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Former NYPD Detective Sentenced For Illegal Poker
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A former NYPD detective has received three years of probation and community service for running an illegal poker game on Staten Island. Richard Palase, who was a member of law enforcement for 19 years, took a plea deal in February. He was one of 13 …

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Ex-NYPD detective who ran illegal poker games gets probation
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NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City police detective who worked as an undercover has been sentenced to probation for running illegal poker games out of his home. Federal Judge Sandra Townes also ordered Richard Palase to forfeit $10,000 and …

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Carl Froch confirms he is launching poker career – and prepares to face Teddy …
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Britain's former four-time world super-middleweight champion, who retired from boxing in July, will throw his right hand in partypoker.com's Power Series. Froch, whose last appearance in the ring was his knockout of arch-rival George Groves in their …

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World Series of Poker showdown begins, $7.6M at stake
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FILE – In this July 14, 2015, file photo, Max Steinberg plays at the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. The Main Event returns Sunday, Nov. 8, with nine players competing in a three-day marathon for a $7.6 million prize to the victor. (AP …

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Ashley Adams Conquers Goal of Playing Poker in all 50 States
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In fact, Adams is likely the only poker player to accomplish this goal. What is this goal? To play poker in all 50 states. The Bostonian finished off his 50-state tour recently in Mission, Oregon, playing in a $1-$3 no-limit hold'em cash game at …

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Microgaming Skin Poker Heaven to Cease Operations
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Sometimes the little guys of the poker world run into changing market conditions that prove to be too much for a company's long-term viability. That's the sad story of veteran online poker site Poker Heaven, which has bounced around since it debut way …

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2015 World Poker Tour UK Main Event Day 4: Iaron Lightbourne Leads Final Table
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Eighteen players returned to their seats at the Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham on Saturday to play the penultimate day of the 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour UK Main Event. Those 18 players have been reduced to only six, and they will be led back into …

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2015 partypoker World Poker Tour UK
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Fifty-nine players returned to Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, UK, on Nov. 6 to compete in the third day of the 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour UK Main Event. After six 90-minute levels of play, all but 18 were left, and it was Chi Zhang holding the lead.

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2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki
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The Mid-Stakes Poker Tour returns to Iowa and the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel in Tama today for the first of two starting flights in the $300,000 Guaranteed MSPT Iowa Main Event. The last time the tour stopped here in July, the Main Event drew 410 …

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Harman Honored at Poker Hall of Fame Ceremony
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On the evening of November 6, a group of executives and players in the poker community gathered at Binion's Gambling Hall in downtown Las Vegas for the WSOP Hall of Fame dinner and ceremony. The purpose was to induct as well as to honor WSOP …

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World Series of Poker final table to begin Sunday in Las Vegas winner to bag 7 …
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World Series of Poker tournaments began in May and continued for 51 days with 68 events, culminating with the annual main event. It's a grueling multi-day poker marathon that whittled down the competition from 6,420 entries at $10,000 each to nine …

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Neil Blumenfield of the WSOP 2015 November Nine on Heading Into Poker's …
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Neil Blumenfield brings the perspective of age and a great sense of humor to the WSOP 2015 November Nine. In our exclusive interview, we find out what he's thinking as the biggest tournament playdown of his life approaches. (Image: pokerlistings.es).

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Going all in: Silverton stages underwater poker game for special cause
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But at one poker table today at the Silverton, it meant something else entirely. The Las Vegas resort held an underwater game at its massive aquarium to promote the nonprofit organization Dive Alliance, which supports veterans suffering from post …

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Two professional poker players will face off in Hearthstone at BlizzCon
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Facing Grosspellier will be Daniel Negreanu, a member of the Poker Hall of Fame who has won more tournament money playing poker than anyone else on record. He's also been named "player of the year" twice by World Series of Poker and once by World …

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World Series of Poker Main Event coming up Sunday
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Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) – The November Nine are getting ready to take their seats at the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event. The nine remaining players will return to the Rio hotel-casino Sunday for three days of marathon-length poker …

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RunGood Poker Series Downstream
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After some time off, the RunGood Poker Series has returned, this time with an event at Downstream Casino Resort in Quapaw, Okla. The $675 Main Event is set to kick off with the first of three starting flights at 7 p.m. local time. The plan for Day 1a …

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Poker Hand of the Week: 11/6/15
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Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they'll come up with dozens of different opinions. That's …

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Anti-Online Poker Hearing Planned For December
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In March, the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations discussed the anti-online poker bill from Rep. John Chaffetz (R-Utah). The legislation, known as the Restoration of America's Wire Act (RAWA), is backed by …

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