http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/All the latest Poker news headlines!240http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1215278.html?smithsonian-exhibit-beginshttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1215278.html?smithsonian-exhibit-begins<p>The Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition "Covered Bridges: Spanning the American Landscape," is set to open at the Preble County Historical Center on Friday, June 29. The Grand Opening Festivity weekend will be from 1-5 p.m. on both Saturday June 30 and Sunday, July 1.</p><p>The exhibit celebrates these iconic structures and the individuals behind their development through photographs, architectural schematics and models. It will be in Preble County through Sunday, Sept. 2.</p><p>The Preble County Historical Center is located at 7693 Swartsel Road, Eaton, Ohio Exhibit hours Monday-Friday will be from 11 a.m. -4 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday exhibit hours will be from 1-5 p.m. </p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:03:30 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206953.html?florida-ups-poker-betting-limitshttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206953.html?florida-ups-poker-betting-limits<p>The two most famous words from the world of poker will soon be shouted at the card room at the Naples-Fort Myers Greyhound Track thanks to a new Florida law that takes effect Sunday.</p><p>No limit Texas Hold 'Em the poker game that has skyrocketed in popularity because of televised tournaments will be offered in Florida card rooms beginning Sunday.</p><p>It is the latest expansion of gambling in Florida and the first time since 2003 betting limits have been increased.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:16:28 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206954.html?will-iraq-ever-be-able-to-stand-on-its-ownhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206954.html?will-iraq-ever-be-able-to-stand-on-its-own<p>It's disappointing -- and shocking -- to see top generals in Iraq openly lamenting the inadequacies of the Iraqi security forces.</p><p>It shows how deep the problems are.</p><p>Worse, it shines a spotlight on the question that illuminates what has been wrong with the Iraq effort all along: What's the plan?</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:16:28 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206955.html?we-can-win-this-kind-of-war-and-we-musthttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206955.html?we-can-win-this-kind-of-war-and-we-must<p>"It as if we have been playing chess, and the enemy has been playing poker." - Robert Thompson</p><p>KABUL, Afghanistan - Counterinsurgency warfare is difficult, complex and often frustrating, especially in contrast to the seeming simplicity of past wars. We must avoid two extremes in order to understand and win the kind of wars our country is fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq.</p><p>It would be a mistake to continue applying to insurgencies the kind of "find, fix and finish" operations that were developed for purely military wars, in effect addressing symptoms but not causes. The opposite mistake is to despair that traditional measures of success, such as body counts and the seizure of key terrain, don't produce success, and to quit rather than adapt. Both conclusions are intellectually lazy, and neither is appropriate if we care about protecting our way of life.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:16:28 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206956.html?community-bulletin-boardhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206956.html?community-bulletin-board<p>The Fallon Lions Club's second annual Bed Race will be held after the Fourth of July parade. The event will feature free admission and fun for the whole family. For entry forms contact Tammie Chapman at 775-287-6247. Entry fee is $40 per team. Prizes will be awarded as follows: First, second and third fastest time, slowest time, most creative bed, worst bed, best wreck, most unorganized team.</p><p>Fallon Farmers Market to host </p><p>a benefit poker run tonight</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:16:28 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206957.html?digest-ltp-gt-swim-and-a-moviehttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206957.html?digest-ltp-gt-swim-and-a-movieNews Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:16:28 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206958.html?dyer-the-west-must-give-china-incentive-to-curb-emissionshttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206958.html?dyer-the-west-must-give-china-incentive-to-curb-emissions<p>The United States is off the hook: Last year China overtook the U.S. to become the world's biggest emitter of carbon dioxide. "The tall tree attracts the wind," and from now on China will be the main target of the criticism that used to be directed at the United States for refusing to accept binding limits on its greenhouse gas emissions.