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October 30th, 2004

Happy Halloween!
Congratulations to everyone who placed a wager on USC this weekend, USC is once again my pick for next Saturday as well. Remember to use Bodog for Poker AND Sports booking needs. This way all the cash you win in poker you can bet on your favorite team!

Onward, to poker news…

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1. Poker Faces, and They Haven’t Started Shaving – New York Times – Oct 30 10:38 AM – Thanks largely to the mania for televised poker, an evening out for adolescent boys almost invariably takes the form of a marathon poker game.
2. UT fraternity poker fundraiser may be illegal – WATE-TV Knoxville – Oct 30 2:48 PM – KNOXVILLE (AP) — A fraternity at the University of Tennessee says it plans to hold its poker tournament for the chapter’s philanthropy despite indications from a state official the tournament constitutes illegal gambling.
3. Bars Lose First Round in Poker Tourney Lawsuit – KATC3 – Oct 30 9:32 AM – BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – A state judge has ruled that two bar owners who went to court to save their weekly poker tournaments from state liquor regulators threatening a crackdown acted prematurely and will have to wait until citations are issued.
4. PartyPoker Gives Out Huge JackPot Online

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October 28th, 2004

Half Way Through The WEEK!
Congratulations, you’ve made it half way through the week. It’s about time you reward yourself by registering to win 1 of 30 great poker prizes. Be sure to make your weekend sports bets & poker play with Bodog. Great job to the World Series Champions the Boston Red Sox!
Today’s Poker News: (Submit Poker News)

1. Hold’em or Fold’em – the 2003 World Series of Poker on DVD November 2nd – [Press Release] PR Newswire – Oct 27 12:21 PM – CINCINNATI, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — It’s the pinnacle of poker, where participants, including some of the greatest gamblers in the world, play hard for a chance at poker immortality and caches worth millions of dollars.
2. Dog track wags tail for poker – Florida Today – Oct 26 10:18 PM – VIERA — The new owners of the Melbourne Greyhound Park want to capitalize on the popularity of poker tournaments as a way to increase its coffers and reverse declining attendance at the decades-old track.
3. PartyPoker, ESPN, Bicycle Casino to Co-host Poker Tournament – Rolling Good Times – Oct 26 2:16 PM – LOS ANGELES – (PRESS RELEASE) — PartyPoker.com, the world’s largest online poker room, will partner with ESPN Radio 710 and the Bicycle Casino to present the 1st Annual ESPN Radio 710 Mason & Ireland Celebrity Poker Party on Sunday, November 14. Up to 700 participants are invited to compete in the No-Limit Hold ’em tournament for a guaranteed $25,000 first prize.

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October 26th, 2004

Exciting Week For Everyone
Got a few e-mails this week with some important poker news. First off, it seems Paradise Poker is getting sold to a Sportsbook. Which means, Bodog (the only Sportsbook/poker) will have some competition in the near future.
I received another e-mail from Bill W. out of Texas who asks, “What’s the big sports bet for this weekend?”. Well my poker playing fans, it’s not the world series. My sports prediction for this coming weekend is USC. The undefeated Trojans shall remain untouched! Now, its up to you to win your poker money and place your bets @ Bodog.
Today’s Poker News: (Submit Poker News)
1. Poker Tournaments Give Fundraisers Full Houses – Rolling Good Times – Oct 25 12:11 PM – MASSACHUSETTS – As reported by the Boston Herald: “Poker might well be the new bingo among the young fund-raising set. “Ever since it hit the airwaves on the Travel Channel’s `World Poker Tour’ in 2002, the riverboat-era game has attracted legions of followers, from teenagers to grandpas.
2. Paddy Power to Offer Online Poker – Rolling Good Times – Oct 25 12:37 PM – IRELAND – As reported by the (Ireland) Sunday Business Post: “Bookmaker Paddy Power is set to offer online poker as part of the company’s expansion of its internet activities which are becoming increasingly profitable for the Irish company.
3. Sportingbet makes £170m poker play – Belfast Telegraph – Oct 25 8:01 AM – Sportingbet, the online betting company, will line up a strong hand in the internet poker stakes this week if it completes a £170m deal to buy Paradise Poker.
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October 24th, 2004

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Every week my e-mail is full of people asking where can they get the cheapest (*but best quality poker chips). Well if you know me, I stay far away from retail sales and the lucrative poker chip sales business. However, I recently stumbled upon an excellent deal for all my wonderful readers…

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Enjoy! Also, I know I know — thanks for all the e-mail rubbing it in that the Red Sox won. However, its only game one people. And, boy o boy was it a close one. You still have time to get your bets in @ Bodog Sportsbook.
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1. Nonprofits ride poker’s hot streak – Lowell Sun – 1 hour, 51 minutes ago – The Chelmsford Friends of Music needed $10,000 for new instruments and uniforms, and new vice president Ray Velazquez suggested they hold a poker tournament.
2. ESPN Draws Pair for Poker Drama – Reuters via Yahoo! News – Oct 22 12:47 AM – Eddie Cibrian and Chris Bauer have been tapped as the first actors to join the ensemble cast of ESPN’s upcoming drama series “Tilt,” which centers on the fictitious World Poker Championships in Las Vegas.
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October 22nd, 2004

Red Sox Vs. Cardinals

Happy Friday and what an incredible Saturday we have to look forward to. What we have here is one of the most historic World Series ever, one can only hope it will be half as exciting as the league championships. So let us all take a break from our 3/6 game and watch our nations other past time, baseball.
Today’s Poker News:

