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TV tournaments glamorize game to young players. The National Council on Problem Gambling says that a person may have a gambling problem and should seek help if he or she has done even one of these things: ... More
Kevin Nealon, the longest running cast member of Saturday Night Live as agreed to host GSN’s up and coming poker TV show Poker Royale: the WPPA Championship, premiering Tuesday, December 9 at 9.00pm ET/PT. Nealon will commentate in his own inimitable way on the action as amateurs and pro players do battle for the chance to split $10 million dollars with a GSN viewer in the $10 Million Poker Sweepstakes. ... More
The First of January 2005, PokerRoom.com will host its biggest tournament ever! ... More
The Poarch Creek Indians have put their poker game plans for Atmore on hold. In a statement sent to the Atmore Advance Monday, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians announced an indefinite delay to the start of poker games at the Creek Indian Bingo Palace located on AL 21 north of Atmore. ... More
These days, it seems poker is more popular than ever before. Right now, 'Texas Hold'em' is the game of choice. Thanks to programs like ESPN's World Series of Poker, the average guy can see exactly how the pros play. Special cameras let you see a player's hidden cards, so you know who is bluffing and who really has the best hand. It's information that a lot of people are putting to use. Right here in Tulsa, ... More
Poker tournaments at bars across the state appear to violate state law, according to Wyoming Attorney General Pat Crank, because places that host the contests indirectly profit from them when participants buy food and drinks. ... More
The card game’s growth might be in part because of its prevalence on TV. University senior Shaun Blum is a poker fanatic. He plays poker with friends, online and at a card club at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn. ... More
A jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, acquitted a former stripper and her lover of murder Tuesday in the 1998 death of casino heir Ted Binion. ... More
The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) has joined the best non-web poker tournaments in offering the highest prizes and attracting the most players. ... More
Card counting has long been a forbidden dark art as far as casino operators are concerned, and stories abound of too-successful blackjack players being shown the door. ... More
Mike Connell was several years ahead of the curve. Like a lot of kids his age, Connell, a junior at West Catholic High School, is nuts about poker. ... More
Authorities have asked local bars to voluntarily shut down poker games by the end of the month. Cheyenne Police Chief Bob Fecht said the poker games count as gambling and are illegal. Both the city attorney and the attorney general agree with this decision, he said. ... More
Some of the world's best known sports stars are lining up to compete in a $1m all-star poker event. ... More
Poker games on television are so popular that The First Round Bar & Grill in Albany wants to have poker tables at the restaurant, too. ... More
It is being likened to the first PGA tournament or the first Wimbledon title: the Professional Poker Tour that has brought out the best names in the game and is making its debut at Foxwoods Resort Casino. ... More
Good card players know when to hold 'em, and when to fold 'em, and some New Hampshire lawmakers say it may be time to tax 'em. ... More
He had a real job. Once. That's when Daniel Negreanu decided he'd rather play poker for a living. "I worked as a telemarketer for precisely one afternoon," the Toronto native chuckled over the phone from his Las Vegas home. "That's when I realized this whole job thing, that's just not for me." ... More
Shortly after the Vietnam War, Billy Elrod retired from the U.S. Air Force and bought his own trucking company, driving tractor-trailers for nearly three decades, before setting it all aside to spend more time with his true love: poker. ... More
Former men's tennis world number one Yevgeny Kafelnikov has told The Independent that it is highly unlikely he will ever play professional tennis again. ... More
The popularity of high-stakes poker may soon spread to the State House. Increasingly, charitable organizations throughout New Hampshire are raising money by sponsoring poker tournaments — where $5,000 is typically the top prize, enough to draw hundreds of card players — leaving some legislators wondering whether the state should share in the jackpot. ... More
Canterbury Park Holding Corp. (AMEX:ECP) announced that net income for the third quarter nearly doubled from the same period a year ago on the strength of card gaming. ... More
I was holding King, 8 when the dealer flopped two Kings and a 10. Instead of being pleased, I was simply perplexed. ... More
Poker fever is sweeping the nation, and the bug has hit students at Brown, who have set up regular games in the Lower Blue Room and dorm lounges around campus. But as popular as poker is - ESPN and Bravo both air shows featuring the game - students playing the game on campus might not know one important thing: playing poker for money is illegal in Rhode Island. ... More
