IF YOU PLAY... HAVE A SAY

GregsMom

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Voting is the single most important action you can take as a citizen of this great country. Speaking as a former U.S. Senator, I can tell you that people who don’t exercise their right to vote simply aren’t part of the equation of political power.

The 2008 election will be the most crit [...]

March 2008 PPA Newsletter

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March 2008 Newsletter

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Message from the Chairman: Jan 2008

GregsMom

="0"> Message from the Chairman: Jan 2008 - Join our State Director Program
by Alfonse D'Amato, Poker Players Alliance

Happy New Year! Please read this important announcement. Poker needs you!

2008 will be a critical year for poker. The success and momentum we built together in 2007 must continue into a more vocal and mobilized grassroots efforts this year. We cannot move forward wit [...]

Dec. 2007: Report from the Chairman

GregsMom

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Dear Member,

As we near the end of 2007, the fight for poker gains momentum. Since our last newsletter, the PPA has become more involved at the state level, received national media coverage, and we have become an increasingly active and influential force in Washington, D.C.

Our Washington Fly-In and policy co [...]

I Just won the WMFE Suited Pockets Tournament...!

Merlin333

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Poker Players Alliance: News and Articles

GregsMom

="0" border="0">[PPA] Report from Executive Director John Pappas This has been an exciting week for poker and I have several items of good news to report.

First, I am pleased to announce that Rep. John Conyers (MI) Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has agreed to co-sponsor H.R. 2046, the Skill Game Protection Act. Further, his Committee officially announced today that they are holding a hearing next week (Nov. 14th) to discuss Internet gaming issues. Both of these [...]

Event 5 win, FT report (Final Part)

SleepOnIce

the hell out of everyone, ship it?

The next hand PP loses with K4 to AJ (AIPF, PP had barely 1BB) so we are 5-handed. Two hands later PLLSHRK doubles up with 88 vs. 74. After that about 10-15 hands pass while everyone gets bunched up at around 18k in chips and myself staying about the same as before. Then this happens between myself and (who I viewed at the time) my toughest opponent:

Seat 2 - PLLSHRK ($12150 in chips)
Seat 4 - SEEDOG2 ($19485 in chips)
Seat 6 [...]

Event 5 Win, FT report (Part 1)

SleepOnIce

report of how the FT went down, here. It'll mostly be Hand Histories, but I'll try to add in some commentary as I go, AND SO IT BEGINS.

The FT started off relatively slow, with me questioning aloud how the hell I ended up as the chipleader going into the FT, as well as a near endless stream of shout-outs to all needed. The first 3-4 hands were all relatively boring untill this:

JSAW72 - Folds
MRSLEEP34 - Folds
VPPRO26 - Folds
187RYGUY - Raises [...]

Poker (a love~hate thing) part I

GregsMom

that always seemed to have trouble brewing around there? The cops, the loud music , the dogs, the parties on a Wednesday night or every night, the revving of sandrail engines, Harley motors, the smell of spraypaint going on a bumper, we all have at least one in every suburban neighborhood across the US....well that's where I fell in love with the game of poker. Long nights for a 16 year old girl, who just loved hanging out with the guys... but that's where my now husband of 20 years liv [...]

Congressman Ron Paul Against UIGEA

GregsMom

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Congressman Ron Paul

By Arthur Crowson

There is one more opponent of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). According to www.house.gov, Presidential hopeful Ron Paul will be offering his support to Congressman Barney Frank's revised gambling bill, the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act or IGREA.

The act [...]

Poker Players Alliance "August Advocate"

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Dear Fellow PPA Member:

Thanks to your efforts, we have made tremendous progress in our fight to protect the rights of poker players. More than 40 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have committed to clarifying federal laws to preserve your ability to play poker online. But we still need [...]

Requiem for a poker game by Robert Burton

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Poker has been spoiled by TV tournaments and players schooled online. In the battle for the big payoff, wit and camaraderie have been trumped by computer logic and greed.

By Robert Burton-Salon.com

July 28, 2007 | A week and a half ago, Jerry Yang, a 39-year-old Southern California psychologist and social worker, won the 2007 World Series of Poker [...]

How to: Spew off chips

SleepOnIce

Step 1:

Call down with a decent hand because you don't know where you are at, and you are obviously too horrible to raise.

Example:

Seat 1 - SEEDOG2 ($1480 in chips)
Seat 2 - MRSLEEP34 ($1770 in chips)
Seat 3 - 2000BW ($1350 in chips)
Seat 4 - BEVERLEE1069 ($1500 in chips)
Seat 5 - FURVS ($1460 in chips)
Seat 6 - DARRENAAKK ($1570 in chips)
Seat 7 - CHASHNUP ($1470 in chips)
Seat 8 - FREEROLLER1 ($1430 in chips)
Seat 9 - JCKCMC [...]

Poker Players Alliance- Senator Al D'Amato

GregsMom

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Dear PPA Members,

We have accomplished so much in so little time! Our membership has grown more than 500% since the first of the year, to over 600,000 members -- thanks in no small part to you telling your fellow poker enthusiasts to join our cause. We are well on our way to our One Million Member target, and I again ask [...]

The League

SleepOnIce

In my first season I managed to finish 6th (or 7th) despite many things. For one, I was a new player online, relatively horrible but undoubtedly luckboxing my way into 2nd place before the final event. In one event AP crashed, and I could not log in for a good hour and a half, and somehow I managed to top 30 before logging in just in time to see myself forced all-in on the BB with 10-3. GG me and F AP. I remember in the final event I was sweating Owenmoney the whole time, hoping he would bust ou [...]

6 Max $77 MTT on Pokerstars

KungFuElvis

time consuming that poker has been on the back burner. Last night I decided to trade sleep for poker and hopped in a couple of tourneys.

I started in the $33 MTT on Pokerstars at 11pm EST. Maybe 4 hands into the event I get dealt pocket 5's in the BB. There is a raise, 2 callers, and a big reraise from the button. I thought about it for a minute and folded. It was early and I don't have much luck with playing small pairs out of position. Sure enough, I would flopped a set, [...]

Event #7 results A.C. Borgata Summer Open

GregsMom

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The Poker Life

Mr Victrum

poker fan across the world. I guess everybody has a dream. Do you?

Event #3 A.C. Borgata Summer Open results

GregsMom

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IF YOU PLAY... HAVE A SAY

March 2008 PPA Newsletter

Message from the Chairman: Jan 2008

Dec. 2007: Report from the Chairman

I Just won the WMFE Suited Pockets Tournament...!

Poker Players Alliance: News and Articles

Event 5 win, FT report (Final Part)

Event 5 Win, FT report (Part 1)

Poker (a love~hate thing) part I

Congressman Ron Paul Against UIGEA

Poker Players Alliance "August Advocate"

Requiem for a poker game by Robert Burton

How to: Spew off chips

Poker Players Alliance- Senator Al D'Amato

The League

6 Max $77 MTT on Pokerstars

Event #7 results A.C. Borgata Summer Open

The Poker Life

Event #3 A.C. Borgata Summer Open results