http://www.maritimepokerclub.com Maritime Poker Club en-us http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1021 While Chris Moorman’s incredible run in 2011 is being looked at as one of the best transitions to live poker from an online poker legend, another online star has also been quietly leaving his mark on the live tournament trail this year, Taylor “ambiguosity” Paur. Paur is currently playing in the EPT San Remo Main Event and managed to end Day 1b of the tournament as the overall chip-leader, bagging up 188,200 chips at the end of the night. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1020 The legislation introduced by the latest darling of poker advocacy groups, Joe Barton, will get its first committee hearing next week, as the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, a sub-panel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, will discuss HR 2366 on Tuesday. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1019 Elio Fox likely has a new favorite hand thanks to his impressive run at the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event: Pocket Tens –but only when he is dominated. Fox would enter the final table as the chip-leader, a position he held throughout the action on Thursday, and was able to deny three players in particular the WSOPE main Event title, as well as some other impressive accolades. Mortiz Kranich was looking to add his name to the list of Triple Crown winners, and both Shawn Buchanan and Chris Moorman had the chance to jump into the top spot on the World Series of Poker Player of the Year leader-board. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1018 Determining if a game is predominately skill or luck is a tricky endeavor, since even the most skillful players in the “skillful” game like blackjack cannot overcome the house advantage without resorting to card-counting. Poker on the other hand possesses enough of a skill advantage for practitioners to turn a profit –unless the “house” take is so much as to make the game unbeatable. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1017 Considering the Day 1a turnout of 310 players at the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event nearly eclipsed the old attendance record of 362 entrants, the decision to move the WSOPE from London, England (not widely regarded as the most hospitable climate in the world during mid-October) to Cannes, France on the French Riviera is looking like pure genius. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1016 Event #4 of the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe featured a very tough final table lineup that included amongst others, Triple Crown winner Bertrand “ElkY”Grosspellier, Online Player of the Year contender Taylor “ambiguosity” Paur, as well as poker pros James Dempsey, Tristan “Cre8ive” Wade, Steve O’Dwyer, Richard Toth, Mike “SirWatts” Watson, and Emil “WhiteLime” Patel. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1015 Event #2 of the 2011 World Series of poker Europe tournament series taking place on the French Riviera started off with a bang –besting the WSOPE attendance record by more than 100 participants– and nearly ended with the crowning of the fifth Triple Crown winner in poker history, which would have been the third this year. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1014 Well, this story didn’t take very long to come out! Mere days after Annie Duke appeared on the list of the final 10 nominees for the Poker Hall of Fame, here long-time rival Daniel Negreanu made sure that everyone who may possibly be voting for the Poker Hall of Fame’s Class of 2011 remembers the many indiscretions in the career of Annie Duke. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1013 Phil Hellmuth is already making his presence felt at the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe, as the “Poker Brat” is currently amongst the final eight participants in Event #1, the €2,500 Six-Handed NLHE tournament. http://www.maritimepokerclub.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1012 Over the years there have been a lot of scandals involving poker players and in most of these cases the transgressions that occurred would eventually be forgiven provided the money involved wasn’t off-the-charts, and the perpetrator was willing to pay their dues and rehabilitate their image. However, there have been instances where the person involved is basically ostracized from the poker world and are loathed by the community.