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Poker Shorts - Canadian Open, Saipan laws
Canadian Tournament
Canada is the next destination for many of poker’s biggest names. Fresh
off from the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship in Vegas' Caesars Palace,
pros like Huckleberry Seed and Antonio “The Magician" Esfandiari have
headed to the 2006 Canadian Open Poker Championship, which kicked off
Wednesday night at the Stampede Casino in Calgary. Seed has just made
poker headlines for his final four spot in the Heads-Up Poker
Championship. The Canadian poker event will give him the chance to try
his hand once more at heads-up play, the featured format of the Canadian
championship event. In addition to Seed and Esfandiari, Brad Booth, one
of Canada's up-and-coming poker players, will also try his hand at the
championship. The 2006 Canadian Open Poker Championship runs through
March 12.
Woman Arrested
On the island of Saipan, which has recently made its laws regarding
gaming more lenient in order to gain funds from operations, a pregnant
woman was arrested earlier this week after allegedly leaving her minor
children home alone in order to play poker. This is not the first time
the woman has been collared for neglect- less than a year ago, Lincy C
Santos was convicted and sentenced for neglecting her children to go
play poker.
The current arrest reportedly marks her fourth such apprehension on
similar charges. Superior Court Associate Judge Ramona Villagomez
Manglona, who presided over yesterday's bail hearing, decided against
instituting a bail in light of Santos' advanced stage of pregnancy. He
also told Santos to stay out of poker rooms.
Santos allegedly left her three children alone at home while she went to
play poker in a local arcade. Neighbors claimed that they noticed that
Santos had been absent for five hours. Soon afterwards, police found her
playing poker in the city of San Jose.
Magazine Expands
Bluff Poker Magazine, North America's leading poker publication, is
making its way to European markets. Poker fans in Europe and the United
Kingdom can now have access to the magazine’s tips, strategies,
interviews, and reporting in the world of poker. The first edition of
Bluff Europe will launch in the UK and Europe in March, making it the
first poker magazine widely available in Europe. Bluff Magazine's
quality content and distribution through channels like European card
rooms means that poker players will have access to all the valuable
information contained in each edition. Additional distribution channels
are currently being arranged. Bluff Magazine has achieved a circulation
in the United States of 250,000 in only two years.
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