World Poker Association Key to Poker in Olympics?

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Recently, Poker News Daily brought you word that poker may be on its way to becoming the next Olympic sport. With top-tier players located around the world, poker has truly become an international phenomenon. However, the game all of us love lacks a central rule-making body similar to those found in golf and basketball. Read more »

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Heads Up Concepts in NLHE cash games

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Whether you like it or not, you will at some stage be forced into playing heads up poker. This even applies if you are sitting in a full-ring game with nine or even ten players: imagine you are in the hijack seat in a nine handed cash game and action has been folded around to you; you open raise with Qs-10s and action is then folded around to the big blind, who calls. Read more »

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Is The EPT Surpassing The WPT?

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When it began just over six years ago, the World Poker Tour was the only game in town. Sure, the World Series of Poker was showing its usual mild growth, but it was a tournament schedule that didn't have any draw other than its traditional April-to-May run. Read more »

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PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Sets Attendance Records

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In 2004, there were 221 entrants into the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). At the time, the World Poker Tour sanctioned event was held on Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas. In 2009, a whopping 1,347 runners hit the felts in The Bahamas, creating the largest live poker tournament held outside of Las Vegas. Read more »

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David Baker, Max Pescatori Lead PCA Field

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The second of two starting days at the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) concluded on Tuesday and leading the field was online poker pro David "Bakes" Baker, who held 740,000 chips. Sitting just behind Baker was PokerStars player Simon Muñoz Marin, who held 485,000. Read more »

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Full Tilt Files Motion for Dismissal in Clonie Gowen Case

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The latest salvo has been fired in the ongoing case pitting poker professional Clonie Gowen against her alleged former employer, Full Tilt Poker. On January 6th, attorneys representing Tiltware, Inc. and the 13 fellow poker pros that Gowen brought her suit against filed a defendant motion for dismissal. Read more »

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Party Gaming CEO Discusses Future of Online Poker

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The recent news in December of Party Gaming co-founder Anurag Dikshit's plea bargain with the U.S. Department of Justice thrust the company back into the spotlight. Now, in a recent interview with Financial Times, new Chief Executive Officer Jim Ryan has announced his plans for returning the company to the lofty perch it once held. Read more »

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Best Damn Poker Show Season Two Debuts January 12th

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The beginning of 2009 has been a busy one for fans of poker on television. Last Sunday, the seventh season of the World Poker Tour kicked off on Fox Sports Net. Recently, the fifth season of "Poker After Dark" began airing on NBC. Poker enthusiasts can mark their calendars for Monday, January 12th, the date of the first of seven new episodes of the Best Damn Poker Show. Read more »

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Utah Representative to Introduce Resolution on Internet Gambling

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According to the Salt Lake Tribune newspaper, Utah State Representative Sheryl Allen (R-Bountiful) is seeking to introduce House Resolution 1, which asserts that the decision whether or not to adopt gambling should belong solely to the states. While Utah has managed to stunt land-based forms of gambling, Allen told the Tribune, "Computers made it much easier to gamble." Read more »

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Pamela Anderson May Play in Aussie Millions

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Former Baywatch television star Pamela Anderson is rumored to be taking another dip into the poker scene later this month. Several sources are reporting that the sex symbol will be participating in the Aussie Millions Poker Championship, which kicks off on January 9th. Read more »

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WSOP Europe to Air on February 1st

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Move over, Super Bowl. There's a new sheriff in town. On Sunday, February 1st, the first four of episodes of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event will air on ESPN at 6:00pm ET; there will be eight episodes in total. The Super Bowl, which is one of the world's most watched sporting events, kicks off at 6:30pm ET. Read more »

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World Poker Tour Debuts on Fox Sports Net

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On Sunday night, the seventh season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) kicked off. Part one of Bellagio Cup IV aired, which featured a final table that included Mike Watson, David Benyamine, Luke Staudenmaier, Ralph Perry, John Phan, and Gabriel Thaler. Read more »

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Aussie Designs RFID-Enabled Poker Table

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Australian technology and poker aficionado Andrew Milner has designed an RFID-enabled poker table that could bring the excitement of televised poker to weekly home games. Milner spent three months building the poker table, which is outfitted with wireless RFID chips at the bottom of the table and on decks of cards. Read more »

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Alex Fitzgerald (Assassinato) Interview with Poker News Daily

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Poker News Daily: How did you get started in poker? Fitzgerald: When I was 16 years-old, I saw some kids playing at my high school. I didn't know if a flush beat a straight when I first sat down. That day, I made $10 and was instantly addicted. I read every poker book that I could and played in every home game in Seattle. Read more »

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Players Announced for Weekly Poker After Dark Episodes

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NBC's Poker After Dark has become synonymous with high-stakes cash games and six-man tournaments featuring World Poker Tour winners, World Series of Poker bracelet holders, and industry staples. The show airs as late as 2:20am Eastern Time in some markets and is currently entering its fifth season. Read more »

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ClubWPT Awards Two Millionth Dollar

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The World Poker Tour's subscription-based online poker room, ClubWPT, recently awarded its two millionth dollar of prize money. It has been one of the staples in the industry since its launch by the World Poker Tour (WPT), a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. Read more »

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Hit the High Seas with Poker Tek

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Automated poker tables may soon become a staple of Norwegian Cruise Lines. The company signed an agreement with the popular cruise line to install tables on the Norwegian Pearl for a 90 day test period. Read more »

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NoiQPoker Joins Entraction Network

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Less than one week after being parting ways with the iPoker Network, NoiQPoker has joined the Entraction Network, whose flagship site is Devilfish Poker. Players will officially be moved from iPoker to Entraction by the end of January. NoiQPoker got its start back in 2006. Read more »

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