PPA To Hold Rally in Washington State

Posted on May 10, 2008

Lee Rousso, PPA’s Washington State Director, will present his case to the King Country Superior Court on May 15th, and the PPA will hold a rally and press conference outside the courthouse immediately following the hearing.
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Borgata 500k Guaranteed Ends in a Chop

Posted on May 8, 2008

The $500,000 guaranteed no limit texas holdem event at the Borgata in Atlantic City ended in a 4 way chop with Schuyler Twaddle taking down the lion's share of $396,095. The prize pool was $1,550,000.
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Julien Nuijten Wins LAPT in Rio Di Janeiro

Posted on May 6, 2008

Julien Nuijten of Holland is the winner of the inaugural Latin American Poker Tour event in Rio Di Janeiro, Brazil, claiming the top prize of $222,940 from the $2500 buy-in event.
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World Poker Tour Makes Canadian Debut

Posted on May 6, 2008

The WPT Canada (WPTC) tour kicks off today with its first stop—Coast to Coast Poker Championships, presented by British Columbia Lottery Corporation—at River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, British Columbia. WPTC is the dedicated tour for Canada, a country where some of the world’s greatest poker professionals call home and poker is booming in best-in-class casino properties nationwide.
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Final Table Set at the LAPT in Brazil

Posted on May 5, 2008

The Latin American Poker Tour's inaugural event filled up and is now down to 9 players in sunny Rio di Janeiro, Brazil, with Julien Nuijten of Holland leading the way.
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Justin Bonomo Signs With Bodog

Posted on May 5, 2008

Bodog today announced that it has signed 22-year-old professional poker player Justin Bonomo to its roster of Team Bodog pros. The accomplished young cardplayer from Los Angeles, who is known around the poker world simply as “ZeeJustin,” will join pros David Williams, Evelyn Ng and Jean-Robert Bellande at major televised tournaments, including this summer’s World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
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Latin American Poker Tour Kicks Off

Posted on May 4, 2008

The Latin American Poker Tour begins today in Rio Di Janeiro, Brazil, and all 300 seats to the event are expected to sell out.
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Allen Cunningham Wins WSOP-C at Caesars

Posted on May 2, 2008

Poker pro Allen Cunningham was the big winner at the World Series of Poker circuit event at Caesars in Las Vegas, Nevada, taking home roughly $500,000 and the coveted WSOP-C ring.
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WSOP Final Table Slated for November

Posted on May 1, 2008

The final table for the World Series of Poker Main event in 2008 has been moved to November, which will result in a 117 day pause in the action to allow ESPN to provide a larger stage for poker.
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WA Gubernatorial Candidate Opposes Poker Ban

Posted on April 30, 2008

Dino Rossi, a democratic candidate for the Governor's office in Washington state, vehemently opposes the UIGEA and his state's poker ban, expressing his discontent with the law in a radio interview.
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All Japan Poker Championship Starts

Posted on April 28, 2008

The All Japan Poker Championship (AJPC) started yesterday, April 27th, in Tokyo, Japan. This is the second annual poker event, and last year's event attracted hundreds of Japanese poker enthusiasts from around the country.
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Chiu Upsets Hansen at WPT Championship

Posted on April 28, 2008

The big story of the WPT Championship at the Bellagio wasn't Gus Hansen dominating the tournament from wire to wire, it was David Chiu coming from a 5-1 chip deficit heads up to defeat Hansen and win almost $3.4 million dollars.
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Phil Ivey Pays David Blaine to Eat Glass

Posted on April 25, 2008

Poker legend Phil Ivey recently made a prop bet with the magician David Blaine, paying him $10,000 to eat glass at Tao in Las Vegas.
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Final Table Set at 2008 WPT Championship

Posted on April 25, 2008

The final table is set at the World Poker Tour's $25,000 championship event at the Bellagio, and the great dane Gus Hansen is still on top, with Cory Carroll not far behind.
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Congress Calls For Stop to UIGEA

Posted on April 23, 2008

The Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services and other leading committee members are seeking broad support for new legislation that would stop the U.S. government from taking any steps to implement regulations that require U.S. financial institutions to police Internet gambling. Testimony before Congress earlier this month clearly showed that the proposed rules to implement the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA) are ambiguous and also not likely to stop millions of Americans from gambling online.
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Gus Hansen Leads At WPT Championship

Posted on April 23, 2008

The Great Dane - Gus Hansen - is sitting at the top of the leaderboard by a comfortable margin in the World Poker Tour's $25,000 buy-in championship event at the Bellagio.
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Poker Players Alliance Hits One Million Members

Posted on April 22, 2008

Over one million poker enthusiasts are members of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group. The organization, which is committed to protecting the rights of individuals to play poker, announced this significant milestone today as it also launched a voter registration program and its political action committee (PAC).
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Lee Jones Joins CardRunners as COO

Posted on April 21, 2008

CardRunners announced today that Lee Jones, a veteran of the poker industry, will be joining CardRunners as its Chief Operating Officer. Jones will oversee quality control and direct a staff of poker professionals that will continue to produce educational poker videos.
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