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VIENNA, Austria - For the abandoned US poker players whose online poker accounts were closed by the gaming operators as a result of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

There is now a new way to stay in touch with what is happening in the poker world. PlayPing.com of Austria is a new Web 2.0 gaming community, bringing together poker players from all over the world including the US.

Every member has various methods to communicate with other members at his disposal and receives additional member benefits like a welcome gift, personal profile webspace, blogs, private messaging box, picture sharing, live chat, instant messenger or free classified ads.

NEW JERSEY, USA -- Bad beat in poker is when you have a good hand that is a favorite to win beaten by another hand. "Most of the time it is a hand that caught a miracle draw on the river that should not have been played to begin with. 

This is more common in low limit games because many players have the any two cards can win mentality". Said Robert, WalkerPoker professional advisor. 

"Many players will play any ace and a few players will play any suited cards regardless of the rank. Some players are calling stations that will enter the pot with marginal or terrible hands and then call all the way to the river in hopes making their draw. Occasionally they do make their hands and you suffer a bad beat." 

A convicted child predator that the US Government wants to deport back to Iran; a man convicted of trying to sell cocaine to undercover cops - These are the individuals participating in the 2008 World Series of Poker, and either men could be heading to the final table.  Add to this reports that one of this year's spectators is a main "person of interest" in the gruesome double homicide of

Season premiere features a $200/$400 no-limit hold'em cash game with a minimum buy-in of $100,000.

A new campaign by the Poker Players Alliance aims to increase poker's political presence in Washington in the lead-up to the 2008 presidential election.

Largest Legal Poker Site Outpaces Competition With Nearly 3 Million Visits per Month

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- PurePlay, the largest U.S.-compliant play-for-cash online poker destination, today announced it is logging nearly 3 million visits a month, extending its position as the most trafficked U.S.-based play-for-cash online poker site. Beyond its industry-leading traffic volume, PurePlay also continues to outpace its competitors by awarding over $150,000 every month, for a total outlay of over $3.5 million to date.

PurePlay, the largest U.S. compliant play-for-cash online poker site, announced today that it will be extending its 2008 World Series of Poker* seat giveaway through the month of June, with hundreds of World Series qualifiers running every day. PurePlay, the U.S. market leader, will be giving away the largest number of Main Event seats among all U.S. based poker sites.

More than $2,000 will go to Crimestoppers and Disabled American Veterans Association, thanks to area law enforcement and firefighters and their motorcycles.

The fourth annual law enforcement and firefighters Benefit Ride and Poker Run drew 100 riders Saturday morning, each of whom put up a $20 donation for the event.

“It’s a great chance for everyone to hang out together,” said Keith Howell, dispatcher with the North Platte Police Department and founder of the event. “There are guys riding today who have been arrested by other riders, but it doesn’t matter. It’s for a good cause.”

SAN MANUEL RESERVATION - There may be no better example that gambling continues to grow as a leading recreation for adults than the poker boot camp on Wednesday at the San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino.

That's right, a camp for adults to spend $500 for a day of learning from esteemed poker pro Annie Duke.

It was a bill to pay for Josh Woods, a 25-year-old San Bernardino man who has been playing poker in casinos for about a year.

"I was losing a lot of money at poker so I thought, `Why not spend some money to learn that I'd just lose instead,"' Woods said.