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The refusal by Connecticut-based Foxwoods Casino operators the Mashantucket Pequot tribe to negotiate with elected labor union representatives for their poker and other table-games dealers has now seen the filing of a formal...

Like many high end poker players - Curt Kohlberg of Weston, Massachusetts started playing poker with friends just for fun. He still insists that he has no desire to be considered a true professional poker player. Kohlberg was introduced to the sport as a young, ambitious college student at the University of Massachusetts where he was a five-card draw and seven-card stud ace. Along with poker he played paddleball, racquetball, wrote a sports column for his college newspaper, and was an entrepreneur selling shirts at rock concerts.

While the sport of poker has more avenues to the professional ranks than most professional, competitive sports, it can't hurt the average person to test themselves against the best that the sport has to offer. The Venetian in Las Vegas is now giving people this opportunity. Starting this fall the Venetian is adding a new show. It is called 'The Real Deal!' As part of the show established pros like Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth will be pitted against people from the audience as well as amateur poker players.

When Phil Hellmuth starts a hand behind, he rarely catches the break he needs to pull back ahead. But then again, poker is poker, and you never say never in poker.

At both the World poker Tour this year, we have seen some pretty big heads-up leads evaporate. Somebody who started the last phase of a tournament with a tremendous chip lead has often found themselves accepting the second place check and wondering what the hell happened. According to logical concept of Ockham's razor, where the simplest explanation is generally the right one, the cause is easy to diagnose.

A documentary surrounding the 2005 victory of Australian Joe Hachem over the international crowd at the World Series of poker could be in the works, with Hachem's brother Michael as a producer. When Diamond Joe won the 2005 WSOP, it was at that time the biggest individual sports prize in history, and Joe has been a popular figure ever since. The name of the documentary comes from Joe's catchy catch phrase, uttered when he would win a big pot: 'Pass the Sugar.' Additional celebrity poker player professionals will be interviewed for this project, such as Jennifer Tilly.Related Articles:Chris Moneymaker makes poker fan dream a realityFlorida player goes all in to win poker tourney...

There will not be a drop in poker machine numbers if Tasmanian Government Treasurer Michael Aird has his way. He is not against working to help resolve problem gambling, but lowering the number of poker machines is just not in his plans. He does want to throw more money at the problem, such as implementing a 'Smart Card' program that would limit gambling...

Four illegal poker rings were recently busted by police raids in Pickering and Toronto, resulting in 47 people facing charges. Around $12k in cash was seized as well as gambling equipment, which according to Toronto police estimates to be worth more than double the amount of cash seized. The people running the poker rings could face up to $70k in fines and possible jail time...

Early on Tuesday, the poker Players Alliance released a statement authored by its chairman, former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, regarding the unfolding insider-cheating situation at UltimateBet and a similar situation at Absolute poker...

Always the best-value monthly freeroll series in online poker, PokerListings.com and PokerStars raise the bar again in August with another $25,000 available exclusively to PokerListings.com players. Included are a $10,000 cash freeroll plus two shots at all-inclusive packages to step to the felt with the high-rollers on the burgeoning PokerStars.com Asia Pacific poker Tour. (PRWeb Jul 23, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/pokerstars/freerolls/prweb1075994.htm