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Old 11-01-2012, 10:07 AM   #2726
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met a kid last month while i was in budapest/vienna...he played heavy online while in college. his buddy is in the final9 this year.
guess who the kid's buddy was?

edit. sorry no spoilers.
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Old 11-01-2012, 10:09 AM   #2727
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3 handed was some of the best televised poker I have ever watched. Merson impressed me in the earlier coverage and played incredibly well as the final table got shorter.
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Old 11-01-2012, 10:13 AM   #2728
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lost $200 1/2 cash table at delaware park last night. really frustrating night.

wasn't being dealt ****. the best hands were pocket QQ & KK with little action on either. no 2prs, trips, straight...nothing was hitting regardless of if i played the hand or not.

i need to learn some patience. i got behind and tried to make it up by shoving $60 on pocket 88s and losing to 2pr...4s and 6s or something dumb.
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Old 11-01-2012, 10:13 AM   #2729
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3 handed was some of the best televised poker I have ever watched. Merson impressed me in the earlier coverage and played incredibly well as the final table got shorter.
neek not sure how much action this thread gets anymore, but might want to edit out the spoiler.

that final hand was nuts. took some balls to play that hand.
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Old 11-01-2012, 10:49 AM   #2730
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It aired already, 48 hours ago...open season. I can't imagine anyone that checks into this thread, if they have any interest, doesn't already know who won.

I really wouldn't worry about spoilers.
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I probably could have gone to the Rio & tried to watch it live, but there is a good chance my gf would have strangled me.

anyway, while the ME was going on, I was loitering around the Luxor playing 1/2NL
the short version:
played 5 sessions (5 different evenings, usually after 9:30pm )
total of about 17.5 hours
I won $174.

I might have done better if I was not an idiot, or I ran a little better.

here's the breakdown:
Friday, 10/26 9:40pm - 1:40am (4 hours)
+$178
a great start. they opened a new table & we were 4 handed for a while.
two of the players looked like they might be Brazilians in town for the PBR World Finals. one of them had the money for both of them.
neither was very good. they just would not fold his marginal hands.
or particularly lucky as one opened to 15 w/ JJ and got 3B to 45 by my AA.
I called his 4B shove & held.

I open raised AKo to 7, ended up seeing the flop 4 ways, cbet 236 flop & laid it down to a shove (duh!)
called a $15 pfr (closing the action from BB) to see a 5 way flop w/ AQs.
whiffed and folded to cbet. felt I was priced in to see flop.

Saturday, 10/27 9:25pm to 1:05am (3.5 hours)
-$85
rough outing that could have been worse.
very early in session I called a pfr w/ TT and flopped top set on monochrome board. ended up losing stack ($200 buy-in) to nut flush.
re-bought.
I pfr AK to 7 or 8, flopped A6T, cbet, got called. turn 7, got min-check raised to $50, called like a donk. just to make it worse, the dealer said "show me a winner". I said "show me the last card, please".
he had mixed the muck & the deck & maybe the burn cards.
so, he said he would have to shuffle and then deal it out.
I said "I have a real bad feeling about this".
river was blank, villain led out for $100, I smarten up & folded, he shows me 8d9d.
I wish I could tell you how big my flop cbet was. I know it was over 1/2 pot.
I was not happy, and down even more.
on the good side, I rivered a boat on a 4 flush board for a big pot (I had pfr's AKs, but not in the suit the flush came in.
pfr'd QQ, called a donk bet on flop, bet when checked to on turn, then shipped on the river w/ no call.
interesting players - two "kids" that were pulling out $100's like they owned a printing press. they immediately had a prop bet, whoever did worse had to buy a pumpkin pie for the other one.
pretty much played like loons, open raising to $300, later one shoves preflop blind and the other one calls (for $150) w/o looking.
unfortunately for me they were a few seats to my left.
unfortunately for them, they were directly to the right of the best player at the table.
he had a big stack (including $200 of mine) before they got there and ended up leaving w/ about $1300 a while after they left.
I told him he had an excellent poker face, as he had not pissed himself laughing when they started their nonsense.
frustrating night as I wished I had played pot control on the turn, or at least not called the c/r.
w/ my flopped top set on the monochrome, I'm not sure I could have gotten away as he was very aggressive.

