The Rake: Rashard Casey, Fox’s Commie Challenge, and Spider-Man

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· Doyle Brunson’s WPT takeover bid in trouble due to difficulty in getting details about the offer’s credibility. Never could get a tell out of that guy. [Reuters]
· Former PSU QB Zack Mills is out at the WSOP. Obviously more Rashard Casey than Kerry Collins. [Centre Daily Times]
· Article details ESPN’s efforts to film WSOP action. 23,000 hours of film distilled to 12 one hour episodes. [NY Daily News]
· Full Tilt Poker Championship final table to show live at 6PM EST on Fox Sports Wednesday. Fox spokesman says those that don’t watch are, “patently un-American pinko commies.” [Inside Bay Area]
· NYC poker players organizing protest to draw attention against NYPD raids of poker clubs. Great idea, march to express your displeasure that law enforcement is, in fact, enforcing the law. [PokerNews]
· Stuey Ungar biopic in the works via Warner Brothers. It’s been less than two years since the last Ungar biopic, it’s probably time. [Rotten Tomatoes]
· Tobey Maguire confronts a photographer who takes his picture at WSOP. How this lands in the gossip section, we have no idea. [NY Daily News]