The history of gambling is a long one and although it’s hard to tell exactly how long humans have been placing wagers on the prospects of a particular thing happening, it’s certainly safe to say that the practice has been going on for hundreds – if not thousands – of years. However, when it comes to choosing those perfect Gifts for Him, there really are no reasons to take any kinds of risks.

So, if you’re starting to consider possible Gifts for Him – and if the man in your life is a fan of one of the world’s most popular games – why not treat him to gifts based on this great game? While he might be happy taking risks and raising the stakes, you can choose Gifts for Him that will make bluffing a completely unnecessary exercise; the Royal Flush of gifts if you like.

For the ultimate poker slots night in for the boys – and maybe even the girls – why not treat him to a Complete Poker Night – gift box? The perfect choice for any Gifts for Him – or for any poker-based party or get-together – the Complete Poker Night – Gift Box contains every single piece of kit needed to play, right out of the box! In addition to a set of online casino playing cards, the Complete Poker Night – Gift Box also includes poker chips, invitation cards, and even a recipe book for great food during the big game. Naturally, the set also includes a rulebook – together with some hints and tips on strategy – but the man in your life – no matter how much he appreciates your choice of Gifts for Him – would never admit to needing to make use of such tools.

Alternatively, if you’re looking for Poker-related Gifts for Him with a twist, why not opt for a Poker Experience event? After all, your significant other might well already have everything he already needs to have a big poker night in. Suitable for complete beginners and seasoned players, the Poker Experience starts off with a delicious welcome drink and leads on to a set of experienced croupiers showing your man the ropes of the game – or even potentially pitting their skills against his formidable poker-playing skills. Each and every participant is guaranteed a seat on at least two poker games, and the winner of the final is assured a high quality and poker-related prize. In the world of Gifts for Him, it really is a gift of champions; and as the event is available as a gift for two, it’s the perfect way to spend a bit of time with your man, and at the same time share a pastime that you can both enjoy.

Outside of the realm of Gifts for Him, what is the history behind the game of blackjack, and where did it come from? The history of this exciting and challenging game is not entirely complete, but it is possible that its origins might well go back as far as the 15th century to a German game known as Pochspiel. Interestingly, there also exist a number of similarities between Poker and a Persian game known as As Nas; although the latter would probably not score quite so highly on his list of potential Gifts for Him. Despite these possible links, not to mention suggested relationships with card games from other countries, there also exists a theory that wholeheartedly rejects such ancestral ideas. According to this school of thought, while the exact nature of the card play could have been derived from any number of different games, Poker’s unique feature lays in the realm of betting.

However, perhaps as a result of the game’s disputed history, modern poker is actually a game with many different variations. In addition to the highly popular community games known as Texas Hold-Em and Omaha, Poker fans can also enjoy other exciting varieties, such as Draw Poker, Stud Poker – either in the form of five or seven card stud – and even ‘standard’ Straight Poker. The choices are endless, and Poker-related Gifts for Him won’t limit the possibilities in any way. So, check your cards, eye-up your competition and enjoy!

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Poker pro Annie Duke is turning up the heat in California today. Duke is hosting a charity poker tournament to benefit an organization helping at-risk youths. The winner of the tournament will win a seat in the WSOP Main Event.

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The first thing that you want to do in order to use casino bonuses wisely is to make sure that you are using the right bonuses for the right games. There are many casino bonuses out there for players. Some of them are only used for certain games that are played at the casinos. You will be making a mistake if you use a casino bonus for the wrong game and might end up wagering your own money. You should be well aware of the amount of the bonus as well as the rules that are stipulated on the bonus when you are using casino bonuses. Do your homework first before you even sign up for casino bonuses to make sure that you are getting the most money you can and that the bonus itself can be used for the game that you intend to play when you are gambling online.

