Court Finds Poker Game Management Patents Valid Under Section 101
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The patent claims at issue related to management of online poker. Defendant challenged the validity based on lack of patentable subject matter under Section 101 in light of the recent Alice decision, alleging the claims related to the abstract idea of …

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World Series of Poker Main Event: Andoni Larrabe Eliminated In Sixth Place
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Andoni Larrabe was the first player from Spain to make the World Series of Poker main event final table since Carlos Mortensen won it all back in 2001, but the 22-year-old poker player couldn't do better than sixth place when all was said and done …

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Online Poker: Check Out This Interesting Ivey Hand
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Poker pros Phil Ivey and Alex Kostritsyn had quite the heads-up battle last week, as seven of their pots were above $100,000, two of which were well above $230,000. Even though it wasn't their largest in the hundreds of hands they played against one …

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A Poker Life: Darren Elias
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The most dangerous opponent at the table is the one you underestimate. With a calm, stoic demeanor, it would be easy to underestimate poker pro Darren Elias. The 27-year-old phenom is almost robotic at the poker table, taking great care with each …

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HOW SWEDE IT IS! JACOBSON WINS WSOP MAIN EVENT
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The World Series of Poker November Nine were back in Las Vegas playing down to a winner earlier this week as Swedish superstar Martin Jacobson (GPI No. 9) became the first player from his country to become WSOP Main Event Champion. The Top 10 …

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Jose Canseco Claims His Surgically Repaired Finger Fell Off During A Poker …
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"Dam I was playing in a poker tournament last night and something crazy happened to my finger that I shot off and they put back on. I knew something crazy was going to happen with this dam finger cause it felt like it was falling off…My finger should …

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Swede rallies on final table, wins $10 million poker prize
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Martin Jacobson, a professional poker player from Sweden, emerged from a starting field of 6,683 to become the new World Series of Poker Main Event champion and take down a first prize of $10 million. Jacobson began the final table with the second …

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Ultimate Poker Throws in the Towel in Nevada
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ultimate-poker-desktop The writing was on the wall following their withdrawal from the New Jersey market and the subsequent trimming of their Nevada staff, but the announcement on Friday that Ultimate Poker would be shutting down its online poker room …

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Ultimate Poker Shuts Down Online Poker Site in Nevada
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Ultimate Gaming has decided to leave the Nevada online poker market, a move some saw coming, but which the company had earlier denied was in the offing. The move must cast a kind of foreboding over US online poker operations, given that Ultimate was …

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2014 MSPT Golden Gates Day 1c: Kevin "Phwap" Boudreau Makes Return to …
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Day 1c of the Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates attracted 194 runners, which brought the total field up to an even 500 entrants. That's 47 more than the last time the tour rolled around last spring. After 15 levels of play, Mike Wright finished the 41 …

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Norway poker star wins big sum, loses big sum
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Norway's unluckiest gambler Felix Stephensen is to lose half his 35 million kroner prize money, won at the Poker World Championship held this week in Las Vegas. The Norwegian government will take just over half in tax deduction, it was revealed Friday.

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Delaware Online Poker First Anniversary Reveals a Rocky Year One
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Delaware's online poker market is now one year old, and all three of the racinos in the state that launched Internet gambling sites a year ago are still in business. But while the state's poker sites are operating, there has been little to celebrate in …

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Canseco's big poker loss — a finger
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Canseco's left middle finger apparently fell off while he was playing poker, according to multiple outlets, including SI.com. Canseco's finger was surgically reattached a few weeks ago after the ex-slugger shot himself accidentally while cleaning some …

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World Series of Poker Main Event: Dan Sindelar Eliminated In Seventh Place
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Just six hands after the elimination of Bruno Politano in eighth place in the 2014 World Series of Poker main event, 30-year-old Daniel Sindelar followed him to the rail in seventh place. Sindelar, a poker pro from Nebraska who now lives in Las Vegas …

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Canseco's big poker loss — a finger
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Canseco's left middle finger apparently fell off while he was playing poker, according to multiple outlets, including SI.com. Canseco's finger was surgically reattached a few weeks ago after the ex-slugger shot himself accidentally while cleaning some …

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Online Poker Revenues Dip Low in New Jersey
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new jersey flag Online poker has been up and running for almost a year now in the state of New Jersey and has seen major highs and major lows. Players have the opportunity to visit online poker sites in the state and take part in tournament and cash …

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Ultimate Gaming to Cease Nevada Online Poker Operations
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In a stunning turn of events for legalized online poker in the United States, Ultimate Gaming announced on Friday that they are ceasing operations in Nevada. The Las Vegas Review-Journal broke the story and reported that employees of the company were …

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Poker Pro Phil Ivey Swinging Hard Online
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Poker pro Phil Ivey has been having an up-and-down month playing the nosebleeds on Full Tilt. The 10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner won $368,000 yesterday, according to data from HighstakesDB. Over the last 30 days, Ivey is up $483,000 …

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