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Tournament: Annie Duke wins National Heads-Up Poker Championship

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Annie Duke, one of the top female poker players in the world, cemented her reputation by winning the Sixth Annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship. She defeated former World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Erik Seidel two matches to one in their best-of-three series for the title. Duke won the first prize of US$500,000, while Seidel earned US$250,000 for his second-place finish.

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Andrew (Randy) Kwasniewski, President of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Dies … – MarketWatch (press release)

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Andrew (Randy) Kwasniewski, President of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Dies …
MarketWatch (press release)
Prior to joining Starwood Capital Group, he was the Vice President of Operations for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada where he oversaw all …
Morgans Hotel Executive Found DeadWall Street Journal
Vegas Casino Executive Dies; Police InvestigatingKOLO
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino President Andrew “Randy” Kwasniewski Found DeadGather.com
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Blotter: Robbers raid German poker tournament

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A gang of four robbers disguised in black motorcycle masks robbed the Grand Hyatt Berlin hotel in a daring daylight robbery during the European Poker Tour poker tournament. The robbers pointed handguns and long knives at a cashier, escaping through a crowded shopping mall with over ‘

Annie Duke Captures National Heads-Up Poker Championship

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NBC’s National Heads-Up Poker Championship is the poker equivalent to the NCAA college basketball tournament. Sixty-four players enter, and only one can be champion, which this year turned out to be Annie Duke.

PartyGaming Revamps Strategy – OnlineCasino.org

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New Online Casinos (blog)
PartyGaming Revamps Strategy
OnlineCasino.org
PartyGaming has decided to shift their focus to online casino players from poker players. They believe that players of all other online casino games are …
Casino Titan Makes Debut At Fair Online Gambling24-7PressRelease.com (press release)
Weekend Brings $100000 Poker Jackpot At Online CasinoNew Online Casinos (blog)
21 Dukes Online Casino Reviewed At Online Gambling InsiderResponse Source (press release)
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Casino cleaned out – Times LIVE

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Casino cleaned out
Times LIVE
German police say four heavily armed robbers who stormed a poker tournament and escaped with the jackpot are still on the run. Police spokesman Guido Busch …
Ketul Natwani Makes EPT Berlin Final Amidst Armed Robbery ScandalPokerNews.com

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Ricky Thomason: Give me real casino gambling or nothing – The Huntsville Times – al.com (blog)

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Ricky Thomason: Give me real casino gambling or nothing
The Huntsville Times – al.com (blog)
Video Poker and Blackjack are the only casino games which offer even odds against the house – if you play mistake free – and you can’t. …
Editorial: Go ahead and let the people vote on gamblingPress-Register – al.com (blog)
Voters still may get last say on electronic bingoMontgomery Advertiser

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Tournament: Andras Koroknai wins WPT LA Poker Classic

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Hungarian Andras Koroknai outlasted a field of the top players in the game to win the World Poker Tour’s LA Poker Classic US$10,000 buy-in Main Event.

Koroknai went into the final table as the chip leader and went wire-to-wire to win the US$1.78 million first prize. Raymond Dolan, a Huntington Beach resident and regular on the Southern California poker scene, finished second and took home just over US$1 million.

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Blotter: Florida considers legalizing online poker

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Another state may be working to legalize online poker within its boundaries. Following the announcement by Iowa legislators that they are working on a bill to tax and regulate online poker, officials in Florida are debating the state’s Internet Poker Consumer Protection and Revenue Generation Act.

Florida State Representative Joseph Abruzzo of Wellington, the bill’s sponsor, said that the measure could create US$200 million in taxes and other revenue after twelve months.

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Thieves snatch $1.1 million from poker tournament

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When a World Series of Poker event reaches the final table, organizers dump piles of cash onto a table to display the tournament’

Gunmen rob $1.1 million from poker tournament on live TV

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When a World Series of Poker event reaches the final table, organizers dump piles of cash onto a table to display the tournament’

New casino boat expected to bring jobs and tourists to Little River – South Carolina Now

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Myrtle Beach Sun News
New casino boat expected to bring jobs and tourists to Little River
South Carolina Now
Those jobs include casino supervisors who will be paid at least $38000, a poker manager with a full-time salary of $30000, and an executive host who will be …
New casino boat to sail from South Carolina coastBusinessWeek
Casino boat could dock in Horry CountyWPDE
New casino sailing into Grand StrandMyrtle Beach Sun News
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Tournament: Andras Koroknai leads WPT LAPC Final Table

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After a Day 5 field at the World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic that looked like a “Who’s Who” of the game, the final table of the US$10,000 no-limit Texas Holdem event now looks like a “Who’s He?” list.

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Underage Gambling Nets A $100000 Fine – USA Online Gambling News

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Underage Gambling Nets A $100000 Fine
USA Online Gambling News
Mount Airy Resort Casino in Pennsylvania has recently been hit with a $100000 fine for allowing underage players on the gambling floor. …
Harrah’s revenue down in FebruaryDelaware County Daily Times
Karen Heller: How far will ‘cute’ carry us? | Philadelphia Inquirer | 03/03/2010Philadelphia Inquirer
Pennsylvania Seeks Increase in Poker Licensing StaffCompatiblePoker
Philadelphia Daily News

5 men face felonies in charity-run casino hall – Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

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5 men face felonies in charity-run casino hall
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
White, York and Keller are all listed on state gaming forms as the operators of what was once the Parnell Poker Palace and Casino, which operated at 4608 …

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German Arrested In Florida For Laundering Online Poker Funds

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Michael Olaf Schuett has been arrested in Naples, Florida, and is charged with laundering millions of dollars that was marked for online poker gambling winnings.

Tournament: Mortensen leads Day 4 of LA Poker Classic

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Former World Series of Poker Main Event champion Juan Carlos Morentsen is the chip leader after Day 4 of the World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino. Mortensen has nearly 1.67 million in chips, well ahead of Day 3 chip leader Mark “newhizzle” Newhouse’s 1.31 million. Another former Main Event winner, two-time champion Johnny Chan, is still in contention for his first WPT title; he is seventeenth out of the twenty-two remaining players with 406,000 chips.

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Florida Resident Held for Processing Internet Poker Payments

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A German citizen is being held without bail in Florida for funneling payments to Internet poker players, with amounts reaching many millions of dollars.

Tournament: Newhouse leads Day 3 of LA Poker Classic

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Online poker pro Mark “newhizzle” Newhouse has the chip lead at the end of Day 3 of the US$10,000 buy-in World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic. Newhouse has a slim lead of only nine thousand chips over fellow online poker veteran Chris Moore. Newhouse is also going after his second career WPT title; he also won the Borgata Poker Open Main Event in Atlantic City, New Jersey in September 2006.

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Blotter: Iowa may legalize online poker

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In the ongoing battle between online poker sites and government jurisdictions, lawmakers in the state of Iowa are working on a truce. Legislators in that Midwestern state are considering a proposal to legalize internet poker for its citizens. The idea also has the support of the state’s casino industry, since players would be required to deposit cash into an account with one of their gaming facilities in order to play online poker.

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