Posted by Editor | Filed under Bellagio, Bellagio Five Star, Dan Harrington, Mayfair Club, Professor/Banker/Suicide King
Back in April I made two trips to Las Vegas and spent a total of seven nights at the Bellagio. I participated in the beginning of the Bellagio Five Star, and was a spectator for the beginning of the end of the tournament, the $25,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Championship. I played some very good poker and some very bad poker, and I met some interesting people.
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Poker and the Law
The North Carolina Court of Appeals was unequivocal in its conclusion that golf is a game where skill predominates. “Although chance inevitably intervenes, it is not inherent in the game and does not overcome skill, and the player maintains the opportunity to defeat chance with superior skill.”
I thought EVERYBODY played golf in North Carolina. Isn’t Pinehurst in N.C.? These guys on the court of appeals obviously have never played and probably have never watched the game.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide - Tournament Edition, Howard Lederer, Me in online tourneys
There was obviously some huge disconnect by these North Carolina judges between a pretty standard definition of “game of skill” and how they applied it to poker. That’s why the procedural posture was so important. You just don’t go opening a poker club out of the blue in that state, so when someone says they are going to, the forces of the law are going to gang up to maintain the status quo.
To me, and I think most reasonable people, the idea that “over a long game, the most skilled players would likely amass the most chips” is tantamount to saying “skill predominates.”
The problem here isn’t with defining “skill.” It’s with defining “game.”
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Howard Lederer, Poker and the Law
What’s “chance”?
What’s “a game”?
What’s a “North Carolina”?
Plus, Howard Lederer snags Page One of Thursday’s Wall Street Journal.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under IGREA, Poker and the Law, Poker Players Alliance, Representative Barney Frank, UIGEA
This morning, April 26, 2007, Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.) proposed legislation that could drastically alter the outlook for the future of online poker. His proposed H.R. 2046 “The Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act of 2007” (‘IGREA’) is the latest in what will be an ongoing series of fights that will redefine online poker. The details of what he has proposed and the shifting lineup of supporters and opponents underscores for the importance of paying attention and keeping current.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Good causes, Jaime Gold, Jennifer Harman, Marissa, Matt Savage, Me in live tourneys, Robert Williamson III, Ted Forrest, Todd Brunson
The charity poker tournament itself started at 12:35 PM. We had 1,000 in chips and 20 minute levels. The tournament was designed to move fast because of the rebuy structure and the – oh, hell, it was for charity and we were playing for next to nothing. I was initially assigned to one of the cheap seats (a/k/a the main poker room) but got moved to table 60, seat 2 in the tournament room before the first hand.
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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Dogs (esp. Harpo), Jennifer Harman
There was a HUGE turnout for Jennifer’s tournament. It looked like over 200 entries, and probably a quarter of them have World Series bracelets.
This was a gigantic money maker for a very worthy cause. Jennifer Harman is a real lover of animals. I’m not a vegetarian and I believe medical testing on animals is important to researching certain diseases. But the humane treatment of animals is one of those great causes with which no one can quarrel.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Carrot Top, Jennifer Harman, Poker history, Shannon Elizabeth
While we were waiting for Jennifer Harman’s tournament to start at Caesars, there was plenty of time for milling around. Katie Lindsay gave her camera to someone, who took a picture of me, Katie, and Shannon Elizabeth.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Annie Duke, Erik Seidel, Good causes, Jennifer Harman, Joe Reitman, Las Vegas, Shannon Elizabeth
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” Groucho Marx
On Friday, I participated in the Jennifer Harman charity poker tournament to benefit the Nevada SPCA. These were my notes, prettied up a bit and better organized.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Bellagio, Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide - Tournament Edition, Gavin Smith, massage, WPT
I will write up my adventures with Ted Forrest and at Jennifer Harman’s charity poker tournament ASAP. I’m in my room at the Bellagio – thanks to the help of Doug Dalton and his assistant Karen in getting me a great rate (the poker rate) on a busy, busy weekend – after watching the beginning of the WPT Championship. I’m also waiting to play an Iron Man heads-up match against rockyruu. He gets $5,000 if he wins, and a chance for more against Perry Friedman and Andy Bloch.
$5,000? I think if Jo Anne divorced me, she’d have trouble getting that much. The pressure in on me here, really.
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