</p><p> What's particularly striking is the speed with which China has passed the United States. In 2005 its CO2 emissions were 2 percent lower than those of the U.S.; in 2006 they were 8 percent higher. Yet China only has four times the population of the United States, and the average Chinese is nothing like a quarter as rich as the average American. In fact, the vast majority of Chinese don't even own cars. So why does China produce so much CO2?</p><p> One reason is cement. The pace of building in China is so intense that the country produces 44 percent of the world's cement (the U.S. produces 4 percent), and cement production is a major source of greenhouse gases. The main culprit, however, is coal, which accounts for 70 percent of China's energy consumption.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:16:28 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206959.html?north-country-scene-for-june-26http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206959.html?north-country-scene-for-june-26<p>10:30-11 a.m. Tree I.D. Walk, Itasca State Park. Meet under the porch at the Mary Gibbs Mississippi Headwaters Center.</p><p>11 a.m.-noon Itasca?s nature Corner. Located in the lobby of the Jacob V. Brower Visitor Center. 1:30 p.m. Flora of the Northwoods Hike Deep Portage Learning Center, Hackensack, for details call (218) 682-2325 or toll free (888) 280-9908.</p><p>2:30-4 p.m. Canoeing Itasca, Itasca State Park. Bring or rent canoe before program begins. Meet at the Lake Itasca boat landing near Itasca Sports Rental.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:16:28 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206960.html?prager-betting-on-poker-gloryhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206960.html?prager-betting-on-poker-glory<p>Josh Prager is heading to Las Vegas to strike it rich at the poker table.</p><p>The Yuba City resident has a seat for the main event at the World Series of Poker, where the winner has an opportunity to cash in chips worth more than $5 million.</p><p>Last year, the champion walked away with $12 million.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:16:28 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206961.html?richfield-neighborhood-golf-tournament-draws-dozenshttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206961.html?richfield-neighborhood-golf-tournament-draws-dozens<p>Richfield neighborhood golf tournament draws dozens</p><p> </p><p> BY STEVEN PEASE - SUN NEWSPAPERS</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:16:28 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206962.html?so-much-money-somethings-funnyhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206962.html?so-much-money-somethings-funny<p>Two Maryland men were arrested Sunday after the story they gave regarding a large number of $1 bills in their car made a suspicious Stafford County deputy even more suspicious.</p><p>According to spokesman Bill Kennedy, Deputy John Wright stopped a car on Garrisonville Road near Stafford Marketplace about 4 p.m. because it had expired tags.</p><p>While talking to the driver, Kennedy said, Wright noticed that the passenger was sitting on a large stack of $1 bills and had numerous others scattered about the car.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:16:28 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206963.html?todayhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206963.html?today<p> The Zeta Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is sponsoring a summer reading and math enrichment program. It will be held June 26-July 3 from 9 a.m. to noon. Participants will be currently enrolled in grades kindergarten through five. The objective is to provide an opportunity for students to engage in reading and math activities for enjoyment, enlightenment and enrichment. For more information, call 538-3505 or 934-1514.The South Suffolk-Pleasant Hill Civic league will not...</p><p>Thursday, June 28CORE Theater Company presents "The Yellow Wallpaper" at Stables Theater at ODU. This play is an adaptation of the short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It opens June 28 at 8 p.m. All tickets are &#036;10; performance dates are June 28-30, July 5, 6, 12, 13, 14.Friday, June 29The Nansemond and Isle of Wight Baptist Sunday School Union will have choir rehearsals for the joint worship service at Metropolitan Baptist Church at 7 p.m. Selected choir members and their choir organists/musicians should be present.Norfolk SPCA is having a golf tournament to benef</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:16:28 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206964.html?towns-brieflyhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206964.html?towns-briefly<p>The Daleville American Legion Post 446 will have a poker run and BBQ rib dinner Saturday, July 28.</p><p>Registration will begin at 11 a.m., and the poker run will start at noon. The run will go to Chesterfield, Middletown, Selma, Albany, Gaston and Yorktown American Legions, and there is a $20 registration per bike ($10 for riders).The registration cost includes the dinner, which will be served 5-9 p.m. and includes 1/2 rack of ribs, potato and slaw.</p><p>Musician Rod Bowers will perform 8 p.m.-midnight.