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A University of Waterloo student has won more than $1.3-million (U.S.) after a week of playing poker in paradise.

It seems its not just about playing poker – alongside the game is an unwritten law of poker etiquette that players should abide by. Its a long list, bound by years of tradition so here’s a few

College Poker Championship offers college students an alternative to playing for serious money online. What can be won through this site? For starters, scholarships and the ability to be recognized as the “Worlds Best College Poker Player 2006.”

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.”