tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-245096472011-11-27T20:14:30.665-05:00Big Jim Slade plays poker, a lot. Texas Hold'em Poker.Big Jim Sladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046744893205891004noreply@blogger.comBlogger751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24509647.post-13106794905960142252011-02-10T23:06:00.000-05:002011-02-10T23:06:58.486-05:00

As an experiment, I created a new web site called Max My Poker.  It is a solitary page of poker information and links.  It is the .info version.  I'll built a .com version another day with much more information.  There is not much poker content, but still there are links to 20 or so poker sites. Try the site out and see what it offers.

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Ok.  So everyone complains about points in the Red, White, and Blue Poker League.  Some of the problem is the league's fault, but some of the problem is the player's.  There are two strategies to resolve issues - one is to mention it to Robert.  He usually fixes a problem within a day or so.  The other way is to create four pages of rants on Facebook stating that it is the third day of the

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Recently, I found myself selling my blood to eat at the casino. Technically, the Red Cross had a blood drive at the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.  Instead of a t-shirt, if you gave blood they gave you a free ticket to the Epic Buffet at the casino.  It was all you can eat crab leg night, so I gave it a try. Just to let you know, I am not all that altruistic.  I think giving blood is a

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A fellow player decided to start a blog.  It's hard to do, to write something on a regular basis.  It talks about her ups and downs with poker, maybe she is mostly down this week. Not that she has lost money, just that she is doubting her poker skills and is down on an emotional level with it. I'd be more supportive, but I don't write on my blog either.  So months have passed... Like Natasha, I

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Starting Thursday, August 12, 2010, Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races will have expanded poker room hours. The poker room will open every day at 1:00, and stay open until 4:00 am.  Not quite 24 hours yet, but they are moving in that direction.  Better yet, they will expand from 16 tables to 25 tables.  (The number would be 27, but they have two poker tables out on loan.  Expect to see the

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Over time everyone at the poker table will get good hands the same percentage of the time. To win at poker you have to develop a strategy that does not depend on your getting the best cards. While this won't work very often, here is what happened to me recently.  I was dealt four of clubs and two of clubs.  Probably should fold, but, hey, why not?  I might get a flush.  I might get a straight.

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Difference number two in tournaments vs. ring games is in when you can get up from the table. In a poker tournament you play until your last chip is gone.  In a ring game your chips have actual value and you can leave at any time.  If you are having a bad day just get up from the table and go home with what is left of your chips. It is one way to stop your losses.

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The truth be told, I've only played ring games (aka cash games) once in the past two years prior to the casino in Charles Town opening this month.  I've been playing tournaments.  I play a lot of tournaments. It's not quite the same.  Now that I am getting heavy into cash games, I am seeing differences.  I always knew they were there, but I wasn't sure I could verbalize the differences in the

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I enjoy slow playing trips.  But it doesn't always work out. Recently at the Hollywood Casino in Charles Town, WV, I flopped trips and slow played them only to lose to a straight on the river.  It was a big pot, in fact all the chips I had.  I looked down after the hand and saw no chips, only felt. I bought back in and started playing poker again. Losing all of your chips in a hand is as

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A Poker League is a microcosm of the world. We have our doctors and lawyers.  They are, well, doctors and lawyers.  We have blue collars workers, white collar workers, and all types.  All are welcome.  It is a mix of society in our league. We have our Illegal Immigrants too.  They don't distinguish themselves by being from another country.  They don't distinguish themselves by being part of a

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Many of the venues I play bar poker in have free WiFi, but some don't.  When I'm out of the game I like to surf the web, or while running a tournament update the points or get an online email going.  Without access to Wifi, I can't do it. Tethering is the process of connecting your cellphone to your laptop to allow for internet access from the phone.  It's a way of hacking into things for some

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I really hate to write reactionary items, but here it is.  Letterman's Top Ten List of How to keep your Poker Points from being wrong. If you have a name like "David" sometimes sign in as "Dave" other times like "David". If your last name has lots of vowels and does not roll off the toungue well, scribble your name and make it hard for the data entry person to read.  They don't need to use all

