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The saga of young California player Josh 'JJProdigy' Field saw another chapter written on Wednesday when Field, who just turned 18 and became eligible for many international poker events, played in his first live event at the Aussie Millions.
Field achieved notoriety of sorts after being exposed as a 16-yea...click for more
01/12/2008
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by PokerBattle Editor 225
he winter break is finally coming to a close for students attending Saint Louis University and that means many of the regular poker games, both on and off campus, will be starting back up again. Whether you're looking to enjoy the comfort of a home game, or the fun atmosphere of the local casinos, the city of St. Louis...click for more
01/12/2008
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Maybe it's just a coincidence that the Seattle based law firm of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro (HBSS) announced a date for a class-action civil trial in California only days after two of the lead defendants announced a settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ recently announced that both Google and Yahoo ...click for more
01/12/2008
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Aussie win
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I was teaching my daughter how to drive — but she's learning in the city, Boston to be exact. People tend to pick up bad habits of driving in this city, and my daughter is no exception. We were approaching a green light and it turned yellow. So, naturally, growing up in Boston, she did what every driver learns to do h...click for more
01/12/2008
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Yellow Means Slow
by PokerBattle Edito 109
I was teaching my daughter how to drive — but she's learning in the city, Boston to be exact. People tend to pick up bad habits of driving in this city, and my daughter is no exception. We were approaching a green light and it turned yellow. So, naturally, growing up in Boston, she did what every driver learns to do h...click for more
01/12/2008
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Bounty goes to Marlon Goonawardne
by Bella Wella
Michael Binger took the chip lead into the final table of Event #6 of the Aussie Millions, but it was local low-stakes player Marlon Goonawardne who took home the trophy in the $1,650 Bounty Tournament and the $155,400 first-place prize money. Along the way, he also claimed a $1,000 bounty on the head of Binger, the so...click for more
01/12/2008
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Obama Loves Poker
by Poker Battle Editor 187
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who is a poker player, won the Iowa State caucus last Thursday, taking a huge step towards vying to become the 44th President of the United States, and giving the poker industry hope that prohibitions on online poker will be lifted.
Obama, 46, who is a fi...click for more
01/10/2008
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Fundraisers
by Poker Battle Editor 187
Dick Van Patten Poker Fundraiser for Animals on Jan 12 .Dick Van Patten, father of television poker commentator Vince Van Patten, himself a long-running fan of poker as well as a veteran TV actor, astute businessman and animal lover, will host his annual Dick Van Patten Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament in Palm Spring...click for more
01/10/2008
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Women Love Poker
by Poker Battle Editor 101
The World Poker Tour took a giant step forward this week by announcing that they have created the WPT Ladies League and Tour and will be taking it on the road starting this month on January 20th at the Borgata, Atlantic City.
Five years ago the "WPT Ladies Night Out" debuted, bringing women's poker a measur...click for more
01/10/2008
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Chris Money Maker
by Poke Battl eEditor 104
Chris Moneymaker: the name always gets attention. If the person hearing it is a fan of the poker world and the pros who play in it, they recognize the name of the 2003 World Series of Poker champion, the man who turned a win in an online tournament into a seat at the biggest event in the land, winning millions in the p...click for more
01/09/2008
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Poker who?
by Poker Battle Editor 101
In October an independent survey was taken polling how Americans felt with the direction their government was taking with online poker, and the results of the poll suggest they are not very happy with it. The results, published by RT Strategies National Omnibus Poll and pointed to by the Poker Players Alliance, reveal ...click for more
01/09/2008
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Pam of Poker
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The Aussie Millions is the biggest poker event in Australia, and so many big name poker stars make their way Down Under to participate, but poker players are not the only big names to make an appearance. Pam Anderson, the Baywatch beauty, has been tapped to put in an appearance. This could have something to do with her...click for more
01/09/2008
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James Potter took a big chip lead into the final rounds of Event #4 at the 2008 Aussie Millions tournament series, but it was Jamie Pickering who hoisted the trophy after a surprisingly fast-paced final table. The final eight players winnowed down to a winner in a mere three hours. The seating assignments and chip sta...click for more
01/09/2008
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Stu Ungar
by Poker Battle Editor 187
The formation of the Stu Ungar Foundation has been announced by Stuey’s former wife, Madeline, and his daughter, Stefanie. Stuey’s several addictions and the suicide of Stu and Madeline’s son, Richie, have motivated the family to move in this direction.
According to a February, 2006 announcement letter, sig...click for more
01/09/2008
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Stud strategy
by Poker battle Editor 240
To be a successful stud player you must be able to use the information that is presented to you to figure out the likely hand of your opponent. Forget tells, important though they may be. Forget psychic ability, fantastic though that would be. I want to help you figure out your opponent's hand based on his betting acti...click for more
01/09/2008
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FLUSH IN 5
by Poker battle Editor 240
Here's a close call in stud at the poker table that you've probably faced many times. It's the kind of difficult decision you should be lucky enough to frequently make.
