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Texas Congressman introduces Internet Poker Freedom Act
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Texas Congressman Joe Barton has opted to introduce a new online gaming bill in his latest attempt to legalise internet gambling at federal level. The Internet Poker Freedom Act (2015) would establish a programme for the licensing of internet poker by …

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888poker Wants to Offer Live Poker at Your Doorstep; Sending 128 Players to …
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At the beginning of 2015, 888poker decided to reshape its approach to live poker. Only six months after the adoption of a new ambitious strategy focused on low buy-in events and local poker communities, the poker room is already calling their effort "a …

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Successful APT Vietnam Could Spark Asian Poker Boom
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However, all that seems to be changing on at least one continent. Thanks in part, to the notorious high stakes cash games in Macau, Asia is now an emerging hotbed of poker action with tournaments and players popping up in a variety of locations.

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Graham Hearing Could Touch On I-Poker Ban Bill
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Next week on Capitol Hill, Sen. Lindsey Graham, sponsor of one of two bills in Congress seeking to ban online poker, will hold a hearing entitled “Cyber Crime: Modernizing our Legal Framework for the Information Age”, and it could feature some remarks …

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Brandon Wittmeyer Wins First Ever World Series of Poker 50/50 No-Limit Hold …
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One of the new events for the 2015 World Series of Poker was the $1,500 buy-in 50/50 no-limit hold'em tournament. The event featured a unique format where half of the field finished in the money, collecting a minimum of $1,000. It wasn't until the …

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How Are Football Players Changing The Nature of Poker?
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The relationship between football and poker has been a long-standing and sometimes confusing one. Though there have been plenty of suggestions as to why footballers are so attracted to the card game, less thought has gone into a consideration of the …

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Poker Affiliate World Reports Record Growth, Announces New Exclusive …
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2015 is proving to be a great year for the iBus Media's business-to-business (B2B) portal Poker Affiliate World (PAW) as the site reported a remarkable growth in the second quarter (Q2) of 2015. Between April and June, the affiliate marketplace managed …

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Putin's Playing Chess; We're Playing Poker
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is probing and testing in his new-cold-war initiatives. He has annexed Crimea, kidnapped an Estonian counter-intelligence agent, and in a unique expression of chutzpah, challenged America's right to investigate and …

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World Series of Poker win nets Anchorage's Ji $231102
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Ji, 52, last week won a tournament at the 46th annual World Series of Poker, the game's most significant and lucrative event, and pocketed $231,102 at The Rio in Las Vegas. In addition to the considerable prize money Ji seized by winning the Pot-Limit …

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Several Poker Pros Have Shot At Record For Most Cashes In A Single World …
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On Monday in the Rio Convention Center, several professional poker players were in serious contention to eventually match, or surpass, the record for most cashes in a single summer at the World Series of Poker. Mike Leah and Mark Radoja each had nine, …

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Don't Give Up On A Poker-Only Approach To Regulation
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But a funny thing happened on the way to state-by-state expansion: the online poker arguments have fallen by the wayside – even the PPA, strong supporters of poker carveouts over the years, is now sees comprehensive gambling legalization as the best …

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Justin Liberto 2015 World Series of Poker $3000 No-Limit Hold'em
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The 26-year-old poker pro from Baltimore, MD also earned 1,440 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. This was his second title and fifth final table score of the year, moving him into ninth place in the overall POY standings with 2,488 …

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Texas Congressman Re-Introduces Online Poker Bill
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Joe Barton (R-TX) re-introduced his proposal, dubbed “The Internet Poker Freedom Act,” on Thursday, just days after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced his legislation aiming to “restore” America's 1961 Wire Act and ban most forms of Internet gaming.

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The Best Countries to Play Online Poker or Bet Sports
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Online poker players, sports bettors, and all sorts of “digital nomads” have been traipsing the globe since laptops became a thing. However, the question of where to live can be pretty overwhelming for most. The world's first and only relocation …

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2015 WSOP $111111 One Drop High Roller Draws 135 Players
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The 2015 World Series of Poker is playing host to the second running of the $111,111 One Drop High Roller. Registration closed at approximately 9:00 PM local time, and the official numbers were as follows: a total of 135 entries were made in this …

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Keven Stammen Wins the Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Championship …
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After beating a field of 684 entries, Keven Stammen has been crowned the winner of the Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Championship Event at the M Resort. Stammen beat Joe Serock heads up to take home the $347,052 first-place prize after a tough final …

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From Istanbul to Cashing in the 2015 World Series of Poker
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About ten days into the 2015 World Series of Poker, I have had several deep runs with three WSOP cashes as well as an 18th/329 in the WPT Aria 500, where I made the money but bubbled the July 5th Day 2 restart. I want to share with what I think is …

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Why women should go all in on poker
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I started playing poker in college in the late 1970s, a rollicking weekly social gathering punctuated by Rolling Rock (for me) and rolling joints (for everyone else). It began as a 25-cent game, and a couple of years later, after much consideration, we …

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