Paris Hilton Offered New Bentley
When you’re young, rich and famous, you can do just about anything you want to do. This is true not only in the movies but even in real life. Just take the case of Hollywood celebrity and heiress Paris Hilton. This young lady has hogged the headlines in recent years being involved in a variety [...]
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Posted on May 19, 2009 by socrates | Filed Under Celebrity, Culture, Off the felt, Poker, Women
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Phelps Hits a Pair
News of the World: Michael Phelps wants to be a poker champ, according to one of the girls he had a threesome with. She also says that Phelps is a crybaby when he drinks. This is hardly the skill of a champ poker player. Phelps may have what it takes to be a playa, just [...]
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Posted on May 11, 2009 by gaunilo | Filed Under Culture, Michael Phelps, Poker
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Study Hopes To Address Online Problem Gambling
Gambling has been prevalent on the internet for many years now attracting its share of players from around the world, both the young and the not so young. Online poker has become a popular form of gambling with thousands of sites in existence providing thousands and even hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash prizes. [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2009 by socrates | Filed Under Addiction, Culture, Poker
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willing to take the gamble that poker is a skill?
According to this article posted a few days ago, a Colorado court has ruled that poker is a game of skill and is therefore not gambling. The defendants in the case were cleared of charges related to illegal gambling for running a private poker game. By trotting out testimony of the amount of skill relative [...]
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Posted on January 31, 2009 by Secor | Filed Under Article Review, Culture, Luck, Online Poker, Poker
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DPP (Dogs Playing Poker)
I’m always curious about the origins of odd little bits of popular culture, especially when they relate specifically to things I like. So when I was thinking about pop culture references to poker, this was one of the first things I thought of. Everybody has seen these pictures but few know where they came from. [...]
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Posted on January 11, 2009 by Secor | Filed Under Culture, Humor, Poker
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Old Timey Cards
I was looking around at sundry poker paraphenalia online and these caught my eye. I just bought a deck for myself and thought I’d share them. At unclesgames.com they are selling a set of 1864 civil war style palying cards. I’ve always been a sucker for old timey motiffs, even if they are a bit [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2009 by Secor | Filed Under Culture, Equipment, Poker
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Tiffany Michelle
I was up late the other night watching reruns of the last few tables at the WSOP. Her appearance there certainly made this young lady the female face of poker. What will the effect of that be? Is she in a position to advance women in proffessional poker? She ruffled quit a few feathers at [...]
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Posted on January 6, 2009 by Secor | Filed Under 2008 WSOP, Celebrity, Culture, Poker, Poker Players, TV
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