August 2006

America’s new poker poster boy Jamie Gold had railbirds and players alike scratching their heads and scoffing when he told ESPN that he didn’t want the fame of being the latest WSOP champ. The black-clad endorsement-bedecked former Hollywood talent agent smacked disingenuous when he actually announced that he was willing dump his massive chip lead [...]

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U.S. movie producer Philip Ittleson is following the ethos of his poker documentary “No Limit” this week by publicizing his Let The People Play.org website to help educate and unite the millions of poker players in the United States who are against legislation that would ban online gambling, including poker. “The whole internet gaming ban [...]

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Daniel Negreanu and Greg Raymer are feuding, and they are doing so in a public arena. The rift between the two began when Negreanu criticized the seven players for filing the lawsuit via his video blog. Negreanu voiced his displeasure at both the timing and the nature of the lawsuit, stating, “I think it’s a [...]

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Following the arrest of BetOnSports’ CEO as he passed through the US on his way back to Costa Rica, the site shut down while it dealt with its legal problems. With so much attention, the payment processors who worked with the company have bailed on them, saying they won’t process payments any more. For the [...]

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Key findings from this report: * Poker is thought to still offer the most online growth over the next three years, compared with online gambling and online games. * Online Poker playing respondents tend to play weekly. * Offline Poker playing respondents tend to play very occasionally. * The largest amount of respondents play Poker [...]

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Is there anything worse than being the first to bust out of a tournament that you are hosting? It is your house, so you can’t simply make your leave gracefully. This unfortunate set of circumstances has happened to many of us on more than one occasion. A couple of dozen guys converge on your basement [...]

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Too remote. Both players checked, as did Mike. He says he could have bet here, but the fear of a straight flush was still too remote, and the pot was too small to protect. He preferred to give his opponents one last chance to bet on the river. The river card was seven of hearts. [...]

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“Chop Chop With no raises, Michael Binger and Dan Nassif see a flop of 754. Both players check. The turn brings the 7. Binger fires out $200,000 and Nassif just calls. The river brings the 7 and Binger checks to Nassif who bets out $500,000. Binger calls and shows Q-7 for 7-7-7-5-5. Nassif, however, also [...]

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And then there was 9. . . Fred Goldberg was the unlucky winner of $1,154,527 as the 10th place finisher in the World Series of Poker main event. His Q3 ran into KK and he became Poker’s first ever final table bubble millionaire! Poker.com’s Poker Blog: WSOP Final Table Decided PokerFilterWebsite – More Posts

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