1. ESPN Draws Pair for Poker Drama – Reuters via Yahoo! News – 53 minutes ago – Eddie Cibrian and Chris Bauer have been tapped as the first actors to join the ensemble cast of ESPN’s upcoming drama series “Tilt,” which centers on the fictitious World Poker Championships in Las Vegas.
2. Online Poker TV Show Debuts – [Press Release] PRWeb – 1 hour, 32 minutes ago – “Poker Updates” launched as the first streaming TV show that takes you inside the world of poker. [PRWEB Oct 22, 2004]
3. Texas Hold Em Poker Secrets Uncovered – [Press Release] PRWeb – 1 hour, 27 minutes ago – Secrets of winning the wildly popular Texas Hold Em Poker game revealed in startling new book. [PRWEB Oct 22, 2004]

October 21st, 2004

Red Sox Take THE ALCS!
Who would have thought that the Red Sox would come back from nearly being swept to doing the sweeping. Even if your a Yankee fan you’ve got to admit that was one hell of a comeback. What an amazing series.
Today’s Poker News:

1. World Poker Tour -WPT- Season Three: Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship – [Press Release] StockHouse U.S. – Oct 20 1:59 PM
In a show of respect for all-time poker great Doyle Brunson, hundreds of players made an appointment with the WORLD POKER TOUR(TM) and its new tournament honoring the man who memorialized the 10-2 poker hand. The inaugural event started Tuesday at Bellagio, Las Vegas.
2. Retailers bet on traditional toys, poker chips this Christmas – Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News – Oct 20 1:25 AM – HONG KONG, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Forget the toys with bells, whistles and flashing lights this Christmas. Traditional games and hobbies are set to make a comeback with yo-yo’s and poker chips expected to be in large supply on Santa’s sleigh thanks to the influence of television and lean economic …
3. Lewisburg Green Dragons slay opponents on the field, each other on the poker tables – The Daily Item – Oct 20 2:10 AM – The ring, emanating from the one player’s cell phone, is — to say the least — ill-timed. What began as an 11-player poker tournament is down to two.

October 17th, 2004

Celeb B-List Poker & Poker Suits

Celebrity Poker Showdown with Phil Gordon, should be interesting this week. Child star Macully Caulkin and Kevin Nealon will be guest starring. IT’s always a good time to watch and see how big of an ass these B-List celebrities can make of themselves playing some B-Class Poker 😉

Check out this PartyPoker Blog, interesting idea.
Today’s Poker News:
1. Poker’s New Suit – Forbes.com via Yahoo! News – Oct 18 12:33 PM – Maybe poker really is a sport. It’s televised. It’s awash in prize loot. And now there’s even an ownership feud brewing between its biggest promoters.
2. Bodog Press Release is pleased to release the remaining dates for the VH1 special “Reality Secrets Revealed 2,” which features segments from Bodog.com President Rob Gillespie.

October 16th, 2004

Tips For Poker Getting Better

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Today’s Poker New’s:

1. Do Video Poker Full House and Flush Payoffs Really Matter? – RGT Online – Rolling Good Times – 14 minutes ago – Do Video Poker Full House and Flush Payoffs Really Matter? Are the gambling gurus right? The ones who are always blathering about the importance of finding the machines and table games with the smallest house advantage.
2. Poker supplies could put retailers in the chips – Star-Telegram – Oct 17 5:05 AM – TOLEDO, Ohio – With poker’s popularity growing because of televised tournaments, retailers are betting that playing cards and chips will be among the must-have items during the holiday shopping season.
3. ASCA to host poker tourney – Amarillo Globe News – Oct 17 5:06 AM – Amarillo Senior Citizens Association, Inc. will sponsor another ASCA Texas Hold ’em Poker Tournament at noon Nov. 6 at the center, at 1220 S. Polk St. Entry fee is $25 per person and includes a chicken-fried steak lunch. Tournament play begins at 1 p.m.
4. Poker’s New Suit – Forbes.com via Yahoo! News – Oct 14 3:36 PM – Maybe poker really is a sport. It’s televised. It’s awash in prize loot. And now there’s even an ownership feud brewing between its biggest promoters.

October 15th, 2004

Poker News & New Poker Rooms

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Today’s Poker News:

1. Poker’s New Suit – Forbes.com via Yahoo! News – Oct 14 3:36 PM – Maybe poker really is a sport. It’s televised. It’s awash in prize loot. And now there’s even an ownership feud brewing between its biggest promoters.
2. Bars seek to prevent state from halting poker tourneys – The Daily Comet – Oct 15 3:56 PM – Two Baton Rouge bars went to court Friday to save their weekly poker tournaments from state liquor regulators, who plan to crack down on the games beginning Nov. 1.
3. TV captures popularity of poker – Quad City Times – Oct 15 10:16 PM – Have you gotten in the game yet? These days the game is poker. Tournament action on cable TV has captured the public s imagination.

October 12th, 2004

NEW CONTEST!

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October 8th, 2004

CHEATING EXPOSED! : Self-Collusion

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October 7th, 2004

This Week In Poker

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October 5th, 2004

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More information on Teens And Poker, its really getting out of control. Now I know why I’m so successful on partypoker!

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October 2nd, 2004

Weekend Updates

Teens and gambling, on the rise? You be the judge – check out this latest article about how our children are spending their lunch money. Discuss it here. Speaking of teen gambling, have you registered for the College Poker Championship yet? It’s free and you could win your shot at over $100,000 in scholarships.

The Members Only Section has been updated with some awesome information about Free Money, how to be a successful affiliate and online cheating. Later next week we will be posting the ULTIMATE article about how to cheat online by yourself. That’s correct, so get your membership today.

The boys @ Bodog told me to pass this along to you, this is their monthly newsletter which this month explains how sport betting works just in time for football season, be sure to check it out.

October 2nd, 2004

Good Morning October!
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