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The College Poker Lifestyle
What is the real value of a college education nowadays? With the ever-rising costs of tuition, you had damn well better be prepared to pay off a good $60,000-$200,000 in student loans. If you do the math, you might think twice about that master's degree in philosophy.
Fortunately, a small boon has accompanied the rising costs of post-secondary education and the floundering economy. read more...
Court Shoots Down Online Gambling Appeal in Washington State
Yesterday, a Washington State appeals court rejected the argument that the state's law banning online gambling violated the U.S. Constitution. The appeal was mounted by Lee Rousso, an attorney and the Washington State Poker Player's Alliance representative.
Rousso pursued his appeal after a May 2008 ruling by a King County judge. read more...
Dubai World Subsidiary Sues MGM Mirage over CityCenter Difficulties
It's not shaping up to be a good year for MGM Mirage. Already hurt by the recession and facing possible default on its debt, the casino company is now being sued by its CityCenter partner, Dubai World.
Dubai World's subsidiary, Infinity World, filed a complaint in Delaware Chancery Court on Monday, alleging that MGM Mirage was in breach of their partnership agreement. read more...
SCOOP Spring Championship of Online Poker - All Stakes
SCOOP All Stakes - $30M guaranteed!Get ready - because we're giving ALL PokerStars players the chance to win big, with millions of dollars in cash prizes on the line. This is the Spring Championship of Online Poker - All Stakes, and it's going to be massive. Here's the deal: 22 events, two a day running from April 2-12, with a total guaranteed prize pool of $30,000,000. read more...
Poker Prop Bets - The Bizarre Side of the World Series Of Poker
If you have been following the World Series of Poker in recent years, you have probably heard about some pretty crazy prop bets that have been undertaken by some of the world's top poker players. Poker players are gamblers by nature, so it should be no surprise that there have been a number of weird and wacky sidebets taking place at this year's World Series of Poker.
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Final Results From NBC Heads Up Championship
Eight players returned on Sunday to quarterfinal seats in NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship, each with three wins already, halfway to the title and its $500,000 payday. The day's lineup was formidable, including Daniel Negreanu, former WSOP ME champions Phil Hellmuth and Huck Seed, Sam Farha, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Vanessa Rousso, David Williams, and last-minute replacement entrant David Oppenheim, who acquitted himself well here. read more...
Top 10 Interesting Prop Bets of All Time
Top 10 proposition bets
Put up or shut up
'You lose a big pot in poker and order a pizza' - Russ Hamilton
1. THE WEIGHT LOSS BET
Over the years, Doyle Brunson has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars on bets that he'd shed some pounds. But he made up for it in 2003 when a consortium of players offered 10/1 on a 0,000 wager that he would not be able to get below 300lb. read more...
Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond - Run It Twice
At the young age of 24, Phil Galfond kills the highest-staked cash games on the Internet, regularly playing the $500-$1,000 mixed half pot-limit hold'em/half pot-limit Omaha on Full Tilt under the handle "OMGClayAiken." Galfond sat down with us to discuss an interesting hand that came up during a pot-limit hold'em round.
The Game
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Blue Fire Poker Issues Challenge To President Obama
In an effort to prove that poker is a game of skill, not chance, one poker training site has issued a unique challenge to President Barack Obama and any member of the United States Congress. Bluefire Poker is putting up one million to one odds that an amateur from Capitol Hill cannot defeat any of its pros in the long-run, proving that poker is predominated by skill.
The promotion is simple. read more...
Two Online Poker Titans Square off in Fitness Challenge
In a recent post to his Betfair-sponsored blog, Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi announced that he and fellow poker professional Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier have agreed to a fitness challenge prop bet comprising seventeen different events, including a nine-round kickboxing match. The winner of the bet stands to walk away with up to $230,000 and 15% of the loser's tournament action for the loser's next $300,000 in tournament buy-ins -- the majority of which are expected to take place during the 2009 World Series of Poker.
Mizzi and Grospellier will compete in seventeen fitness events over the course of seven days. read more...
More Updates from NBC Heads Up Championship...
Next Up: The Semifinals
The four quarterfinals matches were as exciting as anyone could have hoped. In the early draw, Sam Farha dispatched David Williams inside of fifteen minutes by rivering a bigger full house against Williams' flopped full house. Just two minutes later, Huck Seed and David Oppenheim flipped for their stacks, with Seed's pocket eights emerging victorious against Oppenheim's ace-queen.
Phil Hellmuth and Bertrand Grospellier one-upped the early draw when their match got underway just after 1pm. read more...
Ultimate Bet Offers Sit-N-Go Bounties on Scott Ian and Other Rock Stars
Celebrities With $100 Bounties to Play in Sit-and-Go Awarding a $10,000 WSOP Seat
Anthrax guitarist Scott IanAnthrax guitarist Scott Ian is no stranger to poker, and he has such a high poker profile that UltimateBet picked him up as part of its team of poker pros. But Ian isn't the only rocker with a passion for poker, and he wants to prove it by inviting UltimateBet players to play against him, some of his rock-and-roll friends, and poker pros Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth in Scott Ian's Home Game on UltimateBet this coming Wednesday. read more...
Steven Weinstein Wins Borgata Winter Open Main Event
Steven Weinstein, of Andes, NY took first place and along with it a check for $658,405 at the Borgata Winter Open championship event in Atlantic City, NJ. With 1,017 entries putting up $3,000 + $200 to enter, the main event, which was a multi-day affair beginning January 25 and concluding January 29, generated a prize pool of $3,051,000.
It wasn't a local event either. read more...
Much Anticipation Surrounds 2009 WSOP Schedule
40TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT HIGHLIGHTS 2009 WORLD SERIES OF POKER SCHEDULE
After a lengthy delay and much rumor, Harrah's Entertainment and WSOP officials released the 2009 World Series of Poker Schedule. Despite a rumored contracted schedule, Harrah's will extend the series, bumping the total from 55 to 57 bracelet events. read more...
Pennsylvania Court Rules Poker is a Game Of Skill
In the first important legal decision of 2009, a trial judge in Pennsylvania dismissed criminal gambling charges against the operator of a garage poker room and his girlfriend dealer, holding that Texas hold 'em is a game of skill.
Columbia County Judge Thomas A. James, Jr. filed his written Opinion on January 14, 2009. read more...
Quarterfinal Matchups in NBC Heads Up Poker Championship
Poker fans are in store for an exciting Sunday finale to the NBC Heads Up Poker Championship. A star-studded field of 8 is left vying for the title and the $500,000 first place prize money. One of the crowd favorites is Daniel Negreanu, shown above imitating the hairstyle of his good friend and fellow pro Scotty Nguyen. read more...
President Obama and the Future of Online Poker
Most online poker players in the United States probably were relieved this week when the administration that backed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) gave way to one that might be willing to help them play.
High-ranking Republicans pushed the UIGEA through Congress with scant debate in the final moments of the 2006 congressional session. read more...
New Pokerstars Promotion - All Star Week
Starting March 23rd, Pokerstars will host All Star Week; an opportunity for a group of online All Stars to play heads up against Team Pokerstars Pros. The All Stars are chosen based on their finishes in the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and other big-money online events.
Pokerstars is offering other opportunities for all their players to get in on the action. read more...
Day 1 News: NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
The fifth edition of NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship kicked off yesterday at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, with its typically stacked 64-player field. Along with a few online and live qualifiers, all four previous winners of the tournament showed up for another shot at the $500,000 top prize. 2008 champion Chris Ferguson was the lone defending champ to fall on Day 1, as Phil Hellmuth, Paul Wasicka and Ted Forrest all won their opening matches. read more...
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