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May 11th 2012
While many players are preparing for the WSOP by perfecting their tournament skills in PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker, Tom “durrrr” Dwan is instead playing in what must be a pretty lucrative cash game happening at the StarWorld Hotel’s Poker King Club in Macau. The Macau Big Game, as it is called, has been [...]
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May 11th 2012
From May 28th through July 8th,up to three World Series of Poker final tables will be streaming live via WSOP.com. The live streams will cover all 60 gold bracelet events and will feature six different camera angles and commentary by David Tuchman and a rotating cast of player commentators. The streams are scheduled to begin [...]
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May 11th 2012
The $2000 buy-in 2012 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker Stud Event (10-H) attracted 64 players creating a $128,000 prize pool, well in excess of the $25,000 guaranteed. Longtime online poker professional Shaun Deeb was the eventual champion taking home $41,600 after defeating “TheMuppet” in heads up action. The win marks the second career SCOOP [...]
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May 10th 2012
Brunson called his lifelong friend after learning he had been admitted to a hospice hospital for what would be their final conversation. “We talked for a few minutes and we both acknowledged he wasn’t long for this world as we recalled some of the bright spots of our early years on our poker journey,” said [...]
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May 10th 2012
Sam Trickett signed with Titan poker back in 2010 as a relatively unknown professional player, but made big waves in 2011 winning the Aussie Millions High Roller event and the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event. In total, Trickett cashed for more than $4.5 million on the live tournament circuit last year. Now, Trickett can be [...]
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May 10th 2012
Only 31 players registered for the Players Poker Championship Main Event in Aruba, making first place a mere $40,594. But the small victory marked a big milestone for poker professional Joe Serock. He was all smiles as he received the check and hoisted the trpphy overhead, celebrating his first-ever live tournament victory. Serock has enjoyed [...]
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May 9th 2012
Fans of The Bernard Lee Poker Show will be excited to learn that they will now be able to catch professional poker player, radio host, and columnist Bernard Lee on TV. To celebrate the fifth year of the show, Lee has introduced a televised version of the popular radio show that will be broadcasted on [...]
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May 9th 2012
The World Series of Poker will once again return to its Tuesday night time-slot on ESPN for the 2012 season. Coverage will include the WSOP Main Event, as well as two new events, the WSOP National Championship, and the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop. Hardcore fans of WSOP coverage may be dismayed to [...]
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May 9th 2012
Viktor Blom is best known for his play in the PokerStars nosebleed cash games as “Isildur1”, but he has alreadu begun to make a big name for himself as a tournament player. In January, he secured his biggest live score when he won the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller at the PokerStars Carribean Adventure for [...]
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May 9th 2012
On Monday morning, Lock Poker announced via press release that it would be purchasing assets of the Cake Poker Network as it begins the process of leaving the Merge Gaming Network. The purchase includes the rebranding of the Cake Network as Revolution Gaming, a move expected to take place on June 1st. The new network [...]
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May 9th 2012
Great news for World Series of Poker players sick of keeping track of endless food comp vouchers accumulated throughout the series. Beginning this year, tournament entrants will receive Total Rewards credits instead which can be spent on tournament entry fees, dining, hotel, entertainment, travel and merchandise at any of the Caesars Entertainment venues across the [...]
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May 9th 2012
The World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Philadelphia Main Event wrapped up Monday night with Christopher Bonn emerging victorious, having conquered the 321-player field to take home his first WSOPC gold ring, a seat in the National Championship, and $109,760 in cold hard cash. Bonn’s route to victory came through a challenging final table. Tuan [...]
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May 9th 2012
Mat “Skillz” Carlsson had the perfect mix of aggression, solid play and big hands at the final table of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Perth Main Event, skillfully navigating his way through a tough field in route to his victory worth $78,275. Carlsson joins the ranks of ANZPT winners, including Tony Hachem and Grant [...]
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May 9th 2012
Daniel Negreanu, one of the world’s most widely recognized poker players, took on the relatively unknown “rUaBot” in PokerStars first ever Limit Hold’em Challenge following in the footsteps of its SuperStar Showdown Challenge. Negreanu is a successful limit hold’em player, having won two of his four World Series of Poker bracelets in limit events, but [...]
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May 6th 2012
The race is on – we’re giving away over $30,000 in cash and World Series of Poker packages! This offer is open to all cash table and tournament players, and the more you play, the more you get paid… and the closer you get to a WSOP package and a trip of a lifetime to [...]
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May 6th 2012
It’s time to shift your poker game into High Gear and speed your way into our massive $150,000 Sit & Go promotion. Play Sit & Go tournaments over the next few months and earn points based on your finishing position in each one. Climb the High Gear Leaderboards to earn your share of $150,000! How [...]
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May 6th 2012
€61,650 in the pot, each winner will receive €1,000 Once again the May Main Rake Race at NoiQ is the biggest race of the network. 61,650 euro is split into four races and 100 top players get juicy cash rewards! Only this month, the first and second places at the first two rake races will [...]
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May 6th 2012
Win an all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas this summer for just $2.20! Every week between now and June 10th we’re giving you a choice of packages to join Team Betfair in Las Vegas and take shot at World Series of Poker glory. Daily qualifiers start from just $2.20 where you can you win your [...]
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May 6th 2012
Win your piece of $12,000 in our Rakemania cash races. $3,000 is up for grabs each week on the big NL Hold’em cash tables (high blinds) and another $1,000 is available on our small NL Hold’em cash tables (low blinds). Opt-in now to be eligible for the Rakemania prizes. Players will be ranked according to “stars” [...]
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May 6th 2012
Diamonds are going to be everybody’s best friend since Diamond Gold Cards will get you a ticket in to $40,000 worth of Gold Card events in our Diamond Mine Gold Card Tournament Series! Diamond Mine lets you play your way up through progressively richer tournaments all the way to the $10,000 Flawless Final! All Diamonds [...]
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May 6th 2012
In May we offer great endurance promotion to our loyal grinders; two challenges with €12,000 in each prize pool. The prize pools are partly weighted: €8,000 is equally shared and €4,000 will be shared based on the total VIP points earned during the period. Example: 50 being total number of players that met the [...]
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May 5th 2012
Wednesday marked the end of the World Poker Tour Jacksonville BestBet Open where Shawn Cunix defeated a tough final table that included WPT Legends of Poker champion Will “The Thrill” Failla and host of the WPT’s Raw Deal Tony Dunst. The win was worth $400,600 for Cunix, plus a seat in the $25,000 WPT Championship [...]
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May 5th 2012
Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier has reclaimed the top of the Global Poker Index following his win in the EPT Berlin $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em event and third place finish in the €100,000 Super High Roller at the Monte-Carlo Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final. His win in the Berlin event was worth €231,000, while the third place [...]
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May 5th 2012
The 2012 Chad Brown Challenge $2000 Main Event took place last weekend at the Choctaw Resort in Durant, Oklahoma with 258 players participating, including Chad Brown, Dennis Phillips, Layne Flack, Gavin Gsmith and Robert Williamson. Four days later, 22-year-old A.P. Phahurat emerged victorious, taking home the $116,449 for first place. Phahurat has been playing poker [...]
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May 3rd 2012
The Monte-Carlo Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final €25,000 High Roller event concluded late Tueday night with Igor Kurganov defeating Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu heads-up, claiming the €1,080,000 top prize. Kurganov faced a tough final table including Negreanu, Super Higher Roller champ Justin Bonomo, and Noah Swartz. Bonomo held a massive chiplead coming into [...]
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