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[Free Tourneys Online ~ Poker Cruise Tournaments Online Information] Hold 'em Poker - Area Pol Jumps On Poker Craze; Sabini Wants Game Legal In Bars: Not everyone is convinced that poker is a harmless social phenomenon. Bellerose State Senator Frank Padavan takes issue with promoting gambling, in any form. "If the answer to everything is that it's become a 'national craze,' as Senator Sabini states in his legislative memorandum, then I suppose we should also support other 'national crazes.' In the 1960s it was heroin, the 1970s cocaine.

[Steal The Blinds] Okie Poker: Alas, it’s not in the stars. “Life” somehow managed to take priority over poker and so the home game has been postponed. I was pretty disappointed until I remembered that after a mere three-hour drive, I could play LIVE CASINO poker! Make room for this fish!

[Pokerist.blogspot.com] Poker News Online, Online Poker Blog: 10/24/2004 - 10/30/2004: While many teens might not bet any money and play just to have something to do in the suburbs with their friends on a Friday night, others lay down around $20 a game. One teen told WireTap that their friend cashed their entire paycheck each week, around $200, and used it to play poker until the next check came in. The phenomenon has even sparked an urban legend in the Philadelphia area about a freshman who was so indebted to upperclassmen because of poker that he sold his laptop.

[Pokerist.blogspot.com] Poker News Online, Online Poker Blog: Poker, What’s The Risk? Pt. 2: Poker blog relating to Online Poker Rooms, Poker Room Reviews and Poker Tournaments such as Monte Carlo Millions, the Southern California Poker Tour, the World Poker Championship and other poker tournaments around the globe. Future glossary of poker terms and place for tutorials on information on how to play Texas Hold'em and other poker game variations online for fun or profit.

[Pokerist.blogspot.com] Poker News Online, Online Poker Blog: Young poker players taking a ...: A notoriously fickle lot, young males have helped to make poker games such as Texas Hold 'Em wildly popular. Yet they are dumbfounded by the parental furor over a diversion that reinforces math, improves reasoning skills, involves social interaction and might even be profitable. Cash-only games at a friend's house are harmless, teens claim, especially when this perennially poor group must limit bets to the cost of a cheeseburger and fries.

[Pokerist.blogspot.com] Poker News Online, Online Poker Blog: 10/31/2004 - 11/06/2004: Monte Carlo Millions is the world's most exclusive poker tournament and the very first poker tournament to be held in the Principality of Monaco. Monte Carlo Millions is sponsored exclusively by PrimaPoker.com, the world's largest online poker network that is dedicated to sending players to the best tournaments around the globe. The $20,000 package includes round-trip airfare for two, a seven-night stay at the Hotel Hermitage, private helicopter transportation from Nice to Monte-Carlo, a tour of the French Riviera, gourmet meals, lavish cocktail parties and the $14,000 buy-in to the event. With an estimated prize pool of $1 million, Monte Carlo Millions guarantees that every player will win a minimum of $1,000.

[Clubmachines.co.uk] The Fruit Machine Club: Players gain entry to World Series tournaments either by buying a seat -- most preliminaries require a buy-in of $1,000 to $2,500 and the championship is $10,000 -- or by qualifying in so-called satellite tournaments. Satellites are held in either real casinos or on Internet poker Web sites, where players pay smaller buy-ins and vie for a World Series seat. Harrah's officials say checks, some of them in seven figures, have been arriving regularly as satellite tournament sponsors send in their fees for players who have won those stepping-stone events. The opening field for the World Championship will start in three flights July 7-9.

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