Poker news from 2008-08-13

Here are some archived poker news articles.

returns for 36 hour session

The Poker Den is the invention of PartyPoker and Matchroom sport and in the past has drawn the attention of big name pros like Phil Hellmuth, Roland de Wolfe and Tony G. "The Poker Den has come a long ways since we started back in the summer of 2005," explained Eddie Hearn, head of online gaming at... Read more...

FTOPS IX weekend recap

Full Tilt pros Ram Vaswani, Thomas Wahlroos and Stefan Rapp all did exceptionally well making the final table in various events while James "POKERPRO" Campbell took down a very impressive $157,500 for coming in second in Event 10 and Ben "bmf823" Fineman won $300,000 for winning Event 12. Ryan seem... Read more...

Press Release: WSOP Europe Schedule Announced

The second annual World Series of Poker Europe presented by Betfair.com has solidified its ...
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World Poker Tour Inks Deal with Fox Sports Net

After the Game Show Network declined to pick up ...
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US Casinos Agree to De-Lead Poker Chips

Some believe playing poker and gambling can be bad for you, but they probably were not thinking about lead poisoning. It turns out, however, that some casinos used poker chips that contained nearly 50% lead, putting the dealers and players in danger from consistent handling of the chips. A major chi... Read more...

Vegas Casino Going Auto on Poker Room

Soon the Excalibur, the medieval themed casino on the Las Vegas strip, will take a step into the future by replacing all the human dealers in their poker room with computers. The poker room, closed as of Monday the 18th, will reopen on August 22nd with a dozen PokerPro tables in place. The tables, m... Read more...

Betting the River with Marginal Hands by Andy Bloch

In No-Limit Hold 'em, it can be difficult to know what the right play is on the river when you're out of position with a marginal hand. In my experience, if you think your hand is good enough to call with, you should consider betting the river if you don't think your opponent will try to bluff.
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Guardian Series: One-night-stand

Victoria Coren

It's quite fun, this Guardian experiment. They're having a games slot every day - bridge, chess, that sort of thing - and I'm doing the poker one. It's aimed at the fairly new player, who might have watched a bit of poker on T... Read more...

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