Archive for April, 2006

Free eBook – Build An Online Poker Bankroll For Free updated
24-7PressRelease.com – An updated version of this free eBook has been released. /24-7PressRelease/ – LENEXA, KS, April 21, 2006 – Legends Of America is pleased to announce an updated version of its popular free eBook Build An Online Poker Bankroll For Free has been

Rain doesn’t dampen C4C event
Neosho Daily News – Tara Stewart and her sons, Joey, 2, Brenton, 9, and Anthony, 3, all of Rocky Comfort, were among those attending Saturday s Choppers For Children fundraiser for the Children s Miracle Network. CMN helped when Anthony nearly drowned at 17 months

Theater in the Oval
Washington Post – Although she can’t know what it’s like to be Condoleezza Rice, Gloria Reuben is learning a thing or two about walking in her shoes. Ferragamos, to be exact. Every night in “Stuff Happens” — the provocative play by David Hare that speculates on the

Ralph Ketner still looking to tell why things will work or not
Salisbury Post – Fourteen years into retirement from Food Lion, Ralph Ketner says he’s “about to go nuts.” He plays gin on occasion or Texas hold ‘em poker. He stopped playing a lot of golf because, according to Ketner, he never was good enough to enjoy it. Ketner

April 27th, 2006
WTOP Radio – WASHINGTON (AP) – The Washington Wizards are 3-1 against the Charlotte Bobcats _ and probably glad to be done playing one of the league’s worst teams. Gilbert Arenas scored 34 points as the Wizards swept a home-and-home series with Charlotte in a

Readers Respond
Las Vegas Sun – Regarding the memorial service for former poker champion Puggy Pearson, who died recently at age 77 (“Shared stories of the ’rounder,’ April 19): Puggy Pearson’s despicably abusive behavior toward poker dealers and other card-room personnel is

Everest Poker Players Finish in the Money at WPT Event 
Rolling Good Times - Apr 27 10:23 AM
Both players were winners in Everest Poker’s Direct Entry Satellite for the WPT Championship, held on March 25. Each player earned a $25,000 prize package, which included the $25,000 WPT Championship buy-in, as well as $3,000 in spending money.Save to My Web

PlayFirst Goes All in With Poker Pop(TM): Five-Card Fun With a Fresh New Face 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Apr 26 6:35 AM
PlayFirst, the leading full- service publisher of casual games, introduces a new twist on poker with Poker Pop, a tile matching game that gives card-game enthusiasts a tile-turning, around-the-world escape.Save to My Web

Casino Royale 
MI6 - Apr 28 7:33 PM
James Bond will be seen playing poker with Belgian cards in Casino Royale when it hits theatres November 17th 2006. The playing cards will be supplied by Carte Mundi (Turnhout).Save to My Web

River Belle Sets Another Industry Standard by Merging Flash Casino Games into Poker Software 
SYS-CON Media - Apr 25 1:11 PM
Further separating itself from the competition, River Belle Online Poker now offers its players the unprecedented ability to play poker and any one of 19 different casino games within the same software.Save to My Web

Online Poker Room and Casino Sponsors Budding Pro Poker Player 
Online Poker News - Apr 27 1:35 PM
(Press Release) MANSION, the an online Poker, Casino, Sportsbook, and Sports Exchange gaming entertainment firm, has announced a multi-tiered sponsorship of budding poker star, professional tournament player Erica Schoenberg.Save to My Web

First-timer Wins Live Ladies Poker Event 
[Press Release] PR Web - Apr 26 12:22 AM
A player who had never played a live poker event before won the Betfair Poker Ladies Night Final. It was her first visit to London and now she will be going to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker (WSOP). (PRWEB Apr 26, 2006) Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/U3F1YS1DcmFzLUNyYXMtSG9yci1IYWxmLVplcm8=Save to My Web

Paris Hilton gambles away a Bentley 
drive.com.au - Apr 28 5:08 PM
Hotel heiress Paris Hilton has not had much luck lately with the family’s $375,000 Bentley Continental GT. Late last year her boyfriend crashed the luxury coupe into the back of a truck. Now Hilton may have lost the beloved Bentley in a poker game.Save to My Web

Cleveland: Lubrizol Declares Dividend CLEVELAND — At today’s
dBusinessNews.com – Cleveland: Tri-C and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Present Free Concert Featuring Cleveland Blues Guitarists,Concert Celebrates Tri-C Student-Created CD Release Titled ‘CRG Blues Guitar Summit’ CLEVELAND — Cuyahoga Community College and The

Leinart could slide
SLAM! Sports – Top NFL Draft prospect Matt Leinart, of the University of Southern California, responds to questions during a news interview Thursday April 27, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) NEW YORK (AP) – Two days before the NFL draft, even the

First Friday will be a “Spring Fling”
Knox Pages – MOUNT VERNON – Spring Fling is the theme for the first of the season First Friday and will be held on the Public Square from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m on Friday, May 5th. The very popular Pizza Taste-Off will bring celebrity judges and people

The Bedford Diaries
WB38.com – Owen painstakingly plans a date in hope of impressing Natalie; Lee takes an interest in online poker; Sarah reaches an important romantic realization. Wednesday, April 26, 8:00 p.m. Who behaved the worst in this episode? Zoe, for spilling Lee’s

