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[BluffMagazine]

The poker world is full of facts, figures, stats and records. With so many numbers being crunched day in and day out, sometimes it is tough to see what they all add up to. That is why BLUFF brings you some of the more interesting numbers related to the big tournaments, big stories, and big [...]

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[Khalid El-Amin]

Rebels claim dozens dead while Syrian military says only guards wounded but top brass safe.

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[Big Gay Al]

Location: Dexter, Maine, USA



I found my kitten in the back seat of my car. She was a stray and we just found her there. After lots of begging, I got to keep her, and now she’s my best friend…



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[Big Gay Al]

Palani
Kavi says: Palani lives at Navadarshanam, where he gets lots of love and pampering and unlimited hunting opportunities (at odds with the vegetarian and nonviolent aims of Navadarshanam's human residents). Nami the dog is known to chase Palani occasionally, but every time someone says she's a danger to the kitten, I show them that shot of Palani nose-to-nose with Nami. Naah, Palani's not scared of Nami, and doesn't have to be! Palani is more grown up now, these photos were taken last year. Most of the cats at ND are spayed now, but the experience with spaying hasn't been good. Two of the cats had botched up operations, as a result of which one of them was very sick for a long while. She did eventually recover thanks to very determined nursing and attention from a few people. And another vet did correct the operation. The other got pregnant even after the 'spaying' surgery! Finding reliable places for small animal surgery and care in India is very very hard, and most places are either very expensive, or unreliable (or both). Spaying dogs has greater success. But finding vets who are willing and able to handle feral cats is very rare. The Cattitude Trust in Chennai is a fine exception to this norm, but elsewhere in India I am yet to come across similar organisations dedicated to cats' welfare...
Courtesy of: Kavi


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[PokerNewsDaily]

PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room, announced Monday its plans to reimburse all non-U.S. players’ Full Tilt Poker funds. Along with this announcement came confirmation that PokerStars will re-launch Full Tilt in the first week of November.

There will be different processes in place to reunite players with their money depending on the country. According to PokerStars, customers in Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, and Spain will required to “…’pair’ a PokerStars account with their Full Tilt account, allowing them to withdraw or use their balances on the licensed PokerStars site.”

Italy, a country with tight online gambling restrictions, is in a different boat. PokerStars is still working with Italian regulators to come up with the best method of reimbursement that also meets regulations.

All other Full Tilt customers, except those in the United States, will simply be able to login into their Full Tilt Poker accounts when the poker room rises from the ashes in November and either withdraw their funds or start playing.

The repayment plans have been anticipated since the August 9th deal with the U.S. Department of Justice in which PokerStars acquired the assets of Full Tilt Poker for $731 million. $184 million of that is being used to pay back non-U.S. players. Former Full Tilt customers in the United States will eventually be reimbursed from part of the remaining $547 million that went to the U.S. government. Unfortunately, no plans for repayment have been detailed yet. The government will be administering the process.

In August, the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) of the Southern District of New York posted a job notice on its website for a Claims Administrator. The company that takes on this role (and with an estimated 1.3 million players waiting for $159 million, it will most likely be a company and not an individual) “will obtain and evaluate information, such as financial transaction records, from claimants, and analyze information contained in user account records provided in database and other formats by Full Tilt Poker.”

Over the last couple months, Full Tilt Poker Room Manager Shyam Markus has been answering players’ questions about the Full Tilt reboot on the Two Plus Two poker forums. On the whole, it sounds like there will be no significant outward differences between the new Full Tilt and the one of old. Same software, same servers, same games, etc. Of course, ownership and management are totally different (with some holdovers, such as Markus). And, unlike with the old Full Tilt, all player balances will be kept in a segregated account. Security tokens will also be available.

Those players who cannot remember the e-mail address associated with their Full Tilt account “should” be able to manually change the address after logging in. A more serious problem is if a player remembers nothing about their login info and can’t access the associated e-mail address. Markus said that customer support will be prepared for these situations and there is a process in place to take care of the problem.



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[PokerNews]

What happened on Tuesday night's episodes of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event? Find out in our all-inclusive recap.

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[WickedChopsPoker]

Maybe next year for Carlos Mortensen and Huck Seed…


The results are in.

This year saw some new faces on the 2012dark_stars_parents_suck_the_dicks_off_cane_toads_t hen_fuck_them_back_on_comdotcom.comPoker Hall of Fame ballot. Six new faces from last year, to be exact. And apparently, two glaring omissions.

According to our readers, the biggest snubs on the 2012 Poker Hall of Fame ballot were Carlos Mortensen (who in our opinion should’ve been a first ballot inductee) and Huck Seed.

Mortensen led all with almost 39% of your vote. Huck Seed was tops for the first few days, but ended up receiving the second highest amount of votes with 29.9%.

Just over 15% of our readers felt Ted Forrest was the biggest snub. The writers of Rounders received 7% and WPT founder Steve Lipscomb logged 4% of the votes.

Expect to see Mortensen and Seed back on the ballot next year. As for who we’re voting for this year, we’ll post that next week.

Related posts:

1. Poll: Biggest Poker Hall of Fame Finalist Snub
2. Nine Finalists for Poker Hall Of Fame Class of 2009 Announced
3. 2010 Poker Hall of Fame Nominees – Who Do You Like?

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[CardPlayer]

A number of major moves were made around the world this week in the 2012 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by Lock Poker. Here’s a look at ...

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[Carl Culture]

Flowers ::: Marco Barone ::: The beautiful Mont-Cenis lake with flowers on foreground.

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[Carl Culture]

Today's picture shows a group of Prisoners of War enjoying a bowl of soup in a German prison camp. The picture was taken in 1915 in the German Zossen prison camp. Don't know of the bowls are full, but the bowls do seem to be pretty big, and the steam would indicate it is being served up hot.






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