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Online poker is a multi-billion dollar industry, and its phenomenal growth is set to continue, writes Claire Doble. Poker, check. Beer, check. Snacks, check. Friends - well, sort of ... I'm holed up on a Saturday evening with my online poker buddies: Suzi99, a 21-year-old American housewife; CryingBob, a dude from Michigan; gr8hand in Ontario; Ivan000, the silent Russian type; and Wernker from Adelaide. The deals are all perfect - no flipped cards, no slow shuffle-time - and when it's your turn...
IMAGINE THAT THERE are maybe a thousand fans watching the two of us playing heads-up poker, even though there are only about 300 seats in the whole arena. Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, movie star Shannon Elizabeth, and many other poker greats and notables are in attendance.That was where I sat as I went for my would-be historic, record-tying 10th win at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). My wife had flown in for the final table, and my family, my friends and poker fans all over the world were watch...
Washington (July 20, 2006) - In response to a bill that would ban Internet poker, the nonprofit Poker Players Alliance has released a study making a case for the online games to be legalized and taxed by the federal government.Last week, the House passed the "Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act," which would update the Interstate Wire Act of 1961. That act has been made somewhat nebulous thanks to modern technology, outlawing betting on sports across state lines over the telephone...
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (PRESS RELEASE) -- Invigorated by the recent federal legislation that would prohibit playing online poker in the United States, the Poker Players Alliance is hosting a rally/cocktail party in Las Vegas July 28 for poker players interested in defending the game of poker on the Internet.Event sponsor, Poker Players Alliance, organization president Michael Bolcerek, and members Chris Ferguson, Linda Johnson, Howard Lederer and Greg Raymer, invite all interested poker players ...
Poker pro Antonio Esfandiari recently approached Henry Orenstein to thank him."Mr. Orenstein, before you came along I was just a magician hardly making a living," Esfandiari said. "Now I'm a millionaire."Esfandiari gets it. All poker pros owe a debt of gratitude to Orenstein, as do the throngs of us who enjoy televised Texas Hold 'em.Orenstein invented the "hole card" camera that allows viewers to see the players' down cards, whether they're pocket rockets (ace-ace), Jackson Five (jack-5) or the...
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