Sunday, 10/28 10:51 pm to 3:46 am (~5 hours)
+52
basically, very little happened. "interesting hand" from my notebook
QQ, pfr to 8, 1 guy called, then someone 3B to 35. I shipped, they folded.

Monday, 10/29 9:08 pm to 11:32 pm (~2.5 hours)
-$200
obviously, not my night. as the joke goes - "I shouldn't even be here."
flight back to Philly cancelled, means bonus pokering for me.
I cleverly use this opportunity to wipe out my winnings up to this point.
after many orbits w/ noting interesting, I open $7 UTG+1 w/ A6s.
see the flop 4 way. it comes 442. I cbet/stab $12 get shoved on by short stack for $26 more. other two fold.
I pay off 99 like a donk.

I limped w/ 44 and ended up with a boat, but not a very big pot.
called a pfr from BB w/ TT (should have raised. I suck)
flop a T on monochrome board, lead out & take it down.

then, the disaster -
pfr $8 - KK in EP.
new player min raises me to 16, player that I suspect is good calls in late position.
pot is now $43 and it's $8 to call.
I have $111 remaining.
I decide if I call, pot is going to be < twice my stack.
I ship it.
min raiser calls, good player folds.
flop comes 3-5-7 and I am happy.
turns comes J and I am worried, as JJ is definitely a possibility for his hand.
river is another 7. dealer says show me a winner.
I show KK.
he shows 33.
I am surprised, crushed & quite pleased w/ myself.
I think I played it perfectly.
if he had called me preflop and then made his set & I stacked off, I would have been sick, but this didn't even really bother me that much.
I think I might be starting to understand the game.
dealer pushed the pot over to him, pulled out the new deck and starts dealing next hand.
he shoots me a card (I think I am now UTG) and asks me if I am going to buy chips.
I tell him I've had enough for one night.
I pick up my rack from under my seat and bring it over to the wife/gf of 33 and tell her "you'll probably need this later. I don't need it any more"
33 is wearing a Phillies cap. I ask him when he got in and when he is headed out, telling him my flight out was cancelled and I'm not getting out until Wednesday. we chat for a minute and I tell him "good luck & take care" and head off to bed.
the whole trip up I am amazed how happy I am with how I played it. I sleep like a log. am I finally not "results oriented" ?

Tuesday, 10/30 the last hurrah. 10:47 pm to 1:10 am (~2.3 hours)
+$228
we start off 7 handed. game would get all kinds of weird between short stacked players and my first encounter w/ a player who was serious drunk and tilted and had a big bankroll.

check my option in BB w/ 99 (should have raised, probably).
flop comes A77, gets checked around.
I c/c $10 on turn & river to pay off A-rag.

I call a preflop shove to $40 w/ A6s from fishy short stack and hold over QJo.

big hand was pfr to $8 w/ KK and calling shove from table drunk (I had him covered) he has something clever like 83o and flops a trey, but I hold.

this was the beginning of his drunken shenanigans as he would either ship pre-flop or on the flop after limping or calling a raise.
I decided to just wait for a spot (which never came). he usually got action from better hands & lost and burned through maybe a grand or so.
spent most of his time insulting us because no one wanted to "play poker" w/ him.
I managed to limp in w/ 44 on a pot where he limped preflop & then shoved the flop, but it was J85 or somesuch.
he was in town for the SEMA show & going on about how he wasn't here to win money playing poker. "good thing" I told my neighbors. (he was on opposite end).
of course, the guy on my left played with him quite a bit and turned $200 into $40 into $600+
then when he (my neighbor, not the drunk) was ready to pick up, he took his last free hand before the BB, and called a pre-flop shove of $309 w/ AJo and got out flopped by 83o or some such nonsense.
now that Drunky McDrunkenstein had $600+ I saw my last orbit & bailed.
I suppose it would be +EV to play him, but I did not feel like flipping coins for my $400+.
especially the day after demonstrating that being a 4:1 favorite means you lose one of every five . . . .

so, that's that.
I was still weak/tighter than I planned on.
I tend to adjust to the table dynamic and that tends toward a lot of pre-flop limping.
the last night (before Drunky showed up) you'd see 3 or 4 guys in the pot w/ no raise, then someone would fire $10 into $6 or $8 on the flop & take it down.
is that odd, or is it just me?
no one raises pre-flop, but a number of people will overbet the pot on the flop.

