How to Play Poker with Your Rock Band Drum Kit

Yep - you can learn to Play Poker with Your Rock Band Drum Kit by visiting Poker Listings. They've put together both a video and interesting article on just how to do it. It's not hard to do and should take you less than 30 minutes from start to finish. If you just want to see how well it works and already know (or don't care) how to set it up, save yourself a couple of minutes and watch the video at Poker Listings.

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Steve Wynn Looking to Bring Live Poker to Philadelphia - We're Excited

Poker is coming to Philadelphia thanks to the recession. Foxwoods is a familiar name to anyone who plays poker in New England. Since 2006 the Mashantucket Pequot tribe that owns the Foxwoods casino complex in Connecticut has also had a license to build another casino bearing the Foxwoods name in Philadelphia, but repeated delays in starting development during that time have them in danger of losing that license. Now it looks like the man who has done more for live poker than any other casino builder and operator, Steve Wynn, is stepping in to try to make the project a reality.

The 67-year-old casino magnate’s company, Wynn Resorts, has signed a letter of intent to take over the development licensed to the Mashantucket Pequots and bring a “straightforward casino” to the Philadelphia waterfront. While there will be no hotel on site, Wynn said during a recent conference call that the new casino would include “all the bells and whistles,” including a poker room. Poker was legalized in Pennsylvania casinos last month.

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Baltimore Mayor and Maryland Senate President Want Poker - We Want Poker Too

Everyone is getting into the casino or poker game, and elected officials in Maryland have spoken out in favor of adding poker and other table games to their new slot casinos recently as the state’s legislature is considering bills to expand their gaming offerings.

Although there is still a lot of work to bring legalized table games to Maryland, the fact that yet another U.S. state is considering welcoming poker within its borders shows just how hungry state governments are for revenue — and just how accepted poker has become in the mainstream.

Via CardPlayer.com

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Are the Feds Cracking Down on Online Poker? We Hope Not

Forbes has a new article basically stating - the feds are out to get some piece of the more than 30 billion dollars in online gambling.

Now the bet is on whether or not Justice is gearing up to go directly after firms like DoylesRoom and the two biggest online poker sites still taking U.S. play: PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. Together they account for maybe 70% of the $1.4 billion in revenue the U.S. industry brought in last year. Revenues here are known as the rake--the slice of the betting amount that online firms get for hosting games. Players also pay flat fees to enter tournaments.

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Your Geek Guide to Poker Chips - Know Your Chips

Wired has an amazing article on all there is to know about poker chips, and the guts of said poker chips. Why? If you’re living about four years ago, you’re probably really into Texas Hold ‘Em poker, and you may have thought about having a set of nice poker chips. You have to be careful, though, because if you pick the wrong set, some random guys on the internet will think the less of you. The article also gives an in-depth guide of the different types and their pitfalls.

• Plastic-Ridge Chips
• ABS Chips
• Metal-Insert Chips
• Ceramic Chips
• High-End Clay Chips

Click on through for some witty banter, and a full read at Wired.com

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Cake Poker Gives Back WSOP Bracelet Sold On Ebay

Cake Poker, one of the top five largest online poker networks, has bought the bracelet at the Buy It Now price of $2,500 of TJ Cloutier. And you know what they're doing with it? They're giving it back to him.

“As much as we would love to have a WSOP bracelet, or even award it to one of our cherished poker players, we can’t, in good conscience, keep it from the man who rightfully won it; which is why we’ve decided to return it to TJ Cloutier… just as soon as we’re done having some fun with it,” stated the Cake Poker blog.

Via Bluff Europe Magazine

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6 Sided poker dice - Play a game of draw poker with these special dice

How about something a little different? Poker and DICE? Awesome. Play a game of 5 card draw poker with this set of specially designed dice. Each die has 9 through ace on the sides. The game is played with the first player rolling 5 dice, keeping the ones he/she likes and rolling the remaining (draw). Once the first player likes his/her hand, he stops and next players can only roll the same number of times as the first player.

