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A German gambler called the police for help after he lost his false teeth playing poker. The man’s poker partner had taken his dentures as security against non-payment of a gambling debt. The 45-year-old from Dortmund, who owed the other man £100, said he asked the police for help because he didn’t want to have to live off fluids until he’d raised the money. ... More
Among casino games, live poker offers the most level playing field. Unlike blackjack, craps, roulette and slot machines, where the odds are tilted in favor of the house, everyone at a poker table has an equal chance of winning when the cards are shuffled and dealt. ... More
Following in the tradition of the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Rock Walk of Fame, the World Poker Tour Poker Walk of Fame has been unveiled. ... More
Jarden Corp., a conglomerate of niche businesses, said Thursday that it was buying United States Playing Card, the maker of such playing card brands as Bicycle and Hoyle, for $232 million, the companies said Thursday. ... More
THIS would be the world's most fearsome poker player. Experts borrowed the facial characteristics of celebrities to create an expressionless identikit image that would fool opponents. ... More
Poker is the new Tribeca: prime media real estate. It is on TV at least three nights a week, and prominently featured in the slicks, where articles trumpeting the poker craze seem to be mandatory front-of-the-book content. (At this rate, Regis should be hosting his own poker show by year's end.) ... More
IMAGINE losing $40,000 in a few hours at a gambling table and walking away with a smile. I know if I were to lose $40,000 at a casino, I would need a stretcher to exit the building - and probably a toe tag when my wife found out what I had done. ... More
The L.A. Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, CA which began February 21, 2004, is the latest event on the WORLD POKER TOUR to demonstrate the domino effect of the television show's huge popularity. Records have been set in each of tour stops and the L.A. Poker Classic is no exception setting a new Commerce Casino record and WPT record for the highest number of entries, prize money and first pl ... More
For the shuttered Binion's Horseshoe, the road to its re-opening has become more convoluted. And the more twisted it becomes, the more concerned poker players are becoming over the prospects of this year's World Series of Poker. ... More
He contributed to the card craze by winning $2.5-million at the World Series of Poker. The accountant came from out of nowhere, and he does not plan on going back. You are reading these poker stories because of a guy named Chris Moneymaker. If you started playing Texas Hold'em in the past year and dreamed of cashing in big, he probably is your hero. If you have no interest in the game and are miffed that p ... More
BENTONVILLE — Action Honda will host its third annual Poker Run on April 3 to benefit the Children’s Advocacy Center of Benton County. The Poker Run will begin at Action Honda’s new location at 808 S. E. 14 th St. in Bentonville. ... More
MINNEAPOLIS - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Lakes Entertainment, Inc. (Lakes) (Nasdaq:LACO) World Poker Tour, LLC announced today that it will seek to raise approximately $20 million through a newly formed corporation pursuant to an underwritten initial public offering of common stock at a price to be determined. ... More
A HEARTSICK Ben Affleck has spun out of control - gambling almost every night, say concerned pals. Exclusive ENQUIRER photos, taken February 3 at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, show Ben intensely focused on his favorite pastime - high-stakes poker. ... More
MTR Gaming To Acquire Horseshoe - Harrah's, which will manage Binion's, hopes to reopen property by April 1 In the end, Binion's Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas is being sold not to Harrah's Entertainment, but to Chester, W.Va.-based MTR Gaming Group, which owns the Speedway Casino at the Ramada Inn in North Las Vegas. ... More
HAYWARD - Investigators said those who knew Michael Wayne George described him as a trusted head cashier at The Palace Card Club, a close personal friend of the poker club's owner and by all accounts a responsible and honest man. ... More
MTR Gaming Group Inc., owner of Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, West Virginia, has signed on with Southwest Casino and Hotel Corp. to build a harness racetrack and card club in Forest Lake, Minnesota, about 53 miles from Canterbury Park in Shakopee. ... More
While gaming operators might be optimistic over the latest gaming revenue and tourism figures, the newly-released Las Vegas Visitor Profile Study indicates tourists are spending less money, both in and out of the casinos. ... More
Reporter Brian Unger takes a closer look at the resurgence of poker as the world's most popular card game. ... More
DES MOINES (AP) - The majority of Iowans believe the state doesn't need more gambling, according to The Des Moines Register's copyright Iowa Poll. The poll in Monday's edition shows that 60 percent of the state's adults oppose an increase in the number of casinos in Iowa. That's down from 69 percent from last fall. ... More
David Thomas and a six-pack of his buddies are huddled around a green felt poker table. Chips are stacked high. Cold longnecks stand in cup holders. And Jimmy Newsom is raising the bet. ... More
