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Monday, June 16, 2008
Pitt, Clooney 'can't play poker', by Shaun Davies, ninemsn - 16th June 2008
Australia's king of cards has confirmed what many may have already suspected — most of the cast of Ocean's 13 can't play poker.
Poker supremo Joe Hachem, who won US$7.5 million ($7.9 million) at the World Series of Poker in 2005, played Texas Hold 'Em against the film's stars at Cannes in 2007.
But while Matt Damon and Don Cheadle showed some aptitude for the game, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and other cast members were completely out of their depth, Hachem told ninemsn.
"These guys are supposed to be action hero types and suddenly I walk in the room and they're looking a little frightened. But I wasn't there to take anyone's money," he said.
"George and Brad were very reluctant to play. Their on-screen persona is, you know, these action dudes and they don't want to be seen as being stupid."
But it was James Bond star Daniel Craig who seemed to fear poker more than anyone.
Reports surfaced in 2006 that Craig, who first played poker-loving spy Bond in Casino Royale, was a dud when it came to playing cards.
Hachem said Craig, who was also staying in Cannes, "turned white" when asked to join in a game.
"He didn't know how to play. But I don't blame him," he said.
The poker champ was also surprised the stars did not carry cash and had to borrow money from each other to throw in for the pot.
Not surprisingly, Hachem cleaned up — but he didn't keep the winnings.
The game was played at Hotel Ducal in Cannes, as part of a promotion for the online gambling site PokerStars.com, which Hachem represents.
Hachem said he was somewhat overwhelmed to be in the presence of Hollywood royalty, but managed to "pretty much bluff [his] way through everything".
He said that while his life had changed forever since his 2005 win, his family and friends kept him grounded.
"There's no such thing as normal anymore. Once you go through that trapdoor there's no coming back. But the critical elements of my life, they haven't changed," he said.
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Australia's king of cards has confirmed what many may have already suspected — most of the cast of Ocean's 13 can't play poker.
Poker supremo Joe Hachem, who won US$7.5 million ($7.9 million) at the World Series of Poker in 2005, played Texas Hold 'Em against the film's stars at Cannes in 2007.
But while Matt Damon and Don Cheadle showed some aptitude for the game, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and other cast members were completely out of their depth, Hachem told ninemsn.
"These guys are supposed to be action hero types and suddenly I walk in the room and they're looking a little frightened. But I wasn't there to take anyone's money," he said.
"George and Brad were very reluctant to play. Their on-screen persona is, you know, these action dudes and they don't want to be seen as being stupid."
But it was James Bond star Daniel Craig who seemed to fear poker more than anyone.
Reports surfaced in 2006 that Craig, who first played poker-loving spy Bond in Casino Royale, was a dud when it came to playing cards.
Hachem said Craig, who was also staying in Cannes, "turned white" when asked to join in a game.
"He didn't know how to play. But I don't blame him," he said.
The poker champ was also surprised the stars did not carry cash and had to borrow money from each other to throw in for the pot.
Not surprisingly, Hachem cleaned up — but he didn't keep the winnings.
The game was played at Hotel Ducal in Cannes, as part of a promotion for the online gambling site PokerStars.com, which Hachem represents.
Hachem said he was somewhat overwhelmed to be in the presence of Hollywood royalty, but managed to "pretty much bluff [his] way through everything".
He said that while his life had changed forever since his 2005 win, his family and friends kept him grounded.
"There's no such thing as normal anymore. Once you go through that trapdoor there's no coming back. But the critical elements of my life, they haven't changed," he said.
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Flirt, Drink & Watch YouTube With Casino Touch-Screen Table, by Tashi Singh - The Post Chronicle
Microsoft's Casino touch-screen tables have debuted in a Las Vegas bar giving Sin City visitors new high-tech party tools.
Microsoft and Harrah's Entertainment have introduced a high-tech interactive bar table that lets patrons order drinks, watch YouTube videos, play touch-screen games and even flirt with one another.
Harrah's said it put six customized Surface computers with built-in 30-inch, or 76-centimeter, flat screens in a bar at its Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
Harrah's reportedly crafted its own software for the machines and equipped them with cameras so people can send pick-lines, drinks or both to bar-goers they are interested in connecting with in real life.
A spokeswoman for Microsoft said the units sold for a base price of $10,000.
A program called Mixologists lets patrons play bartender by creating and ordering concoctions of whatever cocktails and mixers they click on. Another program lets users watch YouTube videos, either by searching or choosing from a list.
