World Poker Tour picked as Sports Brand License of the Year
Last Wednesday the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association (LIMA) awarded the World Poker Tour as the Best Sports Brand License of the Year for 2005. The distinction was given at the LIMA International Licensing Excellence Awards. The event was held in New York, and it is a chance to recognize the industry’s leading licensed products.”This [...]
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Posted on July 12, 2006 by Nigel | Filed Under Poker, Promotion
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FREE POKER MONEY NO DEPOSIT
Here is a link for Dream Poker, one of the poker sites that I’ve played poker at because they gave me $10 for FREE just to sign up, and you don’t even need to give a deposit. Just click on the banner and sign up. It’s a nice poker room. You won’t regret it. I will continue to [...]
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Posted on July 11, 2006 by sparky | Filed Under Free Money, Online Poker, Poker, Promotion
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Can You Tell If You’ll Become Addicted?
News out of Washington University in St. Louis about a recent topic here on PokerMoments… addiction to gambling. First some numbers…. 80% plus of people gamble, while 1.8% have a disorder of pathological gambling. I’ve previously written about symptoms of mild gambling addiction. More serious addiction includes a preoccupation with betting, gambling more often or with larger bets, and chasing [...]
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Posted on July 10, 2006 by sparky | Filed Under Addiction, Culture, Poker
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Yoga & Poker
[Editor's Note: Ryan is the author of YogaWisdom and was asked to write a guest blog post for our "Poker & Religion" series] Poker is many things. It can be big business, a raging addiction, the making of a millionaire, or the breaking of a family to name a few. Poker is one way to [...]
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Posted on July 8, 2006 by gaunilo | Filed Under Culture, Poker, Religion
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Adopting the “Quaker” Approach to Poker
I had two unpleasant poker experiences yesterday. I lost all my free money ($10 – no deposit required), plus about $12 in winnings, at Crazy Poker, and I placed somewhere around 2500 out of 9000 entrants in a freeroll tournament at Poker Stars. Perhaps I can attribute both of these performances to Gambler’s Ruin. Thanks [...]
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Posted on July 7, 2006 by Suber | Filed Under Culture, Online Poker, Poker, Religion
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Advertise on PokerMoments
PokerMoments is pleased to announce our new advertising program. In the last two months we’ve experienced tremendous growth in traffic and readership primarily by posting content that is completely unique in the world of poker. We’d like to pass on some of our success to prospective advertisers, by giving you more ways to advertise. Below [...]
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Posted on July 6, 2006 by gaunilo | Filed Under Poker
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Quakerism and Poker
What would happen if Mrs. Bush became a peace-nik while George sent more and more $$ to Halliburton? Or Mrs. Bill Gates started doing commercials for the Mac? Well, my husband, who posts here, has become nearly addicted to online poker this spring, while I have become more involved in The Religious Society of Friends, [...]
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Posted on July 5, 2006 by sparky | Filed Under Culture, Poker, Religion
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