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October 30, 2007

Just as some others had to do, PartyPoker had to add an overlay to reach their $300,000. A total of $3,400 in overlay had to be added on with only 1,483 players entered into this week’s tournaments.A total of 200 places were paid out and $60,000 was given to the player who was able to achieve first place.Party Poker Guarantee

Party Poker GuaranteeAlthough there were lots of ups and downs during the poker tournament, it wasn’t surprising when the final two players decided to go ahead and take the safe beat. That safe beat was splitting the prize money. With being almost even in chips, the two decided to play one hand of heads-up. After that hand is when they decided to split the cash. First place went to bagetak who got $46,842.25 and tibzen received $46,157.76 for second place.

Final Results Are (with 1st and 2nd being a split):

1st place - bagetak - $46,842.25
2nd place - tibzen -$46,157.76
3rd place - tipexmum - $20,700
4th place - ISplashFunds - $16,350
5th place - connieoffski - $13,800
6th place - CatenaccioMS - $10,350
7th place - Mariatik - $7,950
8th place - Ananasbrus - $5,250
9th place - lullipoker - $4,050
10th place - redragon63 - $2,850

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    Written by Jennifer Spriggs · Filed Under Online Gambling News, Party Poker 

    Playful Poltergeist At the Plaza Hotel and Casino – Las Vegas Style

    October 30, 2007

    The Plaza Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, is busting at the seams with ghostly tales of things that go bump in the night. Could this be just the imagination of some creative individuals or is there more to these stories then what is yet to be seen.Formally known as the Union Plaza Hotel, this Casino was built at the site where the downtown train station once stood. As if that wouldn’t be enough history to start making stories go around, there was a suicide of a stagehand years ago right in the showroom.

    Whether he is sticking around because of the regret he feels for taking his own life or that he enjoys playing tricks on people, his presence is surely known and forever imprinted on the walls of this historic casino.

    This former stagehand makes himself known to employees and visitors alike with his chilling cold spots and his toying with other people’s personal belongings. Don’t expect that your purse will remain where you place it. You may just find it mysteriously sitting on the opposite side of the room the moment you aren’t looking.

    And this spirit is not the only one who is said to roam the floors of the showroom as many claim that the great Houdini himself haunts the Plaza Hotel and Casino. It is believed that while Houdini of course did not pass away there, his spirit makes guest appearances as magic shows there are tributes to him. And as the perfectionist that he was, he may be lurking around to make sure that the magic shows are done just right…just as he would have made them.

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      Written by Jennifer Spriggs · Filed Under Casino News 

      Online Poker Players Share $782.378.68 in Two Bad Beat Jackpots

      October 30, 2007

      Ultimate Bet Bad Beat JackpotYou still have to lose a hand with quad 8’s or better but there are a couple things that make Ultimate Bet’s Bad Beat Jackpot different than all the rest. The first is that all poker players playing at the bad beat tables of the limit that hits the jackpot get a piece of the jackpot.

      The second is it hit twice within four hours. Ultimate Bet had just announced that their bad beat jackpot was approaching $600,000 and less than 24 hours later, a combined $782.378.68 was won.

      The first jackpot occurred around 6:30am when quad eights loss to quad aces at a qualifying Texas Holdem bad beat table. For the loss, the poker player with quad eights got $202,602.98 of the jackpot. $101,301.48 went to the player with quad aces and $2,366.68 each went to the seven other players at the table. There were 62 online poker players sitting at the same limit and at bad beat tables, each of them won $1,366.68.

      All the other players would have to wait, but not for long. Less than 4 hours later at around 10:00am, the bad beat jackpot that had built to $158,984.93 was triggered again. This time the poker player losing the hand got $51,670.11 and 182 other players shared in the rest.

      Ultimate Bets Bad Beat Jackpot is divided up as follows: 65% goes to the poker players, 25% remains to start the next jackpot and 10% goes to administrative fees.

        Written by Steve Vaughan · Filed Under Online Gambling News 

        40 Co-Sponsors For The Internet Gambling Regulation & Enforcement Act

        October 29, 2007

        Jim Moran, a Virginian Congressman and member of the Appropriations Committee, has signed on as a co-sponsor for Barney Frank’s IGREA bill. He makes number forty.

        It seems that the Poker Players Alliance “Fly In” may have had some influence as a spokesman stated by email, “Yes, several of his constituents (PPA members) and a pro or two spent time with Mr. Moran in his office. They went over the merits of the bill and Moran agreed to cosponsor. We had several such meetings and I believe more will be added in the coming weeks.”

        Jim Moran is in his ninth term in the House and has a record of being strongly against online gambling, voting for a ban of credit card use for internet gambling in 2003 and voted for the UIGEA in 2006. Although recently there seems to be a shift in his stand and he even co-sponsored the Skill Game Protection Act back in July.

        Here are the current co-sponsors of IGREA:

        • Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)
        • Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.)
        • Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)
        • Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)
        • Howard Berman (D-Calif.)
        • Michael Capuano (D-Mass.)
        • Joe Baca (D-Calif.)
        • Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.)
        • Julia Carson (D-Ind.)
        • William lacy Clay (D-Mo.)
        • Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
        • Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)
        • Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.)
        • Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
        • Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)
        • Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.)
        • Michael Honda (D-Calif.)
        • Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)
        • William Delahunt (D-Mass.)
        • Peter King (R-N.Y.)
        • Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)
        • James McGovern (D-Mass.)
        • Charlie Melancon (D-La.)
        • James Moran (D-Va.)
        • Bob Filner (D-Calif.)
        • Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
        • Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)
        • Ron Paul (R-Texas)
        • Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)
        • Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas)
        • Steven Rothman (D-N.J.)
        • Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.)
        • Robert Scott (D-Va.)
        • Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)
        • Don Young (R-Alaska)
        • Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)
        • Melvin Watt (D-N.C.)
        • Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)
        • Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.)
        • Albert Wynn (D-Md.)

          Written by Steve Vaughan · Filed Under United States Gambling Law 

          West Virginia Gets Their First Poker Table Games

          October 29, 2007

          West Virginia Poker RoomsMany happy poker players are able to get their fix at their local casinos now that two racetracks in West Virginia have opened table games to their players. With the government making online poker playing for real money harder to play, poker players can now play in a table game just a short drive away. Earlier this month, Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort in Hancock County, West Virginia and Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center in Ohio County West Virginia have opened their poker rooms up to the public.

          With votes from residents giving the green light, the Race Tracks wasted little time and neither did the players. Within two hours after opening their poker tables for the first time at Wheeling Island the tables were full.

          And with the new legislation in place, Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center in Kanawah County, West Virginia, plans on having their poker room up and running later on this year.

          And poker tables is not where it is going to stop for these gaming centers as more types of games will be added so that there is a mix of table games to pick from. Games like blackjack and roulette are allowed but it was felt that poker tables would be the easiest thing to put into action first. Hopefully, if things go as planned, we will see blackjack and roulette tables in the beginning of 2008.

            Written by Jennifer Spriggs · Filed Under Poker News 

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