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The World Poker Tour, much to the relief of fans of the hit poker show, has found a home for the broadcasting of their seventh season. Season VII will be shown on Fox Sports Network (FSN), and will consist of 26 episodes, although details about the broadcast content have yet to be released. The Bellagio Cup, which recently finished, will be the first two episodes of the broadcast season… |
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Players have a shot at winning a tropical vacation and playing major poker when they play at online poker room Doyles Room, which is offering prize packages to the Costa Rica Challenge. Winners of the satellites will pick up a $4,000 grand prize package, which includes $1,700 for travel and accommodations and a $2,000+300 main event buy-in. Satellites start today, Monday, July 21st, for as little as $4.80+.50… |
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Poker pro Marcel Luske, “The Flying Dutchman,” has launched the Federation Internationale de Poker Association (FIDPA) in an effort to standardize the rules of tournament poker worldwide. Along with fellow pro Michelle Lau, Luske collaborated with Jack McClelland and Doug Dalton of Bellagio, the first place to use the rules, and the Poker Tournament Directors Association (TDA), to come up with the International Poker Rules (IP Rules). FIDPA will be seeking rooms and casinos to become officially FIDPA sanctioned poker places, such as the Bellagio, where the WPT Season Seven event, the Bellagio Cup IV, recently wrapped up. Related Articles: |
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When a West Virginia resort wanted to hold a poker tournament, there was some concern that the local law enforcement would want to prevent the game from going forward, or that they could expect a raid the day of the event. When Pocahontas County Prosecutor Walt Weiford spoke out about it, however, he said that the Snowshoe Resort event was not going to violate state gambling laws. When West Virginia Lottery Commission general counsel John Melton said he thought the tournament might be illegal because it offered a trip to Las Veagas, Weiford countered with the fact that the players put up no money to participate. Related Articles: |
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Once again an online poker player showed he can hold his own and win in a live event, as Sir Watts took down a field of over 400 in the first event of the seventh season of the World Poker Tour. The WPT Bellagio Cup IV boasted a prize pool of over $6 million, and the winner, Mike Watson, took home more than $1.6 million as his prize. He had to survive the dominating chip lead of his heads up opponent, pro player David Benyamine, in order to win… |
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With the premiere of Batman Dark Knight fresh in movie goers’ minds, the timing is right for a Batman themed poker set, and one can be found at Big Bad Toy Store.com. Technically it is a Joker themed set, with 100 poker chips with various Joker faces, and a deck of cards marked up with Joker style markings. The whole set comes in an aluminum case and is available for pre-order for around $85… |
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A business in central Indiana has been raided on suspicion that illegal games of poker were being played on the site. A search warrant was served Wednesday night by the Indiana Gaming Control Division at the Hold ‘Em House in Tipton. While no arrests were made, names were taken from the poker players, who were suspected of playing for money, which is illegal in Indiana… |
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There is a bill moving through the California legal system that would legalize intrastate online poker, and it is taking a few more steps towards becoming a reality. The bill, put forth by California Assemblyman Lloyd Levine (D-Van Nuys) has passed all steps but one in its journey to become law. It is now before the Senate Appropriations Committee, where the final vote will be taken before it comes before the Governor to be signed into law… |
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Online poker room Poker Room.com has put out a new Facebook application that will leverage the power of the social networking site to raise awareness of their poker room. The application is called DareDevil and awards points for players completing the best poker hands in a given time frame. The social aspect comes into play by displaying the score of friends on a user’s homepage, allowing for competition. Related Articles: |
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Since the beginning of the year the German Interstate Lottery Treaty has been in force, which makes privately run online poker sites illegal in the European country. Only poker rooms under the German Federal State are illegal. This has brought about an attempt to redefine poker from a game of chance to a game of skill in order to circumvent the new law… |
