Wendeen H. Eolis
Ace investigative reporter, Wendeen H. Eolis, has once again returned from the quagmire that is online poker with another breaking story. This time she's the first to tell the world that PokerStars CEO Gabriel Campos Woslovsky would be leaving the troubled online poker company after a two year hitch.
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Today starts a new poker promotion at Red Rock Station.
From 2 a.m. to 10 a.m. daily, the high hand of that period in the poker room receives $1,000.
The hand must be at least Aces Full and you must play both cards.
If you share the same hand, you’ll split the prize.
The flier takes care to mention that this prize does not come from the jackpot drop, it’s funded entirely by Red Rock.
A nice extra, eh?
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Wendeen H. Eolis
With the holidays rapidly becoming a fading memory, Wendeen H. Eolis, our favorite bearer of facts concerning the state of Online Poker's uphill trek to legitimancy, is back to work.
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Wendeen H. Eolis
She's back. Wendeen H. Eolis delivers the third segment in a continuing series of in-depth articles that looks at the big picture of online poker's legal/illegal status. Included in the analysis of the game is the age old argument of poker's classification of a game of skill or nothing more than a game of chance, no different than buying tickets in a government run lottery.
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The M Resort, which often mimics promotions of its direct competitor Station Casinos, is offering an 11/11/11 deal of their own that trumps Station.
At all the Station and Fiesta casinos, play cash games of hold’em on Nov. 11 and flop quad Jacks (while holding pocket Jacks) and you’ll get $11,111. Get quads on the turn or river and you’ll get $1,111.
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Wynn Las Vegas is suing two craps players that won $700,000 at the resort after claiming they were using a system of "dice sliding" to control the odds of winning. The method involves holding one of the die with the six spots up, then sliding it across the table without hitting the backboard. The second die is tossed as usual and rebounds off the backboard.
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Chris Ferguson's lawyer declares, Full Tilt no Ponzi scheme
Alderney Gaming Control Commission (AGCC) on the British Channel Islands revoked Full Tilt Poker's online license on Thursday saying the site lied to regulators about its finances. Without a valid gaming license the supposed sale of Full Tilt to an unnamed investor prepared to repay Full Tilt players would be DOA according to Full Tilt lawyer, Jeff Ifrah.
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Las Vegas will benefit from legal online poker
Wednesday the Nevada Gaming Control Board published proposed regulations intended to establish state regulations for legal online gaming, namely online poker. This set of guides was produced to satisfy the 2011 Nevada Legislature Assembly Bill 258.
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Benny Binion purchased the Eldorado Club and the Apache Hotel in 1951, remodeled both joints into one casino that he opened as the Horseshoe and went on to make the property the most profitable per square foot in the state. Binion was the first to offer free drinks to all gamblers, add carpet to the casino floor, provide air conditioning and an elavator to the second floor guest rooms.
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Martin Staszko is the favorite to win at 14/5
Nevada Gaming Control Board approved changes to sports book betting earlier this year with the addition of action on non-sports events. Although odds have been posted in the past on non-sporting events the bookmakers could not accept wagers and did it for fun only. The first non-sporting event that will post odds and actually accept wagers is the final table of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main event to be played in November.
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