The Rake: Rocco, Ladies, Dead Money, Party Gaming

filed under Poker : The Rake

· PGA golfer Rocco Mediate to play in World Series of Poker. Figures any field without Tiger Woods provides him a shot. [The Ledger]
· Headline trumpets “Poker no longer men’s domain.” Also reported, “Titanic sinks,” and “Hindenburg explodes.” [San Mateo Daily Journal]
· Another newspaper giddy that a local is set to be dead money at the WSOP. Notably, we wonder if “Miami Beach Actress” in this case is some sort of euphemism. [Miami Herald]
· Washington State volunteers requested to play poker with the elderly and infirm. Had nursing home staff not already cleaned them out of anything valuable, we’d sign up immediately. [Everett Daily Herald]
· CBS Sports announces “regular Joes versus professional pros” poker tournaments will be televised. CBS assures viewers poker won’t get in the way of the quality programming they’re used to like “Yes, Dear” and “Two and a Half Men.” [Reuters]
· PartyGaming stock lost 1% in trading yesterday. Traders claim online brokers are rigged. [The Sunday Business Post]