Year-long operation to refloat sunken cruise ship to cost at least $300 million
Vancouver Sun
The "unprecedented" operation to refloat and remove the sunken Costa Concordia cruise ship will be the most ambitious effort of its kind ever attempted and will cost at least $300 million, it was announced Friday. The operation is due to start in the …
Salvage company plans to have capsized cruise ship upright by winter and towed …Washington Post
Alarm delay 'critical' says Concordia probeFinancial Times
Work to begin on removing ConcordiaWalesOnline

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Salvage company plans to have capsized cruise ship upright by winter and towed …
Washington Post
ROME — Salvage experts plan to use water-filled cisterns to weigh down the above-sea side of the cruise liner capsized off the Italian coast — part of an effort to turn the massive vessel upright so that it can towed for demolition early next year.
Alarm delay 'critical' says Concordia probeFinancial Times
Work to begin on removing ConcordiaBelfast Telegraph
Italian cruise ship wreckage will be gone by early 2013, salvage firm saysFox News

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Pocono hosting poker event
Standard Speaker
Fans can choose from three donation options: A $250 donation offers a pre-tournament, VIP meet-and-greet with drivers and celebrities on hand as well as entry to participate in the Poker Showdown; a $150 donation reserves a seat in the poker tournament …

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Peppermill to host charity poker tournament
KRNV My News 4
(KRNV & MyNews4.com) —The Peppermill Resort and Casino is hosting a Texas Hold'em Charity Poker Tournament on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 7:00 pm The tournament will benefit the Nevada Humane Society's GI Dogs Program, which transforms abandoned animals …

Tapie Tournament Series Pushed Off To 2013
Poker News Daily
By Earl Burton – May 18th, 2012 Although they might have failed in their attempts to purchase the shuttered Full Tilt Poker, the French investment company Groupe Bernard Tapie is moving on with their plans for one of the largest poker tournaments ever, …

All Vegas Poker Tour at Caesars Palace
Sports Memo (blog)
A $3000 added WSOP bracelet event buy-in is added to the prize pool, so the winner or final two finishers will also receive a seat into a $3000 or $1500 WSOP event. Fairway Jay made the final table of the inaugural All Vegas Poker Tour event at the MGM …

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PokerStars UKIPT Dublin Main Event Day 1a: William Champion Leads
PokerNews.com
The father of four ended Day 1a with a tournament leading stack of 129700 chips, an extra 17700 than his nearest rival Paul McCaffrey. According to the PokerStars Blog, Champion is a data storage engineer by trade but is also a poker enthusiast who …

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Gate To Wire Enters Into an Agreement to Acquire a Poker Company
MarketWatch (press release)
PMG is the operator of the World Poker Showdown, a poker room management company selling poker vacations on cruise ships, and Contest Poker, a recently developed brand that will operate an online sweepstakes poker business in regulated markets.

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Car show, poker run fundraisers
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
The club hosts its yearly Poker Run on Friday night, followed by its 14th Annual Cruis'n Angels and Bancfirst Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show beginning Saturday morning. Club president Marshall Walters said all proceeds from both fundraisers go toward …

Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood giving away 2 Ante Up Poker Cruise packages
Ante Up Magazine
The Ante Up Poker Cruise features a professionally run and equipped poker room aboard regularly scheduled Royal Caribbean cruises. Each cruise features cash games, multi-table tournaments, single-table tournaments, free poker classes and an open-bar …