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A record crowd, celebrities and top poker pros turned out last week for the World Poker Tour tournament at the Aviation Club de France (ACF) in Paris, France. Helping to excite the crowds were French superstar singer/actor Patrick Bruel and tennis great Yevgeny Kafelnikov. ... More
For the first time ever, The Mirage has landed a spot on the World Poker Tour. The tournament begins Thursday, and the casino is hoping that the winner in the finals, which will be taped for a showing on television, will walk away from the table a $1 million winner. ... More
CARUTHERSVILLE, MO -- Casino Aztar executives in Caruthersville noticed a trend among gamblers, they like to watch poker on television. They also like to play the game, which is why the casino leaders are creating a poker room. "Poker is really hot right now, new players along with old players, its very popular right now," Director of Casino Operations Lyle Randolph said. ... More
Tobey Maguire is hoping his poker skills this week are as boffo as his recent box office numbers. So far, however, his poker performance is not so good. ... More
DEADWOOD, S.D. - Poker players still will ply their trade in Deadwood in October, but it won't be on national television, promoters said. ... More
It was just a few years ago that poker rooms were closing at casinos across the city. MGM Grand, the Venetian, and Harrah's all closed theirs around 2000, citing a lack of interest in the game and a need to use the space for other, more lucrative gaming endeavors (read: more slots). ... More
Five years ago this week, at the Orleans Casino in Las Vegas, poker player David Chiu won the first Tournament of Champions. The victory earned him $214,542, a Lincoln Town Car and the distinction as one of the world's top poker players. Since then, Chiu has won three gold bracelets at the World Series of poker, two state championships and millions of dollars. Recently, he put on his poker face to play a ha ... More
Strictly speaking, the odds of winning this Saturday’s no-limit Texas hold ’em poker tournament at the Redhook Ale Brewery in Portsmouth are one in 139. But novices beware: If you think rainbows and rivers are scenic sights along the Appalachian Trail, your odds are much worse. The smart money may beat you bad. ... More
Like most Tuesday nights for the past year, University of Toledo student Chad Yates recently invited a few friends over for a friendly game of Texas Hold 'Em. "Poker face, Lindsay, poker face," Eric Toth said as Lindsay Sutton looked at her cards in obvious despair. ... More
The first rock star poker tournament is set to take place next month at the Palms Casino Resort. The line up for the celebrity event includes Tommy Lee (Motley Crue), Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction/Red Hot Chilli Peppers) and John Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls), and offers an opportunity for fans to join them in the tournament. ... More
Six men playing poker in an East Toledo garage were robbed Thursday night by two men armed with handguns, police said. ... More
RED BLUFF — Tehama County Undersheriff Dennis Garton, president of the California XVI Chapter of the Blue Knights Motorcycle Club, will join DARE Officer Mike Graham in inviting all street bike and motorcycle enthusiasts to join them for a DARE Poker Run. ... More
Four bar owners ordered by the state to fold their weekly poker nights have all complied but insist they’re getting a raw deal. ... More
LOS ANGELES Famous people playing poker continues to be a winning hand for Bravo, and it's betting that trend will continue. ... More
SILVER SPRING, Md., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine hearing the sound of thousands of multi-colored clay chips being shuffled in an impromptu chorus. Or the sight of hundreds of fans standing five-deep, craning their necks and standing on their tiptoes to catch a glimpse of their favorite player. Or the gut-wrenching anxiety of a player who has summoned the nerve to push several hundred thousand dollars in ... More
Community members have rallied around the family of the late Lisa and Caitlyn Bowman by organizing the Bowmans' Memorial Poker Run. A carnival is open to the public from noon-4 p.m. Saturday. Music includes disc jockey Ron Hamm in the morning and bands Borrowed Time at 3 p.m. and O'RAMA at 9 p.m. ... More
ATHENS (Reuters) - Poker aficionados claim their sport is getting a raw deal from the Olympics and are campaigning for a place at the table at the Athens Games. ... More
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Charges could be in the cards for the organizer of a Texas Hold'em poker tournament at a local bowling alley that was raided Monday night. ... More
Just don't show up with five aces, and watch your language! The Black Hills gambling town of Deadwood, S. D., which had its notoriety rejuvenated courtesy of a profanity-laced HBO series of the same name, will land on national cable TV again in October, this time as a backdrop for ESPN's "World Series of Poker." ... More
The idea of televising people playing poker once seemed nuts, as in not quite playing with a full deck. ... More
Paris - Two armed men staged a daring heist at a world poker tournament on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Tuesday, making off with €76 000 (about R600 000) in cash after forcing players to lie on the ground, police said. ... More
