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Poker jokester creates stir with petition drive (Tri-Valley Herald)
SACRAMENTO — An online poker player well known as a jokester in the Internet gaming community is wheeling and dealing for state government to set up an online version of the popular card game,
Publ.Date : Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:07:47 GMT

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Poker run canceled because of lack of volunteers (The Post-Standard)
Due to a lack of volunteers to help with the event, a kayak and canoe poker run in Phoenix has been canceled. It was scheduled for Aug. 11 at Henley Park.
Publ.Date : Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:26:01 GMT

Inside Poker (Lowell Sun)
This column usually deals with no-limit hold 'em tournament play, but the recent poker movie "Lucky You" featured cash games, including one hand where the young star, Eric Bana, calls down an opponent with a pair of deuces.
Publ.Date : Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:47:15 GMT

No Orange Felt For First PartyPoker Dutch Open Matchroom Sport Unveil Another First For Televised Poker (PRWeb)
Matchroom Sport is pleased to unveil another first for televised poker by announcing that the first PartyPoker Dutch Open will be filmed between August 11th - 14th. 36 top Dutch poker players and personalities will take to the felt to play for a €117,000 prize-fund. The buy-in for the tournament is set at €2,500, with the PartyPoker Dutch Open winner taking home €50,000. The tournament takes …
Publ.Date : Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:17:57 GMT

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Requiem for a poker game (Salon.com)
Poker has been spoiled by TV tournaments and players schooled online. In the battle for the big payoff, wit and camaraderie have been trumped by computer logic and greed.
Publ.Date : Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:19:52 GMT

MDA Poker Run (WJFW Rhinelander)
Last year the Rhinelander Fire Department raised about 15-hundred dollars for the Muscular Dystrophy Association through a vintage snowmobile race and poker.
Publ.Date : Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:54:28 GMT

Kopetsky Poker Run is today in Belton (The Kansas City Star)
Hundreds of motorcycle riders are expected to participate in today’s Kara Kopetsky Poker Run in Belton.
Publ.Date : Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:31:08 GMT

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Poker run to aid Catlin fire department (The Champaign News-Gazette)
CATLIN – The Catlin Fire Protection District is hosting its sixth annual poker run Saturday. The ride is a benefit to raise money for firefighting equipment. Riders will set off at noon from Gutterridge Harley Davidson, 1606 Georgetown Road in Tilton. From there, they will travel to Ogden, Philo, Camargo, Metcalf and Ridge Farm before ending the ride in Catlin.
Publ.Date : Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:11:16 GMT

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K9Poker - Social Networking Joins Hands with Poker (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
A new web site seeks to create the largest online poker community.
Publ.Date : Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:01:00 GMT

I-Team Updates: Poker Scandal, Area 51 & Non-Profit Medical Research (KLAS Las Vegas)
New information has surfaced about an alleged poker cheating scheme involving a prominent Las Vegas gambling consultant. The scandal was first reported earlier this month by the I-Team but is now a hot topic in the gambling world. George Knapp has the update and some other I-Team reports that have caused quite a stir .
Publ.Date : Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:44:48 GMT

Two of the world's best poker players triumph in first man v machine poker battle. (Guardian Unlimited)
Two of world's best poker players triumph in man v machine battle.
Publ.Date : Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:36:35 GMT

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Briefs: Casino expert accused of shady poker game (Denver Post)
An internationally known expert in exposing casino cheats has been arrested in Atlantic City, N.J. - on charges of fleecing high-rollers in a high-tech crooked poker game.
Publ.Date : Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:12:53 GMT

Humans best computer in poker match (CNET)
Blog: Phil Laak and Ali Esmali, two professional poker players, face off against a computer program called Polaris and win.
Publ.Date : Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:43:39 GMT

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Computer proves worthy foe at poker tournament (CTV.ca)
A computer playing in the world's first poker tournament between humans and machines is proving to be a worthy opponent at a conference taking place in Vancouver this week.
Publ.Date : Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:18:56 GMT

Bad Beat Jackpot Hits Twice In Under Five Hours At Absolute Poker (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Within a span of just five hours, the jackpot of popular new Texas Hold'em game, Bad Beat Jackpot, was hit twice at Absolute Poker.
Publ.Date : Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:01:00 GMT

Everest Poker Announces Winners of July 22 $100,000 Guaranteed Poker Tournament (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Everest Poker hosts a $100,000 guaranteed poker tournament for its players every Sunday at 14:30GMT. On July 22, 796 players from all over the globe competed for their share of a $100,000 prize.
Publ.Date : Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:01:00 GMT

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Pro players face computer with poker face (USA Today)
Poker champion Phil Laak has a good chance of winning when he sits down this week to play 2,000 hands of Texas Hold'em against a computer. It may be the last chance he gets. Computers have gotten a lot better at poker in recent years; they're good enough now to challenge top professionals like Laak.
Publ.Date : Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:27:13 GMT

Computer takes on poker aces (Addict 3D)
A showdown pitting human brains against artificial intelligence goes ahead this evening when two professional poker players take on a computer in the world's first such man-machine challenge.
Publ.Date : Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:31:09 GMT

World's first human-machine poker championship to begin (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Two top poker players will pit their wiles and math ability against a computer Monday, in a two-day match scientists say is the world's first man-machine poker championship.
Publ.Date : Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:42:02 GMT

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Poker-playing computer takes on human aces (Guardian Unlimited)
Two professional poker players take on computer in world's first such man-machine challenge.
Publ.Date : Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:22:40 GMT

Card sharks to battle poker-playing computer (Southeast Missourian)
NEW YORK — Poker champion Phil Laak has a good chance of winning when he sits down this week to play 2,000 hands of Texas Hold'em — against a computer. It may be the last chance he gets. Computers…
Publ.Date : Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:29:39 GMT

Poker pros take on computer (Independent Online)
A poker champion is to face a computer in a poker tournament that will test the software ability of the computer to read the game.
Publ.Date : Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:48:04 GMT

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SA poker champ wins at Vegas showdown (Independent Online)
He is the first African to make the final table of the Poker World Series in Las Vegas and is R21-million richer for it.
Publ.Date : Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:21:25 GMT

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