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Both sides are involved in games, but the Poker Players Alliance and the National Football League are on different sides of this question:

Should gambling be legalized on the Internet? (YES)

The Poker Players Alliance plans to spend $3 million to lobby Congress to overturn an Internet gambling ban, or at least carve out an exemption that would legalize and regulate online poker.

The NFL, with a lobbying effort of its own here, says such legalized gambling would be a threat to the "integrity of our game.'' 😄

The hundreds of thousands of people who use online gambling sites around the US, previously dismissed as a minority, and oppressed by laws are beginning to fight back by declaring their political power and getting legislative allies on side.

Now with more than a million members, the PPA is able to exercise its political influence with $3 million being spent on lobbying to protest the anti-gambling efforts being made by the NFL and the Christian Coalition. With such a large voice, the silent majority of online gamblers now seem as if they have the weight behind them to be heard on the political agenda.

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These first two hands happened at the Final Table of $11 15Kgd on PS. I ended up finishing 7th as you can see for $840. First place was 4.9K, I shoulda had a shot at it. But I can't dodge a 3 outer, then a 2 outer.

Losing to the 3 outer.
Seat 1: Zvornik187 (2918539 in chips)
Seat 3: ImTheMarine (577542 in chips)
Seat 4: Goozik (850782 in chips)
Seat 5: thanec (288189 in chips)
Seat 6: aznboy001 (761242 in chips)
Seat 7: Myxin17 (747128 in chips)
Seat 8: kelpiedog (1956578 in chips)
Zvornik187: posts the ante 4000
ImTheMarine: posts the ante 4000
Goozik: posts the ante 4000
thanec: posts the ante 4000
aznboy001: posts the ante 4000
Myxin17: posts the ante 4000
kelpiedog: posts the ante 4000
Zvornik187: posts small blind 20000
ImTheMarine: posts big blind 40000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Goozik [9c 9h]
Goozik: calls 40000
thanec: folds
aznboy001: folds
Myxin17: calls 40000
kelpiedog: folds
Zvornik187: calls 20000
ImTheMarine: checks
*** FLOP *** [4h 3s 4c]
Zvornik187: checks
ImTheMarine: checks
Goozik: bets 120000
Myxin17: folds
Zvornik187: folds
ImTheMarine: raises 160000 to 280000
Goozik: raises 320000 to 600000
ImTheMarine: calls 253542 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (66458) returned to Goozik
*** TURN *** [4h 3s 4c] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [4h 3s 4c Ad] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ImTheMarine: shows [Ah 8s] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
Goozik: shows [9c 9h] (two pair, Nines and Fours)
ImTheMarine collected 1255084 from pot

Losing to a 2 outer Yeah I was behind preflop. But after the flop I'm a 90% fav.

Seat 1: Zvornik187 (3138539 in chips)
Seat 3: ImTheMarine (1215084 in chips)
Seat 4: Goozik (281240 in chips)
Seat 5: thanec (204189 in chips)
Seat 6: aznboy001 (677242 in chips)
Seat 7: Myxin17 (691128 in chips)
Seat 8: kelpiedog (1892578 in chips)
Zvornik187: posts the ante 4000
ImTheMarine: posts the ante 4000
Goozik: posts the ante 4000
thanec: posts the ante 4000
aznboy001: posts the ante 4000
Myxin17: posts the ante 4000
kelpiedog: posts the ante 4000
kelpiedog: posts small blind 20000
Zvornik187: posts big blind 40000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Goozik [8s As]
ImTheMarine: folds
Goozik: raises 237240 to 277240 and is all-in
thanec: folds
aznboy001: folds
Myxin17: folds
kelpiedog: raises 242760 to 520000
Zvornik187: folds
Uncalled bet (242760) returned to kelpiedog
*** FLOP *** [8c 4s 8d]
*** TURN *** [8c 4s 8d] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [8c 4s 8d Qd] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kelpiedog: shows [Qc Qs] (a full house, Queens full of Eights)
Goozik: shows [8s As] (three of a kind, Eights)
kelpiedog collected 622480 from pot

Getting my A's cracked here to fin 16th in $5 MTT on PS tonight.
First in this tourney was only worth $500 and some change, but I shoulda made it to the Final Table at least.