HE WATCHES with the "Vegas stare" as they fall on green baize, the difference between failure and fortune resting on the turn of two cards. ... More
DEADWOOD - The combination of October and World Series usually means baseball. A Texas-based entertainment developer says it also will mark Deadwood's entry into the major leagues of nationally televised card playing. ... More
The plasma-screen televisions at Harrah's St. Louis Casino featured World Series of Poker champion Chris Moneymaker in action Thursday night. ... More
Just when it seems the American public can't get any lazier, along comes the hype that one of the hottest, most anticipated television events this year will be watching people play cards. No wonder we are getting fatter by the day. The only exercise many people get anymore is pushing the buttons on the remote and slathering the cheese spread on crackers. ... More
For the third year in a row, an online poker site is taking its World Poker Tour (WPT) tournament to Aruba. With a guaranteed minimum prize pool of $4 million and with first place guaranteed to win $1 million, this is among the largest World Poker Tour events to date. ... More
The Jim Rose Circus was a global phenomenon, delighting and disgusting audiences around the world with a show full of freaks, frights and bodily fluids. Now former ringmaster Rose is reinventing himself as a professional gambler in Las Vegas. Michael Park meets the man who swapped oddballs for odds. ... More
ZEPHYRHILLS - Rain storms threatened the second annual Ride for Pride poker run to benefit area Veterans of Foreign Wars posts and charities. However, Saturday's four-stop motorcycle fun ride covered 102 miles with nothing more than a few drops of rain outside of Plant City. ... More
It’s just so tempting, isn’t it? Important, successful people and companies want to build another casino in Greater Des Moines, so it must be a good idea, right? ... More
It'll be one sweet ride home from the card table now that Wichita Falls firefighters have reshuffled the prizes of their charity poker tournament. ... More
The world's best poker players came to the Turning Stone Casino for the American Poker Championship finals. ... More
Daniel Negreanu has never been to a Grand Rapids Griffins game, but says he isn't bluffing when he calls them his favorite minor-league hockey team. ... More
STAMFORD -- Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal sent a letter yesterday urging three downtown Stamford bars to stop hosting weekly "poker nights," but bar owners said they are confused because state officials initially told them the tournaments were legal. ... More
SWANSEA is to gain 500 new jobs at a flagship casino development where prizes of up to £1m will be on offer. ... More
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) - A man who missed his sentencing hearing because he was playing poker in Las Vegas to raise money to pay back victims of an investment scam drew a 15-year term Friday. ... More
The world's largest manufacturer of playing cards is the United States Playing Card Company (USPC), based in Norwood, Ohio. The Bicycle brand has been in continuous production since 1885. - During the Second World War, the USPC manufactured cards to be sent to American prisoners of war in relief packages. The cards, when moistened, could be peeled apart to reveal maps of escape routes to be used by the pris ... More
Taking a cue from the growing popularity of the World Series of Poker that ESPN has been televising, WFXJ (930 AM) is putting together a 30-person, no-limit, Texas-hold 'em tournament to be held Saturday (2 p.m.) in the Poker Room at St. Johns Greyhound Park (Race Track Road and U.S. 1). The station has signed up 28 entries through contests this week, with the final two spots to be drawn randomly from spect ... More
This competition, to be held today through Wednesday, will be the first ever live telecast of a poker tournament final. Six finalists will battle it out for $1,000,000 live on July 14 at 6 p.m. ... More
Add the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the list of states that figure gambling is as sure a bet as a royal flush in a game of poker. ... More
RANCHO PALOS VERDES: For Barry Greenstein, the game is a job. But for charity, he gladly donates his tournament winnings -- about $3 million since April 2003. ... More
The fourth annual Mike Beasley Foundation Memorial Poker Run On The Water will be held July 31 at Duskin Point Marina and it will be followed by a Dance on Land and all the proceeds from this year's charity event will go to the Smith Lake Task Force, Curry and Arley Volunteer Fire Departments and the Smith Lake Civic Center. ... More
It's a sport where the major stars often aren't around for the biggest games. Its games are shown weeks, if not months, after they're played. And the viewers exert almost as much energy as the competitors, which is to say, not much at all. ... More
STAMFORD, Conn. -- Several Connecticut bar owners have used the rising popularity of tournament poker to attract and keep customers, but state officials say that could be violating gambling laws and Indian casino agreements. ... More