You are dealt three cards of the same suit, the exposed one an ace. One or two of your suit are exposed elsewhere. One player, showing a hi...click for more
01/09/2008
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Poker in indiana
by Poke Battl eEditor 104
WSOP Announces Circuit Indiana Schedule Change -- The World Series of Poker has announced a change in dates for this spring's Circuit stop at Caesars Indiana. Formerly scheduled as April 2-16, 2008, the stop has now been shifted slightly to run from March 30 to April 13, 2008. The main event of the WSOP-C is projected ...click for more
01/09/2008
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Poker and tension
by Poke Battl eEditor 104
We often read crossover articles between poker and business, poker and stock trading, poker and other sports, even poker and relationships. You know the titles I mean: 'Keeping a poker face when your wife asks: 'Does this dress make me look fat?'' Or 'Bluffing the Boss: Asking for that Big Raise.' Poker terminology is ...click for more
01/09/2008
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Learning your Play
by Poke Battl eEditor 104
Can you really learn from a bad beat? I mean, can you learn something other than the guy in the three seat is a donkey and the poker gods hate you?
First, let's be clear. A bad beat happens only when you get your money in with the best hand and the other player draws out on you with less than a 50% draw. In...click for more
01/09/2008
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YOUR Poker Brain at Work
by Poker battle Editor 240
Anecdotal evidence is information you obtain from a subjective report, an observation, or some kind of example that may or may not be reliable. In addition, anecdotal evidence is not scientifically valid or representative of testable facts.
Let's take a look at a real-world (non-poker) example to illustrate...click for more
01/09/2008
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Poker 7 The brain
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"A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system."
This has become known as Gall's Law and can be found in the b...click for more
01/09/2008
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EWhat to do with Poker
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I'm doing well cruising through single table sit-and-gos and low-limit No Limit games online. During live games I usually do pretty well, often cashing at tournaments and bringing home profits in cash games. What do you think the key is to taking the next step for me? - Posted at an online forum by I.River
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01/09/2008
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Tournament Psychology
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I see the jugular vein pump on the neck of many opponents when they put in a huge raise. I figure that I'm seeing a tell, but does it mean a bluff or a monster hand? - Emailed by Jarron T.
I get variations of this question all the time in my email inbox. All tells are dangerously difficult to interpret wit...click for more
01/09/2008
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POKER PSYCHOLOGY
by PB rocks
Every time I am doing well in a tournament I get distracted by all of the deals getting struck to split the prize money. I know some guys just say they'll never strike a deal. Other guys I play with have payout percentages and numbers ready to go before the final table even forms. Part of me thinks they are a great id...click for more
01/09/2008
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WTO pays up
by Poker Battle Editor 245
Today, the World Trade Organization released the decision by the Arbitrator on the case of United States – Measures Affecting The Cross-Border Supply Of Gambling And Betting Services. The 89-page decision awarded Antigua and Barbuda an annual $21 million compensation claim against the US and also approved of Antigua's...click for more
01/09/2008
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Flashback Poker Movies
by Pokerbattle editor 245
Hollywood loves making movies about the latest craze. When break dancing was big in the early 1980s, we got "Breakin'" (1984) and "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" (1984). When the internet came to prominence in the mid-1990s, we got films like "Hackers" (1995) and Sandra Bullock in "The Net" (1995). Since 2003, when pok...click for more
01/09/2008
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Harvard Meet Poker
by Poker Battle Editor 101
Poker players often have to convince others that lessons learned at the poker table can translate into useful life skills. One member of the academia doesn't need to be convinced, and he's pushing his colleagues to incorporate those skills into the curriculum of universities and secondary schools.
Harvard L...click for more
01/09/2008
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Content coming fit for a poker king
by Kim Cooper
Poker World Society recently announced a three year deal to produce seasons two-four of the popular Online television series The online battle Game. The show pits several of the world's top poker pros against each other in a no-holds-barred high stakes cash game, with a minimum buy-in of $100,000 and no max in the Poke...click for more
01/09/2008
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Scotty In Aussie
by Pokere Batle Editor 245
In Early December 07 With major poker tournaments going on all over the globe, there were still plenty of superstars on hand at the Star City Hotel and Casino in Sydney for Day 1b of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour Grand Final. Among the big names in attendance were 1998 World Champion Scotty Nguyen, Tony Hachem, Jeff Lisa...click for more
01/09/2008
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Stay Current
by Poke Battl eEditor 104
The ladies are off and running! It seems we just finished the 2007 WSOP, and now everyone is thinking ahead to winning their seats in the 2008 series. The recent release of the 2008 WSOP schedule has put the idea in our heads that we need to start playing online, start home leagues, look for those free seats in pub an...click for more
01/09/2008
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NBC Invite steh players
by Poker Battle Editor 187
Professional poker players are checking their mailboxes now that NBC has officially begun the invitation process for NBC's 4th Annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship. The first twenty invitations for the 64-player event have been issued, starting the now-traditional discussion and debate about who's in and who's ...click for more
01/09/2008
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Flash back 2006
by Poker battle Editor 240
There were two questions that were on the minds of all as the World Series of Poker started in late July. One, how much would the Player of the Year leader board be shuffled by the enormous events at the Rio and, two, would Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi still be in the lead once the event ended. As the Player of the Y...click for more
01/09/2008
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Flash Back 2006
by Battle Editor 245
As the Player of the Year race moves into its final two months of 2006, there seems to be only one question that remains to be answered (and it's the question that has been posed since Day One of the race this year): can anyone stop Michael Mizrachi from running away with the title?
