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From the monthly archives:

May 2006

PokerStars Freeroll

by Bill Rini on May 31, 2006

in Online Poker, Poker

Online Poker

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!

This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers.

Registration code: 1585056

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Carnival Reminder

by Bill Rini on May 30, 2006

in Poker

Just a reminder that I’m taking Carnival of Poker submissions until June 19th. If you have a poker related blog post you think worthy of promotion, ping me.

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Memorial Day

by Bill Rini on May 29, 2006

in General Ramblings

Field Hospital

A photo taken by my grandfather after his unit, the 82nd Airborne, took back Nijmegen from the Germans during Operation Market Garden. (1944)

nijmegen

Me on a much less heroic mission to Nijmegen with the 583rd Med in support of the Nijmegen Marches. (1988)

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The World Series of Poker

May 29, 2006 Poker

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The World Series of Poker, as the name might imply, is the premier poker event in the world. Winning a gold World Series of Poker bracelet is considered to be the height of poker achievement. Started in [...]

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Bad Beat on Cancer

May 28, 2006 General Ramblings

The other night we went down to to Hollwood for Phil Gordon’s charity event. Phil is a big supporter of the Bad Beat on Cancer cause and so he hosts these events in an effort to raise money. The idea was that you would bid to play a pro and if you won [...]

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Easter Eggs in Phil’s Calendar

May 27, 2006 Poker

As many of you may know, my bounty in the Dec WPBT event was a Phil Hellmuth 2006 Calendar. Drizz was the lucky winner. Well, I simply couldn’t resist having my own calendar so I purchased two. Every day I peel off another page to reveal some piece of Phil Hellmuth wisdom. [...]

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How Can You Be So Wrong?

May 26, 2006 Is Online Poker Legal?

Ran across this beauty the other day and I couldn’t help but tear it apart.
“Lawless” Internet proving costly for gamblers By Kate Holton
Wed May 24, 8:01 AM ET

Scary headline that grabs people’s attention? Check.
LONDON (Reuters) – The Internet is a “lawless land,” easily accessed 24 hours a day without stepping out of the house, [...]

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Even Farkers Think Banning Online Gambling is teh Stoopid

May 26, 2006 Is Online Poker Legal?

I love some of the quotes from this Fark thread. Keep in mind that many of the comments against banning online gambling are from people who don’t even play online poker.
I like online poker. I don’t see what the harm in me playing poker online is. It’s not a carcinogen. It’s not increasing the [...]

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Yikes!

May 24, 2006 Poker

This is what’s wrong with teh interwebs.

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