I still need to watch the ME stuff, which I am hoping got recorded while I was away.
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Old 11-02-2012, 07:46 AM   #2732
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lost $200 1/2 cash table at delaware park last night. really frustrating night.

wasn't being dealt ****. the best hands were pocket QQ & KK with little action on either. no 2prs, trips, straight...nothing was hitting regardless of if i played the hand or not.

i need to learn some patience. i got behind and tried to make it up by shoving $60 on pocket 88s and losing to 2pr...4s and 6s or something dumb.
Whenever I'm drawing card dead for hours, I just pack up and leave anymore. Even worse, I'll burn that last $60 at the craps table, or a slot machine . In fact, last time I derped away about $140 on 1/2NL, I headed to a 25c slot, and hit for $1,000 with about $10 invested. I haven't been back there since, because I know that won't work like that again

I agree on the patience thing, but you'll be double angry at yourself for going on tilt because of it. Try to walk away with at least SOMETHING in your pocket, even if you sneak a few red chips in your pocket while still playing.
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Old 11-02-2012, 10:14 AM   #2733
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Whenever I'm drawing card dead for hours, I just pack up and leave anymore. Even worse, I'll burn that last $60 at the craps table, or a slot machine . In fact, last time I derped away about $140 on 1/2NL, I headed to a 25c slot, and hit for $1,000 with about $10 invested. I haven't been back there since, because I know that won't work like that again

I agree on the patience thing, but you'll be double angry at yourself for going on tilt because of it. Try to walk away with at least SOMETHING in your pocket, even if you sneak a few red chips in your pocket while still playing.
you're local right? yeah, it was definitely a spur of the moment thing. Wed. night at 10pm, bored, reading up on the main event got me itching to play.

i didn't follow the WSOP too closely this year but a kid I was hanging out with over the summer in europe was talking about his buddy made it to the final table and had a good shot at winning...Merson of course.
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Old 11-06-2012, 09:46 PM   #2734
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lost $200 1/2 cash table at delaware park last night. really frustrating night.

wasn't being dealt ****. the best hands were pocket QQ & KK with little action on either. no 2prs, trips, straight...nothing was hitting regardless of if i played the hand or not.

i need to learn some patience. i got behind and tried to make it up by shoving $60 on pocket 88s and losing to 2pr...4s and 6s or something dumb.
finally made it to Delaware Park.
played about 6 1/2 hours (I get election day off).
did not go so well. lost $223.
good sized chunk w/ AA. raised preflop, got a bunch of callers, led out w/ good sized bet on T high flop, got one caller. checked back T turn, but then paid off $50 bet on river to QT.

game got faster as time went on and new players came in, stradling, etc.
I stuck with my usual game of folding Q4o and trying to never flop a set.
mostly successful, except I did flop J55 w/ JJ but no action as my pfr folded out the stray 5 from the aggressive guy.

felt like I was going to blind out in a cash game.
hands go like this:
button straddles to $4, SB & BB call, limp in w/ KJs, it gets raised to $16, 3 callers in front, close action w/ a call.
see flop of some crap like 853ss, call $25 w/ FD, whiff turn, fold to shove ($84).
wave goodbye to $41.
maybe I should have raised the flop. but it would not have helped, as he had raised the straddle w/ 85 and flopped 2 pair.

I suck at poker.

very different playing w/ a table full of regs including a few aggros, compared to the rec players & drunks I saw in Vegas.

perhaps I should stick to weekends there.

interesting watching a guy turn $150 BI into $875 while I was treading water w/ my second $200 BI.
I should play more like him.
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Old 11-07-2012, 09:49 AM   #2735
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yeah. the table i was at the drunker you were the better the results. $10-15 preflop raises rarely pushed anyone out.

i don't know if it was his shtick or not but one guy kept asking what the blinds were...
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do you have a strategy for playing when there is a straddle on or for dealing w/ loose aggressive (but not maniac) types?

also, do you have any interest in meeting up at DP on a Saturday or Sunday or maybe a Friday night?

I'd like to find someone to help me work on my game.
would you be interested in getting together to talk poker once or twice a month?

I KNOW these guys are playing a straddle and building up pots preflop because they are more comfortable (than the opposition) playing bloated pots post flop.
and hiding under the table waiting for cards does not seem to be plus EV.

