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A Poker Life: Jason SomervilleJason “JCarver” Somerville was pretty much missing from the poker trail for the first few months of 2010. Having significantly reduced his poker schedule this year, the 23-year-old from Long Island resurfaced for the larger buy-in tournaments of the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) series in May and the World Series of Poker […]
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Caesars Palace Main Event Starts Tuesday
The fourth annual Caesars Palace Classic will hold its $1,000 no-limit hold’em main event inside the Caesars Palace poker room starting Tuesday at noon, and there will be plenty of chips for creative play. Players will have 40,000 starting chips, with a $10 staff bonus adding an additional 10,000 chips. Blinds start at 25-50. Levels […]
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WSOP 2010 The Final Countdown -- For The Love Of Laak
As the November Nine prepare to take to the felt, bringing to an end the WSOP 2010, Rebecca McAdam relives her favourite memories from this year’s Series. For the first week or so I was in Vegas, I hopped back and forth between the Rio and the Bellagio as we kept an eye on Phil […]
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Six EMOP Malta Packages Added Next WeekOnline poker players can look forward to six European Masters of Poker Malta packages added to a series of tournaments next week on the Entraction network. The Wild West series sees one package to EMOP Malta added on Monday and Wednesday, and two packages added on Friday and Saturday to the €3 or 300 VIP […]
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European Poker Tour Vienna: Day 3Daniel Negreanu is near the top of the leader board and making a push for the final table. You can watch him go for it right now on EPT Live. Day 3 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Vienna €5,300 buy-in main event almost ended in a similar fashion to day 2 with Daniel Negreanu […]
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Parx Casino Set To Launch Poker Room
Parx Casino, the largest gaming facility in Pennsylvania, is about to get a lot bigger. Pending approval from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Parx Casino will open its new poker room on Wednesday, November 3. The poker room contains 24 tables offering Texas hold’em, seven card stud, and Omaha. It’s located on the upper floor […]
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WSOP Circuit Events Start in BiloxiThe World Series of Poker Circuit has made its way to Biloxi, Mississippi for the fourth stop of the 2010-2011 season. On the heels of what was a record-setting turnout at the circuit’s stop in Hammond, Indiana, the WSOP Circuit will play out on the Gulf Coast for the first time ever, with 33 events […]
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Bodog Running Satellite to Punta Cana Poker ClassicOn Saturday, Bodog is offering a special satellite to the Punta Cana Poker Classic in mid November. The $100+$9 qualifier will start Oct. 30 at 4:35 p.m. EST and will award at least five prize packages. Each package will be worth $3,000, which covers the Punta Cana Poker Classic buy-in, airfare, and a four-night stay […]
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Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza IV BeginsThe 2010 Deep Stack Extravaganza Series has returned to the Venetian Poker Room for Deep Stack Extravaganza IV, running October 28-November 24. Several tournaments will take place, featuring no-limit hold’em, pot-limit Omaha, Omaha hi/lo, and H.O.R.S.E events. The Series will culminate with the $2,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em event. The $340 and $550 events will consist […]
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The Scoop: Scott Clements Part 3Scott Clements stops by for this week’s episode of The Scoop (sponsored by Full Tilt Poker) on Card Player TV. Check out his interview with Diego Cordovez and Adam Schoenfeld on Card Player TV, and you can hear Clements talk about his mixed game skills. He continues his interview from part II. “Every time I […]
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Leisure & Gaming Sells Profitable Poker Business
Publicly-quoted online gaming group Leisure & Gaming has been forced into administration with its main asset, Italy’s Betshop Group, sold for a cut-price £1 million to Honeymead Services. The company’s shares were suspended in May and the move into administration this week comes after the proposed £5 million sale of Betshop to Spain’s Grupo Perfaco […]
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Aussie Poker Robber JailedDwayne Johnstone, a 34-year-old drug addict from Melbourne, Australia, has lost his appeal against a minimum two-year jail sentence for assaulting and robbing a poker player in the city in 2008 according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Johnstone stole $31,075 from Jason Potter after watching him collect his Aussie Millions winnings at the Crown Casino […]
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European Poker Tour Vienna: Day 2Day 2 of the €5,300 buy-in PokerStars European Poker Tour Vienna saw six 75-minute levels of play cause complete and utter carnage as 80 players had to be found from the 278 starting the day. The chip leader at the start of play was Laurence Houghton but his stack took a heavy beating in the […]
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WSOP 2010 The Final Countdown - Dutch For A Day
As the November Nine prepare to take to the felt, bringing to an end the WSOP 2010, Rebecca McAdam relives her favourite memories from this year’s Series. The day Marcel Vonk took to the stage to accept his first WSOP bracelet is one that sticks in my mind. Not just because he was the only […]
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WSOP Circuit: Jim Anderson Wins $10k Midwest RegionalThe final table of the World Series of Poker Circuit $10,000 Midwest Regional Championship began today shortly after 2 p.m. local time, and just over 10 hours later Jim Anderson was crowned the first ever regional champion. He took home a gold ring, a seat in the National Championship (as did all nine finalists today), […]
