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Business Journal: Beer Week, Food Allergy Cafe, Online Poker
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Our weekly rundown of economic stories with Sacramento Business Journal Editor Jack Robinson includes: the future of Sleep Train Arena, Roseville's push to build a convention center and hotel near the Galleria, new legislation to legalize online poker …

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RunGood Poker Series Visits Horseshoe Council Bluffs March 4-8 with $100K …
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The RunGood Poker Series continues next week at Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa, which is just across the river from Omaha, Nebraska. The series, which will run from March 4-8, will feature five days of poker, five side events, and a $100K …

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Web Poker: Phil Ivey Loses Another $600K
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The 10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner lost $614,528 after 5,600 hands between last Friday and today. Ivey has so far dumped nearly $1.3 million on 2015. He needed 3,200 hands to lose almost the exact same sum the previous week. Last year …

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Poker Hand of the Week: 2/27/15
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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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Living the Dream: The Coolest Jobs in Poker
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Let's face it. If you're reading this you may have once dreamed about becoming a professional poker player. Travelling the world, seeing great locales and playing in the biggest tournaments in the world. Maybe you're still grinding your way up or maybe …

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Sin Melin Tops 2015 Sky Poker UKPC Main Event Day 1c Chip Counts
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The penultimate starting flight of the ÂŁ1 million guaranteed 2015 Sky Poker UK Poker Championships Main Event took place on Thursday 26 February at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham and saw the largest crowd of players descend on the club so far. A total of …

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Italy's Carlo Savinelli Wins High Roller Event at the Winamax Poker Tour
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After finishing runner-up at the World Poker Tour National (WPTN) Main Event at the Cercle Clicy-Montmartre (CCM) in Paris in December, Italy's Carlo Savinelli kept his momentum going on Thursday when he left the very same poker room as the winner of …

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From Poker Amateur To World Series Competitor In 'The Noble Hustle'
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From Poker Amateur To World Series Competitor In 'The Noble Hustle'. Colson Whitehead's book, now out in paperback, was born of an assignment to write about the World Series of Poker. It's a sharp observational tale of poker: those who play it and how …

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World Series Of Poker Circuit To Go International
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The WSOP announced Thursday that it has begun entering into agreements with poker rooms in Italy, Morocco and Mexico to license the WSOP brand. Marrakesh, a major city in Morocco, will host the first WSOP-C event outside of the United States on Mar. 7.

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Preview Of The 2015 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic Main Event
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The Commerce Casino is home to the largest poker room in the world, with 160 tables ready for top flight poker action all day every day. From beginner-friendly low-stakes games to some of the biggest cash games in the world, there is something for …

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Lock Poker Traffic Down 5 Months in a Row
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Lock Poker cashouts have been MIA for quite some time, with only the most casual of online poker players likely unaware that money deposited at the site would be better spent just about anywhere else. The Lock website continues to promote the …

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New Online Poker Bill Introduced in Pennsylvania
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Interestingly, Payne's bill, HB 649, would only legalize online poker in Pennsylvania, not online gambling, although the legislation seems to leave the door for a more comprehensive approach. The bill makes many mentions of “Interactive Gaming” (dozens …

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At Horseshoe, the stakes are high during a World Series of Poker event
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The most distinct noise in a large poker tournament room is the clinking of chips. At every table players stack, sort, tap their chips nervously until all the clicks and clacks coalesce to create a pleasing, cicada-like din. It's the sound, in most …

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Kara Scott Talks Love and Poker in Venice, Italy: Exclusive Interview
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Her next broadcasting career moves brought her to the attention of poker aficionados everywhere on “Poker Night Live,” the European Poker Tour (EPT), and as a sideline reporter for the World Series of Poker (WSOP). More recently, Scott left a five-year …

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Would Interstate Compacts Provide a Further Boost to Online Poker in New …
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During the past few months, regulated online poker in the state of New Jersey has been on the rise, reversing a trend of several consecutive declining months. Part of this reason is due to the Garden State Super Series II held last month on partypoker …

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Global Poker Index: Schemion, Seiver Still Lead; Negreanu Rejoins Overal Top 10
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Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six …

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20 jailed in underground poker tournament raid
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Police raided a house on Kryptonweg in Amersfoort and arrested twenty people suspected of taking part in an illegal poker tournament on Tuesday night. The police received a tip that there were hard drugs at the location, and visited the home, according …

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Sentencing for Poker Chip Counterfeiter Christian Lusardi Pushed Back to …
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Poker chip counterfeiter Christian Lusardi, 42, the man responsible for introducing fake chips into last year's Borgata Winter Poker Open Event #1 $500 No-Limit Hold'em, was supposed to be sentenced last week — albeit for bootlegging charges — but …

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