Life is good as a college poker star
Hey Dave, I whispered into my cell. I need you for a second. It was just then that I realized what an interesting turn of events my life had taken after I made an innocent deposit of $50 into a PartyPoker.com account two years earlier, while living in my Blackwell dorm room. I was seated in a mafia-owned card room in downtown New York City. My hands were glossed over with grease from a filthy, worn-down table and poker chips that had probably been in use for fifteen years without being washed
Protectors of Poker
As poker continues to entrench itself in mainstream American culture, accompanying organizations are springing up to ensure the game -- whether played online, in casinos or at home -- maintains a steady increase in popularity.The Poker Players Alliance, a Las Vegas-based nonprofit group, is attempting to become an advocate for the growing legion of poker players who lack collective representation. Founded earlier this year, the group is seeking members, has hired a Washington, D.C., lobbyist to
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Patchogue poker novice and pal finish on top against the big boys in Atlantic City professional tourney
Online Poker Radio Goes Major League
By David Utter
For WebProNews
Major League Poker marries digital radio with the World Series of Poker to complement the online poker-playing experience.
Poker has moved from the felt portraits of card-playing dogs to the digital streamed radio show called "On the Felt."
As poker has exploded in popularity, with coverage of events on outlets like ESPN, many players have turned to Internet venues like The Gaming Club Online Poker Room to play. The Gaming Club Online Poker Room launched "On the Felt," the first online radio show for poker players. Major League Poker produced the show, with Atlanta radio personality and poker player Mark [more ...]
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Bluff Magazine and Jim Feist Sports Announce Content Partnership
September 29, 2005 (Atlanta, GA) - Bluff Magazine and Jim Feist Sports, America s most respected sports Information Company, announced a season-long strategic content partnership. Every Saturday morning one of Bluff s professional poker player and columnist will be featured on Proline, America s longest running sports handicapping show on Television.Bluff Magazine s The Poker Corner will start by featuring one of the hottest young players, Antonio Esfandiari, whose column Poker Like a RockSta
TV mini-cam makes poker a winner
ATLANTA - Years ago, ESPN tried showing the World Series of Poker, and someone said it was like watching bears hibernate. Tonight, it's World Series of Poker time again, but now it's glitz city, baaaaay-bee: hyped-up announcers, high drama, wacko nicknames, huge prizes, everything but cheerleaders. And you won't have to wait long for them, probably. The difference, introduced a mere two years ago, was the little hidden camera at each player's seat that shows the hidden "hole" cards, the ones the
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