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North Dakota poker champ being crowned this week
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MINOT, N.D. (AP) – More than 1,400 people from around the country are in Minot this week competing for the right to be called North Dakota's poker champion. The 11th annual North Dakota Texas Hold 'em Championship is being held at the Vegas Motel.

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Yahoo pulls the last of its in-house 'Classic' games: Poker, Pool, and Bingo
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The company is pulling the last of its Yahoo Classic Games today, as it previously announced it would. The remaining games — Poker, Pool, and Bingo — should go dark by the end of the day, a Yahoo spokesperson tells us. Although Poker, Pool, and Bingo …

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How Did Women Poker Players Fare In 2014?
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Womens' participation in poker has been steadily increasing over the past few years, and in 2014 some of the game's biggest female superstars once again inspired others to take up the game and hopefully follow in their footsteps. One such leading lady …

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Daniel Negreanu Gives his Opinion on Multi-Entry Poker Tournaments
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PokerStars Team Pro Daniel Negreanu took to his blog on Monday to give his opinion on the use of “unlimited entry” format poker tournaments. He discussed the profitability of tournament circuit stops, the expected value of player travel, and the effect …

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US Authorities' Anti-Poker Propaganda Mired in Wall Street Journal Phua Piece
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A feature story on the inner connections of the Paul Phua sports betting prosecution published by the Wall Street Journal on Monday paints a powerful picture of the connections between wealthy Asian gambling junkets, sports betting and high-stakes poker.

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Top 10 Stories of 2014: #3, Christian Lusardi and the Borgata Counterfeit Chip …
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5 on the list, when the game's unspoken code of integrity was compromised by a conniving, yet admittedly clever, criminal armed with counterfeit chips. PokerNews was in attendance when the 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open's opening event — a $500 …

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Billionaire: Investing is harder than poker
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He took third place in another elite $1 million entry tournament, winning $4.4 million. Einhorn, a billionaire, says poker is for fun, and investing is the tougher sport. “The investing world is a little bit more multidimensional than poker,” Einhorn …

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Billionaire David Einhorn: Investing is harder than poker
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In the 2006 World Series of Poker, he placed 18th, good for $660,000. He took third place in another elite $1 million entry tournament, winning $4.4 million. Einhorn, a billionaire, says poker is for fun, and investing is the tougher sport. "The …

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On Ceilings, Floors, Pai Gow Poker & Nebraska Football
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I've been to the casino few enough times to count on two hands, and I've done nothing but play the same game every single time — $10 per hand Pai Gow poker. It's a simple game in which everyone including the dealer gets seven cards to make a five-card …

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Not Everyone Can Become A Poker Pro According To Dutch Boyd
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Not Everyone Can Become A Poker Pro According To Dutch Boyd Dutch Boyd knows more than most about the highs and lows of playing poker for a living, as the 3-times WSOP bracelet may have earned $2,477,293 from live tournaments since 2002, but he …

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Minutello Recruited as Manager of Golden Nugget Poker Room
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The Golden Nugget has recruited Sam Minutello as the manager of its live poker room, a facility with 13 poker tables in downtown Las Vegas. Minutello, who has 20 years of experience in the poker world, began his career at the age of 21 as a poker dealer.

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Poker Issues Part 1: Multi-Entry Tournaments
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I recently attended a player forum for the WPT where they covered various aspects relating to tournament poker, from proposed payout schedules, multi-entry tourneys, and even the GPI as a viable system to reward their player of the year awards. Overall …

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5 poker tips from champ Ari Engel
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JTA — Ari Engel, the son of an Orthodox rabbi, has become one of the world's best professional poker players over the last few years. Engel says poker is a game of skill, not chance. We convinced him to share his top five tips for becoming a better …

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Card Player Poker Tour: Tour Returns To Reno In March
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For the third time in as many seasons, the Card Player Poker Tour will return to Reno, Nevada for a stop at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa. Nestled amid the backdrop of the Sierra Nevadas and the Truckee Valley, action will get underway with a $120 no …

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The 12 Biggest Poker Stories of 2014: #11 Memorializing Those Who Passed
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As we continue to countdown the biggest poker stories of 2014, let us not forget that poker is a game played by mortals. Poker players are first and foremost people: fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, colleagues and friends. With this in mind I'd …

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For this son of an Orthodox rabbi, poker is not gambling
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Over the last 10 years or so, Engel has grossed about $5 million playing poker. The son of an Orthodox rabbi, Engel, 31, has become one of the world's best professional poker players — ranked No. 23 worldwide by the poker magazine Bluff — and …

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Grammy Award Winning Singer Macy Gray: 'I Just Lose My Mind' Playing Poker …
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She continued candidly: “The most I've won in one night is $28,000 playing blackjack and when I'm in Vegas I love playing poker and I just lose my mind but not to the point where I think I've got a problem. I don't get up in the middle of the night and …

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Carbon Online Poker Series Returns In February
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Carbon Poker is featuring the return of the Carbon Online Poker Series in February, with 76 events boasting a total of $2 million in guarantees. The 15-day series kicks off Feb. 8 and concludes on Feb. 22 with five different main events with $480,000 …

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