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Recently I was asked the question "In the Red, White, and Blue Poker League tournaments, do you use the same rules as the World Series of Poker?" The actual situation was that I was chipping up players, I needed to move someone to balance tables, I had a handful of chip racks and I was walking by when someone stopped me and asked a question about how to apply a particular poker rule in the

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In a recent bar poker game, I decided to sit down and play to win.  The chips started coming my way, and then I got dealt pocket threes, also known as crabs. A low pair is the sort of thing people debate on whether or not to play.  Pocket threes as it turns out, are a Sklansky Group 7 starting hand.  This means they are playable in late position with no previous raiser.  The book says to fold

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A natural strategy in poker as in any other situation is to play to win.  But is this always the best strategy? How to play against an All-In When a player goes all in in a poker tournament, there are two basic strategies that the other players use. Well, the other players who choose not to fold.  There is the let's check it down strategy, and  the isolate strategy. Check It Down Some people say

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I haven't played poker much the last month, except for a few online tournaments.  However, I sat down and played a bar poker tournament a few days ago.  There was a particular hand that I want to share - it involved pot odds.  I may not have the details correct in my memory, but the pot odds principle is there. To be honest, I wasn't really playing at first.  I was running a tournament that

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Free bar poker is an excellent place to practice your card skills.  If you lose there is no penalty - it costs you nothing to play.  It should be no surprise that people come into the poker league and try cheating.  The same thought must prevail in the mind of the cheating player - what is the worst that can happen for cheating in free poker? Presumably you kick the person out of the league and

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I recently had a disagreement with the manager of a local restaurant where we played free poker.  The manager wanted to refuse to allow the tournament winner to participate in winning the prize money unless the winner had made a purchase of at least $10.  I pointed out this would be illegal, but the manager was undeterred by my concerns. What follows is the written result of my research into the

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When I got home after running a poker tournament, I found several $25,000 value plaques in my pants pocket.  Guess I can put them into the poker supplies case tomorrow. I have this really nice HP Laserjet 4100.  I bought it because it holds a full ream of paper.  Technology changes.  It will not attach to the USB port on my netbook.  I bought a USB to parallel cable, but the HP printer does not

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My wristwatch recently stopped working, so I decided to buy a poker blinds timer watch as a replacement. Of course there is no such thing.  But I used to compete in marathons and owned such a watch.  In marathon training you use an interval timer to pace yourself.  A certain number of minutes running, then a certain number of minutes walking.  Even if you can't run for five full minutes at a

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My three pound Sony Vizio sub laptop died on me.  I really liked this computer I had had for over five years.  Women were always coming up to me and telling that it was the smallest thing they had ever seen and how cute it was.  It came with a built in DVD player and only cost me $2,500 when it was new. Now in looking for a replacement I found a machine that had twice the RAM and four times the

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I noticed a new type of tournament (well, new to me) on Doyle's Room called a Double Up tournament. It was cheap, so I tried it out. I paid $5 to play at a 10 person table. The idea is that the top five all win the same amount, double what their buy-in was.After a few minutes I had three times the chips of the next player, and realized I was likely to be in the top five for a prize. Then it

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Harrah's in Atlantic City is one of my favorite places to play poker. I'm going up there this Friday for Lobster feast.They are comping me two "lobster feast" dinners at the Waterfront buffet and a Friday night hotel room. The Lobster Feast includes a whole Maine lobster, lobster ravioli, and more. As I recall, it is the regular Waterfront $25 buffet plus $10 extra for Lobster Feast.

