Over at PokerPlayerNewspaper.com I found a review of a poker book that is dear to my gambling heart. Almost 95% of my play (and money) is shuffled off over various portions of the internet playing...
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A new year, and a new season for NBC's "poker after dark". Granted this show is probably only for the rabid fans of poker but does give you some from content if World Poker Tour and the...
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by David Aydt on December 30, 2007
Gambling companies are no different then any other business when it comes to profit margins and stockholders. Recently Harrah's Entertainment was taken over by two investment groups: Apollo...
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If you have been visiting the PokerStarsBlog for the past couple of days (and if you haven't what is wrong with you!) there's a build up to PokerStars' big tournament of the year. The...
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David "The Dragon" Pham (which Wicked Chops Poker would be quick to point isn't a real dragon) took down the live portion of the CardPlayer Player of the Year award by an astonishing...
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Cardplayer.com is finalizing their Players of the Year awards. One for offline players commonly known as "live" players that actually do things like touch chips and fling that 92o back to...
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Free poker has its place for players. Not everyone who plays on the internet is ready to make the leap into the real ring games. Most real players start out playing freerolls and play money games at...
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by David Aydt on December 27, 2007
Perspectives Weekly is back from our friends at the APCW (Association of Players, Casinos, and Webmasters) to bring us all up to date on the recent WTO trade agreements between the United States and...
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by David Aydt on December 26, 2007
If one avenue doesn't succeed try, try again. In light of last week World Trade Organization's decision for the United State to give the European Union trade concessions (worth in the tens of...
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Santa Claus was good to this writer yesterday. I got some of my favorites, like a handle of Captain Morgan and gift cards to Best Buy to ease the dent of buying this new laptop. But, for those who...
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Blog drama brings out the snippy comments that rival a junior high note being passed around how Randy kissed Shelly behind the back of Diane in Phys Ed yesterday. With the Battle of the Bloggers...
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Its December and do you know where your world champion is? As Wicked Chops Poker is quick to point out, 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jerry Yang hasn't inked a deal promoting a...
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by David Aydt on December 21, 2007
Pokernews.com article from Amy Calistri: During the negotiations, a price tag for the EU trade compensation package was estimated at $100 billion. Gretchen Hamel, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Trade...
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Most of the time when final tables are assembled you'll hear stories from the rails about how the chip leader luckboxed his way into that huge tower of checks. "No way that donkey can win, he...
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The holiday season is here if you haven't watching your waistline and credit card bills reach numbers you didn't possible. Along with all the retailers like Target, WalMart, and kmart,...
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Teacher's salaries are renown for being far less equal to the amount of work and Perseverance they must go through on a daily basis. Kids today are growing up much more quickly, and most public...
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Before I hopped back on a plane to return to the frozen tundra of the north from Las Vegas, a little stroll down the strip was taken to do some star-gazing poker style. Hollywood has Lindsay Lohan,...
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Final tables of big poker events are no longer dominated by those who claim poker as their profession on their IRS tax forms. Since the poker boom online and its population that plays on the internet...
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Once a year poker bloggers get together of all points of United States and Canada (and sometimes beyond) to descend upon Las Vegas in search of the Golden Hammer awarded for winning the WPBT Winter...
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While the Asian Pacific Poker Tour Grande Finale is starting up, the European Poker Tour in Prague is winding down. Not to say the action has died for this season four EPT record event that 555...
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The newly popular Asian Pacific Poker Tour is currently finishing up its first season in the land down under with its Grand Finale in Syndey. The Star City Casino is hosting the inaugural event, and...
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Besides this past weekend's blogger tourney in Vegas, the 2007 World Series of Poker was the pinnacle of poker playing for this low limit grinder and poker blogger. Recently Harrah's released...
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If you want to gamble at the poker tables there's no better game then Pot Limit Omaha. I generally play the split version of the game, but once in a while I'll take my lumps at the PLO hi...
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