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Poker player Tiffany Michelle has gone further in the World Series of poker main event than any woman since Annie Duke, finishing in 17th place this year, but her victory has been blemished by accusations of misconduct. Having been staked by Tony G and his outfit PokerNews, Tiffany Michelle stopped wearing their logos and started wearing Ultimate Bet's logo late in the event. She has spoken out, stating that many other players wore multiple logos, but the case is being built against her good name that she went back on her word.Related Articles:The last event of the 2008 WSOPCountry music star tries World Series of poker...

With the premiere of Batman Dark Knight fresh in movie goers' minds, the timing is right for a Batman themed poker set, and one can be found at Big Bad Toy Store.com. Technically it is a Joker themed set, with 100 poker chips with various Joker faces, and a deck of cards marked up with Joker style markings. The whole set comes in an aluminum case and is available for pre-order for around $85...

A business in central Indiana has been raided on suspicion that illegal games of poker were being played on the site. A search warrant was served Wednesday night by the Indiana gaming Control Division at the Hold 'Em House in Tipton. While no arrests were made, names were taken from the poker players, who were suspected of playing for money, which is illegal in Indiana...

(Gaming And Casinos News and Information) Professional poker players Marcel Luske The Flying Dutchman and Michelle Lau introduce The Federation Internationale de poker Association FIDPA and The International poker Rules IP Rules for tournament play to promote poker as a sport and unite the poker industry on a global levelIn collaboration with leading industry professionals Luske and Lau created the IP Rules to provide uniformity in card rooms and tournaments worldwide With cooperation from the poker Tournament Directors Association TDA Bob Ciaffone author of Roberts Rules of poker Jack McClelland and Doug Dalton of Bellagio and many other leading authorities and resources from around the world the IP Rules allow the players and the industry to learn play and operate by a single set of complete tournament rules to provide worldwide consistencyThe IP Rules consists of 80 technical rules policies and procedures for tournament play that reference and incorporate the latest version of the

(Gaming And Casinos News and Information) PocketFivesLivecom has been on location in the Amazon Room at the Rio the site of the 2008 World Series of poker For the past six weeks this Las Vegas destination has been the center of the poker world with the top live and online poker httpwwwpocketfivescom players competing against each other and a slew of amateurs for millions of dollars After 11 days of play in the 10000 buyin Main Event PocketFiver Scott ray Montgomery became one of the final nine players dubbed the November Nine by Harrahs officials because theyll return to the Rio and play out the tournament 100 days from nowMontgomery has experienced success in live play recently finishing fifth in the World poker Tours LA poker Classic during season VI The episode aired on Monday the same day that the WSOP Main Event played down to the final nine players Online he had two UltimateBet Online poker Championship cashes last fall They combined for 20000 The final table will be covered on P