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The word “Poker” makes everyone think about Reno, Nevada and of great Vegas Poker Rooms, poker games and challenging poker players. There are so many games at the big little city, Reno. Anyway, if you find yourself at Reno you’ll find real good card rooms and the different games that are spread in Reno card rooms. Reno Poker Club brings you the latest Caribbean cruises and Reno Hold’em tourneys information.
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Here you can find information about Reno poker rooms and card rooms as well as Reno poker tournaments. Fresh news about Reno Poker players such as Daniel Negreanu, Michael Mizrachi, poker veteran Lee Watkinson among others.
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I’ve also included some limited information on the finer points of Poker in the pages of Reno Poker Club. Maybe it will help someone become a better Poker player, and it gives me an opportunity to show off my brilliance. Poker is like fishing and golf. We all like to brag.
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Poker Deals - Poker Dealer Rakes in the Money
May 20, 2005 Source: PRWeb Poker's popularity is fueling the demand for trained poker dealers. Local poker clubs, charity tournaments, private games, card rooms and casinos are actively looking for quality dealers. Trained poker dealers are in demand.
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) -- Everyone has probably dealt a hand of poker before at a game with their friends, but dealing poker as a profession requires training, study and practice. The Professional Poker Dealers Training Course found at www.dealer-training.com is an online poker dealing course that teaches potential poker dealers to deal poker at a professional level.
Poker is everywhere, just turn on your TV and you're bound to a plethora of choices to get your poker fix. ESPN is running reruns of last years WSOP and the World Poker Tour is extremely popular on the Travel Channel. If you're in a fix for some live poker action, take a look around at your local sports bars and restaurants. Local poker clubs are holding free tournaments to bring in crowds to the restaurants on their slow nights.
Brad Fuller, the co-founder of The Atlanta Poker Club, says that trained poker dealers are vital to the continued success of his nightly poker tournaments. "The APC holds free nightly poker tournaments at sports bars and restaurants around Atlanta and our trained dealers are key to our success. Our poker dealers keep our games running smoothly and I believe that they are the major reason that our players keep coming back week after week."
Dealing poker as a source of income is proving to be very lucrative and enjoyable for the right individuals. It takes focus, concentration and people skills to be a successful poker dealer. Even if you are only looking for a supplemental part time income, dealing poker can be a great way to earn extra money working only a few nights per week.
The popularity of poker has created the next job boom for the right individuals. For more information and a detailed course overview visit www.dealer-training.com.
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Poker Tournament - Poker players polish skills
May 18, 2005 Poker players will be in their glory Tuesday evening at a fund-raiser for the American Lung Asociation.
A Daytona Hold 'em Charity Poker Tournament is planned from 7 to 9 p.m. at SMT Downtown, 176 N. Beach St., Daytona Beach.
For $30, residents 21 and older can take a seat to play cards with one stack of chips plus snacks and beverages. Additional chips can be purchased. No money will be exchanged, but winners (and some losers, too) will take home prizes.
Sign up to play by calling (386) 255-6447 or see www.daytonacharitypoker.org
A few area celebrities will be trying their luck at poker as well, joined by locals who bid the highest via the Internet this past week.
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Texas Hold'em Tournament - Bill clarifies state poker law
May 17, 2005 By LUKE JENNETT, Courier Staff Writer WATERLOO - As Iowa prepares for an influx of new casino development, lawmakers earlier this month made it illegal to hold sponsored, organized poker tournaments around the state.
New legislation passed May 4 by Gov. Tom Vilsack will make organized poker tournaments illegal beginning July 1.
The bill, which amends current legislation already contained within the Iowa Code, was written to clarify existing laws against organized gambling in places like bars and social clubs. Current law, state officials said, was ambiguous enough that such events were allowed due to differing interpretations of the law.
"What this does is clarify that a Texas Hold'em tournament, or any other kind of poker tournament, is not legal," said David Werning, spokesman for the Department of Inspections and Appeals. "It removes all doubt."
The current legislation deals with "bona fide contests," which are legal in the state of Iowa. The laws legitimize games like cribbage, dominos, pinochle and "similar contests." Poker tournaments are not mentioned.
The amended subsection specifically states that poker, blackjack, craps, keno and roulette cannot be considered "bona fide" contests.
Black Hawk County Attorney Tom Ferguson said that, while it was difficult to say what action the bill will inspire on the state's behalf, the main point of the new subsection was clear.
"At this point in time, it appears, at least on the face of the statute, that you're not going to be able to participate in these games," he said.
The new legislation will not affect establishments that hold a social-gaming license, which permits games between friends and acquaintances in public places. But regulations in the Iowa Code demand that such games conform to stated rules. Players must have a pre-existing social relationship, no entry fee can be required, and only $50 may be won or lost within a 24-hour period.
So while it's still legal to play small-stakes, penny-ante poker among friends at places holding these licenses, officials said, open tournaments with winnings over $50 are illegal. The amended subsection will also not affect games between friends and acquaintances, but only leagues, contests and tournaments.
There are 49 social-gambling licenses issued in Black Hawk County, mostly to bars, restaurants and fraternal organizations, such as the Knights of Columbus, the American Legion, and the Elks Lodge.
