It is one of the most significant legal developments since federal prosecutors cracked down on the online poker industry one year ago.
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There is not -- this is not a game of poker, high-stakes poker, as one Republican congressman deemed it.
"This is like a game of poker now, " one government adviser said, "and I don't think Spain is bluffing".
The puzzle is then more one of poker-type psychology than pure mathematics.
Hainan has played host to one-off poker tournaments, including a World Poker Tour event held in December.
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The rationale they were locked into was the same one that gets poker players into trouble chasing an inside straight.
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As the face of respectability, and also as one of the best poker-players in Congress, he kept much quiet.
In one surprising chapter, poker, a game from which Mr Silver once earned a living, emerges as a powerful teacher of the virtues of humility and patience.
After all, PokerStars is making massive profits in the unregulated U.S. market, where it only has one serious competitor, Full Tilt Poker.
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Zynga has come a long way since launching its first game, Zynga Poker, a Facebook-only game and one of the first social games ever on July 1, 2007.
Anurag Dikshit, the former online poker billionaire, was sentenced on Thursday to one year of probation and no jail time in a hearing that highlighted the extreme confusion over how U.S. law applies to online poker.
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PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, which have consistently insisted their operations do not violate U.S. law, have since suspended their U.S. operations and cut deals with federal prosecutors to facilitate the return of funds to online poker players in the U.S. One of the 11 people indicted, Bradley Frazen, recently pleaded guilty and said he had improperly processed financial transactions for online poker companies.
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This time next week the world's leaders will starting their session of 24-hour climate poker in these towering halls - it's one of the most extraordinary meetings the world has ever seen.
Democrat Barney Frank has been one of the most important proponents of online poker in Congress.
Elie became one of the most high-profile online poker processors and even married a former Playboy Playmate, Destiny Davis, the day after he was indicted.
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In poker, making an inside straight requires you to catch one of 4 cards out of 48 remaining in the deck, the chances of which are about 8 percent.
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One night, when he was caught playing poker in his room, against the rules, he said the guards brought him and his friends to the bottom floor of the dorm and threatened to fire them.
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Ray Bitar, chief executive of Full Tilt Poker, will probably be released on bail Monday evening after spending one week in jail.
One night five members of The Forbes 400 got together to play poker for charity.
It was one of the most obvious tells this side of the World Series of Poker.
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One sufferer of cluster headaches said it was like having a red-hot poker shoved in his eye.
Example: One interviewee used the fact that Morrill played backgammon to explain how to play poker, explaining that in backgammon all the pieces are visible to both players, while in poker, the information is hidden behind the cards.
Fellow poker player Robert Williamson dressed in all black and white, from his hat to his shoes, with one exception socks covered in sometimes neon-colored daisies.
One of the last motions filed before the trial asked Judge Kaplan to put the key question of whether poker was a game of chance and therefore gambling before a jury, but Kaplan never ruled on this request.
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