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I hired a new person to run poker tournaments and he ran the Monday night tournament at Addy's Bar and Grill. The acid test for whether or not a poker host is good is if I can sit down and play poker and concentrate on the game, not what he is doing.Even though it was his first tournament, he did very well. I did in fact get up from my seat three times to correct mistakes he was making, but it

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The Red, White, and Blue Poker League had their first bus day trip to Atlantic City today. We went to Showboat, the Mardi Gras casino. Showboat has the prettiest poker room in Atlantic City and it is also the fifth largest behind Borgata, Taj, the Trop, and Harrah's.The new poker room was relocated from upstairs down to the main floor. It's in the back, next to the boardwalk. In fact, you can

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I'm sitting in the hospital wondering what is going to happen. It is now Wednesday. I really don't feel like typing this in.On Thursday evening I started feeling bad at a poker tournament. On Friday after lunch a doctor at a walk in urgent care office told me while he did not know what I had, he suspected appendicitis. Specifically, he told me to go to the emergency room and get a CAT scan, or

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The April edition of Northern Virgina magazine features a photo and article about Robert Costner on page 76. The article is titled "How'd He Get To Be So Good?"In it Robert, Veteran of hundreds of poker tournaments, gives advice on how anyone in the neighborhood can get in the game and win.In the article there is a story about Robert sitting down late, as the eighth player, in a poker tournament

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I've wanted to learn how to count cards in Blackjack. Since I run a "mini-casino" - i.e. the poker league - I ought to be able to find a way to do this.What I've done is buy some decks of cards, a blackjack shoe and discard tray, added some poker chips, and now we have Fun Blackjack.We've played a few times at Addy's and KC's. I spoke with one of our players, JC, and he is going to "manage"

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The Red, White, and Blue Poker League got it's start running tournaments at area Hooters restaurants. That was several years ago, and we don't play there anymore, but I wanted to renew my relationship with the company.Part of that has been they have given us a number of freebies to use as prizes in our tournaments. Recently we gave away, as an additional tournament prize, a Hooters Poker Club

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I decided to play in the Sunday Ante at KC's American Grille. The tournament is different from the regular Red, White, and Blue Poker tournaments because we have 20 minute blinds, not 15 minute blinds, and we have antes.If I haven't said it enough, I hate Antes. An ante is a small forced bet by everyone at the table before the cards are dealt. The sum of the antes at a full table will about

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Last Sunday we had our first of two mini regional poker tournaments to try to win the $7,000 prize package for the Irish Open. The tournament began at 5pm and lasted about three and a half hours. At that point we had a winner of the regional, ready for the Saturday Grande Finale.Jamal Sullivan is the man we sent to the first National Grande Finale for the Irish Open. There were 88 players in

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It's Friday morning, and the next WSOP event is for $300+$40 at noon at Caesars. I'm there and so are 900 other players. The purse is about $280,000 with the lion's share going to first place.I really would have expected about 1,100 players. I attribute the difference to a bad economy. My play is average. I finally start to die os slow death of attrition after the dinner break and finish as

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Today was a resting day for me. I do not have a WSOP event today. I'm only going to play in a tournament or two and maybe some cash games. My plan is to play at Showboat and while there to pick up a baseball cap for a friend, maybe from the House of Blues company store.I got up early for the breakfast buffet at Caesars, then down to the poker room there for some cash game time. I was too

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This year's first event was smaller with about 800 players in the first $300+$40 event. I started in Caesars at noon. Soon I was the chip lead at the table. I had three players with significant losses in their chip stack, to my benefit. This made me the clear chip leader at the table.Poker is a game of deception. The way I make massive chip gains is by applying the fundamental theorem of

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I drove up to Bally's in Atlantic City this afternoon to play in the WSOP Circuit event at Caesars this week. I decided to go eat the comp buffet at Showboat, and while there play a little poker.Lately for some odd reason, I've been afraid to play cash games. For about a year now. It's been several months since I've played last, maybe late last year. I'm fine with tournaments, but I have been

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This Wednesday will be the WSOP Circuit event in Atlantic City. Last time at Harrah's there were maybe 1,100 or so in the "little" event.I like to play in the small $300 buy-in events, and stay away from the $5,000 buy-ins.Based on my budget, my choices this year areWednesday March 4th, $300Friday, March 6th, $300Sunday, March 8th, $300It's the wee hours of Monday morning now. I have

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I played poker last night, on a Saturday. It was an odd kind of home game, first in that it was not for money, but for points.It seems the Manassas Mostly Poker meetup group plays poker about once per month with no gambling, no money, only points. In a way it is a lot like bar poker. They had two tables of players, paper cards, no felt, and little knowledge of regular poker rules.The group

