· A few North Dakota lawmakers are pushing to allow Internet poker sites to relocate to their state. This guy says “There are enough ways to gamble in North Dakota. We don’t need another.” Why wouldn’t you trade a room full of computers for a few dozen million in tax revenue every year? [Bismarck Tribune]
· The WSOP next year is going to be more Hold ‘Em heavy than ever before. What ever happened to Lowball and HORSE? [PokerNews]
· Cops this weekend busted up a California children’s library poker fundraiser. No word if the strong anti-Seuss lobby in SoCal tipped them off. [LaunchPoker]
· Joe Hachem signed with Team PokerStars this week, still can’t get Raymer and Moneymaker to stop asking him to do his Crocodile Dundee impression. [PokerStars Blog]
· ESPN’s Tournament of Champions will kick off November 6th at Caesars’ in Vegas. It’s invitation-only, with Brunson, Chan and Hellmuth all signing up for a piece. [Yahoo! Biz]
· How’d you like to play a 10-seat satellite to a $250K buy-in tournament? What if we told you that your opponents would include Freddy Deeb, Men Nguyen, Barry Greenstein, Kathy Leibert, Layne Flack and Ted Forrest? [CardPlayer]