Table '158324041 21' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Goozik (47252 in chips)
Seat 3: LARRYTTT (210692 in chips)
Seat 4: oldschool46 (69022 in chips)
Seat 5: cachegirl19 (60974 in chips)
Seat 6: zocketpocket (60753 in chips)
Seat 7: 48joe (38689 in chips)
Seat 8: Rojo Diablo6 (61488 in chips)
Seat 9: adrock0902 (55371 in chips)
Goozik: posts the ante 300
LARRYTTT: posts the ante 300
oldschool46: posts the ante 300
cachegirl19: posts the ante 300
zocketpocket: posts the ante 300
48joe: posts the ante 300
Rojo Diablo6: posts the ante 300
adrock0902: posts the ante 300
48joe: posts small blind 1500
Rojo Diablo6: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Goozik [Ac Ah]
Rojo Diablo6 said, " no life?"
adrock0902: folds
Goozik: raises 5000 to 8000
LARRYTTT: folds
oldschool46: calls 8000
cachegirl19: folds
zocketpocket: folds
48joe: folds
Rojo Diablo6: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qd 9s Qs]
Goozik: bets 13000
oldschool46: raises 13000 to 26000
Goozik: raises 12952 to 38952 and is all-in
oldschool46: calls 12952
*** TURN *** [Qd 9s Qs] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [Qd 9s Qs Ks] [4s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Goozik: shows [Ac Ah] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
oldschool46: shows [Qh Kd] (a full house, Queens full of Kings)
oldschool46 collected 100804 from pot

For those of you interested in the state of U.S. online Poker, here is some good news. We may be getting a big boost from my home state, California. Arnold (The Govenator!) and some politicians worried about the budget and their re-election, have introduced legislation to legalize internet gaming. They have proposed a law to regulate and “protect” the people of California and increase tax revenues. It’s about time someone saw the light!! Since they succeeded in re-writing the Indian gaming law about 18 month’s ago, look for this legislation to pass. It can very well be a MAJOR turning point for U.S. online gaming. As things progress I will keep yall posted.


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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn’t view gambling as much of a problem. 😄

Online poker player 'biffsworld' became Bodog's next poker champion last night after winning the Bodog Poker Open III Main Event.

The 23-year-old has been playing on Bodog since October 2007 and has taken down several tournaments over the past couple of years.

Final table results and payouts:

1. biffsworld - $40,283
2. ShuMoneyTonite - $26,989
3. Mr Walcott - $17,885
4. Seanpoker1 - $12,890
5. Sebby10 - $9,346
6. ImTheJackal - $7,251
7. RJules12 - $5,640
8. Mazelucky - $4,028
9. SKeeeter - $2,739

Regards

The latest clash in the marathon 50 000 hand, multi-table online poker challenge between Finnish pro Patrik Antonius and Tom 'durrr' Dwan has seen the fighting Finn move significantly closer to winning the million-and-a-half dollar wager by convincingly defeating Dwan, creating an almost $500 000 lead for himself.

42 hours into the challenge, Antonius outplayed Dwan, taking several significant pots to put him $ 488 133 ahead as the two battled to the 13 246 hands played in the challenge. A stunning $ 81 244 200 has been wagered on the sessions played thus far. Dwan lost $328 470 in this one clash, which generated an average pot size of $ 4 364.

The latest session was brief at just over 30 minutes and 300 hands, but decisive for Antonius, and leaves Dwan with a large gap to close, although there is still plenty of time left in the challenge.

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At HollywoodPoker-com, online poker players are getting something for nothing! Players can earn cash every weekday playing daily Freerolls. There is nothing sweeter than making a few extra bucks after knocking-off work all without breaking a sweat.

Hollywood Poker is offering up to $3000 in it's clubHOLLYWOODpoker Weekly Freeroll Series which runs Monday through Friday each week. On workdays at 5:00PM EST / 7:00PM GMT, online poker players can look forward to earning quick cash with absolutely no buy-in.

Welcome:

Harrahs is starting a new tradition this year by inviting all WSOP event winners back to the Amazon Room the day after their victory to present them with their bracelets.

The ceremony will take place daily at 2:20 PM and will be presided over by WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack, who will present the Corum bracelet just as players are returning from their first break of the day, ensuring a decent crowd of observers. That is, if the events actually start on time, something not always guaranteed.

A Bracelet Ceremony Stage (BCS) will be set up in the Amazon Ballroom and will exclude schools from the mid-major conferences even if they did go undefeated like Utah in the 2008-2009 season….wait, sorry, wrong BCS. It's Friday, forgive us.