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I like playing in home poker games, but I prefer tournaments over cash games. I really don't get to play much, so I relish the opportunity when people will invite me and I have time to attend.Last night I playing at a friend's house in Fairfax. There were four tables of eight, or about 32 players in the poker tournament. I was tired, not feeling well, grumpy, and I wanted to go home and go to

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Irish Open 2009 The Red, White, and Blue Poker League wants to help you win your way to Europe's most loved poker event, the Irish Open. Clear your calendar and pack your bags for Dublin on April 9th through 13th. The Irish Open is a five tournament, five day event, featuring a € 3 Million Guaranteed prize pool. Hosted by CityWest Hotel, the Irish Open is surrounded by legendary golf courses,

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On my way out of Harrah's casino in Atlantic City the much too friendly security guard gave me a deck of used cards. These are Aristocrat brand made by the U.S. Playing card company. These appear to be paper cards, which is odd because in the poker room they use plastic cards made by Gemanco.The is a hole drilled in them slightly off center. If you ever get a chance to buy used casino cards, get

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Just outside of Washington, D.C. in Northern Virginia, the Nova Poker Championship was held. In Virginia, home poker tournaments are legal and many homes are filed each week with groups of poker players playing cash games and participating in Texas Hold'em Poker Tournaments. One of the larger gatherings is the Nova Poker Championship which this year boasted a $150K prize.The two day event ended

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Congressman Jim Moran (D) from Arlington, VA met with poker greats Annie Duke, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Victor Ramdin, and Robert Costner to discuss pending poker legislation in the wake of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) that was passed last year.The UIGEA was passed last year as part of the Port Security Bill. While poker has absolutely nothing to do with port security,

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Famous Poker players Robert Costner and Andy Bloch visited the Hill to talk to congressmen about online poker legislation.Last year's passage of the UIGEA has caused a lot of confusion by putting online poker in a grey area. There is no existing law that criminalizes the playing of online poker. While technically the bill did nothing to create new crimes, many online cardrooms and financial

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Everyone has been so happy with the bounty tournament that the Red, White, and Blue Poker League has decided to continue the bounty tournaments for every Wednesday in September. That means there is a $50 bounty on Robert's head each week for the Wednesday game. Mondays will continue to be non bounty days.Texas Hold'em poker tournaments are played each week on Mondays and Wednesdays at Addy's in

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Last night at Addy's we had our first Bounty Tournament. Robert played in the tournament and there was a $50 bounty on him in addition to the regular first and second place prizes. This means that for the person who knocked Robert out of the tournament they got $50 cash.Robert was moved from table to table during the game so that everyone had a chance to sit with him. Starting with 4,000 in chips

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The Alzheimer Memory Walk is coming up. This is a good charity and is supported by Harrah's Foundation (the WSOP people). Harrah's Foundation will be matching all donations up to a total of one million dollars.I've created a Memory Walk donation page on the official website. Your donation can be entered on the web directly and I never have to mess with it. I set a goal of $500. I'm curious about

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There will be no poker at Addy's in Manassas and Paradiso in Alexandria on Wednesday the 4th of July. Both restaurants may be open, but if so will close early.

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There will be no poker at the Uptown Tavern on Thursday, June 28, 2007. The Uptown Tavern will be closed for a private party.The Uptown Tavern is located in Cleveland Park in Washington, DC.

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Addy's in Manassas, Va is filling up with poker players on Mondays and Wednesdays. There are two tournaments, one at 7:00 and one at 9:30 each evening.Come join in the fun and play No Limit Texas Hold'em Poker Tournaments with us.

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The Red, White, and Blue Poker Leauge has a new location for free bar poker in Alexandria on Wednesday evenings. We play two Texas Hold'em Poker tournaments each evening, one at 7:00 and one at 10:00.Every Wednesday, 7PM and 10PMParadiso Italian Restaurant6124 Franconia RdAlexandria, VA 22310Come join us for fun, prizes, and to improve your poker skills.

