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Sep 2 2004, 10:50am
WOODSTOCK, GA (PRWEB) September 2, 2004 -- Poker, Poker, Poker. It seems like years ago poker appeared on television once every few months. Today, viewers can find poker on TV 3 to 4 times a week! Driving the poker craze in the USA is the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel and the World Series Of Poker on ESPN. Already the Travel Channel’s highest rated show, reruns of the WPT attract nearly 30% more viewers. Ratings for ESPN during the 2003 World Series Of Poker were unprecedented, garnering a 1.2 overall rating with an average share of more than 1 million viewing households.
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Sep 2 2004, 10:49am
KAHNAWAKE, Quebec – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Sept. 1, 2004 – Premier online poker site, UltimateBet.com, has announced that actor, and rising poker star, Ben Affleck, will play in their 2004 World Poker Tour event in Aruba. The event, which begins September 26th, has a guaranteed minimum prize pool of 4 million, with first place winning 1 million.
While in Aruba for the UltimateBet.com Poker Classic, Affleck will join a panel of poker experts fielding questions regarding this sport on September 25th. He will also participate in a special poker event for individuals who won their seat to this World Poker Tour event online at UltimateBet.com. This event is being filmed by the World Poker Tour and will air on the Travel Channel during season 3 of the World Poker Tour show.
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Aug 30 2004, 09:37am
SAN JOSE, Calif. - (KRT) - For generations, the poker room has been portrayed as a smoke-filled parlor where whiskey-drinking, tobacco-chewing gamblers would rather shoot you than let you take the pot with a pair of fives.
But recently, the Internet - and a guy aptly named Chris Moneymaker - brought new life to one of the oldest card games around.
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Aug 30 2004, 09:35am
KANSAS CITY, MO. - A few years ago, casinos across the United States were closing their poker rooms to make space for more popular and lucrative slot machines.
But the improbable triumph in 2003 of a 27-year-old accountant from Tennessee, who beat some of the world's greatest professional players on national television, has sent the nation into a poker frenzy — and casinos looking to cash in have been quick on the draw.
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Aug 27 2004, 10:07pm
St. Louis, MO, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Barb Tanner has become the first woman to win the Budweiser Poker Classic in the 23-year history of the St. Louis tourney.
Tanner, 63, beat out 809 other competitors to take the title Wednesday with a royal flush as final table of seven played seven-card stud.
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Aug 26 2004, 10:17am
NORTH HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- PokerCoaching.com today announces the availability of the first-ever professional coaching service, for aspiring poker champions worldwide.
"Serious players who want to win tournament poker now have a powerful new weapon in their arsenal," explained Dan Mezick, Executive Director of PokerCoaching LLC. "What we do is simple to describe: through poker coaching, we enable tournament champions."
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Aug 26 2004, 10:15am
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Detroit Shock Head Coach Bill Laimbeer is inviting local media to join him along with Detroit Shock players Barb Farris and Iciss Tillis around the poker table for a Texas Hold’em charity tournament at the Pistons/Shock practice facility on Friday, August 27 at 12:30 p.m. Fans can bid for one of two spots in the tournament by listening to AM 1130 WDFN “The Fan” on Thursday, August 26 from 9 am – noon.
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Aug 26 2004, 10:14am
MANTECA -- Hoping to capitalize on the recent success of programs such as "The World Series of Poker" and "Celebrity Poker Challenge," nonprofit organization Give Every Child A Chance has added a Texas hold em tournament to its annual casino night fund-raiser.
Tickets are on sale for the fourth annual Night of Kings and Queens, with all proceeds going to the tutoring programs of Give Every Child A Chance.
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Aug 26 2004, 10:13am
Santa Cruz police arrested a third suspect this morning in connection with the shooting death last month of a poker player who was trying to recover $20 stolen from him.
Sgt. Brad Goodwin said the police used a warrant to search the home of 24-year-old Francisco Valenciano, and arrested him again after originally having to cut him loose for lack of evidence.
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Aug 23 2004, 09:15am
IN THE fevered world of modern high-stakes poker, long tall Evelyn Ng is often heralded as a big deal. Enjoying a high life and publicity, the Toronto-born player has travelled widely seeking big-money tournaments on American game circuits where she has made pals even among possible rivals.
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