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On Sunday on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice (which airs at 9:00pm ET), six-time NBA champion Dennis Rodman nearly quit the show after cussing out country music star Clint Black. On the scene when the chaos unfolded was poker pro Annie Duke, a contestant on the show. [...]
March 2009 Archive
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Annie Duke on the Celebrity Apprentice Dennis Rodman Meltdown
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Organizing a Successful Charity Poker Tournament
Lisa Wheeler is the President of GreasieWheels, which specializes in putting on some of the world's most successful fundraising events. Media coordination, video production, advertising, talent coordination, and photography are just some of the aspects that Wheeler and her team take care of at chari [...]
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Bugsy’s Club Ceases Operations, Moves Players
As the economic climate continues to be difficult, many online poker rooms that once were thought to be safe have had to close their doors. Such rooms as Fleet Street Poker, Duplicate Poker and Zosoz have ceased to operate due to what has been deemed "financial situations." [...]
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888 Sending Members to Cannes to Play Poker Against Affleck, Damon
On May 13th, the world's top celebrities will head to Cannes for the city's annual high-profile film festival. Six days later, the Cannes Charity Poker event, sponsored by 888.com, will take place. As the tournament's sponsor, 888.com is giving its members the chance to play poker alongside Matt Dam [...]
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“Math is Idiotic” on High Stakes Poker
The fifth season of GSN's High Stakes Poker aired its fourth episode over the weekend. The one hour-long extravaganza featured a $548,700 pot between Barry Greenstein and Tom "durrrr" Dwan. In it, Greenstein sucked out on the young poker prodigy, prompting the new catch phrase, "Math is idiotic." [...]
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FTOPS XII Schedule To Be Announced Wednesday
After their highly successful eleventh version, Full Tilt Poker will be announcing the schedule of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) for their twelfth version on Wednesday. [...]
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Full Tilt to Hold Sit and Go Madness This Weekend
From Friday, March 27th to Sunday, March 29th, Full Tilt Poker will host Sit and Go Madness, with over $75,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs. The event will run concurrently with the second weekend of the NCAA College Basketball tournament, dubbed "March Madness." [...]
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Asian Poker Tour Announces 12 Day Macau Poker Festival
On August 12th, the Asian Poker Tour's (APT) Macau event will kick off from the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino, tournament officials announced on Monday. Last year, the event ran for just five days. This year, the APT has been granted permission to hold it for more than twice that length of time. [...]
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Annie Duke Suffers First Loss on Celebrity Apprentice, Questions Team’s Focus
The fourth episode of NBC's Celebrity Apprentice aired on Sunday night. In it, the women's team, Athena, lost its first task of the season. Ultimate Bet pro and Poker News Daily columnist Annie Duke, a contestant on the show, questioned the team's direction during its first loss. [...]
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Taylor Caby (Green Plastic) Interview with Poker News Daily
Poker News Daily: You're 24 years-old, have a finance degree, are an expert at poker, and are a successful entrepreneur. Did you ever think that, at your age, you'd be where you are today? Caby: I really don't stop to think about it too much now. I didn't think that I would be in this position whe [...]
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Bernard Lee Previews 2009 East Coast Poker Tournaments
Over the last few years, people are always surprised that I still live in the Boston area. Poker players repeatedly ask me why I don't move to the West Coast, specifically Las Vegas, assuming that I would be closer to the bigger poker tournaments. [...]
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Vanessa Rousso Debuts Art of Poker Series
On Monday, Team PokerStars Pro member Vanesa Rousso, the runner up in the 2009 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, will compete in the Pompano Beach's Isle Casino "Battle at the Beach." The stop is a prelude to Rousso's "Art of Poker" seminar series, which kicks off on April 5th. [...]
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Dream Team Poker Caesars Palace Entrants Announced
On March 27th, Caesars Palace in Las Vegas will come alive with poker players battling it out as part of Dream Team Poker's second tournament. The $550 buy-in tournament is nearly sold out and will be headlined by "Team Favorites," consisting of Phil Hellmuth, Mike Matusow, and L.A. Lakers owner Jer [...]
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iMEGA Sues to Bring Sports Betting to New Jersey
In breaking news out of New Jersey, the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) is suing to declare the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) unconstitutional. The organization is also involved with trying to overturn the UIGEA through the courts. [...]
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Steve Brecher Wins WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Event
By all measures, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament was a rousing success. Attendance ballooned to 391 players in 2009, up 25 from 2008. Heads-up play came down to a recognizable WPT veteran, Steve Brecher, against one of the world's top female pros, Kathy Liebert. [...]
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Howard Lederer Hosts April Fools Charity Poker Tournament
On April 1st, Full Tilt Poker Pro Howard Lederer and his wife, Suzie, will host the April Fools Charity Poker Tournament benefiting the Las Vegas Springs Reserve. The event takes place at the Hard Rock in Sin City and features a multitude of brand name poker pros. [...]
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Titan Poker Now Available In Dutch
Demonstrating the worldwide nature of poker - and attempting to step further into a market that is still growing - Titan Poker on Thursday announced that their online poker offerings will now be available in Dutch. [...]
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Steve Brecher Leads WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Final Table
After a hard-fought week, the final table of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star event is set. The group is led by Steve Brecher, who holds 2.06 million chips, barely edging out Tony Behari, who comes armed to the six-handed final table with a stack of 2.05 million. [...]
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InterPoker and ParBet Move to International Poker Network
Thursday marks the official move of InterPoker and ParBet from the CryptoLogic Network to Boss Media's International Poker Network (IPN). The move stems from a November agreement between the two networks whereby Boss would absorb CryptoLogic's remaining online poker sites. [...]
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Four Bounties, 36 Players Remain in WPT Bay 101 Event
After Day 2 of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament in San Jose, California, a total of 36 players and four bounties remain. The tournament saw a total of 391 entrants, including 50 Shooting Stars, take to the field in total. [...]
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Wanna Trade?
While we poker players know that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 is a pile of garbage, it did, to some extent, have its intended effect. As e-wallets and other online poker funding methods started drying up for United States residents, it became harder to get money in and out [...]
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South Carolina Holds Hearings On Legalizing Charity Poker
With the legality of poker in the news in South Carolina, the President Pro Tem of the Senate, Glenn McConnell, has called for hearings over the next couple of weeks to examine the possibility of legalizing friendly home poker games and charity raffles. [...]
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Caesar Card Club Re-Launches, Announces WSOP Mini-League
CaesarCardClub, a site on the Everleaf Gaming Network, recently re-launched with a brand new look and feel. The online poker room has also announced a special World Series of Poker (WSOP) Mini-League to send players to the festivities in Las Vegas. [...]
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Isaac Baron Paces Day 1B Field at WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star
Attendance was up at the 2009 Bay 101 Shooting Star event, a stop on the seventh season of the World Poker Tour (WPT). This time around, a total of 391 players turned out (up from 376 last year), helped in part by a 256 player showing on Day 1B. [...]
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NEOVIA CEO Leaves Company Citing Family Reasons
In recent news announced to the London Stock Exchange, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NEOVIA Financial, the parent company of Neteller, has left his post. The news of the departure of NEOVIA President and CEO Ron Martin was revealed in a Trading Update last week to the Exchange. [...]
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