The table also includes a program called Flirt, which lets people exchange original messages or choose from suggested come-on lines.
Other programs let users play video games or get information about restaurants, shows, nightclubs and other Harrah's attractions.
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Microsoft's Casino touch-screen tables have debuted in a Las Vegas bar giving Sin City visitors new high-tech party tools.
Microsoft and Harrah's Entertainment have introduced a high-tech interactive bar table that lets patrons order drinks, watch YouTube videos, play touch-screen games and even flirt with one another.
Harrah's said it put six customized Surface computers with built-in 30-inch, or 76-centimeter, flat screens in a bar at its Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
Harrah's reportedly crafted its own software for the machines and equipped them with cameras so people can send pick-lines, drinks or both to bar-goers they are interested in connecting with in real life.
A spokeswoman for Microsoft said the units sold for a base price of $10,000.
A program called Mixologists lets patrons play bartender by creating and ordering concoctions of whatever cocktails and mixers they click on. Another program lets users watch YouTube videos, either by searching or choosing from a list.
The table also includes a program called Flirt, which lets people exchange original messages or choose from suggested come-on lines.
Other programs let users play video games or get information about restaurants, shows, nightclubs and other Harrah's attractions.
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Putting on a poker face, by Alan Kohler - Business Spectator
An interesting sidelight to the Opes Prime debacle is that two of Australia’s leading class action players – IMF (Australia) and Slater and Gordon – seem to have had a falling out.
IMF is Australia’s only litigation funder – a monopoly in a relatively new field. There are really only two law firms it can use to run class action cases: Slater and Gordon and Maurice Blackburn.
That’s because the other major law firms have too many conflicts for corporate class actions and none of the other independent firms is big enough.
After swapping between the two firms for a couple of years, IMF has now settled on Maurice Blackburn because, according to IMF sources, they provide a better service.
There is no formal partnership arrangement between them – it’s just that IMF has decided it prefers MB over S&G and will use them most, if not all, of the time.
This is a disaster for the listed Slater and Gordon since IMF is a monopoly provider of litigation funding in Australia. Its response has been to find someone else who is prepared to enter the Australian market.
Step up, Reagan Silber, the man behind Commonwealth Legal Funding LLC, which is funding Slater and Gordon’s Opes Prime case, as well as its Centro class action.
Mr Silber is a champion poker player who came 46th in the 2007 Poker World Series. He is also a successful plaintiff lawyer who made a lot of money in property.
Now he is taking on IMF in Australia via class actions with Slater and Gordon, and is planning to turn the Australian litigation funding business into a duopoly instead of a monopoly.
Could be an interesting stoush: Peter Gordon and the poker maestro Reagan Silber up against Rob Ferguson (the former CEO of BT Australia), Hugh McLernon and John Walker at IMF, with the redoubtable Bernard Murphy at Maurice Blackburn.
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An interesting sidelight to the Opes Prime debacle is that two of Australia’s leading class action players – IMF (Australia) and Slater and Gordon – seem to have had a falling out.
IMF is Australia’s only litigation funder – a monopoly in a relatively new field. There are really only two law firms it can use to run class action cases: Slater and Gordon and Maurice Blackburn.
That’s because the other major law firms have too many conflicts for corporate class actions and none of the other independent firms is big enough.
After swapping between the two firms for a couple of years, IMF has now settled on Maurice Blackburn because, according to IMF sources, they provide a better service.
There is no formal partnership arrangement between them – it’s just that IMF has decided it prefers MB over S&G and will use them most, if not all, of the time.
This is a disaster for the listed Slater and Gordon since IMF is a monopoly provider of litigation funding in Australia. Its response has been to find someone else who is prepared to enter the Australian market.
Step up, Reagan Silber, the man behind Commonwealth Legal Funding LLC, which is funding Slater and Gordon’s Opes Prime case, as well as its Centro class action.
Mr Silber is a champion poker player who came 46th in the 2007 Poker World Series. He is also a successful plaintiff lawyer who made a lot of money in property.
Now he is taking on IMF in Australia via class actions with Slater and Gordon, and is planning to turn the Australian litigation funding business into a duopoly instead of a monopoly.
Could be an interesting stoush: Peter Gordon and the poker maestro Reagan Silber up against Rob Ferguson (the former CEO of BT Australia), Hugh McLernon and John Walker at IMF, with the redoubtable Bernard Murphy at Maurice Blackburn.
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