If "The Grinder" has his...click for more
01/09/2008
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Flashbak 2006
by Poker Battle Editor 245
After eleven months of battle ranging around the world, the Poker Player of the Year race comes down to three tournaments during the month of December. The three tournaments (the Bellagio's Five Diamond World Poker Classic in Las Vegas, the Trump Classic in Atlantic City (both have preliminary events going at this time...click for more
01/09/2008
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Dubai Buys stake in City Center
by Poker battle editor 365
Wednesday, MGM Mirage Inc. announced that it was selling half its interest in CityCenter, their newest Las Vegas strip project under development, to Dubai World, a Dubai government-owned holding company. For $5.1 billion, Dubai World will not only get 50 percent ownership of the vast casino/hotel complex scheduled to o...click for more
01/09/2008
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Mgm enters New Jersey
by Kevin Watson
On Wednesday, MGM Mirage announced plans to build a $4.5-$5 billion casino complex in Atlantic City. The complex will have a 3,000-room hotel facility, the largest casino floor in the state, a poker room, a 1,500-seat theatre, restaurants, spa and convention center. It will be built on the 72-acre property adjacent to ...click for more
01/09/2008
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Public To Private The way to Go in the new millenium
by Kevin Watson
Last week, the all-important state of Nevada approved the proposed acquisition of Harrah's Entertainment by private-equity firms Apollo Management and TPG Capital. Harrah's shareholders approved the sale in April 2007, but for the sale to become final the plan had to be approved by over a dozen different regulatory boa...click for more
01/09/2008
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Dubai & Gaming
by Kim Cooper
Dubai World has increased its stake in MGM Mirage by five million shares, which it purchased from the Lincy Foundation, a charitable organization founded by Kirk Kerkorian. The acquisition by the investment arm of the Dubai government brought its holdings to 19.5 million shares or 6.5% of MGM Mirage stock.
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01/09/2008
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Poker Patent goes to
by Poker Battle Editor 101
Pennsylvania-based Lightning Poker, Inc., one of the two largest makers of electronic poker tables for use in live-action casinos, has been awarded a patent for one specific element of its products.
Patent #7,306,516, for an 'Electronic Game Table', specifically deals with the center monitor of Lightning Po...click for more
01/09/2008
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The ePoker Table' Market War
by Pokerbattle Editor 365
Shuffle Master, Inc., the company famous for card-shuffling machines in casinos worldwide, recently announced an exclusive distribution agreement with Lightning Poker, Inc. for promoting, marketing and servicing the Lightning Poker™ Gaming System. Lightning Poker's system is an electronic poker table that stands as a d...click for more
01/09/2008
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The Online Poker Boom
by Pokerbattle Editor 101
'A lot of people are freaking out about this Internet thing' the man who was the Senior Vice President of Atlantic Records at the time told me. I had been the President of a subsidiary Atlantic label for less than a year, and it was clear to some of us that our world was about to change – a whole lot. The music busines...click for more
01/09/2008
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Doyle Looks to Win his Eleventh WSOP Bracelet
by www.cardplayer.com
A few weeks ago, Phil Hellmuth broke a three-way tie he shared with Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan when he won his eleventh World Series of Poker bracelet, which is the most in WSOP history.
Today, Brunson has a chance to re-tie Hellmuth in the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha event that’s set to be...click for more
07/03/2007
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Chandrasekhar Billavara Wins Event No. 49
by www.cardplayer.com
There is no greater feat of strength than when an unranked amateur gets in the ring and goes toe-to-toe with some of the most highly accomplished and well-trained athletes in the sport. It’s an even more amazing thing to watch a complete unknown come to the final table in last place and then scratch and claw his way ou...click for more
07/03/2007
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Bill Edler Wins His First Bracelet
by www.cardplayer.com
The $5,000 shorthanded no-limit hold’em event attracted a field 728 players this year, up from 507 in 2006. As loose-aggressive play becomes the favored style of many players, a shorthanded event caters to that approach. Play was fast all the way through the event and at the end of day one, only 77 players remained. Am...click for more
07/02/2007
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