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Black Friday

On Friday, hoards of shoppers will battle hangovers and full stomachs to infiltrate stores across the U.S. before the sun rises. Black Friday, which actually starts on Thursday at some stores this year, isn’t only the busiest shopping day of the year — it’s a retail holiday.

On Friday, April 15, the poker industry was affected by its own Black Friday — wherein the Department of Justice indicted 11 high-profile figures in the poker community, including Raymond Bitar and Nelson Burtnick of Full Tilt Poker. To date, FTP has failed to pay back the approximately $150 million it owes to American...

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No poker news I guess ... Is the next article going to be a Celebrity Pastry Chef creating a cake that looks like Dogs Playing Poker? Need subjects? List follows ... "Who has been the bubble boy the most in WPT tournaments?", Have somebody massage a database full of every WPT event in ten years ... look for interesting, news-worthy oddities, "Who has played the most WPT tournaments without a single cash?", "Which poker player has played more than 5 WPTs and cashed the highest percentage of times?", "The heavy-hitters of poker like Daniel Negreanu have played over 90+ times in the WPT ... total buy-ins vs prize money? Who has the highest ratio of prize money vs times at the WPT (minimum 10 events say)", How about an article on all of the women that have played in the WPT?,

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11-25-2011 12:03

flintsword (User Offline) Wrote 486 posts
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11. 1 Internet Gaming Payola fund ($TBD, originally undisclosed)
Individuals at Local, State and Federal authorities have never been shy about accepting cash in return for favors, including supporting varying types of legislation. A big reason why the U.S Government is dysfunctional, yet sadly, a prevalent mechanism in how it operates today.

11-25-2011 17:13

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What a useless article...This shouldn't even be considered news...SMH

11-27-2011 16:42

SamStyles (User Offline) Wrote 1 post
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