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When Black Friday isn’t a bad thing
Black Friday has a different meaning to poker players than it does to the rest of the world. To non-poker enthusiasts Black Friday is the
Ante Up Magazine
November 2, 2011
Black Friday has a different meaning to poker players than it does to the rest of the world. To non-poker enthusiasts Black Friday is the
Nick Schwarmann of Orlando came to the final table as chipleader of the Heartland Poker Tour stop at Daytona Beach Kennel Club and never surrendered
For years, poker room manager Rick O’Connell had dreamed of putting together a big tournament at Seminole Casino Immokalee near Ft. Myers, Fla. On the weekend of Sept. 24-25, his dream came true with two events featuring former world champion Scotty Nguyen in the casino’s decked-out Events Pavilion. The action started on Saturday, with an […]
The November Nine is here as poker’s most-coveted prize is on the line. This year, the moniker “World” Series of Poker is truly fitting as
While many businesses are feeling the downward force of the economic recession, the poker industry is continuing to rise. Ten years ago the biggest tournament
Ante Up has finished major enhancements to anteupmagazine.com that mirror the focus of the magazine: to bring readers poker news from around the country in a regionally specific way. Users will find a dropdown menu on the right-hand side of each page that allows them to choose a specific state, and the site has been […]
Thunder Valley Casino Resort’s Harvest Hold’em Series features four guaranteed events Nov. 20-27. Action kicks off with a $125 buy-in knockout bounty no-limit hold’em event at 6 p.m. Nov. 23. Players start with 5,000 units, earn $25 for each bounty and the prize pool has a $10,000 guarantee. Play resumes the day after Thanksgiving with […]
With all of the cardroom competition in Northern California, we’re faced with a multitude of promotions. As a Bay Area poker player, I truly enjoy the clubs fighting for my patronage by offering some extras. Bad-beat jackpots are the most common. The requirements may be different at each club, but typically it requires aces full […]
I don’t get to play as much as I’d like to, or used to. Having a new baby last year and the near extinction of online poker this year made sure of that. I have been getting out more often recently, though, squeezing in some cash play. But except for the World Series of Poker, […]
The new poker room manager at the Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Washington, Pa., is Billy Takacs, and he’s no stranger to the felt. Takacs,
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