Season One of The Professional Poker Tour(TM) (PPT) is jampacked with a stellar line-up of All-Star players, 134 of which turned out for the Tour's inaugural competition on November 9-10 at Foxwoods Resort Casino. Many of the game's favorites played a hand in the elite competition, but only six prevailed. Chris Bigler, Jennifer Harman, Daniel Harrington, John Juanda, Casey Kastle, and Ron Rose will advance ... More
Poker, anyone? The game has come into America's living rooms through the World Poker Tour show, produced by WPT Enterprises (WPTE ) and aired on the Travel Channel. ... More
Harrah's Entertainment has been honored with a Horizon Award by the Atlanta Sports Council. 'Horizons' are awarded for innovation in advertising, marketing, technology and media in the business of sports. Was crowned the Emerging Sports Property of the Year for the record-breaking attendance and media covering of this year's tournament. ... More
How do you earn Poker Points? You can earn these points by registering, and by playing in ring games and tournaments. ... More
WPT Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:WPTE - News), the entertainment company that transformed poker into a riveting spectator sport, has once again broken new ground with the announcement of WPT Boot Camp(TM). This new initiative can put those who dream of playing in a WORLD POKER TOUR(TM) tournament on the fast track to a WPT Final Table. ... More
Anyone who has watched any television over the past year has likely stumbled upon a program or series related to casino gambling. The Travel Channel's "World Poker Tour," ESPN's "World Series of Poker," NBC's "Las Vegas" and the Discovery Channel's "American Casino" are among a few of the programs that transport viewers to a Las Vegas that is part fantasy, part reality. For people who can't get enough, seve ... More
WPT Enterprises, Inc. announced results today for the third quarter ended October 3, 2004. Revenue for the three months ended October 3, 2004 totaled $3.0 million, compared to $0.4 million in the prior year period. Net loss for the quarter was $0.5 million and basic and diluted losses were $0.03 per share. This compares with a net loss of $0.4 million and basic and diluted losses of $0.03 per share for the ... More
Don, Jesse, Eric and D.J. crowd around the poker table, knocking back longnecks and short glasses of Jack and Coke. Between deals, as the haze of Marlboro smoke rises into a slow-spinning ceiling fan, their talk is rated-R for raucous or, maybe, raunchy. ... More
Area residents didn't have to travel out of state to get a little taste of Las Vegas last month when the United Way of Marion County held the Texas Holdem Poker Tournament at Golden Ocala. ... More
A Texas Hold ’Em tournament set to benefit the United Way of Acadiana on Nov. 12 will go on as scheduled, agency officials said, despite a recent controversy surrounding bars that host the popular game. ... More
The arrests of eight people on gambling charges at a Lafayette bar is not connected to a possible legal fight over the popular Texas Hold'em poker tournaments, police said. ... More
While steel nerves and a sharp intellect are character traits shared by both card sharks and stock market gurus, more often than not, it can be the playing of poker which develops the qualities necessary to begin investing. ... More
With Louisiana liquor regulators investigating bars that offer the popular Texas Hold 'Em poker game, Lafayette police arrested eight people for playing the game last week. ... More
Dreaming of going "All-In" with pocket aces and two more on the flop? If so, then your dream wouldn't be complete without a stack of "Official World Poker Tour(TM)" (WPT) chips to push into the center of the table. ... More
State liquor regulators will continue investigating bars and restaurants that host tournaments of "Texas Hold 'Em," a poker game that has exploded in popularity thanks to cable TV coverage of professional and celebrity matches, Alcohol and Tobacco Commissioner Murphy Painter told a House panel Friday. ... More
Professional poker players go for broke, taking their chance on the big jackpot. Nate Silver quit his $55,000-a-year financial consulting job in April to play poker. ... More
A BRITISH firm are the world's biggest gambling website after buying a major US online poker site for £160million. ... More
A fraternity at the University of Tennessee says it plans to hold its poker tournament for the chapter's philanthropy despite indications from a state official the tournament constitutes illegal gambling. ... More
The table was antique mahogany. The chips were casino-quality clay in a gleaming, Bond-like steel carrying case. The game was, of course, No Limit Texas Hold 'Em, except for the players who had already lost their buy-in and joined the poker and dice games in another room. Records of earnings and losses for the 15 regulars and 7 occasional players were kept on an Excel spreadsheet on one of the organizers' c ... More
Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall said she would not bring illegal-gambling charges against the man who put on poker tournaments at a bowling alley. ... More
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