Most of the players knew each other from the Cleveland poker festival or meetup.com, a Web site aimed at helping people with like interests find each other. They took the game seriously and came ready to win -- or lose -- big, carrying at least $11,000 cash among them. But from the start, Jonathan Powell, 32, of Akron, seemed distracted, several players said.

His job as general manager of the PCI Gaming poker room is to get the newly licensed facility at Pensacola Greyhound Track up and running. To do that, Vineyard has been on a hurry-up hiring and buying spree in anticipation of the poker room's grand opening on Wednesday. So far, he's spent hundreds of thousands of dollars with local vendors and contractors remodeling nearly 9,000 square feet of the track's interior space to accommodate the room's 25 tables.

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Welcome to the BLUFF Daily Buzz, where we scour the entire internet for all the latest news in and around the world of poker. If it involves chips and cards, or people known to associate with chips and cards, we're there. Denver underground poker room owner faces 24 years in prisonJeffrey Castardi, the owner and operator of an underground Denver poker club whose operations drove two men to suicide, pleaded guilty this week to one charge of racketeering under the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act.

Proponents and opponents of expanded gambling squared off again for more than six hours Thursday, reprising arguments for and against casinos and slot machines, but in an atmosphere that's changed considerably from the last legislative session. Expanded gambling proponents, sensing support at the highest levels of state government, said worsening budget problems and rising unemployment are key reasons for lawmakers to reassess gambling options.

Vince is no stranger to comedic roles, having done a couple with his co-star Jon Favreau in Swingers and Made, while Malin is fresh off her successful role in Watchmen. During this roundtable interview, Vince and Malin talk about relationships, sharks, Merle Haggard and more. When Vince walked in we were discussing football so the conversation started right off with sports.

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Score 600,000 points playing Poker Superstars 2 between 2/5 and 3/4 and you will win the Hip Chip badge! Think you're up to the challenge? Then it's time to play! Game Tip: Don't get caught chasing a straight! Hoping for cards to fill out a straight or a flush is a common beginner error-and a great way to go home early.

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As a kid growing up in Amesbury, Jeffrey Donovan didn't make it to too many Sox games. "We couldn't afford it,'' the actor told us yesterday while sipping an Ipswich Ale at the Barking Crab. So it was an extra-special treat for him to stand on the mound last night and throw the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway.

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Spent lots of time with the family to start off 2009, which is a great thing! 1st January 2009 (Thurs): Sentosa! I first brought up the idea to Mell last week, for us to head to Sentosa on 1st Jan. (Just remembered that I also celebrated New Year at Sentosa with the sec sch pals...

Poker Pro Annie Duke Runner-up In Trumps's Celebrity ApprenticePublished on 12 May 09 10:42 by DendraThe Celebrity Apprentice finals featured an intense battle between poker pro Annie Duke and comedian Joan Rivers. The rivalry between the two culminated, as the competition reached a whole new level.

So I'm playing this guy online 2easy as I mentioned previously. I'm going to play him a total of 5000 hands and hope to be done before the WSOP starts otherwise I won't have time for online play. In the first session we played 350 hands and I won $6175 playing $25-$50 no limit hold'em. The second session was much more swingy.

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She might not be the most flamboyant character in the poker world, but the game we all love is only about one thing, and that is winning, and that's something she definitely can do. Kathy Liebert was born on October 1st, 1967, in the city of country music, Nashville, Tennessee. During her youth, Kathy was already involved in a lot of card games and it quickly became apparent that she had a feel for the games.

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First of all, I'd like to thank Maryann (Goddess) for the opportunity to attend poker school. For those that don't know, I won this opportunity through WPC league play. This was a multi-week tourney with WPC members and through a lot of tough competition, I won first place. I went to Las Vegas over Memorial Day weekend to attend the WPT Boot Camp.

This article was first posted on our blog on March 20th. In the wake of GDC and much talk about social gaming, I felt it was worth a reprint to the Gamaustra readership. This article describes 8 kinds of social game operating today (mostly on Facebook) and provides many examples. We hope it does a better job of explaining what is going on in social games and why we're so very excited by social games in general.