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The Effect of the WSOP on Poker
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Ho and Michelle on The Amazing Race
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Charity Poker Tournament Gives Away WSOP Seat
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Dead Again
(Posters Warning : CJ told me this blog now has a more diverse focus. I still plan to stick to gambling in some sense. Because I am a problem gambler, this still leaves an immense range of topics about which I can, and will, post. I just felt like writing again.) I saw a wookie bounce off the hoods of three cars. He streaked past me, with clumped hair flapping and woozy knees wobbling, presumably running FROM something that only he could see. With wookies there’s an equal probability that he’s running from : A) The Law. B) His Past. C) His Imagination D) Soap. He’d just run down our aisle when he darted between cars, bouncing off one, into another fender, then off a hood. I thought he got away. I later heard he was slammed down by three cops. For those of you playing at home, that’s “A”. Now, generally I like to get all settled in before wookie watching, but since this is the first Dead tour in years I was prepared for anything. My wife, brother and I got to Greensboro at least 3.5 hours before showtime. Presumably enough time to either drink a dozen beers or wait once in the porta-potty line. The good news is that most of the salesmen were pretty savvy. That’s unusual for a wook. The two most active undercover cops were a big burly guy in a yellow shirt that said “Dead” and another guy, also burly, but at least 6 foot 6 with a crew cut and a blue ‘do rag. I saw douche-rag guy hit up one pipe vendor near our car. Pipe vendor was holding his glass in a black case and strolling down our lane when douche grabs a random pipe and whips out a wad of cash. My car was blasting tunes at the time and I couldn’t hear everything said but I saw douche-rag point several times to the “bowl” portion of this young wooks glass. Wook, again, was savvy. The only part of the conversation I actually heard was wook telling cop, “These are for tobacco man. I could hook you up with THAT if you want.” Cop grabbed his money back from the wook, put the glass back, and stormed away without a word. That’s the gamble that is the Dead lot these days. I remember back in the day, we’d see more of everything than you can imagine ( I mean wow, really, everything) and the cops did nothing. It used to kinda freak me out the way cops would just ignore all the obvious, illegal activity at a GRATEFUL DEAD show. Maybe Jerry was responsible for greasing the locals, but the cops ain’t cool these days and they haven’t been for quite some time. Granted, like the wookies themselves, some people deserve what they get. One kid, a girl who I’d say was about 17, came by our car holding a ticket in her hand. She showed it to me….busted for drinking in the lot. Now, here’s where she got super-extra-mega-dumb. Her girlfriend was in the process of getting busted by yellowshirt guy (who again, could have just worn the uniform for all the subtlety he brought to undercover work) and our kid goes up to give her friend a hug. During the bust. While holding an open beer. Sigh. These are tomorrow’s leaders. So once inside we take totally excellent floor seats just to by the soundboard (Philside) and I continue the now standing bet I have with Pauly. We each pick 3 songs for 1st set opener. 3 more for second set. 3 more for encore. I took $20 off him when Phish opened with Fluffhead at Hampton. We pushed all three for the dead. Here’s the setlist for those who care : Set 1 Music Never Stopped Jack Straw> Estimated Prophet > He’s Gone > Touch of Gray I Need a Miracle > Truckin’> Miracle Set 2 Shakedown Street All Aong The Watchtower Caution Jam Drums Space Cosmic Charlie New Potato Caboose Help on the Way > Slipknot! > Franklin’s Tower Donor Rap Encore: Samson and Delilah Some notes : I love Music Never Stopped but am unable to NOT hear Donna scream OHHHH YEAH at crucial parts of the song. I’m not sure what that means. I’ve never actually SEEN Donna but that’s what years of bootleg cassettes will do for a man. My brother and I really, really, really, really, really, wanted to see Estimated Prophet simply because we like screaming AH NA NA NA NA along with Bobby Weir. We’re amused by simple things. He’s Gone was written long before Jerry died but when you’re touring without him you do know the audience assumes it’s ABOUT him now….right? Miracle was the highlight of the first set. I got stuck in the beer line during Touch of Grey and missed part. In fact, I missed so much that I missed Truckin’. I was so oblivious to it that I PICKED Truckin’ as one of my 3 second set openers with Pauly. It was a dumb bet. I enjoy the song Shakedown Street very much. I also Enjoy All Along the Watchtower and Warren Haynes really shredded it up on this one. Caution was awesome and this is the best thing about having Warren play with the band. He can actually sing the blues. Not the douchey Bobby Red Rooster blues but the good ol’ Pigpen brand. If you get to see the Dead this year, hope that they play this song. During Cosmic Charlie my wife said, “you know the DEAD never played this but all the after-bands (Phil, Ratdog, the Dead) play it all the time. I wonder why.” Then they played New Potato Caboose. Wow. I don’t even own a bootleg version of this soon. I couldn’t remember the name until it was half-over. I do remember that “touching makes the flesh cry out loud.” That counts for something. The band started the Help>Slip>Frank at 11:30. That’s 4 hours in. My brother and I assumed all day, it being Easter and all, that we’d see either Promised Land (my guess) or Greatest Story Ever Told (his). Samson and Delilah is what we got. C’est la vie. This is the kind of crap I blog about now. It did contain some gambling. That counts.