I talked to a guy that seemed to be a pretty good player after a session in Vegas and he talked about defending blinds & buttons w/ 3 bets and firing at flops or re-raising flops.
I understand that you can't always play your cards, sometimes you have to play the other guys hand.
but I cannot see making it $20 (or more) to go out of the blinds with no hand and then firing $30+ at a "good" flop in the hopes that he was on a steal or missed.
I guess I don't have the heart to risk $50 to keep a guy from stealing $2.
right now it (always) seems easier to give him the $2 and wait for a better spot.

of course, this means I am playing my hand face up when I call or raise.
which is bad.
I need to grow a pair.
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Old 11-07-2012, 05:54 PM   #2737
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Usually, not always, I will straddle if I am winning and the table is tight. I like to keep the action going but am not a loose player. I have seen "those guys" that straddle every opportunity and reraise their option.

Normally, depending on the raise, they take it down or get one or two callers. This is the perfect chance to bluff at the pot or make a big bet heads up with middle, bottom pair or a big draw. It's best to be in position, otherwise you can't check the flop.

Just don't get involved every time and try to sit to the left of the guy straddling, maybe so that you are in a late position each time. That way if you have a good hand, you are going to raise anyway and he'll come along since he is "invested".

I never understand people that take straddling personally. I love it and it's a good way to keep people in the game.
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I don't take it personally.
they are trying to gain an advantage (& likely succeeding).
that's the nature of the game.

I was sitting on their left, but it doesn't help when they straddle the button or the cutoff (which I had never seen allowed before!) so I am in the BB or SB when they do it.
even if they were straddling UTG, I'm still EP
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Old 11-07-2012, 08:57 PM   #2739
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you're local right?
Yup, or at least Delaware casinos are my current poker stomping grounds . I used to play semi-weekly, but its been about once every month or two, lately.
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$10-15 preflop raises rarely pushed anyone out.
and this is why I stay out of Delaware Park, and usually play Harrington (which is also a bit closer to me). Further south, there isn't as many players, and the tables are a bit tighter, but at least the play isn't as dangerous. Last time at DP, I raised to $45 from the button with pocket queens, and got called by 5 people , ended up losing to a caller with K,5, off suit
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I'd like to meet up w/ you sometime as well, plunk.
Harrington look like it's about 80 miles from me.
Delaware Park is a bit less than 20.
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thinking about heading down to DP sometime this weekend.
I have Monday off too, but I think that it might turn out to be similar to election day crowd (regs).
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I'd like to meet up w/ you sometime as well, plunk.
Harrington look like it's about 80 miles from me.
Delaware Park is a bit less than 20.
Harrington and Dover are both about 80 miles from me, with DP at about 110, but either way, I'll try to PM you next time I head north to DP.
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Harrington and Dover are both about 80 miles from me, with DP at about 110, but either way, I'll try to PM you next time I head north to DP.
I'm going to PM you my email address.
sometimes there are wide gaps between my nasioc logins.
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hmmm . . .
9 tables of 1/2 NL going right now at DP.
3 tables of 2/5 NL
2 tables of 2/4 Limit
and a table of 4/8 Omaha Hi/Lo

definitely looks like weekends might have more rec type players.
and of course, probably more regs gunning for them.

just got a copy of Ed Miller's "Playing the Player: Moving Beyond ABC Poker To Dominate Your Opponents"
just started reading it this morning.
so, I think I'll hold off on heading to DP until I finish it.
hoping to get a better idea of how to play against the people that usually run me (& the whole game!) over.
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Old 11-19-2012, 05:46 AM   #2745
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New to the forum, glad there's a poker thread.

I usually play at PARX since I live closer to there, but used to play in AC more than less.

Haven't played in awhile, been off the game. Trying to get something local and casual going, but will prob just end up at PARX tonight or tomorrow.

Will report back soon with stories of bad beats
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well, here's something different:
http://www.pokernewsdaily.com/aria-d...n-poker-22934/

Aria Debuts Multi Action Poker

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For years, online poker players have joked about wanting the ability to multi-table at a live casino. Joke no more, my friends, that ability is now yours. The Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas launched a new form of poker Wednesday called Multi Action Poker, giving players the ability to participate in two games simultaneously.

