Poker Hats and Glasses

Okay. These are just plain scary. Imagine playing poker with this guy and trying to keep a straight face. The Madhatter Ace - made of velvet, fully lined and size adjustable. I wonder what you can hide inside that hat?

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Santa's 'All-In' for the Holidays With New WORLD POKER TOUR(R) Gifts for the Poker Fan

Oh man. More crap than you can throw a stick at including: Jewlry, Poker Chips, Clothing, and more. I'm wondering how long before this whole poker thing crashes, but I'm pretty sure this Christmas will help poker on it's goal to being oh so early millenium. My tip? Stop telling people you play poker so you don't get this ridiculous stuff.

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A Chip and a Chair

A great poker book with some serious poker chip fun - well at least in a chair. This novel based on the 2013 World Series of Poker is an excellent read. The futuristic setting was amazing. Even someone who knows little to nothing about poker will find this novel exciting and very entertaining. There were great transitions throughout the novel intertwining the past and the present.

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Tournament Poker Cleans Up Its Act

CBS News | Tournament Poker Cleans Up Its Act | August 2, 2005 08:30:17:
As poker moves out of the back rooms and into the mainstream, investors involved in the mass marketing of tournament poker are trying to clean up the image of tournament poker and poker players.

National poker craze could create a generation of problem gamblers

Uh oh...the backlash is beginning.

KRT Wire | 08/01/2005 | National poker craze could create a generation of problem gamblers: Jack's never been to a Kansas City riverboat casino.He's only 15, after all, well shy of the legal Missouri gambling age of 21.But he sees plenty of the gambling life anyway, thanks to televised Las Vegas poker tournaments beamed right into his living room.The high school sophomore can admire his favorite professional poker players. Sit on the couch and ogle gigantic stacks of cash. And learn strategies for $5 poker throw-downs with his buddies.

ChipTalk.net - Talk About Poker Chips!

Joshua sent this link in to forums about well - Poker Chips and Poker Talk. They've got a ton of interesting tidbits and cool stuff for sale including these exclusive Pharoah poker chips.

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Patties & Poker Chips?

We had to post this up. I don't think patties are like poker chips but the Cattle Network does.

CattleNetwork.com: At most restaurants, especially the quick service and mid-range variety, patties and poker chips are interchangeable. Drop into a White Castle for a sack of sliders and they’re even the same size: small, thin, and as hard as a brick, at least until they’re dropped on the grill for a few seconds.

World Poker Tour Celebrity Shootout Tournaments

Hollywood Poker(http://www.hollywoodpoker.com) is firing another bullet with twocelebrity-loaded online tournaments. The World Poker Tour Hollywood PokerCelebrity Shootout I will be held on July 31, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. EDT andCelebrity Shootout II will be on August 14, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.Hollywood Poker's Vince Van Patten remarked, "These tournaments are sure toadd a few more chips to the stack of Hollywood Poker's revolutionary takeon online poker.

Where else could such unique tournaments take place?Playing with the big boys is a fantasy for any casual poker player, andHollywood Poker continues to make that dream a reality for its members."The Last Celebrities Standing in each of the tournaments, along with theoverall winners, will then be automatically entered into the World PokerTour Legends of Poker event at the Bicycle Casino on August 27, 2005,valued at $7,500.

In addition, the winners of each tournament will eachreceive first place prize money from the guaranteed $10,000 prize pool.Hollywood Poker is also providing satellite tournaments at $2+.25 thatwould allow the winners to play in the $20+2 buy-in Celebrity Shootouts atno charge.

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Poker News: Survey Gets Views From American Poker Players

Poker News: Survey Gets Views From American Poker Players:
The basics are quite interesting. It was found that seventy five percent of those that were surveyed play poker at least three times a month, with thirty nine percent stating that they play at least five times a month. In another interesting angle, fifty nine percent of online players stated that there is a predominance of skill over luck; that figure rises to seventy four percent when the same question was asked of those who predominantly play in casinos versus the online arena.

2005 WSOP Champion Joseph Hachem

If you were hiding under a rock - then you probably missed Joseph Hashem winning the World Series of Poker. We're pretty excited the prize pool has risen to give the winner 7.5 million dollars. WOW!

"When Joseph first touched the piles of money, it was because the media wanted him to hold it up in the air for some photos. As he grabbed two stacks and flipped through them, he looked out towards the crowd, tempted to throw the cash out there. While his finish proved that any two cards can win—Joseph had remarkable poise throughout the evening, and especially during the onslaught of media attention following."

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