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Last week, right here on Silver Oak, I posted about a poker playing priest who was set to appear on the debut episode of a new poker reality show. Well, yesterday he appeared, and kicked some serious butt. Father Andrew Trapp took home $100,000 on the first episode of The Million Dollar Challenge, and also [...]
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You may remember a headline news story back in April of this year when Phillip Markoff (aka the Craigslist Killer) was arrested for murdering a prostitute he found on Craigslist. Despite being on his way to being a doctor and a husband (he was in medical school and was engaged at the time), Markoff is [...]
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When writing this blog, we scour the globe internet for stories from the world of gambling that may be of interest to those who play here at Silver Oak Online Casino. But in all that scouring, this has to be the first time that we find a story that’s both interesting and relevant, in the [...]
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When the Borgata casino in Atlantic City recently hosted a women-only poker tournament, things didn’t quite turn out the way the casino planned. A man defied tradition, if not the law, and entered the tournament as the only man in the 270 player field. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, he won. The party-pooper’s [...]
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They’ve come tantalizingly close, but so far no professional poker player has taken the top prize on a major reality TV show. On the new season of The Amazing Race, premiering September 27th, poker pros Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho will try to be the first to take their profession to the top of the [...]
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For sale: Sequined glove. Not sure where the other one is. Cost: $48,000. Next time you’re in Las Vegas, you can take a break from the video poker machines and Blackjack in the casino and take a peek at the only $48,000 glove you’re likely to ever see. People say the best career move a [...]
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On last night’s episode of “Mindfreak”, master illusionist Criss Angel did the seemingly impossible – he levitated his entire Las Vegas studio audience. What makes that all the more amazing is when you realize how many all-you-can-eat buffets there are in that town. But besides levitating the over-fed crowd of onlookers, he did something even [...]
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If you’re someone who likes to scour online casinos looking for the video poker game with the best odds, look no further. Bonus Deuces Wild features the lowest house odds, and that means you’ll win more when you play! Like with all our online video poker games, the basic rules of Bonus Deuces Wild are [...]
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Maybe justice really is blind. For years now, various parties have been involved in various legal fights throughout the US, as the legal establishment tries to create a clear definition of what exactly poker is. Depending on which side of the fence they’re on, these parties have been trying to either have poker declared a [...]
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As mentioned here last month, NBC has a new reality show where nobodies can take on poker royalty for a shot at a million bucks. The show, Face The Ace, premiered last night, and so far the score is: nobodies 3 – poker pros 0. The show features some of the biggest names in the [...]
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Time’s a tickin’ on our huge July giveaway of $10,000 in free casino cash! On August 1st, one of our players here at Silver Oak will wake up to find an extra ten grand in their pocket, and it could be you! Qualifying for the draw is easy, and you might already be in. All [...]
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Tomorrow night, Bachelorette Jillian Harris will finally decide between her final two suitors. The twenty-nine year old interior designer will have to choose between chemistry and stability, between raw physical attraction, and a good, safe choice, between Kiptyn and Ed. Her final gamble will be the ultimate game of pick ‘em, as she makes a [...]
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