Double Suited
July 12th, 2007
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Added Value
July 12th, 2007
Jonathan Raab
While the eyes of the poker world have been firmly fixed on the goings on at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino, let’s not forget that poker in all our hometowns carries on regardless. Not every player has the budget or the opportunity to make the trip to Vegas this year, and there […]
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Poker News: Twenty Days at the WSOP
July 9th, 2007
John Caldwell
After spending just under three weeks in the Amazon Room, the following issues have been the subject of a lot of talk at the WSOP.
HELLMUTH WINS 11TH, NARROWLY MISSES 12TH
There may not be anyone better at tackling today’s massive no-limit hold’em fields at the WSOP than Phil Hellmuth. Phil won Event No. 15, a […]
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Hellmuth: Simply the Best
July 9th, 2007
Phil Hellmuth upon winning his 11th WSOP bracelet
Some of my earliest memories are of my father taking me to the old Memorial Stadium in Baltimore to watch guys like Cal Ripken Jr. and Eddie Murray play the game of baseball. When you grow up as an Orioles fan, it is simply rooted in your blood […]
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Online Legends: Annette_15
July 9th, 2007
Paul ‘Dr. Pauly’ McGuire
If you play online poker tournaments, you have probably come across Annette_15. She’s been taking the poker world by storm over the last few months. Her real name is Annette Obrestad. The 18-year old poker prodigy is from Stavanger, a coastal town in southwest Norway that was once considered the herring capital […]
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Entertainment Report: Jon Lovitz at the Orleans in Las Vegas July 27-29
July 9th, 2007
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Chicagoland Poker Action Gets HOT In July
July 9th, 2007
Bonnie Demos
Majestic Star Casinos, Gary, IN- It all began in October of 2006 when Majestic Star Casinos hosted their first, wildly successful, Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) event and shattered all records with a prize pool of $450,000 and a field of 186 players. First place paid more than $122,000.
This event’s huge success prompted poker room […]
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Poker and World Politics
July 9th, 2007
George Epstein
Rarely do we speak of poker and world politics in the same breath. They seem so far removed from one another. But there is a strong connection. I’ll explain. . .
Having spent most of my engineering career (50-plus years) dealing with space systems, I was quite interested in reading about China’s recently demonstrated ability […]
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