The idea behind Multi Action Poker is to decrease the time players must wait to act, thus keeping players better engaged. Though the Aria claims it is not a live version of online poker, it almost is. Just like a player must pay attention to two simultaneous hands, sets of opponents, and chip stacks online, so must he in a Multi Action Poker game (though the opponents will be the same).

At first glance, the table layout looks very confusing, but it as odd as the concept is, it actually makes sense. There are two dealers sitting across the table from each other, each taking care of a separate hand. Everyone, dealers and players included, will be able to differentiate between the two hands based on the colors of the front and backs of the cards. At each player’s seat, there are two spaces, one marked with a blue circle and one with a red circle, on which separate chip stacks will be placed. A small wooden divider sits in between the spaces to help keep the chip stacks from intermingling. The two flops will be laid out on corresponding blue and red diamonds in the center of the table.

For the most part, other than the layout of the table, the game proceeds like any other. Players will need to work a little harder to follow the action and dealers will need to be careful to keep the cards and pots organized, but it’s still just poker. The two games at the table do not need to be the same, though; it all just depends on what the casino wants to do at any given time. The first Multi Action Poker games played at the public Wednesday night were $3/$6 and $5/$10 Fixed-Limit Hold’em, chosen because Fixed-Limit is an uncomplicated game and will be easier to run while any kinks are being worked out. Multi Action Poker is at the beginning of a 30-day trial for Nevada Gaming Control, so the Aria obviously wants to put its best foot forward.

Naturally, some questions may arise as to what happens if a player is felted in one game but not on the other. In that case, according to the rules set forth by the Aria, the player may take chips from his remaining stack to reload in the game in which he busted, provided he has at least the minimum stack in both games. If he chooses not to reload, it is up to the casino’s discretion as to whether or not he is allowed to remain at the table. If there is a waiting list for the table, chances are a player would not be permitted to sit with only one stack.

Word from players at the Aria is that Multi Action Poker is garnering solid interest during its launch night. It certainly is an interesting concept, one we will be watching closely to see how it turns out.
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no surprise here.
I hope a meteor hits them in full session and knocks them over a fiscal cliff or something.

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It’s Official: Federal Online Poker Legislation Dead For 2012
Posted: 14 Dec 2012 09:22 PM PST
Late this afternoon, the official word came from the offices of Nevada Senator Harry Reid regarding the drive for federal online poker legislation: he’s pulling the plug.

With only about one week left in the 112th session of the U. S. Congress (the new Congress will be seated on January 2), Senator Reid issued a written statement regarding the proposed legislation that he had worked on with outgoing Arizona Senator Jon Kyl. “We have simply run out of time in this legislative calendar,” Senator Reid’s statement read. The current Congress only has a handful of bills that have the opportunity to pass and linking a federal measure for online poker regulation would jeopardize passage of those bills.

“I am disappointed,” Reid added in the statement, but he did offer what might be a glimmer of hope for the future of federal action. “Senator Dean Heller (Reid’s Republican partner from Nevada) and I remain committed to this issue and it will be a priority for us in the new Congress.”

While Reid, Kyl and Heller proposed to be at the forefront of moving the issue through the Senate, they were facing more opposition to the issue than they previously had thought. Reid and Heller were looking to ensure that Nevada would be the epicenter of a federal online gaming outlet (with the Nevada casinos providing the action), while Kyl, a longtime anti-gambling zealot, was looking to actually limit online gaming (the proposed Reid/Kyl bill would have virtually outlawed any other online gaming) before he retired from Congress. The push back from fellow Senators – not to mention the Governors of the individual states and Indian tribes – proved to be too much to overcome.

When the new Congress is seated come January, the opportunity for new legislation to be proposed (the Reid/Kyl bill was never introduced; Texas House of Representative’s member Joe Barton’s online poker regulatory bill will “die” with the end of this Congress and will have to be reintroduced) could very well be a short one. “Our goal is to definitely try again next year,” David Krone, the chief of staff for Senator Reid, “but Senator Reid’s feeling is that, after a while, there comes a time when you’ve lost the consensus that you’ve built. There will be a window next year, but I don’t see it going long.”

