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Should You Play Cash Games, Tournaments or Sit and Gos? by Nathan Williams

Register to play in the NJ PartyPoker Sunday $50K Guarantee! Every Sunday at 5 pm EST! Click tournaments under the "What's Going on" Tab at *NJ only, 21+ Problem Gambler? 800-Gambler When you first start playing online poker you have a choice to make: Should I play cash games, tournaments or…

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Is This Rule Really Necessary? by Professor I. Nelson Rose

In Nevada*: *Must be 21+, Nevada only, Problem Gambling? 1-800-Gambler #202 © Copyright 2015, I. Nelson Rose, Encino, California. All rights reserved worldwide. Gambling and the Law® is a registered trademark of Professor I. Nelson Rose, Gambling and the Law Is This Rule Really Necessary? Wh…

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The Grinder Gadget - Made BY poker players, FOR poker players

The Grinder Gadget is the only stand/charging station designed specifically for the poker table. The gadget is capable of charging two devices at a time (tablets and phones) while mounting easily to the poker rail. If you play poker for hours upon hours on end, like a true grinder, you spen…

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Virgin Casino Summer Concert Series with PNC Bank Arts Center

Starts: 12:01am EST on Monday, May 25, 2015 Ends: 11:59pm EST on Sunday, May 31, 2015 Payout: Tuesday, June 1, 2015 This summer's hottest concerts are coming to New Jersey's PNC Bank Arts Center and Virgin Casino is going to be there all summer long! We've got tickets to a red hot lineup of…

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The 2015 East Coast Gaming Congress starts Wednesday!

The East Coast Gaming Congress & iGaming Institute, now in its 19th year, is the gaming industry's second-largest conference, and promises to be an essential forum for examining and coordinating ideas regarding the future of online and land-based gaming. The future of the industry requires …

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NJ WSOP.com $40K Sunday Guarantee!

New Jersey only, 21+ Sundays are for big games, which is why you need to join us for this week’s $40K Sunday Guarantee. Starting at 4pm, this $200 tournament features a 5,000-chip starting stack, 15-minute levels, and lest you forget – a prize pool guaranteed to be worth at leas…

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Atlantic City casinos post more profitable 2014 first quarter by John Brennan

It appears that while Atlantic City casino revenues keep shrinking, so do expenses. So for the first quarter of 2015, the state Division of Gaming Enforcement announced Friday that the state’s eight surviving casinos increased collective gross operating profits by 26.5 percent, from $…

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All cracked up in New Jersey by Dave Weischadle (NJDave)

The sign of any great poker tournament is the fact that you would play in it again even if you did miserable. That was the case for me at the partypoker New Jersey Championship of Online Poker II. I did awful. I went all in with pocket aces and ended the hand holding a pair of aces and King…

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Commentary on Proposed W2G Change by Eliot Jacobson PhD

The IRS is seeking feedback on a proposed change in their regulations that would change the win threshold for generating a W2G from $1200 to $600 for slot and video poker wins. You may not know that many slots have jackpot amounts of $1199 just to avoid this W2G problem. Players who win big…

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How to Deal With Poker Downswings and Tilt by Nathan Williams

Downswings and tilt are the most difficult part of the game of poker for most people. But in many ways they are also one of the most beautiful parts of the game. This is because they are the proving ground upon which winners and losers and separated. We spend so much of our time as poker pl…

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The 2015 East Coast Gaming Congress is Approaching Fast - Register Now!

The East Coast Gaming Congress & iGaming Institute, now in its 19th year, is the gaming industry's second-largest conference, and promises to be an essential forum for examining and coordinating ideas regarding the future of online and land-based gaming. The future of the industry requires …

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WSOP.COM JOINS UP WITH HOUSE OF CARDS IN NEW JERSEY & NEVADA!

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Gaming analyst sees two more Atlantic City casinos closing by John Brennan

Deutsche Bank gaming analyst Andrew Zarnett, who has covered the casino industry for many years, filed a “Fixed Income Research” report following Wednesday’s announcement by New Jersey regulators of Atlantic City casino revenues for April 2015 compared to April 2014. The e…

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PRESS RELEASE: April Table Games Revenue Up Over Previous Year from PA Gaming Commission

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced today that revenue from the play of table games at Pennsylvania casinos during April of 2015 was up 4% over revenue generated last year. According to a report posted today on the Board’s web site, www.gamingcontrolboard.p…

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The Grinder Gadget - Made BY Poker Players FOR poker players

The Grinder Gadget is the only stand/charging station designed specifically for the poker table. The gadget is capable of charging two devices at a time (tablets and phones) while mounting easily to the poker rail. If you play poker for hours upon hours on end, like a true grinder, you spen…

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Is Proxy Play Legal? by Professor I. Nelson Rose

In a Very Important Person suite in a casino in Macau, a scene similar to the following is probably taking place at this very moment. The game, of course, is bacarrat. Junket operator into a telephone head set: “O.K. How much do you want me to bet on this hand?” High roller, fro…

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The Best Poker Player I Ever Met - Part 2 by Robert "ChipBurner" Turner

Card Player magazine once ran a feature that claimed Charlie Esslinger was the best poker player who ever lived. Though he may not be a household name, to me there is no doubt he was the greatest poker player I ever met. He was not only an exceptional poker player, but he was also a great g…

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The Best Poker Player I Ever Met - Part One - Robert "ChipBurner" Turner

My father would always stop at a bait shop and small grocery store in Farley, Alabama, before we went fishing. One day he introduced me to a man he said was a professional gambler whose family owned the bait shop. My dad told me never to play poker with that man. I was seven years old, and …

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Meadowlands Racetrack to offer weekly fantasy baseball contests by John Brennan

After experimenting with football and March Madness college basketball, the Meadowlands Racetrack is unveiling its next free-play fantasy sports contest: baseball. The contest launches on Monday and runs until August 30. Each week, Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment will award a cash prize …

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