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California online poker backers brace for hearing
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California online poker bill wins racing's support, adds 'bad actor' language. April 26, 2016. california-online-poker-bad-actor-thumb. california-racing-online-poker-bad-actor California's online poker stakeholders are holding their breath ahead of …

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PokerStars launches exclusive new tournament format Knockout Poker
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The game will be available exclusively online through PokerStars, and is to be promoted through a global marketing campaign headed up by FC Barcelona striker and Brazilian football team captain Neymar Jr. In PokerStars Knockout Poker the tournament …

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Promoting Poker: Do Sunglasses Help or Hurt the Cause?
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The tournament was capped at 49 players and reached that total three months ahead of time, prompting Aria's Director of Poker Operations, Sean McCormack, to exclaim, “I've never seen a high stakes tournament sell out three months in advance.

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Tickfaw 200 Poker Run Set for Next Weekend
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After Desert Storm, some of the serious players in the poker run world will head east to Louisiana to Blood River Landing Marina for the Tickfaw 200 poker run on the weekend of May 5th. This year's event will be hosted at the marina and have 10 card stops.

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Martin Jacobson on China, Social Media, and Global Poker League
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Lee Davy sits down with the former World Champion Martin Jacobson to talk about his recent business trip to China, his views on the dangers of social media, and his early views on the Global Poker League. Within professional circles, Martin Jacobson is …

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Card Player Poker Tour Coming To bestbet Jacksonville In June
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Over the next 12 years the game of poker would keep evolving from within the borders of the Sunshine State and bestbet was one step ahead of the curve every step of the way. Tournament buy-ins grew from a meager $45 maximum to $5,000 buy-ins with …

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Farid Yachou Wins World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions
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Farid Yachou has won the inaugural Monster World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions, taking home $381,600 for the win in addition to several prizes, including a 2016 Corvette, a Hublot watch and several other incredible prizes. The 2015 WPT …

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Robert DeAgazio Wins Card Player Poker Tour Ocean's 11 San Diego Classic
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DeAgazio had some tough competition to contend with down the stretch, including 2012 WPT Legends of Poker main event champion Joshua Hale (4th – $19,465) and 2013 Card Player Poker Tour Bicycle Casino main event champion Thomas Beckstead …

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Taking Back Millville gets involved, Reeves Poker Run, Prayer Day: BEN Column …
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Chris Reeves Memorial Poker Run is June 5, 2016. We are looking for volunteers, sponsors and riders. If you would like to donate a Chinese Auction item or sponsor the run you can contact me (Joe Sutherland) at 856-305-7693 or one of the emails listed …

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High-Stakes Poker Player Terrence Chan Reflects On Latest MMA Win
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Card Player had the chance to speak to Chan about his fighting and poker careers. Brian Pempus: Congrats on the recent fight win! Was this your biggest fight to date? Were you very pleased with your performance? Terrence Chan: Thanks! I think at this …

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PokerStars New Knockout Poker Modifies Bounty Values
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PokerStars has found a way to increase that excitement level by altering the familiar bounty tournament concept with the introduction of a new Knockout Poker format. Currently available at select Sit & Gos and MTTs, PokerStars' new Knockout Poker …

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PayPal Poker Sites Growing by Leaps and Bounds
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Despite its popularity, one area where PayPal lack significant traction is online poker. As most online poker players have experienced, it is next to impossible to fund their account using PayPal and some have gotten their accounts suspended when they …

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3-Barrels: Busquet Batters JC; Hansen Returns Home; SportAccord Say no to Poker
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3-Barrels of pure value including news of Olivier Busquet's one-sided mixed martial arts victory over JC Alvarado, Gus Hansen returning home to Denmark to 'settle down', and the International Federation of Poker will not be joining SportAccord. 3 …

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Poker night returns to help raise money for boosters
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FAIRFIELD — The 2nd Annual Poker Night to help raise money for the Rodriguez Athletic Boosters will be held on May 21. The event will be at 5 p.m. at the Wednesday Club, 225 Sacramento St. in Suisun City. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. followed by …

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Gus Hansen Avoiding High Stakes Poker Games, Says He's Staying in Denmark “For …
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Gus Hansen is one of the names that pop up when poker fans reminisce about the poker boom era days. The Great Dane, now 42 years old (where has time gone?), has been M.I.A around the high stakes poker world for quite some time. But he recently …

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Poker's Killing the Russian Chess Star
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It will go a long way to determining whether Russia can legalize online poker, and so bring the craze for the game which has swept the nation in recent years within reach of the nation's tax collectors. It's a debate that's closely bound up with the …

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Seneca Niagara Poker WNYPC
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Day 2 of the 2016 Western New York Poker Challenge Main Event will go off inside the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino just a few blocks from Niagara Falls, beginning at 11 a.m. this morning. After two starting days drew a total of 244 entries, just 50 …

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Final Table Poker Etiquette: Do's and Don'ts
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The majority of us are versed in general poker etiquette for general tournament play and for cash games, but what about the final table? There are some of you that may have never made a live poker final table or maybe you did but didn't really last …

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