Posts Tagged ‘Tournaments’

Basketball rules and regulations

Posted by Nicolae on August 9th, 2008 under Basketball Guide, Rules, Sport
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Measurements and time limits discussed in this section often vary among tournaments and organizations; international and NBA rules are used in this section.
The object of the game is to outscore one’s opponents by throwing the ball through the opponents’ basket from above while preventing the opponents from doing so on their [...]

Tennis

Posted by Nicolae on July 30th, 2008 under Sport
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The U.S. Open is a prestigious Grand Slam tournament.
Tennis is a sport played between either two players (”Singles”) or two teams of two players (”doubles”). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a ball, a hollow rubber ball covered in felt, over a net into the opponent’s court. In some places [...]

Satellite tournaments

Posted by Nicolae on June 30th, 2008 under Poker, Poker tournaments Guide, Sport, Tournaments
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A satellite tournament is either a minor tournament or event on a competitive sporting tour or one of a group of such tournaments that form a series played in the same country or region. The term is most commonly used in reference to minor professional or competitive junior tennis.In professional tennis, [...]

Mahjong international rules

Posted by Nicolae on June 19th, 2008 under Mahjong, Rules, games
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In 1998 the China State Sports Commission, in the interest of changing mahjong from an illegal gambling game to an approved ‘healthy sport’, published a new set of rules, now generally referred to as Chinese Official rules or International Tournament rules. The principles of the new, ‘healthy’ mahjong are: no gambling – [...]

Daniel Negreanu wins 4th World Series Of Poker Bracelet

Posted by Nicolae on June 15th, 2008 under Poker, Tournaments
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Now 4 years ago designed the Player of the Year, Daniel Negreanu win the first place in the $2,000 Limit Hold’em game, $204,874.
Daniel Negreanu (’Kid Poker’) (born July 26, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional poker player with four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour [...]

Poker Stars operates a poker room in Macau

Posted by Nicolae on May 25th, 2008 under Asia, Business, Casinos, Events, Gambling industry, Investments, Macau, Poker
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Poker Stars started a new experience, beginning to operate a poker room in Cotai Strip (Dubbed PokerStars Macau), at Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino (25 tables, 250 players, cash games and tournaments).
The poker room was launched this week with a No-Limit Texas Hold’em Charity Poker tournament, for the victims of [...]

Poker room general rules

Posted by Nicolae on May 23rd, 2008 under Bonuses, Casinos, Poker, Rules, online poker
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The most popular poker games offered in casinos:

Texas hold ‘em
Seven-card stud
Omaha hold ‘em,

in ring game (cash game or live-action game) and tournament formats.
For the poker table seating, most casinos apply the rule first-come, first-served. Some poker rooms allow the use of the phone to ask to be placed on a list. If there [...]

Legal action by EC against Sweden restrictions on gambling

Posted by Nicolae on February 1st, 2008 under European Union, Legislation, Online Gambling
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Press Release
Free movement of services: Commission inquires into restrictions on the provision of certain gambling services in Sweden
The European Commission has decided to send an official request for information on national legislation restricting the supply and promotion of certain gambling services to Sweden. In April 2006 the Commission sent a similar [...]

Free online poker on Facebook

Posted by Nicolae on January 28th, 2008 under Online Gambling, Poker, Tournaments
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Ujogo is an application on Facebook for Texas Hold’em poker where no money is wagered and everyone starts with 1000 points. There are prizes and rewards and feature multi-table tournaments, and the possibility to play ring games and sit-n-go’s, as well as special jackpots and monthly leaderboard competitions.
There is [...]

Biggest prize online poker tournament

Posted by Nicolae on January 23rd, 2008 under Poker, Tournaments
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Titan Poker will host a $2,000,000 guaranteed in prizes tournament on March 2 at 20:00  that will see more than ten million dollars in total tournament payouts each month.
Anyone can buy-in directly for $1,500 + $80, or win his seat at the Main Event by participating in Titan Poker’s Sit’N’Go and [...]