Richard Burke
On a cool fall Sunday I loped into our local card room just behind Fred and we both registered for the noon, no-limit hold’em tournament. While we waited for it to start, he again asked about the Independent Chip Model. He understood that when he had fewer chips than five times the big blind, […]
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November 15, 1982 Vol 1 Issue 1 Cover
The first issue of Poker Player Newspaper was printed on November 15, 1982. Ironically, the first printing 25 years ago was 25,000 copies, a paper dedicated to pure poker. The success of Poker Player Newspaper was ground breaking and has birthed and shaped all poker publications that came […]
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2007 WSOP Chips made by Paulson
Arizona health officials issued a warning that the world’s most popular casino chips are contaminated with high levels of lead. Paulson brand gaming chips found in 3 of every 4 casinos are manufactured and distributed by Gaming Partners International Corp. of Las Vegas. A sample of Paulson chips were […]
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WSOP Circuit
Stateline, NV ? The World Series of Poker Circuit is returning to Northern Nevada for the fourth straight year. Over the next two weeks poker players and fans alike can enjoy the excitement of the world?s largest and most prestigious poker tournament series which will be held at the Harvey?s Hotel and Casino […]
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Approximately 100 people in photo, the problem gambler is represented by partial person in blue shirt far right
[This is the the second of a multi-part in-depth examination of the issues on-line poker faces in the US. Click here to read Part 1. LasVegasVegas investigative journalist Gene Bromberg has spent countless hours researching the problems […]
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Jason Mitchell and his wife Lynda - Winners of the Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge
TULSA, OK ? Jason Mitchell and his wife Lynda, outlasted 305 other teams in the $100+20 No-Limit Hold?em ?Jack ?n Jill? event to kick-off the fourth annual ?Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge?, at the Cherokee Casino and Resort.
The Mitchell?s, from Broken Arrow, […]
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Opponents of Legal Online Poker Part 1
This past week the Poker Players Alliance engaged in a major lobbying campaign on Capitol Hill. Over 100 members of the PPA, including such well-known players as Chris Moneymaker, Howard Lederer and Annie Duke, spoke to lawmakers in the hopes that Congress will take steps to legalize and regulate […]
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Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Caesars Palace appears to have a winner with the Caesars Palace Classic Poker Tournament. The daily events are proving popular with tournament poker players. The first three events have pulled in almost a thousand players and already has awarded hundreds of thousands in prize money. Event winners get a […]
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World Series of Poker
LAS VEGAS ? October 8, 2007 ? Harrah?s Entertainment Inc (NYSE: HET) announced today that the 39th annual World Series of Poker(R) Presented by Milwaukee?s Best Light will be staged at the Rio(TM) All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas from May 30 through July 17, 2008.
?The team is still hard […]
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Mike Eikenberry
It was Sunday at noon at the Gilpin Poker Room in Blackhawk Colorado. I signed up for the $70 no-limit hold’em tournament that was just starting with 47 players at four tables. Everybody started with $7,000 in tournament chips. The payout would be to the final five players I was sitting in the No. […]
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