2010 December 30 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

One of the rules of bluffing successfully is betting as if you have the strong hand you’re trying to represent.

Sgt. Kyle James of the Mount Airy Police Department displays a hand-held Alco-Sensor Thursday which officers use in the field on drivers suspected of impairment.

A 55-year-old Fairhope man was reported missing this morning after his family told authorities in Florida that he did not return from a poker tournament.

So what logo will Phil Hellmuth be wearing during next year’s WSOP entrance? In a move that surprises no one, Phil Hellmuth and UB have announced they are parting ways today.

This year brought its own slate of stories. They were quirky, tragic, heartwarming or ploddingly bureaucratic.

It was a roller-coaster year politically for Internet poker in 2010. The first half of the year was like a slow climb of anticipation up the track, then came the steep drop in June, a new high in July, another plunge in September and a series of loops in the final month.

This article has been read 65 times. North Strabane Township police have asked for federal assistance in the investigation of a Morgantown man they arrested Wednesday on suspicion of stealing a large sum of money with stolen credit cards in several states.

State lawmakers say the election of Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III will provide the unity needed to secure more state aid and finally end the county’s hospital system crisis, but the delegation remains split on proposals to close a campaign funding loophole, ease removal of elected officials and allow poker tournaments at …

The big night is approaching fast, as people everywhere will ring in 2011. There is a good chance of slick roads and/or snow, so are people backing off the idea of going out? Several restaurants say, not just yet.