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Since 2008, LIPS, (Ladies International Poker Series) a strong supporter of women in poker, has been inducting talented female poker players into their Women in Poker Hall of Fame and they are now accepting nominations for 2010.

It’s time to have your say and as a poker fan you now get to help all of your favorite female poker players make history. How does one become entitled to this fabulous honor, you ask? Well, here are the criteria for the nomination process:

1. She must be an active player and industry leader for the last 15 years starting from 1994.

2. She must be a strong contributor to the poker world including winning tournaments or having had a strong impact to the industry.

3. She must be a strong supporter of women’s poker.

So if your favorite female poker player supports these criteria by all means nominate the girl. You have until April 30th to send in your nominations via e-mail at Women in Poker Hall of Fame

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Hollywood stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have officially joined the star-studded line-up for the fourth annual WSOP Ante Up for Africa Poker Tournament 2010, which will take place on July 3rd at the Rio All-Suite Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Every year celebrities gather for a little Texas Hold’em fun and competition to raise funds for a series of charities helping to prevent genocide and other crimes throughout Africa. This year, tournament veterans Matt Damon and Ben Affleck will be heating up the scene and attracting other fellow celebs. Past participants of the tournament include Adam Sandler, George Lopez, Shannon Elizabeth, Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey.

"We are very excited to have Matt and Ben already confirmed to participate in our Fourth Annual WSOP Ante Up For Africa poker tournament," said AUFA co-founder, Annie Duke. "We look forward to hearing from more big names in the gaming and entertainment industries as they come on board to give their valuable time and energy and help bring attention to the dire crisis taking place in areas in Africa like Darfur."

Ante Up for Africa Poker Tournament was founded by Annie Duke, Don Cheadle and Norman Epstein back in 2006 and since then they have been able to raise over $3 million for their cause.

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After seven days, the World Poker Tour World Championship has come to an end, shutting the books on the eighth season of the WPT. David Williams will hold the title of WPT World Champion for at least a year, having bested the stacked field of 195 players to take home the $1,530,537 first-place prize.

Here are the final table results from the WPT Championship event:

1st Place: David Williams - $1,530,537
2nd Place: Eric Baldwin - $1,034,715
3rd Place: Shawn Buchanan - $587,906
4th Place: David Benyamine - $329,228
5th Place: Billy Baxter - $246,921
6th Place: John O’Shea - $199,888

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Wow, thats a cool hand to have 😡
Nice one pal..

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The legal team at major online poker firm Full Tilt Poker.com will be celebrating a successful week in which the company prevailed in two US courtrooms.

In the first case, two California players who were banned and had winnings confiscated failed in their civil case against the giant poker site. Lary Kennedy and Greg Omotoy sued Full Tilt last year for false advertising, libel and fraud, alleging that the company had unlawfully seized over $80 000 from their accounts after accusations that they were illegally using bot software.

Full Tilt dismissed the action as"frivolous" and "baseless", claiming: “Both of these player accounts were appropriately terminated for multiple violations of the express terms and conditions governing fair and lawful play in the Full Tilt Poker online virtual cardroom, including their own admissions of using multiple accounts.” The company also drew attention to the lack of cooperation received from the claimants during its investigation.

The case was thrown out by the Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles.

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Is a big tournament yestarday i played that tournament very hard win there i finish in the 300 place and win 75 cents of dollar 😋 but is a great tournament for prube you habilities how player you should play it and see if you can win something of money in a big tournament what is you opinion about this tournament ? i hope you opinion good luck and good life for everyone 😁

Well Done jach25.

Congrats on the ITM Finish.

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The Bigger the Tournament the better in my opinion.

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Congrats to Mr. David Williams.

I like his play and style of the past.

What does everyone think of his new look?

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WPT is cool, good for them and all who cashed at that event.

Bodog Live Poker Room New Holdem Features Up the Ante - The Bodog Poker Room is improving daily for there clinets. There are some new feature in Bodog poker room software that will make the game more enjoyable for everyone. The new features will make the online cash games more like a live Poker games, and will provide players who go deep enough in a Poker tournament with a new setting to play out the final table. These changes should make the game more fun to play and will reflect the live poker tournaments experience much more closely.

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Poker and the World Series of Poker's expansion into one of the most universal pastimes continued Monday as the WSOP has scheduled another tournament stop just a hair outside of its home in Las Vegas, South Africa.

The WSOP has scheduled a stop at South Africa's Emerald Resort and Casino, which resides close to the country's Vaal River. Expect two tourneys to go down from October 24-31, 2010.

The first tournament will be a $1,100 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha tournament with $300 re-buys; this tournament will be capped at 200 players. The second tournament will be a $5,000 buy-in No Limit Holdem tournament that will be capped at 500 players. The “Main Event” will take place over the final four days of the tournament series.

