Schuyler Twaddle of Chesterbrook, PA took home almost $400,000.00 and the Poker Championship bracelet after outlasting local player Weiwen Liang of Galloway, NJ. The final table featured players from all over the country including Las Vegas, Maryland, Florida, New York and North Carolina.

Actress Cheryl Hines as well as an array of poker notables including Chris Bell, Bill Blanda, Joey 'the B' Brooks, Steve Dannenmann, Will 'the Thrill' Failla, Amnon Filippi, Matt Glantz, Paul Kitsos, Davidson Matthew, Dale Pinchot, Mike 'Little Man' Sica, Joseph Simmons, and Roy Winston were included in the almost 800 participants.

In total, 72 players were paid a total... Continue reading Schuyler Twaddle Wins $395,095 and Championship Bracelet at Borgata Deep Stack

[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, 988.88!

Sandy Marbs of Florisant, Mo was the seller! And what a story she had to tell! The chip did indeed lie in her jewelry box for 47 years as she said. She was searching for things to sell on eBay in that box and thought, 'Why not?' Sandy, retired from Kwik Kopy & Express Scripts and living essentially on Social Security had only since January of 2008 been a seller on eBay! She hadn't been to Las Vegas in 8 years and only had a few other chips from that last trip PLUS the $28,988.88 MONSTER! She was inundated by emails after the listing was posted, she turned down offers of $1,000.00, $4,000.00 and $5,000.00 to end the listing early! Sandy was aided by membe... Continue reading Showboat Casino Chip Sets Record - Sells for $28,988.88 at eBay Auction

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. testified on April 2 about the unnecessary burden they would face before the House Committee on Financial Service's Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. They described t... Continue reading Can Reps. Barney Frank and Ron Paul Prevent Implementing UIGEA?

JEN HARMAN RAISES OVER $300,000 FOR THE NEVADA SPCA

I recently attended the charity poker event of the year, the Jennifer Harman Nevada SPCA fundraiser at the Venetian. Hundreds of players came out to support the event, including Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, and many more luminaries from the world of poker. For the second straight year, Doyle auctioned the hat right off his head as some lucky bidder won the right to claim Doyle's ten gallon hat.

When the dust had cleared, over $320,000 was raised for this fine charity, tournament winner Seth Dupre won himself a seat into the Main Event of the 2008 WSOP, and everyone had a really good time.

MANILA POKER PREZ ESCAPES BOTCHED KIDNAP ATTEMPT

Philippines newspaper The Tempo reports that Hermie Philipson Chua, 34, president of the Philippine Poker Players Association, escaped a recent abduction attempt. Chua's vehicle was stopped by a beggar and then stormed by three a... Continue reading Poker News: Jen Harman Charity; WPT Ladies and the Tiltboys; PPA Over Million Member Mark

The concept of 'indication... is central to winning at poker. You can play your hands by rote, doing exactly what you've decided to do in advance for given situations. And against weak or intermediate players that might be enough to win, just by itself-assuming your preplanned choices are well reasoned.

But you can make a lot more money by looking for indications that opponents might be holding weak or strong, bluffing or hoping you'll call. It's obvious that if you see four hearts on the board and an opponent bets, that's an indication that your opponent might hold a flush. The indications I like most, though, come from tells.

Today's quiz, continuing the series in which I get to ask my own questions and answer them, is about tells as indicators. Ready, set, go.

Question 35: How do tells indicate things about opposing poker hands? Tells are human behavioral indicators that opponents provide to you free of charge. Sometimes they're involunta... Continue reading Todays Word is... Indication