Poker legalization hearing in Greenville, SC (Strip poker clips)
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Posted August 12th, 2009 in
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Poker legalization hearing in Greenville
SC
The Poker Players Alliance has just sent out notice of a poker legalization hearing in Charleston and Greenville
SC this month. From the e-mail: Playing poker in the privacy of your own home is a crime in South Carolina thanks to a ridiculous outdated state law signed 209 years ago. Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell will be holding two public hearings to discuss S535 a bill that would legalize home poker games and also expand charity gaming (including charity poker tournaments) in the state. The first public hearing will be March 23rd in North Charleston City Hall and the second on March 30th in the Greenville County Council Chambers
both start at 5:30pm. I plan to attend the March 30 hearing in Greenville. The PPA is looking for a large turn-out of pro-poker folks. Details: Monday
March 30th 5:30-7:30 pm Greenville County Council Chambers 301 University Ridge Greenville
SC 29601 I’ll likely have more on the subject in the coming days. In the meantime
if you’d like to RSVP for the hearing
you can do so HERE. To read the full text of the bill
click HERE.
High Stakes Poker Update July 2009
After all the action at the 2009 World Series of Poker and Bobby’s Room the action is returning to the high stakes rooms at Full Tilt Poker. Bobby’s room had a ton of action going on with Chinese poker
huge Pot Limit Omaha
and the usual limit games. At Full Tilt Poker
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Greatest College Basketball Game. Ever.
I’m prone to hyperbole. And hyperbole in headlines helps bring readers. Was last night’s six overtime marathon between Syracuse and Connecticut the greatest college basketball game ever played? Probably not. But let’s take a closer look: The Stakes This is where this game is lacking. The quarterfinals of the Big East tournament just can’t match the intensity of an NCAA tournament game. In this case
each team was guaranteed a spot in the Big Dance regardless of outcome. For these teams
however
the stakes were high. It’s a pretty intense rivalry and a prime-time game at Madison Square Garden is a big deal for these players. Also
UCONN had lost 4 straight openers in the Big East tourney and wanted this game badly. And Syracuse is working to improve its seeding. It was big to these teams
but hardly matched the stakes of a National Championship game or even a game like Duke-Kentucky in the East Regional Finals of 1992. Quality of Teams UCONN is one of the top 4 teams in the country. They’ve been ranked #1 twice this year and
despite the loss
I think they’ll still be a #1 seed in the NCAA tourney. Syracuse was ranked as high as 8th this year and have already beaten Big 12 champ Kansas
Top 5-ranked Memphis and Florida out of conference. These are two very good teams playing in the nation’s toughest conference. Again
are they Duke and Kentucky from 1992? Not quite. But they can match up with just about anyone in college basketball this season. Historic? That’s where this game has an advantage over most others. Only a 1981 game between Cincinnati and Bradley went longer (7 overtimes)
but the final score in that game was just 75-73 because that was before the shot clock. Two games in the 1950s also went to 6 overtimes. This game is more impressive than any of these because of the shot clock. That entire 7 OT game totaled 148 points. Syracuse and UCONN scored a combined 102 points in overtime alone (and 244 total). The shot clock changes everything. Before the shot clock
teams could rest on offense
milking the clock. Now
teams must continue moving
getting just 35 seconds per possession. This 6 OT game was significantly harder on the players than any previous college basketball game ever played. The Numbers Record for points scored in OT: 56 (Syracuse) Record for total points scored in OT: 102 M
inutes played by Johnny Flynn: 67 of a possible 70 Total FGs made-attempted: 82-209 Total FTs made-attempted: 64-93 Players who fould out: 8 (four for each team) Drama This game had it all. UCONN never lead by more than 4 points in regulation. Syracuse lead by 7 points with 4 minutes left
but UCONN came back to tie it with 4 seconds left. Syracuse then hit what appeared to be an amazing buzzer-beating 3 point shot
but after a long review
the refs waved it off. In the first OT
UCONN lead by as many as four but Syracuse tied it on a dunk at the end. In the 2nd OT
UCONN never lead by more than 2 and just missed a half court shot at the buzzer. In the 3rd OT
lead by 6 with must 2 minutes remaining
but Syracuse hit a three pointer with 10 seconds left to tie it up. In the 4th OT
UCONN again never lead by more than 2 points. In the 5th OT
UCONN lead by three
but Syracuse again tied it. In the 6th and final OT
Syracuse took the lead on a three pointer on the opening possession. It was their first lead since regulation. They had played 25 minutes of OT basketball without leading once. But after that three
they never looked back
winning by 10 points. Final Thoughts Is it greatest game ever played? Probably not. The closer you are to the game
the more likely you are to overstate it’s importance. I doubt this game is remembered 15 years from now like the Duke-Kentucky game of 1992. In fact
I’d site two other games involving Syracuse in the last 20 years that are more memorable to me. First
the 1996 game against Georgia in the NCAA tournament that included a buzzer-beater at the end of regulation to tie it and a John Wallace 3-pointer at the end of OT to win it. And second
the 2003 Finals when Carmelo Anthony lead my Orange to a title over Kansas. It was a great
great game. One I will never forget and one that will stand in the record books for a long time. But it’s not the greatest game ever.
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