http://luckydogpoker.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:50:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My most recent LuckyDog Poker column dissing the new tweeting rule for the 2010 World Series of Poker hit a sore spot for at least one reader. Joe in Tennessee wrote: Hi Russ, I've been trying to get good enough to play in the WSOP, but with this Rule in ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1105 T.J. Cloutier Pro pawns 2005 WSOP bracelet but hopes to get it back I hope T.J. Cloutier gets back his World Series of Poker bracelet. I really do, even though I remember the night he... Well, more about that in a minute. Cloutier has won six WSOP bracelets in a long and ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1103 The online poker world has joined the rush to contribute to the aid of Haiti's earthquake victims. Several poker sites are offering multiple ways that players can contribute to the relief effort with just a click or two on their computer. Based on similar charitable efforts by the poker sites in ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1099 Leeann Tweeden returns for her third season as hostess of NBC's popular "Poker After Dark," which now is in the second week of its sixth season. Players featured in this week's new series of shows for Season 6 are, from left, Annette Obrestad, Mike Matusow, Antonio Esfandiari, (host Leeann Tweeden in ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1095 Just in time for some holiday dreaming -- and planning! -- the World Series of Poker lineup for 2010 was announced Thursday in Las Vegas. A quick look at the full schedule reveals that players with relatively modest bankrolls will have their best opportunity ever to experience poker's biggest show. One of ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1087 Fans of Poker After Dark on NBC shouldn't have any problem finding a favorite to root for on the Season 5 finale, which begins tonight/early Tuesday morning. The two-week-long cash game episodes will feature, from left: Patrik Antonius, Daniel Negreanu, Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan and Phil Hellmuth. That's ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1083 Jacob Zalewski, who suffers from Cerebral Palsy, came up with the idea for a charity poker tournament to help victims of the disease. The second annual "All In For CP" event is set for Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas -- and you're ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1080 Well hallelujah! There's a bit of sanity left in the federal government after all! Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Treasury and Federal Reserve Board announced a six-month extension of the compliance date for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. That means the ill-conceived, citizens'-rights-thwarting legislation won't fully kick in on Tuesday. ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1076 There's still time to protect your freedom and tell the government you're mad as hell and not going to take its latest intrusion into your life. But not much time. We're only 10 days away from the scheduled Dec. 1 enforcement of the ill-conceived and freedom-curtailing implementation of the Unlawful Internet ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1073 Part of the big crowd Q-C Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf, Iowa, during the dinner break at Friday night's charity tournament to support United Way. LOTS OF RE-BUYS AT BETTENDORF CHARITY HOLD'EM EVENT! A whopping 224 players came out Friday night in Bettendorf to test their tournament poker skills and help raise ... http://luckydogpoker.com/?p=1063