Along with their WSOP bracelets, WSOP event winners will also receive a year of "Diamond" status at all Harrahs properties, as has become customary. Once again, the bracelets will be designed and provide by Corum.

The first bracelet ceremony is slated for Monday, June 1 and will continue daily through the first day of the Main Event, July 3, where the winners of Events #54 & #55 on July 1st will be asked to return on July 3 to be awarded their bracelets, due to the fact no new tournaments are slated on July 2 (Day Off!!1😡!!111!)

If you want to be one of the players receiving their bracelet as part of this new ceremony, then check out Bodog Poker's 2009 WSOP online satellites for a chance to win a $12,000 WSOP Main Event package.

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"jjjj" has won several smaller tournaments during his two years playing at Bodog, but this is by far his largest payday. However, "jjjj" is no stranger to the final table of the $100k Guaranteed, having reached the final nine not long after he started playing on Bodog, finish in third place for $9,000.

Here are the full final table results and payouts:

1. jjjj - $25,000
2. Ozone23 - $15,000
3. Yetti Man - $9,500
4. king silas - $7,000
5. iLLNuGWichee - $5,500
6. gatti21 - $4,500
7. MASSAGEGIRL - $3,500
8. Kirk50 - $2,200
9. Purpl3Haze - $1,700

To find out more about Bodog's line-up of online poker tournaments, head over to the Bodog Poker room, take a look at the schedule and play for a chance to win your part of the more than $5 million in cash prizes awarded every month.

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2006 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jamie Gold has just signed a partnership deal with poker agency Poker Icons. Home to the likes of Annete Obrestad, Soren Kongsgaard and Juha Helppi, Poker Icons will now be the home of Jamie Gold. He is the winner of the biggest poker tournament payout in history, as he won $12 million at the 2006 World Series Of Poker.

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When it became public knowledge that President Barack Obama had a penchant for the casual poker game, it became a viable consideration that the then-presidential candidate would be open to pro-poker legislation if he was voted into the highest office in the United States. More than 100 days into his presidency, after having asked for Americans to voice their opinions about important issues via the White House Citizen’s Briefing Book, Obama will be faced with the issue of legalizing online poker because it ranked as the top technology issue by the American people.

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Who doesn't like to read that, it's positive and a step forward.

The Poker Players Alliance is flush with confidence after learning that their primary legislative agenda, legalizing online poker, ranked first as a priority among technology items in a citizens briefing book given to President Obama.

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US players are RESTRICTED :mad:

Ultimate Bet’s 8th Annual Aruba Poker Classic 2009 is heading back to the beautiful Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa for another year of unforgettable island poker from October 3rd to the 10th. Over 550 players are expected to play for their cut of a multi-million-dollar prizepool up for grabs in the eight-day poker festival hosted by the leading online poker site, UltimateBet.


Ultimate Bet invites you to play poker and party with the tightest online poker community on the planet.

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There have been several crucial steps taken in the past few months that suggest online poker may be removed from the ‘banned for your own good’ list it currently resides on. With our poker friendly President, and with the PPA pounding the pavement around Washington, as well as continuing its grass roots campaigns across the country, legalized online poker may be a real possibility sooner than expected.

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The poker legend and WSOP Champion Scotty Nguyen is going to be the new poker ambassador for the online gaming company Expekt. The contract with Scotty commences as of the 15th of May 2009.

(Scotty Nguyen, who’s nickname is *The Prince of Poker*, has won over $10 Million during his poker career and is one of the most famous poker players of all time).

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The poker legend and WSOP Champion Scotty Nguyen is going to be the new poker ambassador for the online gaming company Expekt. The contract with Scotty commences as of the 15th of May 2009.

(Scotty Nguyen, who’s nickname is *The Prince of Poker*, has won over $10 Million during his poker career and is one of the most famous poker players of all time).

:dirol oh baby, he's going to be a good ambassador for poker, and he is one of they best if not the best. YA BABYYYYY

A Swedish appeals court greatly reduced the sentences for four men convicted for illegally arranging the 2007 European Poker Challenge, based largely on expert court testimony showing that Texas Hold'em tournaments are more skill than luck. The Local news reports that experts believe this ruling may pave the way for more competition for Sweden's state-owned gambling monopoly, Svenska Spel.

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