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District of Columbia

Poker Players Alliance Plans Washington, D.C. Fly-In

Since the April 15 federal indictments that forced the big three online poker sites out of the U.S. market, poker players have been emailing and calling their Congressmen like never before. In two weeks, those interested and with the means to get to…

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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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