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Its a strategy thats not for the faint-hearted and one that usually makes us shout at the screen when we see pro poker players raise on those nasty 9-2 hands. But Daniel Negreanu nicely lays out when its actually useful to play junk hands – showcasing Gus Hansen’s trash hand specialty

With an ace-high straight, George Austin was sitting pretty, a poker rookie with the best hand at a table full of veterans in a $1.3 million tournament.

It must be tough being a Hilton. Poor little rich girl Paris Hilton has become quite the poker addict recently. In fact, so addicted, that during one particular poker game she put her beloved $180,000 bentley GT on the line in lieu of money. And lost.

Trash turns into treasure at a Blackstone convenience store. NBC 10’s Brian Crandall reported that Edward St. John picked a scratch ticket worth $1 million out of a trash can at a White Hen Pantry.

GENTING Highlands Resorts was voted the world’s leading casino resort at the World Travel Awards 12th Annual Ceremony 2005 in London on Sunday. 

A shootout across a high-stakes players lounge in Harrah’s Tahoe casino killed one man, injured two sheriff’s deputies and sent gamblers running for the doors Saturday afternoon, authorities and witnesses said.

There’s a quote I once heard that I thought was genius: “Poker is a lot like sex. Everybody thinks they are great at it, but most people don’t really know what they’re doing.”

A 64-year-old Las Vegas retiree won a Megabucks slot jackpot worth $20,519,025 today at the Cannery Casino & Hotel in North Las Vegas.