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  In what was arguably the greatest victory for the poker industry in the past three years, the Treasury and Federal Reserve announced on Friday morning that they would delay the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Continued ...

   

   

   

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  The Scoop -- Jack McClelland pt.2

  Bellagio Tournament Director Jack McClelland discusses how things have changed in the poker tournament world, his start at the Bellagio and more on this episode of 'The Scoop.'

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  Poker Strategy -- Lex Veldhuis Talks About Game Flow

   

  

  by Kristy Arnett

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  by Brendan Murray

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  	Player	2009 POY Points	2009 POY Winnings
  1	Eric Baldwin	6,058	$1,229,856
  2	Cornel Andrew Cimpan	5,670	$2,754,742
  3	Yevgeniy Timoshenko	5,463	$3,944,513
  4	Vitaly Lunkin	4,473	$3,151,602
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  7	Jason Mercier	3,764	$1,136,305
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  9	Mike Leah	3,497	$693,902
  10	Angel Guillen	3,492	$943,268

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  	Player	2009 OPOY Points	2009 OPOY Winnings
  1	Steve Gross	9,532	$1,159,524
  2	David Sands	8,484	$913,588
  3	Thayer Rasmussen	8,428	$670,409
  4	Shaun Deeb	8,290	$788,451
  5	Jonathan Delong	7,926	$764,124
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  	Country	1st Place Finishes	2nd Place Finishes	3rd Place Finishes	Total Medals
  	United States	185	183	192	560
  	Australia	17	16	20	53
  	Canada	15	17	10	42
  	Germany	13	8	7	28
  	United Kingdom	12	18	15	45
  	Italy	10	5	3	18
  	Sweden	7	7	8	22
  	Denmark	6	10	3	19
  	Russian Federation	6	8	4	18
  	France	5	8	8	21

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Nov 27, 09

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