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Of course we encourage players to drink beer at our poker tournaments. Recently we replaced all of out tables with new tables sponsored by http://www.boogster.com/.If people are going to drink beer while playing poker, then they are going to spill beer. This is a photo of the first player to spill beer on one of our new tables.While we don't encourage the spilling of beer, we want everyone to

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It's a happy poker player at Addy's in Manassas.

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We ave some t-shirts we are giving away every now and again. The t-shirts come from http://www.boogster.com/ Here our poker waitress is modelling the shirt for us.

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Red, White, and Blue Poker League is offerring players a chance to win the Ultimate World Series of Poker prize package worth $12,500.

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PHOENIX, May 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/The Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City has announced it has received a takeover offer from Columbia Entertainment, the operator of several hotels including the Las Vegas Westin.Aztar Corporation (NYSE: AZR) announced today that it has received an offer from Wimar Tahoe Corporation d/b/a Columbia Entertainment, the gaming affiliate of Columbia Sussex

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Report Also Reveals Significant Growth Across Entire IndustryWASHINGTON, May 8 /PRNewswire/The typical U.S. Internet gambler is under 40, college-educated, male and more affluent than his fellow citizens, according to results of a new survey of online gamblers included in the American Gaming Association's (AGA) 2006 State of the States: The AGA Survey of Casino Entertainment. The report also

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Two different button timers are available for Texas Hold'em Poker Tournaments, one frm 3zilla and one from PJCC. The "ButtonTimer™ from 3zilla will benefit home poker games. The company, 3zilla LLC, announced today the introduction of what it claims to be the first of-its-kind Texas Hold Em patent pending original invention for the poker tournament arena -- the ButtonTimer™, an authentic casino

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Online Casino GoldenPalace.com has become famous for over-the-top advertising ideas, but now it looks as if it's taken their reputation literally. Eleven cars decked out in GoldenPalace.com signage were driven over a cliff in Missouri with the Pope, Virgin Mary, Moses, a Rabbi, a midget Elvis, and Michael Jackson looking on.GoldenPalace.com originally won the Cliff-Diving eBay auction for $2500

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LOS ANGELES, May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/WPT Enterprises, Inc.(Nasdaq: WPTE) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended April 2, 2006. Business highlights for the quarter included deliveryof six episodes of Season IV of the World Poker Tour(R) (WPT) television series, one episode of Season I of the Professional Poker Tour(TM) (PPT) television series, continued expansion of the

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LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 3 /PRNewswire/Less than a week after unveiling its newest online horse racing software, digital entertainment giantBodog.com announced that it has signed an exclusive contract to sponsor Brother Derek, the current favorite for the 132nd running of the KentuckyDerby on Saturday.In a move that marks the first partnership of its kind, Bodog.com's brand will be visible to

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LOS ANGELES, April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The WORLD POKER TOUR(R) will get its first Hollywood close-up with a starring role in the upcoming "Deal," filming this month in New Orleans. WPT fans will ultimately get to see hosts Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten and Courtney Friel playing themselves, alongside the film's stars Burt Reynolds and Bret Harrison.Produced by Michael Arata and

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Davidson Matthew Turns $25 Satellite Buy-In Into $1.9 Million Second Place FinishLOS ANGELES, April 25 /PRNewswire/The 2006 WPT World Championship(TM) will be remembered in a string of superlatives -- the most, biggest and first! When Joe Bartholdi, of Las Vegas, defeated thebrightest poker talent from nearly 40 countries, he did so in a tournament that is going to be talked about for years. The

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Texas Hold’em Style Poker Game Pits Players Against a Series of Expert Players in the Ultimate Showdown04/13/2006, BEDMINSTER, NJ and NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless, Abandon Mobile and NBC Sports announced today that NBC Sports Heads-Up Poker mobile game will be available exclusively to Verizon Wireless Get it Now® customers through May 31, 2006. The mobile game, NBC Sports Heads-Up Poker, will be

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Tonight at the tournaments at Whitlow's on Wilson, the owner of http://www.nolimitchips.com/ came by and dropped off several decks of cards for us to use and test. Currently, we are using Copag cards. He brought by two decks of Gemaco and two decks of Modiano cards. Though I have not played with them, I like the look and feel of them. He stocks the cards locally and sells them from his