The journey of federal online poker legislation has been one fraught with starts and stops virtually throughout the entirety of this Congressional session. Although Rep. Barton introduced his bill last year, it received little attention save for two House subcommittee meetings. A vote was never taken on Rep. Barton’s bill and, as such, it never reached the floor of the House of Representatives for consideration.

The Senate did not even take up the issue of federal online poker regulation until after the U. S. Department of Justice ruled in December 2011 that the Wire Act of 1961 – the law most often used to state online gambling and poker were illegal – only applied to sports betting. This opened the floodgates for the individual states to start offering online gaming, from lottery ticket sales in Illinois to Nevada’s efforts to open an intra-state online poker network to Delaware’s passage of a full online casino gaming law.

The Reid/Kyl bill would have shut all of those operations down, just as Rep. Barton’s bill would have. While opening up online poker for American players (the players would not be allowed to play internationally), virtually all other forms of online gaming (bingo, slots, table games, lotteries, etc.) would have been banned. The Reid/Kyl bill, however, seems to have never gotten out of the gate, leading to infighting among the two Nevada senators as to who really had the best interests of their constituents (and potentially the powerful Nevada casino industry) in mind.

With the failure of federal online poker regulation for 2012, the states are now the last option before the calendar flips. Although Nevada has their regulations in place and has awarded licenses, it isn’t until the spring of 2013 that the first sites are expected to go online. California seems to be “warming the engines” to push for online poker regulation, while New Jersey is expected to make their moves on the issue of full-fledged online casinos before the New Year. Even with these options in motion, however, it will be much longer before Americans can warm up their computers for a regulated online poker world in the United States.
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Old 12-20-2012, 08:39 PM   #2748
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Poker News - Lederer settles.
link to settlement pdf

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Lederer's civil settlement
Howard Lederer has successfully retained the bulk of his life bankroll after coming to a settlement with the US Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York (SDNY).

A number of civil charges were filed against Howard, including conspiracy to commit money laundering, defrauding players out of $330 million and misrepresenting the safety of player funds.

However, an agreement with the SDNY has saved him from losing $42 million and a string of luxury properties.

According to the settlement, Lederer is now only required to forfeit (amongst other things) his 1965 Shelby Cobra, no less than $440,000 from the sale of his Twin Palms Circle property and $1,250,000 as a civil money laundering charge.

The penalties would certainly represent a significant blow to many; however, the result will no doubt please Lederer but infuriate much of the poker community.
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Old 12-23-2012, 10:21 AM   #2749
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found something interesting on youtube.
it's pretty old (2009, I think as the chatbox references that year's ME final table) but had very few views, so you may not have seen it.
Six instructors from PokerVT are playing 1/2NL at a 6 max table on Stars.
there is a string of videos from each of their perspectives with their commentary.
I am not all the way thru it yet (~2 hour game x 6 commentators = nearly 12 hours of content) but it has been very informative.

Daniel Negreanu's commentary starts here:
edit - Daniel only talks about the hands he plays.




Bryan Devonshire's commentary starts here:
Devo comments about pretty much all hands.



Jon Ettinger's commentary starts here:

Joshua Norris' commentary starts here:
edit - Joshua is playing tournaments at the same time and barely even comments on the hands he plays.
not really worth watching.
seems like minutes go by w/ nothing from him.
would be better use of your time to simply jump to time stamp in his videos to see what he was playing in various hands vs the others.


Jon Turner's commentary starts here:
edit - Jon comments on pretty much every hand. Very good insight.


Jason Somerville's commentary starts here:
Jason comments about pretty much all play.


each of their "views" is broken into 12 or 13 randomly sized videos (say 4 to 15 minutes long), so there are a lot of bitesized chunks to go thru.
you can usually find the "next" video for an instructor by looking at the videos on the right side list, or by the grid that pops up in the video window when the current video ends.

you can also navigate from this page http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzM8.../videos?view=0
if you hit "more videos" enough to find the ones you want.
he did not set them up as playlists, which is unfortunate.

I saw Devo's video first and watched that through.

I have also watched Sommerville, Daniel & PearlJammer.

so, "only" 4 more hours worth of video on this 2 hour game!

Last edited by ekw; 12-26-2012 at 01:15 PM. Reason: added notes abt the instructors I have watched so far.
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Last night was my friends annual Christmas grab bag poker tournament. I got exceedingly drunk, but won anyway.
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