Month: May 2011

Poker

Ninth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic

With the World Series of Poker lurking around the corner, the month of May is a much less jam-packed month of tournament poker in Las Vegas, Nevada. There is one large tournament series though that any player in the area or tournament circuit…

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Poker

UB & Absolute Poker to File Bankruptcy

Rumors have circulated around the poker community for days that Blanca Gaming of Antigua, the parent company to UB and Absolute Poker, would file for bankruptcy, leaving player balances in limbo. On Wednesday, Mike Brunker of MSNBC confirmed those…

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Poker

Poker Players Finally Get a Tax Break

Hopefully poker players and gamblers alike will finally start being treated with a little more respect. By that I mean two wonderful things have happened over the past several months that make us actually smile a little about taxes. First, the Foreign Bank Account Reporting Form is no longer necessary for poker players to file […]

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Florida

Jax Poker to open new room and host WPT events

It’s a big week for Jacksonville Greyhound Racing & Poker. It announced simultaneously that it anticipates opening the Jacksonville Poker Room later this year (in addition to its already popular Orange Park and St. Johns facilities), and has signed a deal with the WPT to host three new tournaments during Season X. Jax Poker is […]

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Florida

NFL greats slated for May 6 charity event in Immokalee (Fla.)

Former NFL fullback Fred McCrary will host a Texas Hold’em tournament on May 6 at Seminole Casino in Immokalee, Fla., as part of the sixth annual poker and golf fundraiser that benefits his 44 Ways Foundation for underprivileged local children. Many current and former NFL players, including Terrell Buckley (Dolphins/Packers/Patriots), Earnest Graham (Tampa Bay Bucs/Gators), […]

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