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Dan Podheiser Gaming Guru - Page 14  Poker Player Tweets of the Week: Mo' Money Mo' Problems15 November 2013
Hello again, poker fans. After taking a week off to do the whole "getting married" thing, I'm back in the saddle to bring you the best tweets from poker players from the past week.
A lot has happened since my last column, but nothing more important than Ryan Riess taking down the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event for a cool $8.36 million. ... (read more)
Rep. McDermott re-introduces 12 percent online gambling tax15 November 2013
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) on Thursday introduced "The Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2013" in the House of Representatives. Under the proposal, operators, not players, would pay a 12 percent deposit tax, including four percent to the federal government and eight percent to qualified states and tribes, depending on the location of the player making the deposit. ... (read more)
WSOP Main Event final table primer1 November 2013
Four months ago, a field of 6,352 players entered the World Series of Poker $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship hoping for the $8.36 million first-place prize. On Monday, the remaining nine players, known as the "November Nine," will regroup at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and battle for the Main Event title. ... (read more)
Poker Player Tweets of the Week: Basketball is back1 November 2013
On Monday night, all eyes will be on the World Series of Poker Main Event final table, as nine talented players battle for the WSOP championship bracelet and an $8.36 million top prize.
The November Nine is the premier event on the poker calendar, and the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino will be buzzing next week. ... (read more)
Top-10 NBA bets for the 2013-2014 season28 October 2013
The 2013-2014 NBA season kicks off tomorrow night and there are plenty of intriguing storylines to watch over the next eight months. In the Eastern Conference, LeBron James will try to lead the Miami Heat to a third straight NBA title, while 2011 MVP Derrick Rose is set to return from a torn ACL in his left knee and turn the Chicago Bulls back into championship contenders. ... (read more)
Poker Player Tweets of the Week: It's time to debate25 October 2013
Poker players will debate pretty much anything. They're analytical by nature and they spend hours on end sitting around chatting with their friends at the tables.
So it's no surprise that a couple of tweets really stirred up the poker community this week. Online and live players debated about the ... (read more)
Poker Player Tweets of the Week: Can't get enough poker18 October 2013
Poker players have flocked to Casino Barriere in Enghien-les-Bains, France for the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe. The series has generated major headlines so far. Darko Stojanovic beat Dan O'Brien to win the €3,250 mixed max pot-limit Omaha event. Jeremy Ausmus, a 2012 November Niner, took down his ... (read more)
Poker Player Tweets of the Week: Forgetting "Runner Runner"11 October 2013
Last week, I promised that this week's column would be devoted to poker players' reactions to Runner Runner, the first mainstream film about the online gambling industry.
Change of plans. As I covered in my review and senior editor Aaron Todd covered in his weekly top-10 column, Runner Runner was a collapse of epic proportion. ... (read more)
"Runner Runner" could have been a parody7 October 2013
When Brian Koppelman and David Levien wrote Rounders in 1998, they did something no one had ever done before: They made poker interesting to a mainstream audience. If Chris Moneymaker was the spark that created the poker boom in 2003, Rounders was the match that lit the fuse. Fifteen years later, the film is still the seminal work of its kind, loved by poker enthusiasts and novices alike. ... (read more)
New Jersey online gambling will go live Nov. 264 October 2013
New Jersey will officially go live with online gambling on Tuesday, Nov. 26. State regulations go into effect Oct. 21, with additional changes not included in the original proposal becoming effective Oct. 28. A five-day "soft play" period will begin Nov. 21, in which licensed Internet gaming permit holders will be required to have invited players test their systems in a "live" environment. ... (read more)
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