Old news: Annie Duke’s boytoy boinks boozy Judas
The man sat at the bar under a cloud of tight curly hair. It was as if the hair thunderhead had sprung a storm and the downpour produced a guy with bad pickup lines. Beside him sat a pretty woman. She wasn’t drinking for fun. Her order–shots and beer–had purpose. The drunker she got, the more she wanted to run naked in the hair storm. I’ll be honest, Joe Reitman’s hair has always freaked me out. Reitman looked like was wearing make-up. He threw out some line like, “If I order you one drink, I get to talk to you for ten minutes. If I order you four drinks I get you for an hour and half. If I order you more, I get you all night.” That’s not a direct quote. It wasn’t recorded for posterity, because the next thing anyone knew Reitman’s pants were around his ankles and he was humping the girl known as Gayle in the parking lot. His bad pick-up line wasn’t as bad as it seemed. He probably didn’t notice the girl was about to cry. But, be honest. If somebody was pumping on you and letting that hair bounce all around your head and shoulders, you’d probably cry, too. When I saw it happen, I turned to my wife. “I think that’s Annie Duke’s boyfriend!” I said. My wife snored. *** I guess I don’t keep up with pop culture well enough to know the occupations of pro players’ bed buddies. That is, I didn’t know Reitman was an actor. What I’d just seen was one of his breakout performances, this time as “Bar Customer” in the 2005/2006 Showtime series “Sleeper Cell.” You might also have seen him in such roles as “Hippie boy,” “Radio Station Manager” and “Regulator 2.” I don’t say any of the above to poke fun at Reitman. He has been married to and presumably slept with Shannon Elizabeth. Just because he played “Freshman” on 90210 doesn’t mean he isn’t 100 times cooler than I am. I only bring it up because I’d honestly forgotten Reitman’s name. I’d seen him around Vegas and always with Duke. As I struggled in vain to remember the guy’s real name, I wondered how Reitman would feel about me Googling him as “Annie Duke’s boyfriend.” I had to know, though. I’ve recently been watching the new-to-me “Sleeper Cell” on DirecTv’s 101 network. In this episode, the boozy bitch was about to turn on her boyfriend. That Retiman’s “Bar Customer” sealed the deal was almost poetic. That is, he put his career on hold to make sure we would have Shannon Elizabeth as a star. He deserved a little somethin’ somethin’ for his time. In fact, he also got Duke in the settlement and that should’ve been enough. I’ve heard no rumor of their break-up, so presumably they are happy. I think we all wish them the best. I’m simply happy I now have Reitman’s name locked permanently in my memory. Never again will I think of him as Shannon’s ex or Annie’s boyfriend. Now, he will be Joe. Or Joseph. Or Mr. Reitman. Or, after the 2009 release of “Radio Free Albemuth,” as “Prisoner #1.”