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A new report from consulting firm Richard K. Miller and Associates (RKMA) revealed that gross gaming revenue in the U.S. totaled $80.5 billion in 2009. The company’s “Casinos, Gaming, and Wagering 2010” report provided in-depth analysis regarding the amount of money retained by cas [...]
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Gaming Revenue Totaled $80.5 Billion in 2009
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Chris Wallace, Adam Stemple Release Fundamentals of No Limit Hold’em
Brand new to the world of poker literature is “No Limits: The Fundamentals of No Limit Hold’em” by Chris “Fox” Wallace and Adam Stemple. The 250-page book is broken down into 16 chapters, including lessons on knowing your opponents, bet sizing, the importance of position, common mistakes, [...]
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Scotty Nguyen Adds Heartland Poker Tour Stops to Schedule
As part of his fan tour around the United States, Scotty Nguyen has announced that he will be making stops at two Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) events in November. The “Prince of Poker” will take part in the festivities at the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel in Tama, Iowa from November 1st to 7 [...]
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New Zealand Group Gunning for Phil Laak’s Endurance Record
About a year ago, Britain’s Paul Zimbler played poker for over 72 consecutive hours at the World Series of Poker Europe, making his stamp on the Guinness Book of World Records. Then, this June, Phil “The Unabomber” Laak crushed Zimbler’s mark, playing $10/$20 Hold’em at [...]
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Bernard Lee Poker Show Holding WSOP November Nine Contest
The “Bernard Lee Poker Show,” which airs every Tuesday from 6:00pm ET to 7:00pm ET on 1120 AM in Boston, 970 AM in Worcester, and 1390 AM in Cape Cod, is dishing out $1,000 in cash and prizes. The occasion: celebrating the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine. The show is making it [. [...]
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Richard Ashby, Neil Channing Honored at British Poker Awards
Prior to the start of this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe, the industry gathered at the Kensington Close Hotel in London for the first annual British Poker Awards. On Monday evening, the best players in the British poker community received accolades for their achievements over the past [...]
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Michael Mizrachi, Full Tilt Poker Sued By Deliverance Poker
The online poker site Deliverance Poker has filed a complaint alleging breach of contract against 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Niner Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi and his alleged new sponsor, Full Tilt Poker. The complaint, filed on September 7th in the U.S. District Court for the [...]
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PartyPoker Talks to Tom “durrrr” Dwan about his Challenge
With the PartyPoker World Open VI in full swing in London, video cameras were not just trained on the tables. As the single-table heat format provides plenty of downtime for those waiting to play and those busting out early, there are ample opportunities to interview the competitors. On Monday, Part [...]
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Monte Carlo IPPA Championship Features $250,000 Buy-In
The International Poker Players Association (IPPA) will present a championship event later this year with the biggest buy-in the world has ever seen. The Monte Carlo IPPA Championship, scheduled for Nov. 29 to Dec. 2, will be a $250,000 buy-in No Limit Hold-em Shootout featuring a prize pool of $12 [...]
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California Horse Racing Wagering Bill Through To Senate
A bill, which is backed by one of the largest players in the online gaming industry, is up for a vote in the California General Assembly that would open up online betting on horse racing for the state’s residents. The proposed bill, named SB 1072 in the California legislature, would up the cut for [...]
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Durrrr Challenge Against JungleMan12 Could Begin This Week
Even though Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius seem to be stuck at a standstill in the first Durrrr Challenge, the wait for the next challenge might only be a few days away. CardRunners instructor Daniel “jungleman12” Cates agreed to step up to the plate and face the 24-ye [...]
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Nevada Casino Gambling Revenues Dip 6.65% in June
In figures released by the Nevada Gaming Control Board this week, state casinos pulled in revenue, or “win,” of $763.8 million in June, a drop of 6.65% year over year. It marks the largest drop in revenue compared to the same month the year before since October 2009, when win fell 11.56% [...]
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Michael Mizrachi Joins Deepstacks Live
One of the first members of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Nine to make a splash following the final table being determined in July is Full Tilt Poker pro Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi. Mizrachi signed on with Deepstacks Live to teach three courses over the next three [...]