Since the premiere last year of Bravo's “Celebrity Poker Showdown,” in which actors, musicians and athletes play cards on television for charity, Cingular Wireless has been one of the biggest sponsors of the cable program and also funded the $250,000 prize pool. ... More
LONDON -- A Canadian investment banker who stumbled into a poker game on the Internet won $52,700 for finishing fourth yesterday in a high-stakes game broadcast live on British TV. Nicholas Barbu said he had no regrets, even though he lost out on the top prize of $390,000. ... More
The Oak Ridge/Anderson County chapter of the Remove Intoxicated Drivers organization, commonly referred to as RID, will be hosting a "Sober Poker Run" on Saturday. ... More
The American Legion Post #3 in Flagstaff is sponsoring a Motorcycle Poker Run on Sunday, starting at 11 a.m. from the post at 204 W. Birch Ave. ... More
Esteemed gambling author Andy Glazer passed away in Los Angeles on Sunday after complications caused by a blood clot. ... More
If you’re interested in how people think, I’d suggest you watch a few poker games—I’m surprised psychologists do anything else. They, and you, could learn how new archetypes are replacing old—the odds-memorizing math geek superseding the hard-drinking old cowboy. Maybe they think there’s too much randomness involved to make clear observations. But it’s chance that makes it revealing: the world is an uncerta ... More
Socially-conservative Pennsylvania this week became the 29th state in the nation to approve slot or casino gaming. Another eight states have poker parlors or big-stakes bingo casinos, and almost all are tied to a lottery. ... More
Rarely do I address anything - sports or otherwise - in the context of morality. For instance, you could say there are two types of men in this country: those who "happened to tune into this past weekend's Women's Final at Wimbledon because an exciting young dark horse was looking to upset Serena Williams," and those who wanted to spend three-plus hours ogling the hottest pair of legs this side of Moscow. ... More
A motorcycle poker run is being planned by the area’s American Cancer Society on July 10 at Jim’s Harley-Davidson in Mendon. This event is open to all bikers of all ages and types of bikes. Registration is $10 per biker. Registration begins at 11 a.m. and the first bike out is at 1 p.m. with the last bike due in at 4 p.m. Refreshments, games, door prizes and trophies will be available. Special prize give to ... More
In early 2003, when Jeff Gaspin became president of the Bravo network, he was faced with a daunting task: "To make some noise in the cable world," in the words of Jeff Zucker, then president of NBC Entertainment, which acquired Bravo in December 2002. ... More
Competitions will begin at 1 p.m., with cribbage at the Route 65 Café, and the kids pedal pull, volleyball, and 3-on-3 basketball at the park. A new event is the Tractor Poker Run... ... More
A Federal Government report on interactive gambling is believed to have recommended that no new laws are needed to prevent the growth of internet betting in Australia. ... More
Ben Affleck is playing poker just to substantiate for his acting skills if Wilie Garson is to be believed. According to New York Daily News, the actor who played "Sex and the City's" Stanford Blatch has been playing against Affleck in celebrity poker tournaments. ... More
More than 70 people showed up last month for a Monday night poker tournament at Club One in downtown Fresno. The turnout was gratifying for casino manager Indy Turner, but he got a bigger kick from the players' youth. ... More
Poker is hot in the Harlow house. And with Lori and Mike Harlow's family and friends. ... More
You can deal ESPN in for the next big round of televised poker. The network, which helped contribute to the massive increase in interest in poker in the past year by televising the main event of the 2003 World Series of Poker over and over again, is back with widely expanded coverage of this year's event beginning Tuesday. ... More
In pop culture, sometimes things can just creep up and explode and it's hard to know where exactly the thing came from in the first place. Not so with poker. ... More
Commentator John Ridley follows actress Ming-Na's adventures in the world of professional poker... ... More
"My father taught me how to play poker and read the Racing Form at age 9," "World Poker Tour" host Vince Van Patten says. "He thought it would come in handy in case all else failed. Well, I guess all else failed, and I've been playing ever since. It's a passion of mine." ... More
Hollywood hunk BEN AFFLECK's recent poker win has led to a casino in New Orleans, Louisiana, extending a special invitation for him to attend its upcoming tournament. ... More
People shuffling cards to play poker, solitaire or bridge are now important customers for a company in Westchester County. ... More
In the immortal words of Kenny Rogers: "You've got to know when to hold 'em. Know when to fold 'em." And, if you're the founders of the World Poker Tour, knowing when to take the company public is a pretty good idea too. ... More
"The American Poker Championship Live From the Turning Stone Resort and Casino" will feature six players competing for as much as $1 million during the final round of a three-day no-limit hold 'em tournament at the Oneida Indian Nation-owned casino in upstate Verona. ... More
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