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Harvard MBAs Play Poker

This is a pretty interesting idea - want to have a very smart set of people play poker and make it interesting - why not just recruit MBAs from the top business schools. Joe Godfrey is one of the new breed of MBA poker players. At the bottom of Joe Godfrey’s resume, below his Harvard Business School degree, is another of his accomplishments: poker champion.

In 2006, Godfrey was a winner at Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.’s inaugural MBA Poker Championship, beating 470 students and alumni from what Harrah’s says were mostly top-20 U.S. business schools.

The three-day event, which requires entrants to submit resumes, is set for its fifth edition Jan. 15-17 at Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and doubles as a recruiting opportunity for the world’s biggest casino company and tournament sponsors. It was founded on the popularity of poker on business-school campuses.

Via BusinessWeek

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States Legalizing Poker to fill in Economic Void in Recession

Pennsylvania has moved ahead from all the other states by legalizing blackjack, poker, slots and other table games. In a bit to gain some of its gamblers money it legalized these games on Thursdays.The only step that would legalize gambling was the signature of Gov. Ed Rendell. Although he signed on the dotted line passing the law he did mention that he did had a few misgivings about expanding gambling culture. Reasons for his misgivings were that of all the casinos in Pennsylvania 14 of them were authorized by the law that was passed out in 2004 are still running.

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Mega Screen 7 in 1 Poker Handheld Video Game

Perfect for travel and featuring 7 Games in 1 handheld, we really like this little device. It has a large easy to read screen, and games include: Play Draw, 2's Wild, Bonus Poker, Double Bonus Poker, Double/Double Bonus Poker, Jokers Wild & Double Jokers Wild. The game even turns itself off after sitting idle for two minutes, and batteries are included.

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Bicycle Eco Edition Playing Cards - 100 Percent Recyclable Poker Cards

Green and eco-friendly, these cards are both recyclable, and starch based. These playing Cards are crafted from Sustainable Forest paper, Starch Based laminating GLue and vegetable-based Printing inks. You'll be the toast of your poker game because you care about the environment and winning.

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Scrabble Word Play Poker Card Game - Poker with Words

We lover Scrabble and we love poker - meet - Poker Word Play Scrabble! Every Word's a Winner. The classic board game of Scrabble gets an extreme fun makeover with this portable, card version. Using some of the rules of standard 7-card draw poker, Scrabble Word Play Poker allows players to discard undesirable letter cards in favor of replacements in order to spell higher scoring words. A game to please both word lovers and poker players is in the cards. Includes 110 Scrabble Word Play Poker Cards and instructions.

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Aluminium Poker Chip Polinator Herb Grinder

Let me grind up some fresh herbs for your dinner and then maybe some poker? These grinders provide many uses for the home. They can grind all sorts of products such as: herbs, spices, and pollen. They are also widely use to grind medicine, tobacco, and pharmaceutical pills. These grinders are made of precision cut aluminum, wood, or plastic. This ensures a smooth grinding motion.

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The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One

The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky discusses theories and concepts applicable to nearly every variation of the game, including five-card draw (high), seven-card stud, hold ’em, lowball draw, and razz (seven-card lowball stud). This book introduces you to the Fundamental Theorem of Poker, its implications, and how it should affect your play. Other chapters discuss the value of deception, bluffing, raising, the slow-play, the value of position, psychology, heads-up play, game theory, implied odds, the free card, and semibluffing.

Many of today’s top poker players will tell you that this is the book that really made a difference in their play. That is, these are the ideas that separate the experts from the typical players. Those who read and study this book will literally leave behind those who don’t, and most serious players wear the covers off their copies. This is the best book ever written on poker.

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American Oak Poker Chip Oak Case

This amazing solid american oak poker case has a 1200 chip capacity. It measures 17" wide x 11" deep x 14" tall. We need such a case for our ridiculous amount of different chips we've collected. Note: Poker chips and accessories not included, this is the case and the 12 oak chip tray holders only

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