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CardRunners Re-Launches Affiliate Program
Fans of the popular poker training site CardRunners can rejoice. Now, CardRunners, one of the training industry’s leaders, has introduced a full-fledged affiliate program designed to grow its user base even further. No affiliate program had existed on the site for the past six months. CardRunners [...]
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Top PLO Player Andreas “Skjervøy” Torbergsen Newest CardRunners Instructor
CardRunners, one of the top online poker training sites in the game today, announced yesterday the addition of top Norwegian Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) master Andreas “Skjervøy” Torbergsen to their roster of poker talent, with his first video for the site set to debut today. Torbergsen, who will als [...]
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David “Devilfish” Ulliott Autobiography to Hit Bookstores in September
A life as a thief, a foray into professional boxing that aided his abilities outside the ring, and living the high life in casinos around the world… this isn’t the plot for the next James Bond film or a new television series coming this fall. It is the true life story of one of the [...] [...]
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Magnificent Seven Discusses Poker Endurance Record Attempt
Last month, word that a group in Austria dubbed the Magnificent Seven broke Phil Laak’s poker endurance record spread like wildfire through the industry. Purportedly, pent up in a hotel in Kufstein, the group played poker for a record 137 straight hours. Poker News Daily sat down with Magnificent [...]
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Time Magazine Profiles Online Poker Math Brats
In the June 28th issue of Time Magazine, author Dan Kadlec chronicles the “Attack of the Math Brats.” Using a defining image of five young guns – including Jason Lee – reclining on a couch playing online poker on their laptops, Kadlec reviews how the age-old game has been uprooted in recent [...]
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Maxim Magazine Profiles Isaac Haxton, Justin Bonomo, Scott Seiver, Steve O’Dwyer
In the July issue hitting newsstands this week, Maxim Magazine profiles four of the top young guns in the world of poker: Isaac Haxton, Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo, Scott Seiver, and Steve “MrTimCaum” O’Dwyer. Davy Rothbart takes readers on a journey through the lives of four of the game’s [...]
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Michael Mizrachi Enters ESPN Poker Player Rankings
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi’s march through the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) has turned plenty of heads in the industry. Weeks after a run-in with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Mizrachi took down the $50,000 buy-in Player’s Championship and banked $1.5 million, the largest priz [...]
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Beach Volleyball Champions Jennifer Kessy and April Ross Sign with Bodog.net
In last weekend’s running of the Huntington Beach Open beach volleyball extravaganza, Jennifer Kessy and April Ross defeated Misty May-Treanor and Nicole Branagh for the title. May-Treanor is an Olympic gold medalist, while Kessy and Ross are the newest sponsored sports icons of Bodog.net. The pai [...]
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ESPN.com Holds Fifth Annual WSOP Fantasy Draft
Since 2006, ESPN.com has held a fantasy poker draft leading up to the World Series of Poker, and the poker writers and players involved pick the team of players that will perform the best at this year’s WSOP. On Monday, ESPN.com Poker Editor Andrew Feldman published the results of the fifth [...]
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Nevada Casino Gambling Revenues Slip 0.66% in March
Nevada casino gaming “win,” or revenue, was relatively flat in March 2010 compared to March 2009, according to figures released by the Gaming Control Board last week. Nevada casinos hauled in $912.2 million during the month. Gaming revenue on the famed Las Vegas Strip actually rose in March year [...]
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Michael Mizrachi Owes Back Taxes To Feds, Has Real Estate Seized
It was reported on Wednesday in a South Florida newspaper that Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi is facing tax issues and has already had real estate property seized by the U.S. Government in an effort to settle those tax problems. In the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, reporter Nick Sortal revealed [...]
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Faraz Jaka Enters ESPN “The Nuts” Top Ten Rankings For May
With the start of the 41st annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) just over two weeks away, a poll from ESPN regarding the top poker players in the world gives readers an excellent insight on who looks to be on track for outstanding performances at this year’s WSOP. As a part of its poker coverage, [...]
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