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Who’s Paying Attention? The Crisis in Darfur: By Justin S. Grathwohl

In a day and age when the broadcast and cable media are reporting on the misdeeds and slip ups of celebrities, some might begin to wonder exactly what is and isn’t newsworthy. What these channels hope to gain in ratings with this “entertainment news,” where hours upon hours are focused on famous people, they lose in newsworthy stories from around the world; stories that it seems the American public does not want to be informed about. In particular, one major story going on in a small place called Darfur in Africa ...

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"Ante Up For Africa" - And the Winners are ... the People of Darfur

An astonishing thing happened at precisely 10:40 pm on July 5th, 2007 in Las Vegas. On the tournament floor at the World Series of Poker, with thousands of spectators and a global media watching, two poker players agreed to split first prize in one of the most illustrious poker tournaments ever held. An unprecedented event ...

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Wildstakes, an online community that lets more people win at poker

Today, Wildstakes.com, the first global marketplace for backing poker players, introduces individual player tracking tools. Users can now input their own win loss information and track their own play, compare their play with other players and connect with players of similar rank in their own neighborhood ...

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How Poker Players Gain Confidence to get Back on the Horse

As a Poker Hypnotherapist I get to address issues that players face very day, but typically don’t like to talk about. Considering the male dominance of the game, that’s not unusual. Improving the mental aspect of poker involves directing your brain to control your emotions.

That E word is the conversation stopper in most cases ...

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Eyes: A Time-learned Skill of Professional Poker Players

What makes a person a professional? What legitimizes a person going pro in poker? In football, a person can enter the NFL draft after their third year of playing college ball. Kobe Bryant and Lebron James became NBA superstars right out of high school. Baseball players usually go through the farm system. Yet, poker does not have a draft or any type of formal hierarchy system ...

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Anti-skills at the Poker Table, and How to Exploit Them

In online poker, most of the money good and reasonable players make is not made by playing against others who know how to play the game. One key strategy these guys use is to seek out weak players and cash in on their weaknesses ...

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