GULFPORT - The popularity of televised poker tournaments has more new players trying their luck at Grand Casino Gulfport's low-stakes games. Poker room employees said over the past three months they've seen an increasing number of people attending the daily lessons on how to play the game. Last week, 17 people showed up for one poker lesson, more than three times the average. ... More
When Harrah's Entertainment anted up $50 million last month to rescue the Horseshoe Casino from bankruptcy, the casino operator was after a pair: the Horseshoe brand name in Nevada but also the World Series of Poker (WSOP). ... More
A Sarasota greyhound race track owner has indefinitely postponed his request to hold low-stakes poker games. Last week the Sarasota City Commission decided to oppose the issuance of a Florida license for a 10-table card room at the parimutuel facility. ... More
BLACKHAWK - An apparently illegal poker tournament at the Blackhawk Country Club has shuffled up residents in this exclusive community and has prompted police to refresh the club and game participants on the laws of gambling. ... More
Legendary poker player Thomas Austin "Amarillo Slim" Preston Jr. won the World Series of Poker in 1972. This Tuesday he pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor assault charges. Preston received two years deferred adjudication and a $4,000 fine from 181st District Judge John Board. ... More
Sean Roche admits he's hooked on Texas Hold 'em poker. The 25-year old Oakdale resident remembers immersing himself in ESPN's expanded coverage of the "World Series of Poker" this past fall, and becoming mesmerized by what he saw: the world champion poker players, the $2.5 million stakes, the bluffs. He caught it all from his living room. ... More
Deal 'em. That's to poker what "Gentlemen, start your engines" is to racing. It seems poker is seeing a revival in our culture, thanks in part to cable television and its continual efforts to find quality programming. It began a few years back with televised world championship games in various gambling hot spots, spread to celebrity poker games, and now you can find a game or rerun of a game most days of th ... More
We were doing homework. Barry was playing poker. Thirteen years old and the kid was cleaning up in five-card draw and seven-card stud. We were working paper routes, baby-sitting, stocking shelves at Walgreens. Minimum wage was $1.60. Barry was eyeing his hole card in house games. He was beating juniors and seniors, college boys. He was walking home on a typical night with another $30 in his pocket, maybe $5 ... More
Except for a diamond bracelet of linked horseshoes, there were no signs the man signing autographs at Boomtown Casino and Hotel was a millionaire. Dressed in a blue shirt, khakis and cream vest, Chris Moneymaker, 28, looked more like an office manager than a poker celebrity. ... More
The debut of the WORLD POKER TOUR on network television proved to be an unqualified success. Establishing that the public's growing appetite for the World Poker Tour has only just begun to be tapped, THE TRAVEL CHANNEL WORLD POKER TOUR BATTLE OF CHAMPIONS on NBC scored a whopping 3.0 overnight rating on Sunday, watched by more than ten million estimated viewers. ... More
BON JOVI's new performance DVD will give fans the chance to play poker with their rock heroes. ... More
Casino managers aren't bluffing when they say television poker shows are luring new players to their parlors. Beginning today, Cliff Castle Casino in Camp Verde will tap that popularity when it hosts the first tier of the World Poker Tour's Super Satellite Tournament. ... More
When Donnie Miles walked into the Springfield Armory two weeks ago to try his hand at a poker tournament, he never imagined that he would walk out the winner. Out of 250 people who traveled from five different states, it was the Loretto man who won the final hand of Texas Hold'em, the game of choice for serious players. ... More
Mark Twain once lamented that Americans paid too little attention to poker. "It is enough to make one ashamed of the species," he said. Beloved author of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," Twain died in 1910. He should have stuck around. Suddenly, poker is hotter than July on the Mississippi. ... More
Riders are wanted for the 15th annual FYAO Poker Run on March 7, sponsored by ABATE Local No. 17. All motorcyclists are welcome. Sign-ins will be from 9 to 11 a.m. at Harry's Sportsman's Lounge, 833 Texas St. in Fairfield. The run's final stop must be cleared by 3 p.m., and cost is $15 per person. Run pins are available to the first 150 sign-ins, and there will be prizes awarded after the run. ... More
DES MOINES (AP) - Iowa lawmakers will begin debating the state's first broad gambling reforms in six years at the Capitol today. ... More
The tension in the room was unbearable, so when College sophomore Harry Crane finally pushed all his chips to the center and said, "call," it was like a weight had been lifted. Soon it was all over.Engineering junior Dave Thornton won this year's Penn Poker Championship, the largest free-entry poker tournament ever at Penn with over 175 students and faculty participating. ... More
The stakes were high, the tension thick -- a suprisingly compelling combination that drew hundreds of people to Drexler's Barbecue to watch the hottest trend in sports, celebrity poker. ... More
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