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Liar’s Poker
Safe Haven – *A trivial game of bluff. It is played using randomly picked currency from your wallet. The denomination does not matter. Gold has topped $600/oz. for the first time in 25 years. Unfortunately, for real contrarians, it is making front page news

Hold ‘em comes to Kennel Club
Tampa Bay Business Journal – It’s almost time to deal ‘em at the Sarasota Kennel Club . The commissioners of both Sarasota and Sarasota County have approved the dog track’s application to open a poker room on site. The games will be held during the racing season that runs from

Mobile games extend to primetime
Detroit News – M obile game makers are flocking to Hollywood to grab the rights to television brands. They are even timing releases to get the most out of the license, with new games tied to “The Sopranos” and “24″ coming out as new seasons begin. Sony Pictures

Ameristar fined for jackpot limits
Kansas City Star – Pai gow poker players at Ameristar s Kansas City casino were prevented from winning the top prize of $62,500 because the company had improperly posted a $20,000 lid on jackpots. The Missouri Gaming Commission on Wednesday fined the casino $5,000

Poker to be offered at Sarasota Kennel Club
Bradenton Herald – SARASOTA – Sarasota County Commissioners unanimously approved low-stakes poker rooms at Sarasota Kennel Club today. The poker room would only be open during dog racing season. Poker enthusiasts have lobbied for a poker room at the kennel club

JACKPOT JOY
New York Post – April 27, 2006 — The New York millionaires club welcomed three new members yesterday – all winners of jackpot scratch-off tickets. Mohamed Salem won $10,000 a week for life in the “Win for Life” scratch-off. Salem, 33, a worker at a Bronx grocery

Jeff Haney on how a Southern California native stared down his
Las Vegas Sun – The major poker tournament scene in Las Vegas remains packed with activity, with Caesars Palace hosting a World Series of Poker Circuit stop from Thursday through May 11. The 15-day schedule is capped by the featured $10,000 buy in no-limit Texas

From Wire and Staff Reports
Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise – A Bartlesville man has been sentenced to serve four years in state custody after he entered a blind plea of guilty to an amended charge of second degree manslaughter Tuesday in Washington County Court. Jarice Leal Gillham, 28, had originally been

Community Calendar
Madera Tribune – There will be a Relay For Life meeting at John Adams School tonight. The team captains meeting will begin at 5:30 with the planning committee meeting at 6:30. They are almost ready to begin this great event. This year’s Relay For Life is May 6-7 at

Smoking ban heads to Senate
Shreveport Times – BATON ROUGE — Smoking should be prohibited in most public areas so non-smokers won’t be plagued with second-hand smoke, a Senate committee said Wednesday. The proposed smoking ban in legislation authored by Sen. Rob Marionneaux, D-Livonia, would

More CL Reaction: Wenger Hails Hero Lehmann 
Goal.com - Apr 25 7:38 PM
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger talked about how his goalkeeper Jens Lehmann won a “poker game” with Villarreal’s Juan Roman Riquelme to send the Gunners into their first ever Champions League final.Save to My Web

Bartholdi wins $3.76 million at poker championship in Las Vegas 
KRNV - 13 minutes ago
A 26-year-old former Las Vegas card dealer has won nearly four million dollars in the WPT World Championship of poker. Joe Bartholdi beat 604 other players for the pot.Save to My Web

Hands-On Mobile Calling All Players to “Shuffle up & Deal” with World Poker Tour(R) and Travel Channel Sweepstakes 
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Apr 26 5:00 AM
SAN FRANCISCO—-April 26, 2006–Hands-On Mobile , a leading global publisher of mobile lifestyle, games and personalization products, today announced a national sweepstakes to coincide with the premiere Season Four episodes of the World Poker Tour , which air each Wednesday on the Travel Channel.Save to My Web

First-timer Wins Live Ladies Poker Event 
[Press Release] PR Web - Apr 26 12:22 AM
A player who had never played a live poker event before won the Betfair Poker Ladies Night Final. It was her first visit to London and now she will be going to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker (WSOP). (PRWEB Apr 26, 2006) Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/U3F1YS1DcmFzLUNyYXMtSG9yci1IYWxmLVplcm8=Save to My Web

2nd Annual Poker Industry Expo to be Held December 7-8, 2006 in Costa Rica 
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Apr 24 12:00 AM
New York, NY (PRWEB) April 24, 2006 — Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc.Save to My Web

TONIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS 
Kansas City Star - Apr 26 12:16 AM
Alias (7 p.m. on 9): Sydneys (Jennifer Garner) nemesis, Anna Espinosa (Gina Torres), kidnaps Will (Bradley Cooper), forcing Syd to cut her maternity leave short. Sloane (Ron Rifkin) comes closer to finding a cure for Nadia. Victor Garber, Carl Lumbly, Kevin Weisman, Balthazar Getty and Rachel Nichols also star in a new episode.Save to My Web

Louisiana Bill Falls Short 
Rolling Good Times - Apr 25 11:32 AM
LOUISIANA As reported by the Louisiana Advocate: “Legislation that would make it legal to hold the popular Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournaments fell two votes shy of clearing the House on Monday.Save to My Web

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