Duplicate Poker is still alive and kicking?) Evidently, Duplicate Poker has players. And 1,639 of them were willing to complete surveys about the upcoming presidential election and their intended votes. Obama took it by nearly a 2:1 margin – 1,043 votes for Obama, 596 votes for McCain. Other results of interest: Stronger [...]

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Olympian Michael Phelps Asks to Meet With Doyle BrunsonCan we talk, legend to legend?

Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2008

Michael Phelps made history at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics by winning a record eight gold medals. And his comments to the press about wanting to play some poker in the future garnered much attention from the poker community, as in offers from the Asian Poker Tour and Betfair regarding the WSOP Europe. Neither offer [...]

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RE: ShuffleTech (2)

Date: Sun, Sep 7, 2008

ItsOverJonny wondered in comment below whether or not the new ShuffleTech noise machines auto-shufflers actually kept a count of the cards being riffled … I wasn’t sure (kinda assumed they did), so, because apparently this is what I like to do at 6:30 am on Saturday night/Sunday morn, I wrote to the folks at ShuffleTech [...]

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Table Scene More celebs checking out the Hard Rock

Date: Sat, Sep 6, 2008

From another HRH-lovin’ tipster (the words … photo by me): Perhaps if the music thing doesn’t work out for Billy Bob, he can take up professional poker as his next gig. Billy Bob Thornton was spotted playing poker in the new Poker Lounge at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Thursday night. He was joined by [...]

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RE: ShuffleTech ShuffleTech Flush-Mounted Shuffler: Solid Base Hit

Date: Sat, Sep 6, 2008

By Patrick T. Mulry Special Contributor to Pokerati.com I received one of the first production models of the new ShuffleTech shuffler a couple of weeks ago. I loaned them the use of one of our poker tables for the WSOP Gaming Life Expo, so that put me near the top of the list for production models. In [...]

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WCOOP Underway at PokerStars

Date: Fri, Sep 5, 2008

The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) begins its seventh installment of the annual poker tournament series today on PokerStars. Event #1 of 33 total started at 2:30pm ET, and Event #2 gets going in a few minutes. The WCOOP will run through September 22nd. I mention this for two reasons: 1. The WCOOP is a [...]

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Colorful Character Jimmy Chagra Dead at 63

Date: Fri, Sep 5, 2008

The story of Jimmy Chagra’s life is a colorful one, to say the least. His early years included a heavy investment in the drug business, high-stakes gambling, which included poker with the likes of Doyle Brunson and Chip Reese, and crime. It was the drug trade that seemed to make Jimmy’s word go ’round. By all [...]

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Currently Thinkin’bout … ShuffleTech

Date: Fri, Sep 5, 2008

Don’t ask me why, but I am … some dude (at the Hard Rock, quasi-coincidentally) was talking just the other day about the new ShuffleTech machines — the in-table ShuffleMaster knock-off. I don’t know the details, but apparently ShuffleMaster has quite the grip on the automatic poker-table shuffler market. You’ve probably noticed these popping up [...]

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Perspectives Weekly

Date: Fri, Sep 5, 2008

Why was Party Gaming named in a US Lawsuit this week? What’s the deal with Bodog? Where are we with Gambling Wages? All the answers and online gambling news from APCW.org.

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