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I've been playing online poker at Doyle's Room lately. The freerolls cost nothing to play and do not require you deposit any money. The Free Rolls include:Play4Fun!$5 Giveaway - SpeedThere are about 6 or more of these free tournaments every day. The Play4Fun! does not pay anything to the winner, but it does not cost either. It is good practice.I'm practicing and soon I will be playing in the

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I created an online poker dictionary today. The site is http://linkspider.serversystems.net/dictionary/poker/About a year and a half ago I considered what would happen if I created a website with 20,000 web pages and put ads on the pages. My theory was that people would click on the ads and I would make money off of it. I was skeptical but I gave it a try. I took a public domain copy of Webster's

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I received an email today from a guy who is having a birthday and wanted a couple of topless poker dealers for his party at his house. I presume he wanted women, but why he is insistent they wear no hats is beyond me. In any event, I made some phone calls and found a couple of girls that met his requirements. It was not the easiest thing in the world as he wanted them for tomorrow. I'd appreciate

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I've scheduled a bus trip to Atlantic City. We will be going to the Tropicana Casino for the day.Date: Saturday, April 15, 2006Departure time: 7:00 AMDepart from: Fast Eddie's Parking lot in FairfaxArrive Casino: 11:00 AMDepart Casino: Saturday MidnightReturn time: Sunday 4:00 AMCost: $50.00We will be there for a full day and leave at midnight. You are free to go anywhere you wish, including

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Big Jim Slade is a name we remember from the Kentucky Fried Movie that was shown in theatres in about 1977. When he first appears, we hear the announcer say:Sounds like a job for Big Jim Slade. Big Jim has a sexual appetite that will knock their socks off. Big Jim comes equipped with various whips and chains. Big Jim has been satisfying women all over the world. Former tight end, Kansas City

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I am selling several Texas Hold'em 7' oval poker tables with folding steel legs. These come with a padded rail, 10 cup holders built into the rail, a green playing surface, and a cover for when you fold the legs up and put it away. (The picture here is not the actual table, but looks very similar.)I run and participate in local poker tournaments and as a result I buy lots of poker tables, both

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I'm looking for people to join me in playing Texas Hold'em Poker at Fast Eddie's in Fairfax on Mondays. We have two no limit tournaments, one at 7:00 and one at 10:00. The restaurant gives us prizes, usually gift certificates to the first and second place winners of each tournament.The poker tournaments are free; there is no cost or buy-in. So you can't lose anything, you can only win. It's a

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I have a several boxes of back issues of Bluff magazine that I will give to anyone who wants a copy.Bluff Magazine is America's Largest Poker Magazine with 250,000 copies printed and distributed nationwide. Bluff provides eager poker enthusiasts quality content which keeps them up with the fast-paced modern poker lifestyle. Regular contributors to Bluff Magazine include: Jennifer Tilly, Josh

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I've been playing at a friend's house most Wednesdays. He runs a no limit Texas Hold'em poker tournament at his home in Fairfax, VA with up to four tables. It is usually a $20 buy-in, but occassionally we have a more expensive game. Oddly, I never seem to win the tournament (well, I won once) but I normally make some money on the cash game afterwards.For the next three weeks he will be out of

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I'm putting together a bus trip to Atlantic City. We will probably leave from Fairfax, Virginia; alternately we might leave from Arlington, VA. Some proposed dates include:Saturday, April 15, 2006Saturday, April 22, 2006Sunday, April 23, 2006Saturday, April 29, 2006I'm thinking of leaving on Saturday at 7am, and head back at midnight to make it back home by about 4am. For Sunday trips, I'm

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Metro Accessible – Claredon Metro Station.Play free Texas Hold'em Poker tournaments at Witlow's on Wilson in Claredon. This is no limit Texas Hold'em played tournament style. Each tournament lasts about three hours. There are two tournaments each Sunday evening. It's free, there is no cost or buy-in, but you can win prizes. We play on poker style tables with padded rails and green felt playing

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