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:16:28 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206965.html?weekend-entertainment-guidehttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1206965.html?weekend-entertainment-guide<p>AMORE, 223 Northern Blvd., Clarks Summit: today, Tony Carfora and Clarence Spady; Friday, Picture Perfect; Saturday, Music For Models; Monday, karaoke; Wednesday, Billy Rogan.</p><p> BLUE PELICAN, Dalton Road, Lake Winola: Friday, The Likely with Mike Antosh; Saturday, Retro Rocket; Sunday, Danny Argo and Friends.</p><p> BLUES STREET, Ritz Building, 222 Wyoming Ave.: Friday, The Matt Benick Blues Band; Saturday, The Clarence Spady Band with Mark Hamza.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:16:28 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1202836.html?all-for-a-good-causehttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1202836.html?all-for-a-good-cause<p>Above, Alex Thomas Plaza was filled with the sounds of Harley Davidson engines, eastern belly dance music and live blues during the All-American Motorcycle Show and Poker Run Saturday.Advertisement</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:26:56 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1202837.html?announcing-his-dreamhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1202837.html?announcing-his-dream<p>Water splashes, friends laugh and stress is on vacation.</p><p>On a beautiful spring day in the Chicago suburbs, recent Bradley University graduate Brian Bedo is lounging poolside at a friend's house.</p><p>"It's nice to hang out by the pool on a Tuesday afternoon with my friends," Bedo said. "You never know if that will happen ever again."</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:26:56 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1202838.html?bowled-overhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1202838.html?bowled-over<p>Intriguing game, bowling.Its alleys, gutters, splits, strikes, turkeys, hooks and foul lines suggest a pastime steeped in rough and tumble. It's also noisy.Now meet Ron and Dianna Gardner of Mounds View. He's 73, she's 61. They're married. They're civil. They're retired. And they bowl. In fact, in their age and gender brackets, they are this year's Minnesota bowling champions. And that's why they'll be at the U.S. Bowling Congress' senior championships competition in Reno, Nev., this week. Minne...</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:26:56 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1202839.html?by-dave-nemetz-lansdownehttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1202839.html?by-dave-nemetz-lansdowne<p>Dear Editor: Well, apparently the Lansdowne on the Potomac HOA board of directors is at it again. They held what was supposedly a special workshop to discuss the transition to a full resident board of directors, but instead turned the meeting into a discussion over a sunset period for home businesses, among other things.But here's the rub: the HOA sends blast e-mails to all residents for the most minor of announcements--an outdoor concert; make sure your trash cans are taken in; a poker tourname...</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:26:56 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1202840.html?ellen-gray---what-0039s-in-a-chick-showhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1202840.html?ellen-gray---what-0039s-in-a-chick-show<p>MOST OF US, I think, know a chick flick when we see it.</p><p>Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. Together, or at least meant to be.</p><p>Happy endings that don&#0039;t look like beer commercials.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:26:56 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1202841.html?fetching-jamie-wyeth-exhibit-shares-his-fondness-for-canines-a-dogs-best-friend-and-painter-jamie-wyeth-over-the-yearshttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1202841.html?fetching-jamie-wyeth-exhibit-shares-his-fondness-for-canines-a-dogs-best-friend-and-painter-jamie-wyeth-over-the-years<p>One day Jamie Wyeth watched with considerable amusement as his Jack Russell acted exactly like a Jack Russell, chasing after a cat in a tree, turning a pine into a ladder. The artist, a concerned yet mischievous owner, upped the comedy ante by shouting at Tiller, who, being an obedient pet, stopped pursuing his nemesis, loosened his grip on a branch and plummeted to the ground like a cartoon character.</p><p>Wyeth, who considers his life a journal of pictures, just had to preserve this Looney Tune for posterity. In ''Tiller Catting,'' a 2003 mixed-media work, he depicted his dog fiercely chinning himself on the fourth branch from the ground, his splayed limbs three limbs below his utterly relaxed enemy. The portrait brims with pretty much everything Wyeth and his wife, Phyllis, love about their four Jack Russells. As Wyeth points out, their pets are recklessly funny in their fearlessness, chronically entertaining in their role as ''big dogs with short legs.''