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Left: Rep. Ron Paul (R) <BR> Right: Rep. Barney Frank (D)Can Reps. Barney Frank and Ron Paul Prevent Implementing UIGEA? - Lou Krieger

A bill introduced in congress a few weeks ago by Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Ron Paul (R-TX) would prohibit the Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve System from proposing, prescribing, or implementing any regulations related to the current ban on Internet gambling, as required by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA).

Recent testimony before Congress offered proof that financial services institutions face serious regulatory burdens in attempting to enforce UIGEA and related regulations, which in any event is unlikely to stop millions of Americans from gambling online.

Representatives from the Credit Union National Association, Financial Services Roundtable, American Bankers Association, and Wells Fargo & Co... read more

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This Showboat $1 Chip Sold for $28, 988.88Showboat Casino Chip Sets Record - Sells for $28,988.88 at eBay Auction - staff

[Press Release]The auction started at $2.25, where it ended set a new record for a $1 chip from a casino in Nevada, the closed Showboat Casino in Las Vegas, open from 1954-2001. The chip has, according to one source, only TWO known surviving examples and was valued as high as $15,000.00! The closing price: $28, 988... read more

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We all have our weaknesses. Some of mine are salty foods, classic Hitchcock movies, and suited aces. For those of us who love to play drawing hands, A-x suited is one of the most beguiling hands in hold'em. Aces can get cracked, kings are vulnerable if an ace flops, Big Slick frequently doesn't connect-and it's pretty much de rigueur to raise pre-flop with all of those hands... read more

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Ghosts at the Table: by Des Wilson Da Capo Press (2008) ISBN: 978-0-306-81628-4 342 pp, $26.00Book Review: Ghosts at the Table by Des Wilson Da Capo Press (2008) - Nick Christenson

Amarillo Slim Preston, among others, has been quoted as saying “Poker is a game of people,” and to a lesser extent about cards.

If this is true, and poker players generally take this as an axiom, then we must conclude that the history of poker is much more about the people who played the game than the hands they played. Certainly, this is the approach taken by Des Wilson throughout his examination of the history of the game in his book, “Ghosts at the Table.”

Wilson divides poker history into four parts: the 19th century frontier, the road gamblers of the 1940s and 1950s, and the legitimization of poker in the last half of the 20th century, and poker in the 21st century... read more

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Neil Channing - A Marvelous Poker PlayerNeil Channing - A Marvelous Poker Player - Jonathan Raab

He's one of the most recognizable faces in the UK poker circuit and may also be reasonably well known in Vegas, considering he's visited there several times a year for most of the last two decades. In fact not long ago, Neil Channing estimated that he'd spent a total of two years of his life in Sin City.

When he's not in America he can usually be found in the £500 no-limit hold'em cash game at The Vic casino in London. In fact, he spends so much time there that he recently moved flats so he could be within walking distance of the casino he refers to as his "office... read more

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The shootings and rescue of a couple on a sailboat that drug runners had been trying to seize when their motor launch failed had unnerved us. I had taken out one of the bad guys with an automatic rifle when he ignored my command and pointed an Uzi toward me. I was nearly shot when the other desperado suddenly brandished a weapon, but my gal Kim, a sure shot with a pistol, got him first.

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