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Play poker and other card games is a popular pastime during the Chinese New Year, but now the authorities have taken up this form of entertainment, providing health benefits. Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), said that 20% of randomly tested the cards on the market contain excessive levels of potentially carcinogenic agent formaldehyde, which can be harmful to humans. Chinese regulations allow 75 ppm of formaldehyde to join paper products, but the poker cards show a level much higher. One package even published the results of 612 ppm. If humans through inhalation or contact... Read More.

A marketing executive from Sewickley won the first World Series of Poker satellite play-in game at the Meadows Racetrack & Casino in Washington County. Stan Geier, 49, outlasted a field of 230 competitors in Sunday’s tournament, which lasted nearly 10 hours. He won a $10,000 seat for the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas this summer. He will get $2,000 to cover travel expenses. Geier has been playing poker for seven years and placed in the $1,000 Meadows Labor Day Classic. The weekend tournament was the first such qualifier in the state since table games became legal in Pennsylvania... Read More.

Poker Room, Big Bet Poker the marge  network is planning to close the business by closing its online poker room. Big Bet Poker is a website which was relaunched on a network connection in 2009, and now it seems that the closure is in the cards. It is reported that some players began to receive calls, that the closure is just around the corner, and that new players can join from January 3, 2011. According to an Internet post, from Jay Parcells, a manager and friend at the Big Bet Poker site, operations are being ceased. He writes “I am writing to inform you that Big Bet Poker is closing our poker... Read More.

Started from last friday…and for the next 15days the Choctaw Casino is going global! It’s playing host to a world-wide event. The stage is being set for the biggest poker tournament in the world and that stage is right here in Texoma. “They were looking for someone who had a facility that could meet their expectations and standards that could host a wsop tournament and we are that facility” Said casino director Steven Loyd. Choctaw Casino hosts the Midwest first World Series of Poker circuit event. It starts Thursday night and runs until 20 January. There will be three tournaments... Read More.

Something new has just been announced to the world of television poker. Indeed, another concept would be spread on French television for the New Year, the 2011. If Estelle Denis has chosen confrontation between girls and boys, the battle of generations Eurosport chosen as a television special “Poker Dome”. If it was expected that young people in the team’s official TV channel formed by Basil Yaiche “Basou” Clement Thumy “Clem2511″ Lemaire and Hugo “Hhhhugo” face three other players on the internet, finally a team in front of experienced players... Read More.

A player of poker in a casino in Australia consumed 42 beers in a session of 17 hours at the poker table on New Year’s Eve. Star City Casino, located in Sydney, Australia, is an online casino, which is now in trouble with authorities after serving the huge number of 42 beers to a customer who attended a session of poker long term. A fine in the amount of $10,000 was issued to the Star City Casino, as casinos are not permitted to offer gambling opportunities to a person that is intoxicated. It appears that this person drank 42 beers during 17 hours at the poker tables. Five beers were requested... Read More.

With the approaching New Year, Card Player caught some of the biggest names in international tournaments in the district went to the 2010 and discover what they hope to in 2011. Liverpool Paul Marrow leaves his mark on every table that plays all over the world. He is one of those players that are fun to watch and is distinguished by his kindness, sense of humor, and his style ⎯ as well as fashion and style of poker. He was even recently nominated for Irish Poker Personality of The Year award despite the fact he isn’t even Irish. The businessman/poker player spoke to Card Player about the ups... Read More.

For the past couple weeks, poker industry have review what happened in 2010 and highlighted and discussed what they thought was the biggest stories in years. But with one day left in 2010, we must add another item in this list, leaving Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke BU. The duo poker superstars had represented the company since before the poker boom and built two of the biggest brands in the game Now Hellmuth and Duke are perhaps two of the biggest free agents on the market. Notice was first sent to the blog of UB and then confirmed by both players on Twitter. Duke broke the first news post on its... Read More.

LAS VEGAS (22nd Dec  2010) – The 42nd annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) – a set of poker tournaments open to anyone who are 21 years of age or older then 21 years – the 2011 campaign begins on Tuesday, 31st May 2011 – just a day after Memorial Day – and every 50 days to drive right Tuesday, 19th July 2010. The event, as was its standard since 2005, will continue to be held at the Convention Center at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The WSOP Main Event will begin on Thursday, 7th July 2011, and once again feature four starting days (July 7, 8,... Read More.

John Pappas, director of the Poker Players Alliance appeared on television last week to talk about the latest effort to legalize and regulate online poker in the United States. Despite attempts by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Pappas in the segment “The High Stakes Poker on the Internet” should be a “Christmas miracle” at this stage to see the bill pass. “Unfortunately, I think the Congress is missing an opportunity to achieve and get done sooner than later,” he admitted. “I think next year is really our best to be next. A vehicle of the year does... Read More.