</p><p>Tiller and his circus siblings -- Homer, Dozer, Ziggy Pop -- romp in ''Dog Days of Summer,'' an exhibition of four decades of Wyeth's canine pictures at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, a center for works by Wyeth; his father, Andrew, and his grandfather, N.C. The show is an alert, absorbing cyclorama of what dogs do for a living. Explore. Hunt. Sail. Sled. Hang out. Throw up. Sleep. Dream. Guard everything from a beehive to a sick master.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:26:56 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1202842.html?fund-raisers-set-for-veterans-parkhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1202842.html?fund-raisers-set-for-veterans-park<p>WELLSBURG Members of the Brooke County Veterans Memorial Park Foundation have announced two more fund-raisers while preparing to decide on a site for the park and seeking more involvement from local veterans.</p><p>Jim Lee, who was named the groups new president earlier this year, said there are plans to form an advisory committee comprised of local veterans. He said hes already received interest from residents who served in World War II and the Vietnam War. </p><p>Lee, who is a Vietnam War veteran himself, encouraged Brooke County veterans who are interested in serving on the committee to call him at (304) 737-3669. </p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:26:56 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1202843.html?in-their-own-words-more-ring-storieshttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1202843.html?in-their-own-words-more-ring-stories<p>Shortly after my husband moved out of the house, he called to plead for reconciliation. During the emotional conversation, the center diamond fell out of my wedding ring. That was my sign that I had made the correct decision! I picked up the stone and put it, and the rings, in an envelope, and there they still reside. That was over 30 years ago.</p><p> Linda Murphy </p><p> My husband and I were married in 1989, and though we were fresh out of college we managed to buy nice rings and a modest honeymoon package on Maui. One of the highlights of our trip was a snorkeling excursion to nearby Molokini. My husband, however, was dismayed when he returned to the boat to find that his wedding ring had slipped off while he had been enjoying the underwater sights. Several people helped us look for the ring, but we had no hope of finding it. When we return...</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:26:56 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1195925.html?blind-poker-player-qualifies-for-world-series-of-pokerhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1195925.html?blind-poker-player-qualifies-for-world-series-of-poker<p>Playing in the World Series of Poker Main Event is the top level for poker players in the U.S. It's similar to football players and their desire to reach the Super Bowl.</p><p>Jason Holbrook wasn't going to let being blind keep him from a seat at the event. By winning a satellite tournament at Golden West Casino in Bakersfield June 18, Holbrook qualified for the World Series of Poker at the Rio Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas.</p><p>"I am super, super excited," said Holbrook, a 37-year-old Dawson Creek, British Columbia, native who's lived in Bakersfield since 1989. "I think I'm the first blind man to make it to the world tour. I'm very pleased that I can do it and that I can show people that you don't need your eyes to come and play this game."</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:05:34 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1195926.html?but-this-is-chico-more-memories-of-the-mansionhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1195926.html?but-this-is-chico-more-memories-of-the-mansion<p>This is the first of three stories about kids who sneaked into Bidwell Mansion during the time Chico State College owned it. </p><p>Janyce Silva writes, "I started running away from home when I was 3 years old &mdash; to my grandparents' house on Third and Oleander avenues. I lived on Third and Magnolia. By the time I was 5 in 1943, you could find me just about anywhere. One of those places was Bidwell Mansion. </p><p>"I spent the night there on more than one occasion, usually curled up on the third floor, so nobody knew I was there. By the time I was 6, I was sometimes spending the entire weekend sleeping at the mansion.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:05:34 +0000http://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1195927.html?seventh-heavenhttp://www.newzblogz.com/blogs/poker/1195927.html?seventh-heaven<p>The good news is that they're getting married that day. The bad news is that they're missing a cousin's wedding on the same day.</p><p>Last year there was curiosity galore when the calendar hit the creepy 6/6/06. This year it's 7/7/07 that is getting all the attention.</p><p>At www.TheKnot.com, they're calling it the perfect storm of wedding dates. It falls on a Saturday, and the positive symbolism behind the number seven is too great for even non-superstitious couples to resist. The site claims that in Chinese culture, seven represents togetherness; in Japanese mythology there are seven lucky gods. And the lineup of three sevens only happens every 100 years.</p>News Blogger <admin@newzblogz.com>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:05:34 +0000