Things are heating up in the Arizona poker scene
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Temperature isn't the only thing heating up in Arizona. Here's a look at some of the hot promotions and tournaments in the Grand Canyon State. FORT MCDOWELL: The poker room continues to offer at least two tourneys per day along with its bad-beat …

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Explain Poker Like I'm Five: Fold Equity
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When you've played poker for years, it's easy to forget that technical poker speak may as well be a different language. Many players just picked up a deck of cards for the first time and are wondering what the hell a reverse implied range merge against …

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World Series of Poker starts this week with new events
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LAS VEGAS — If the World Series of Poker is lucky, the popularity of the Las Vegas championship's newest event could cause a poker chip shortage. The annual set of 68 tournaments at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino that rewards millions of dollars to …

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Phil Ivey, Johnny Chan & Tom Dwan Attend Poker King Club Macau Grand …
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Back in September, the Poker King Club (PKC), which plays host to the famed Macau Big Game, relocated from its long-time home inside StarWorld Casino to The Venetian Macau. However, the club had to use a temporary space as they waited for a newly …

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From spelling bee champ to professional poker player
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Prospicience means the act of looking forward, but no matter how much prospicience he might have engaged in as a 13-year-old, it would have been difficult for Buddiga to imagine ending up in his current career as a poker player traveling the globe to …

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2015 World Series of Poker Predictions: Colossus Will Soar, Ivey To Disappoint
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The 2015 World Series of Poker kicks off Wednesday at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Here at PokerNews, we're as excited as anyone about the summer ahead, when history will be made, dreams fulfilled, and fortunes won. As we enjoy …

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Hollywood Poker Open Columbus Main Event: Doug Holland Bags Day 1b Chip …
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Day 1b of the Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) Columbus $1,115 Regional Main Event attracted 142 entries, which nearly matched the impressive Day 1a field of 152. With 294 total entries, the $100,000 guarantee was smashed, and the Season 3 HPO …

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What Is the “Gambler's Fallacy” and How Does It Apply to Poker?
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What does this have to do with poker, and poker strategy in particular? Well, I'm writing about the subject this week because of a conversation I had with a poker-playing friend who had fallen prey to the fallacy, though in a mild and harmless way. He …

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Bwinparty Sees Year-On-Year Revenues Fall 6%; Poker Plummets
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Explaining the dramatic fall of its poker financials, a statement to the London Stock Exchange read: “Our year-on-year performance for the first quarter confirms the challenging environment in European poker. Net revenue was down versus the previous …

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A Hand Matchup from the 2015 EPT Monte Carlo €100000 No-Limit Hold'em
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Preflop, with the blinds at 6,000 and 12,000 and a 1,000 ante, Haxton raised to 31,000 from the button, Seidel reraised to 75,000 from the small blind, and Haxton called. On the flop Seidel bet 113,000 and Haxton called. On the turn Seidel checked and …

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Phil Ivey launches Suncity poker room at Venetian Macao
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Star poker players Phil Ivey (pictured), Stanley Choi and Johnny Chan played a charity game at Sands China Ltd's Venetian Macao on Friday to launch a new Poker King Club promoted by Macau VIP junket room investor Suncity Group Ltd. Suncity's Poker …

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Anna Khait to Appear on Survivor, Rice Misses Second Chance, and a …
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Last week, CBS wrapped up their 30th season of Survivor as Mike Holloway outwitted, outplayed, and outlasted the competition to win the $1 million prize. While there were not poker players in the latest season – remember Jean-Robert Bellande famously …

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Mississippi Online Poker Not Likely Anytime Soon
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That take might come as a disappointment for lawmakers like state Representative Bobby Moak (D-Bogue Chitto) who have been pushing for online poker in Mississippi. Moak has introduced Internet poker legislation three times, though the bills never went …

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Talking Poker: Variance
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Each week, the Talking Poker series highlights a particular poker term. We'll give you a clear, to-the-point definition of the term and an example of the strategic concept to which it refers, so that you can start using the term and implementing the …

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Hollywood Poker Open Columbus Main Event: Daniel Swartz Bags Day 1a Chip …
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Day 1a of the Hollywood Poker Open Columbus $1,115 Regional Main Event is in the books. The first of two starting flights attracted 152 entries, which swelled the prize pool well past the $100,000 guarantee even before the end of level one. With a …

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A Poker Life: Isaac Baron
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At just 27 years old, it would be easy to dismiss Isaac Baron as a beginning player, but the California native has actually been playing poker for the better part of the last decade, having won more than $8 million in combined live and online tournaments.

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Dawsonville man accused of hitting family member with metal fire poker
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A Dawsonville man has been charged with aggravated assault in connection with the brutal beating of a family member. Nathan Benjamin Ortega, 29, is accused of repeatedly hitting the woman with an iron fire poker Sunday afternoon at a home on Fern …

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Anti-Internet Poker Propaganda Sent Through Mail To Pennsylvania Residents
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The Sheldon Adelson-backed Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling is sending out mail in Pennsylvania that contains anti-online poker propaganda, according a representative from the Poker Players Alliance, a lobbying group on Capitol Hill. The bulk mails …

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