The law could hurt business at bars that hold poker tournaments, said Mike Gruetzmacher, owner of the Sports Page on Kimball Avenue. Tournaments like the one held at the Page for the past five weeks may not be legal after July 1.
"I think it's just kind of a sad thing, because it's a nice evening of entertainment for people to come in for," he said. "This could hurt our business. I don't think they realize the effect it'll have. For Mom-and-Pop places like us, those things really help us out on slow nights. It helps pay the bills."
The tournaments have become popular - and profitable - for those who host them, said Daniel Wells, general manager of the Sports Page. For the past five weeks, the bar and restaurant has hosted a weekly Monday Texas Hold'em tournament with a $20 buy-in. While the bar makes no money from the game itself, the action attracts a thirsty clientele.
Already the number of players at the Sports Page's game has begun to swell. The first night, Wells said, 18 people showed up to play. Last week, there were 32.
Wells said the idea to host the tournament was taken from another establishment. The idea, he said, was to increase the draw of the 3-month-old Sports Page to customers and to find something else to bring them in. The game, he said, has been a huge success.
Ed Brown, 29, a poker enthusiast and college student in Waterloo, said the city was a friendly one for the card-savvy.
"Seven nights a week, there's a game in this town," he said.
There's a certain draw, Brown said, to playing cards in the bars and clubs around the Cedar Valley.
"I just do it for fun," he said. "For $20, you get four or five hours of entertainment. And you get to meet new people that you wouldn't have met otherwise."
Werning said that the Department of Inspections and Appeals, which investigates complaints of illegal gambling, had always held the view that such tournaments were illegal. But interpretations among county attorneys, who have the official say as to whether such laws are being violated, have differed from county to county.
In January, a dispute arose between county and state officials over a 10-week Texas Hold'em tournament held in Carter Lake. State officials asked that the game, hosted by the Chez Paree, be stopped, but Pottawattamie County Attorney Matt Wilber disagreed, saying the game was legal under Iowa law.
The new legislation was sponsored by the standing House committee on state government, which has no representatives from Black Hawk County.
Larry Mullen, special agent in the Iowa Department of Public Safety, didn't expect the new laws to result in any charges but rather an "educational period" as tournament organizers become aware of further restrictions against poker tournaments.
Contact Luke Jennett at ljennett@iastate.edu or at (319) 291-1473.
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Poker Magazine - Poker periodicals: How to hold'em
May 16, 2005 By PETER CARLSON
The Washington Post WASHINGTON -- Daniel Negreanu won $4 million in poker tournaments in 2004, and Card Player magazine named him Player of the Year. All In, another poker magazine, said Negreanu "might just be the hottest poker player in the world." Recently, Negreanu consented to share his wisdom in an interview with Bluff, yet another poker mag.
Negreanu, 30, talked about his blog. He touted a line of "poker vitamins." He revealed what he listens to on his iPod during tournaments -- "the sounds of the ocean and birds chirping." And he talked about his newfound devotion to Jesus.
"Has it improved your game?" the interviewer asked.
"100 percent," Negreanu said. "If you look at the timeline of my results, finding my faith and my big wins coincide."
iPod? Blog? Bird calls? Poker vitamins? Jesus?
Gee, high-stakes poker sure has changed since the days when it was played in smoky backrooms by guys called Doc and Slim and Fats -- guys who would no doubt greet chatter about vitamins and Jesus with that ancient poker mantra: Shut up and deal.
These days, poker is big business. In the last decade, the rise of televised poker and online poker has spawned a poker craze. Poker is a spectator sport now, seen on countless TV shows -- "Poker Royale" and "Poker Superstars International" and "Celebrity Poker Showdown" and the "World Poker Tour."
And naturally this poker craze has spawned a slew of magazines. In addition to the aforementioned Bluff and All In and Card Player, there's Player, "the gambling lifestyle magazine," and Casino Player, whose masthead lists a "Video Poker Editor."
You can learn a lot by reading poker magazines. Reading Casino Player, I learned that a man named Frank Marino has made his living as a Joan Rivers impersonator in Vegas since 1985.
Reading All In, I learned that "living legend" Doyle Brunson is immortalized in the Poker Hall of Fame, the Seniors of Poker Hall of Fame, the Casino Legends Hall of Fame and the Poker Tour Walk of Fame.
Reading Player, I learned that "Tilt," the ESPN gambling drama series, has "the poker world up in arms." Why? "The controversy stems from the show's portrayal of players as cheats, crooks and generally malevolent people," which is, a Player editorial complains, "an image that poker players have fought hard to disprove."
Amazing! Even poker players are worried about their image these days! Is there any profession left in America that still doesn't care about its media image?
Sometimes poker mags are written in a jargon that is almost incomprehensible to outsiders. Card Player recently ran one article of scholarly poker advice titled "Understanding Flop Texture" and another titled "Four Bets Without the Nuts?" which began with this sentence: "You will hardly ever see two players put in four bets each on the river with neither one of them holding the nuts."
I have no idea what that means, which probably explains why I'm a lousy poker player.
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