Absolute Poker’s Trishelle Cannatella Takes Trash Talk Championship Title (Marketwire)
Celebrity Endorser for Absolute Poker Wins Tournament in Support of the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

State lawmakers explore legalizing online poker (Ventura County Star)
SACRAMENTO — Midway through a daylong hearing Tuesday on Internet poker, Sen. Roderick Wright paused to make a quick calculation.“At this time of day, I’m going to guess 30,000 to 40,000 people are playing in California,” he said. “It’s not as though we’re sitting here making a decision whether or not people are going to play Internet poker. That ship’s sailed.”The lure of online poker …

Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS XV Begins on February 10th (ITNews)
DUBLIN, February 9 /PRNewswire/ — – Full Tilt Online Poker Series XV Guarantees at Least $17 Million in Prize Money – Not for US Distribution Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS XV – the world’s best online poker series – begins on February 10th, offering over $17 million in guaranteed prize money across 27 events.

Absolute Poker’s Trishelle Cannatella Takes Trash Talk Championship Title (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
MIAMI, FL–(Marketwire – 02/09/10) – Absolute Poker’s Trishelle Cannatella is proving that in the real world of poker, she has what it takes to be called a pro. Cannatella stormed her way through the $1,000 + $70 Texas Hold’em tournament at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas last weekend, besting a field of 60 players that included sister site UB.com’s Tiffany Michelle. The tournament …

Prediction: Internet poker will face legal challenges (The Desert Sun)
State Sen. Roderick Wright, chairman of the state Senate governmental organization committee, made a prediction today as an informational panel convened on intrastate Internet poker.

MST Poker Night (FirParkCorner)
The Trust is delighted to announce its first event of 2010. A Poker Night will take place in Jack Daniels Bar on Tuesday 16th February 2010. The night will kick off at 7pm for registration, with battle commencing at 7.30pm.

Foxwoods hires Bernard Lee as ‘official poker spokesman’ (Boston Herald)
Foxwoods Resort Casino has signed up Wayland professional card player Bernard Lee to be its “official poker…

Pro Poker Player and Media Personality Bernard Lee Named Official Spokesperson for Foxwoods Resort Casino (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MASHANTUCKET, Conn.—-Foxwoods Resort Casino today announced that professional poker player and media personality Bernard Lee has been named official spokesperson for the property’s World Poker Tour-branded Poker Room.

All in for Charity: Coops charity poker room doing well after first year (Ypsilanti Courier)
It’s been a little more than a year since Coop’s All in 4 Charity has been up and running in Ypsilanti and the Texas Hold’em poker to benefit community charities has been accomplishing just what is set out to do.

Nine tribes send letter opposing Internet poker (The Desert Sun)
Nine California tribes sent a letter of opposition Monday to members of the Senate Governmental Organization committee about proposed intrastate Internet poker.

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