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Pinnacle Buys Bankrupt Epic Poker LeagueNevada-based casino operator Pinnacle Entertainment bid for and won the assets of Federated Sports & Gaming, founder of the defunct Epic Poker League, and Federated Heartland, the parent company of the Heartland Poker Tour. Heartland’s former parent company was outbid to get its tour back after FS+G purchased it but didn’t complete its payments prior […]
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Austin Scott Wins $3,000 WSOP PLO EventTurns out, Austin Scott is a pretty good pot-limit Omaha player. The 23-year-old poker pro finished eighth in the 2011 version of event no. 26, but this year, he came back with a vengeance to win it outright, securing his first World Series of Poker bracelet and the $361,797 first-place prize. Scott topped a field […]
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2012 WSOP Overnight Leaders ReportHere’s an overnight report of the events still in progress at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Check back every morning for a full breakdown of prize pools, field sizes and chip leaders. Final Day Event No. 27 — $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Entrants: 889 Total Prize pool: $1,200,150 Players Remaining: 18 Average Chip Count: 222,250 First […]
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Andrew Feldman To Appear On Secret MillionaireUK poker pro Andrew Feldman is to appear on TV show Secret Millionaire in on Channel 4 on Monday June 25 at 9 p.m.. The blurb for the show says, “At 24, world-famous poker player Andrew Feldman is the youngest ever secret millionaire. He goes undercover in Bradford where he faces up to the impact […]
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Teach Poker In UK Schools Says Poker FederationWriter, poker player, and International Federation of Poker president Anthony Holden has called for UK schools to introduce poker to the curriculum. Holden believes British schoolkids could benefit from poker the way New York’s Henry Street School for International Studies has where the game has been an extra curricular activity since 2007. The author of […]
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Paul Foltyn Joins FeltStars as Sponsored ProUK poker pro Paul “BadPab2” Foltyn has signed a sponsorship deal with FeltStars.com. Former GUKPT winner Foltyn announced the deal with the Merge Network site via twitter where he said, “I am pleased to announce I’m now representing @feltstars as a team pro member”. Foltyn was recently signed to Bet24 but just after he inked […]
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Brian Meinders Wins $1,500 Limit ShootoutBrian Meinders has won the World Series of Poker $1,500 limit hold’em shootout, capturing his first WSOP gold bracelet, the $116,118 first place prize and 600 Card Player Player of the Year points. All he had to do was win all the chips at three consecutive tables playing limit hold’em. If that sounds easy enough […]
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Joe Cassidy Wins WSOP $5,000 Omaha 8/OBAfter play was suspended late on Wednesday night, Joe Cassidy returned on Thursday afternoon and defeated Scotty Nguyen heads-up to capture his very first World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Cassidy had to overcome possibly the most decorated final table yet at the 2012 WSOP in event no. 24, the WSOP $5,000 Omaha eight-or-better championship, […]
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Federal Online Poker Measure Still Holy GrailThe major casino companies are using Nevada as online gaming insurance. The Silver State is close to an intrastate industry, but everyone wants more. The industry sees Nevada’s effective population (residents plus tourists) as just not enough to make web poker worthwhile. A federal bill authorizing the activity nationwide or a state-by-state patchwork are solutions […]
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2012 WSOP Overnight Leaders ReportHere’s an overnight report of the events still in progress at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Check back every morning for a full breakdown of prize pools, field sizes and chip leaders. Final Day Event No. 24 — $5,000 Omaha Eight-Or-Better Entrants: 256 Total Prize pool: $1,203,200 Players Remaining: 2 Average Chip Count: 1,920,000 […]
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Belgian Court Upholds bwin.party Blacklistingbwin.party has failed to get its name removed from the Belgian Gambling Commission’s blacklist of operators whose IP addresses must be blocked. The Commission’s legal representatives ALTIUS issued a statement applauding the decision of the Court of First Instance in Brussels saying, “In a judgment delivered today, the President of the Court of First Instance […]
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Phil Ivey Again Falls Short of Ninth BraceletWith Phil Ivey’s elimination in third place, play has been suspended with Scotty Nguyen and Joe Cassidy set to play heads-up for the WSOP $5,000 Omaha eight-or-better championship title. Thursday’s heads-up match will resume at 2:00 PM PST and will feature a five-time bracelet winner in Nguyen doing battle with a talented high-stakes limit specialist […]
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UK Regulator Investigates Social GamingThe UK’s Gambling Commission is investigating social gaming to establish its links or otherwise to gambling according to financial website ThisisMoney.co.uk. John Travers, corporate affairs manager at the Commission said, “The key question is, is it gambling or not?. We are monitoring developments and assessing any wider implications for licensing objectives.” Some social games allow […]
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Simon Charette Wins WSOP $3,000 Six-Max NLHSimon “pokerbrat13” Charette has won the World Series of Poker $3,000 six-max no-limit hold’em, capturing his first gold bracelet, the $567,624 first place prize and 1,368 Card Player Player of the Year points, moving him into a tie for 41st place in the overall standings. The 25-year-old pro from Toronto, Canada has now accrued more […]
