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Unless you’re from another planet, by now you’ve probably heard about the Switzerland Casino robbery. For those who are from another planet, what happened was masked men carrying weapons stormed into the crowded casino of the Swiss border city Basel. The thieves made off with hundreds of thousands of francs. The managing director said there were 10 masked men that pulled into the casino in two cars and ran into the casino with machine guns and pistols. The gang was speaking French and ordered all the employees and guests to get on the floor while they emptied out all the …

There are plenty of live and online poker players that have a problem with playing blackjack, and they lose lots of money because of this habit.  Unlike Internet poker, blackjack is not a game that can be beat since the house holds an advantage no matter how well a person plays……that is, unless they know how to count cards. And counting cards is exactly what former blackjack pro Josh Axelrad specialized in as he took casinos for over $700,000 in his short, 5 year career.  Sometimes Axelrad would do so good that he’d earn $18,000 in around 10 minutes of …

Former athletes and thrill seekers have a tough time finding a substitute that will fulfill their competitive spirits. For instance Jerry Buss was a former athlete and fierce competitor. He wasn’t good enough at any sport to turn pro. So he saved up money and bought a NBA team, the LA Lakers, to satisfy his competitive spirit. After winning 9 world championships he no longer has anything else to prove or accomplish as an owner. Now he is 77 years old and has given control of the organization to his son and daughter. What he now does in his free …

There’s been a lot of flirtation with the concept of making poker an official sport.  People have even went as far as to say that online poker could one day wind up in the Olympics (this might be a stretch).  Getting back to reality, it does appear clear that some countries do look at poker as more than just a game.  Lithuania recently proved this when they officially declared poker a sport in their country.  This past weekend, the Lithuanian Department of Physical Education and Sports recently recognized that the Lithuanian Sports Poker Federation is a legitimate organization.  And while …

Fugu Poker and JuicyStakesPoker.com have joined forces in order to provide the optimum gaming experience and to ensure that their players continue to have the ability to play poker on the Cake Network. All Fugu players will receive the following Juicy Stakes welcome present: • An automatic $100 Pending Bonus • A new 110% First Time Deposit Bonus up to $600 The Migration from Fugu Poker to Juicy Stakes Poker will begin on March 29th and will likely be completed by April 1st. It is important to note that the poker service will not be available during the transition period. All players …

HeadsUp Entertainment already owns two of the biggest forms of Canadian poker entertainment in the Canadian Poker Player Television Network and Canadian Poker Player Magazine.  However, HeadsUp is trying to reach past their Canadian audience and into the US online poker player market.  Because of this, HeadsUp Entertainment has decided to try and make a bid to purchase the Canadian Poker Tour. HeadsUp Entertainment chief officer Kelly Kellner expanded on the reasoning behind trying to buy the CPT by saying, “Over the next 12 months, we will manage more than 550 casino-based events in Canada, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, …

Apparently there aren’t enough rakeback deals going around in online poker so people are resorting to robbing live poker tournaments to make money.  Four armed gunmen stormed the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin, Germany the other weekend in pursuit of the €1.36 million prize pool that was up for grabs in the European Poker Tour Berlin tournament. The robbers broke up the €5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event as they ran into the ballroom.  At least one of the men had a gun and another was holding a machete when they interrupted one of Europe’s biggest live poker tournaments.  When they …