A game of skill, strategy and luck, poker is a card game that has gained immense mainstream popularity in recent years. The best poker players showcase similar traits: intelligence, patience, personality, sense of humor, and the ability to bluff. In this video, http://www.WatchMojo.com speaks with poker expert Simon Gravel, author of Les Maîtres du Poker – a book about today’s poker masters – to learn more about the personality of a great poker player, as well as the game’s place in pop culture and how a politician like President Barack Obama might use the game to advance his political career. continue reading...
There’s a difference between someone who enjoys testing their luck in gambling and someone who is addicted to betting. continue reading...
Nice one buddy… you’re parents might murder you.
A 16 year old boy from Granada has generated a debt of 48,000 € using his parents credit cards on an internet virtual casino. continue reading...
From Gambling911.com:
The Independent on Monday features a lurid tale of how women of Ireland are being drawn into the dark netherworld of online gambling. Some are even bypassing the daily pub crawl in Dublin in order to get their fix. continue reading...
from GamingAlerts.co.uk:
Charles Barkley is going back to Las Vegas to hit the tables again, but this time it’s all in the name of charity. The TV personality and former NBA superstar will be testing his poker skills in a celebrity poker tournament, “Ante Up for Africa,” 2 July at the 2008 World Series of Poker. continue reading...
From the AP:
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Retired NBA star Charles Barkley will face criminal charges if he doesn’t repay a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas casino, a prosecutor said Thursday. continue reading...
from United Press International:
Gambling is widespread among U.S. adolescents and young adults ages 14 through 21, a University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions study reveals. continue reading...
from GamblingPlanet.org:
England midfielder David Bentley has admitted he had a gambling problem that threatened to wreck his career. Blackburn football club star Bentley was hooked on gambling when he was a teenage youth player at Arsenal and would place up to 100 bets a day on horse racing, greyhound racing and play internet poker. continue reading...
Jacksonville, FL (PRWEB) February 11, 2008 — Dual Diagnosis is a term commonly used to describe the treatment of drug addiction in conjunction with a mental disorders like depression or bi-polar disorder but addiction treatment specialists now urge the use of dual diagnosis for the treatment of a much wider array of addictions.
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Montreal, QC (PRWEB) July 5, 2007 - Everest Poker http://www.everestpoker.com today announces the winners of the fifth Round 3 Everest Poker Avalanche qualifying tournament, held on 30 March. Of these, 17 players qualified to move on to the September 17th online finale for the Everest Poker Avalanche.
“The online finale is going to be an exciting event, but once the final ten slots are filled, the real fun begins,” said Jonathan May, Everest Poker property manager. “At that point, the game stops and those players from the last online event are transported to an undisclosed location to play in a live final game.” continue reading...