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Online Poker: PokerStars Running Freerolls to PCA Main EventPokerStars is giving its players an opportunity to win a seat to the the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event for free. The PCA, which will run in early January, will be highlighted by the $10,300 buy-in main event. Free-to-enter and micro-stake sit-and-go qualifiers are currently running non-stop for a chance to compete in one […]
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UB Offering Halloween QualifiersUB is running a special $200,000 guarantee seat giveaway on Halloween this Sunday. The online poker site will mark Halloween with two special ways for players to qualify for the $200,000 guarantee $200+15 buy-in tournament on Sunday, Oct. 31 at 4 p.m. EST. The first chance to win a seat is free, as a Halloween […]
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Boris Becker Says He’s A Poker WinnerThree-time Wimbledon tennis champions Boris Becker has said he’s ahead from playing poker since he took up the game a few years ago according to the Austrian Independent. Becker, currently in Vienna playing the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour event in the city, told the paper, “I won more money than I lost so far. But […]
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European Poker Tour Vienna: Day 1BDay 1B of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Vienna attracted 353 players to the Austrian capital’s Kursalon Palace including some of the best in the business. That number was cut to 161 by end of play, meaning day 2 will see a combined field of 278. The player with the most chips overall is British […]
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WSOP 2010 The Final Countdown -- Father And Son
As the November Nine prepare to take to the felt, bringing to an end the WSOP 2010, Rebecca McAdam relives her favourite memories from this year’s Series. Two bracelet ceremonies I will always remember were in honour of Israeli Tomer Berda and American pro Daniel Alaei. Berda decided to fly his father out for his […]
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Watch WSOP Circuit Final Table Live Updates NowCheck out live updates from the final table now. A long day 2 made for a quick day 3 and the final table of the 2010 World Series of Poker Circuit Regional Championship in Hammond, Indiana is now set. Leading the final nine players is Gabe Patgorski, who pretty much had his way during play […]
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Gus Hansen Up $1 Million in Past WeekEven though the action has been quiet in the high-stakes online world for a second straight week, poker pro Gus Hansen has managed to win more than $1 million over the past seven days. No pot on the virtual felt has reached six figures over the past week, yet Hansen has been able to amass […]
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European Poker Tour Vienna: Day 1AThe PokerStars European Poker Tour has pulled into Vienna for its latest week of poker action on European felt. This is not the first time however that the EPT has visited the Austrian capital, as way back in 2005 when the buy-in was €2,000, Frenchman Pascal Perrault beat 296 players to become the Tour’s sixth […]
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WSOP 2010 The Final Countdown -- Angle Shooting High
As the November Nine prepare to take to the felt, bringing to an end the WSOP 2010, Rebecca McAdam relives her favourite memories from this year’s Series. The $1,000 Seniors Championship appeared mid-WSOP schedule and as it was obviously just for those the far side of 21, for many it was one of those tournaments […]
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WSOP Circuit: Regional Championship Day 2There are certain tournament days where one player’s fortunes echo the narrative of the day. On day 2 of the 2010 World Series of Poker Circuit $10,000 Regional Championship at the Horseshoe Hammond Casino just outside of Chicago that player was David Paredes. He started strong and built his stack to take the chip lead […]
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Betsson Poker Revenue Continues To SlideOnline poker revenue at Nordic gaming operator Betsson continues to fall with third quarter 2010 income down 11 percent to SEK24.4 million (€2.63 million) compared to SEK27.5 (€2.96 million) percent in the same period of 2009. Year-on-year, poker revenue has now declined for at least seven consecutive quarters. Quarter-on-quarter poker revenue dropped 4 percent from […]
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UB Bad Beat Jackpot Hit for More than $100,000This past weekend, a six-figure prize was claimed at the hands of the UB Bad Beat Jackpot The unknown player with the screen name “WHATAGUY431” claimed $102,877.17 on Saturday for losing with quad eights or better in Texas hold’em. About $60 million in jackpot money has been awarded since the promotion began three years ago. […]
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Theo Jorgensen Signs With PokerStarsEarlier today, PokerStars announced the signing of Theo Jorgensen to Team PokerStars Pro. The Danish pro will begin his role as brand ambassador by hosting the opening event of the Nordic Championship of Online Poker on November 4. “I’m delighted to be joining the world’s largest poker site,” the 38-year-old Jorgensen said in a press […]
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Nicholas Newport is Paddy Power Poker Irish Masters ChampNicholas Newport is the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival main event champion for 2010 after topping a 347-strong field to take home the €125,000 first prize. The young pro beat fellow Irishman Charlie Harvey heads up when after clashing on a K-6-2 flop featuring two spades, they got it all in. Harvey had K-2 for two […]
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Late Night Poker Final on TV Tonight
UK poker fans are in for a treat tonight with the grand final of Late Night Poker airing on Channel 4 at 12:10 a.m. The final will be shown over two shows, with the second part hitting TV screens next week, and features Phil Ivey, Carlos Mortensen, James Akenhead, John Duthie, Scott Fischman, Michael Binger, […]