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Phil Ivey Makes Another Final Table at WSOPFollow along as Phil Ivey tries again for ninth bracelet Despite his silence, Phil Ivey has made a loud return to the World Series of Poker. On Wednesday evening, he made another final table, just a few days after finishing second in the $10,000 pot-limit hold’em. In total, he’s cashed four times this summer, including […]
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Amanda Musumeci Breaks Down Key Hand In WSOPAmanda Musumeci, a Philadelphia poker pro, has been turning heads ever since her deep run in the 2011 World Series of Poker main event, where she finished 62nd for $130,997. Later that year, she took down a preliminary event at the Borgata Fall Poker Open and has since racked up four WSOP Circuit final table […]
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Delaware Online Gaming Bill Passes HouseA bill in Delaware that would legalize online table games, including poker, and expand other forms of gambling in the state passed the House Tuesday evening. Twenty nine voted in favor and eight voted against. The bill underwent two amendments this week. The Delaware Gaming Competitiveness Act of 2012 would authorize Internet gaming under the […]
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2012 WSOP Overnight Leaders ReportHere’s an overnight report of the events still in progress at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Check back every morning for a full breakdown of prize pools, field sizes and chip leaders. Final Day Event No. 23 — $3,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Entrants: 924 Total Prize pool: $2,522,520 Players Remaining: 18 Average Chip Count: […]
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Bally and Aristocrat Strike Web Poker DealsAristocrat Technologies and Bally Technologies have entered into strategic partnerships with Shuffle Master which will see them add the Ongame poker software to their existing iGaming platforms ahead of the legalization of online poker in Nevada. Aristocrat’s vice president of systems sales & marketing Kelly Shaw said, “We already created one of the best online […]
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English Poker Open Returns in SeptemberThe English Poker Open returns to London from September 18 to 21 with the Fox Poker Club hosting the fourth renewal. The full schedule for the event has yet to be announced – including the main event buy in – but Simon Tomsett, a London poker manager for Genting Casinos, said, “We know that the […]
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Randy Ohel Wins WSOP $2,500 2-7 Triple-DrawRandy Ohel has emerged victorious in WSOP event no. 22, a $2,500 triple-draw deuce-to-seven lowball event, earning his first gold bracelet, the $145,247 first place prize and 576 Card Player Player of the Year points. After a draining heads up battle that lasted more than six and a half hours, including a one-hour dinner break, […]
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Michael Gathy Wins WSOP $1,000 No-Limit Hold'emEarly Wednesday morning, Belgian Michael Gathy won the $1,000 no-limit hold’em event at the 2012 World Series of Poker. He outlasted a field of 2,799 to scoop $440,829 in prize money and 1,200 Card Player Player of the Year points, which moved him into 36th place in the overall standings when combined with a six-place […]
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Benjamin Scholl Wins WSOP Limit ChampionshipThe 2012 event no. 20, $5,000 limit hold’em championship title belongs to Benjamin Scholl, a financial analyst from Trappe, Pennsylvania. The 26-year-old defeated 166 entrants over the course of three days to earn his first gold bracelet and the first-place prize of $206,760. Scholl overcame a stacked final table that included notables such as Matt […]
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2012 WSOP Overnight Leaders ReportHere’s an overnight report of the events still in progress at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Check back every morning for a full breakdown of prize pools, field sizes and chip leaders. Final Day Event No. 21 — $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Entrants: 2,799 Total Prize pool: $2,519,100 Players Remaining: 17 Average Chip Count: 493,941 […]
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Eric Froehlich: A Poker LifeIn the last seven years, Eric Froehlich has earned over $3 million in both online and live poker tournaments, yet poker may not even be his best game. In fact, the 28-year-old pro spent a good portion of his teen years as one of the top ranked Magic: The Gathering players in the world. After […]
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Playtech Limited Makes Social Gaming MovePlaytech, owenr of the iPoker platform, today announced it was making a significant investment in social and mobile gaming. The company will pay €6 million per year plus 20 percent of revenue generated through the software to Skywind which is licencing the Israeli operator its social, real money and mobile platforms. The deal sees the […]
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Cliff Goldkind Wins WSOP Event 19: $1,500 NLHCliff Goldkind topped a 2,302-player field to win the latest World Series of Poker$1,500 no-limit hold’em event, capturing his first WSOP gold bracelet, the $559,514 first-place prize and 1,080 Card Player Player of the Year points, moving him into 55th place in the overall standings when combined with his final table at a WSOP Circuit […]
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Shulman And Son Final Table Events On Same DayClick here for event no. 19 live updates Click here for event no. 20 live updates In 2009, Barry Shulman took down the World Series of Poker Europe main event for his second gold bracelet and a first-place prize of $1,278,106. That same year, his son Jeff Shulman final tabled the WSOP main event, becoming […]
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Wynn Applies for Nevada Online Poker LicenseWynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN), one of Nevada’s largest casino companies, has submitted an application to operate online poker in the Silver State, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Wynn is one of the latest to apply as the state inches closer to the first industry of its kind in U.S. gaming history. Wynn […]