“Poker has, over the past half-decade, accelerated in popularity," Emerald Resort and Casino CEO Martin Rice said in a press release. "Our Emerald Poker Series, and its growing fields, is testament to the unlimited success of the sport. It was only natural to follow-on its popularity with the greatest tournament on the planet.”

And if you're thinking this spot will be a couple of tables sitting next to lions and elephants you've been watching too many movies.

This spot, along with it's slew of slot machines and casino tables, boasts a waterpark, bowling alley and an animal world. Not to mention six poker tables which offers numerous tourney's throughout the year.

This will be the first major tournament to take place in Africa, and should open up professional poker and the WSOP to an entirely new market.

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Sounds good enough to try but the problem is I don't play on Bodog.

We hope World Poker Tour champion David Williams likes fish & chips because he could be defending his championship in London, England.

The WPT has scheduled stops in London later this year with the World Poker Tour London Classic. The upmarket Mayfair area, and specifically the Palm Beach Casino in the Mayfair Hotel, will be the venue for the action, which will take place between August 29 and September 5 2010.

“London is a great poker destination and has always been a major target in our ongoing expansion," WPT president Adam Pliska said. “We’re thrilled to have found amazing partners in The Palm Beach Casino, Genting UK and The MayFair Hotel London."

Main event action is to be capped at 400 players, and will cost about GBP 5, 300.

The cool thing about London hosting such a prestigious event is that immediately after the WSOPE and EPT London immediately follow it. It starting to look like London is building a poker empire that will only be rivaled by Las Vegas, Nevada.

The WPT made this move not long after the World Series of Poker decided to hold an event in South Africa. Further proof that poker is exploding worldwide.

Maybe we'll be seeing the WPT in the middle of the Kongo next.

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There is less than one month less before the deadline comes around for the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. US politicians are working around the clock to do all they can to at least push off this date temporarily, and no personality has had a stronger presence in this battler than Barney Frank.

This week, there was some good news for Frank who learned that he had two new co-sponsors for his bill that essentially proposed the regulation of online poker and gambling. Two Democratic representatives announced that they would be joining the other 66 who have already shown their solidarity for Frank’s untiring efforts.

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We are just a LeBron James, that's 23 days, away from the worlds biggest, most popular poker event going down in Las Vegas, Nevada, the World Series of Poker.

And just in case you haven't kept up to speed with what will be going down in the biggest poker tournament in the world we're ready to give you all the updates you need.

* The Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino will be once again hosting the event.
* 377 poker tables will be in use throughout the complex for the duration of the World Series of Poker allowing up to 3,750 players per day.
* Four of the 377 tables will be displayed on ESPN.
* World Sereis of Poker events range from around a thousand dollars all the way up to the $10k main event or more.
* Bodog Poker is offering a prize package for winners of its 2010 WSOP packages. You could get US$10,000 to buy-in to the Main Event, as well as $2,000 USD travel and spending money.
* Players have a break of at least 12 hours between the end of play and start of the next day.
* Phil Ivey is the top vote-getter for the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Tournament of Champions on June 27th at the Rio in Las Vegas. Which is Poker’s version of an all-star game. The final table panning out on July 4th.
* The WSOP could be at Caesar's Palace next year.
* Get all the chances to win your buy-in to the WSOP by competing in the Bodog Poker room!

[FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]Less than a month away already? Seems like the last one just ended! OK, can't wait ti start hearing about results. . .[/FONT]

[FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]Less than a month away already? Seems like the last one just ended! OK, can't wait ti start hearing about results. . .[/FONT]

Guess that's the advantage of waiting to play final table. It did just end 6i month's ago, instead of a year.

If you won the huge World Series of Poker grand prize what would you do with the cash? We assume go on some crazy spending spree that would rival any Lil Wayne music video. But if New York poker player and entrepreneur Michael Karnjanaprakorn wins it all, he'll be giving all to the people.

Karnjanaprakorn has made a vow, if he wins the 2010 WSOP he's giving it all to charity. This is the same promise he made along with Rafe Furst during the 2009 WSOP.

Furst has raised money and awareness for cancer research via their poker and Rock Paper Scissors efforts over the years.

But let's not get ahead of ourselves, Karnjanaprakorn has to win the whole thing. And with thousands expected to be at the Rio hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada he has a tough task ahead. And there's the $10,000 he needs for the buy in. He's trying to raise the cash, under the title of “World Series of Good." Poker Pros Annie Duke and “Poker After Dark” host Ali Nejad have offered to help train Karnjanaprakorn to win.

Karnjanaprakorn’s chosen charities are the Langston Hughes Academy, an elementary and middle school charter program located in New Orleans, and the Bad Beat on Cancer group, founded by Furst and Gordon in 2003.

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