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Ratings Rebound for 2008 World Series of Poker
After seeing a decline in viewership numbers in 2007, ESPN’s broadcasts of this year’s World Series of Poker attracted some of the biggest audiences it has seen in more than two years. “The viewership and interest we’ve seen this season tells us that the World Series of Poker still has a very strong following,” said […]
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Step Aside, Neo — Full Tilt Poker Redefines the Matrix
“You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. Remember — all I am offering is the truth, nothing more.” – Morpheus, The Matrix […]
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WSOP — Peter Eastgate Wins the 2008 Main Event
The final night at the 2008 World Series of Poker main event was a record-setting affair. New heights were reached for the longest $10,000 no-limit hold’em world championship final table ever, as well as the largest big blind (1 million) in the history of the event. At the end of play, another record fell when […]
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Peter Eastgate Wins WSOP Main Event 2008
For some it seems like yesterday, but for others the wait has been long and nerve-wracking. Day 1A of the $10,000 World Series of Poker main event kicked off way back on July 3, when 1,297 from a total 6,844 players took to the felt at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las […]
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Tournament Trail Q and A — William Fry
William Fry grinded it out professionally for years, although it must be noted, primarily in the online world. Cashing here and there in live tournaments, it took the first ever EPT to be held in Hungary before the red-haired Brit would make it to the final table of a major event. His happy-go-lucky demeanour was […]
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iPoker Revenue Up 88 Percent So Far This Year
The iPoker network, owned by Israeli online gaming operator Playtech, saw revenue expand 60 percent in the third quarter of 2008 (to end Sept.) to €7.6 million from €7 million in the same period last year. Revenue grew by 9 percent on the second quarter of 2008. Overall in the first nine months of 2008 […]
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PKR.Com Live Poker Festival This Weekend
PKR.com, the 3-D online poker room, hosts its first live festival this weekend in London with $100,000 guaranteed in prize money for up to 150 online qualifiers. The three-day festival includes a $60 freezeout on Friday, the $500 freezeout main event on Saturday with $75,000 guaranteed, and a $10,000 bounty freeroll on Sunday. The weekend […]
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Poker Nations Cup Final Airs Tonight in UK
The PartyPoker.com Poker Nations Cup reaches its climax tonight on Channel 4 in the UK and Ireland at 00.10 with Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, the U.S., and Holland chasing the $100,000 top prize. Among those representing their countries are team captains Roland De Wolfe (Britain), Michael Keiner (Germany), Marcel Luske (Holland), Padraig Parkinson (Ireland), Bo […]
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ESPN Near-Live Broadcast of WSOP Main Event Tuesday
At 10 p.m. PT tonight, Peter Eastgate and Ivan Demidov return to the Rio to finish what they started this summer. By early morning tomorrow, maybe even by midnight tonight, one will be the World Series of Poker main event champion (and will pocket the $9.1 million that comes with the bracelet). The other will […]
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Poker Goes Global with Another International Final Table
Poker has come a long way since the half-empty, smoke-filled rooms that the nostalgic players refer to as “the good ol’ days.” Once considered a lucky game that the degenerates of society played, people now recognize it as a full-fledged sport that requires skill, patience, and courage. While the essence of the game is unchanged, […]
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WPT — Day 5 of the Foxwoods World Poker Finals
It was a short day for the World Poker Tour, as the final 10 competitors resumed play in the ballroom just outside the Great Cedar hotel in Foxwoods, Connecticut. Here were the 10 players and their chip counts: Seat 1: David Pham — 1,242,000 Seat 2: Jonathan Jaffe — 1,780,000 Seat 3: Jonathan Little — […]
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UIGEA Regulations Being Fast-Tracked to Finalization
As the Bush administration comes to a close, government agencies are being pressured by the outgoing party to iron up the technicalities on several passed bills so that they will be in place before Barrack Obama is sworn in on Jan. 20. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) is one of those bills. According […]
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Online Poker — bigdogpckt5s Wins FTOPS Sunday Event
With the Full Tilt Online Poker Series X (FTOPS X) in full swing, it was a big night for online poker. While many players had huge nights, arguably no one’s was bigger than Steve “gboro780” Gross (pictured at left), who made the final table of three major events, two of which he took down (see […]
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Poker Pro Gavin Griffin Answering E-mail Questions
Gavin Griffin made history when he took down the 2008 World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Open, which made him the first player to ever win a WPT event, a World Series of Poker event, and a European Poker Tour event, thus completing a historic poker triple crown. Those three wins, along with a slew of […]
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World Series of Poker -- Final Table Part I
The most anticipated final table in poker history began today at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, when cards got into the air at the World Series of Poker main event. The November Nine finally returned to play the final stages of the $10,000 no-limit hold’em world championship and decide who […]
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Russia and Denmark Get Heads Up at WSOP Main Event
Russian Ivan Demidov and Dane Peter Eastgate are the last two men standing at the World Series of Poker 2009 main event final table. Play has finished for the day and the two will return tomorrow for their heads up match, the winner of which will receive $9,152,416 and the runner up $5,809,595. Nine players […]
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"hahila" Wins $230,000 in LEOCOP IV Main Event
The $1,000 + $100 Ladbrokes European Online Championship of Poker (LEOCOP) IV main event has been won by “hahila” after attracting over 600 runners which created a prize pool of $918,000 of which $250,000 was added by Ladbrokes. In total 4,370 players played over 16 events chasing a total prize pool of over $2 million. […]
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WPT: Day 4 of the Foxwoods World Poker Finals
Another day down, another day closer to $1.2 million. As the World Series of Poker main event played on into the early morning, 33 players gathered in the Foxwoods ballroom to determine who would be going home, and who would spend the next two days battling for one of poker’s top prizes, a World Poker […]
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Card Player TV Guide — Week of Nov. 2-8
Card Player TV provides its viewers with a variety of poker videos every week, and there are a few that you may have missed. Here is a highlight of the new releases from this week: This Week in Poker: Card Player TV‘s weekly news show. Tournament Trail: Card Player TV reports from Day 4 of […]
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Online Poker — Interview with Adam Junglen
Notable online poker pro Adam “AJunglen7” Junglen recently turned 21, and it didn’t take long for an online poker site to snatch up the popular player. Full Tilt Poker recently signed Junglen just before he tore into the recent Caesars Palace Classic main event, and Junglen didn’t disappoint, moving onto the final table of the […]
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Betting on Today's World Series of Poker Main Event
The World Series of Poker main event takes centre stage again this evening after a four month hiatus and the "November Nine" finally get their chance to fight for the biggest prize in poker: $9,119,338 for the last man standing. A number of European bookmakers have prixed up the final table which begins at 10 […]
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November Nine Countdown — Darus Suharto Speaks
Idonesian-born Darus Suharto lives and works as an accountant in Canada. Up to the point when the 39-year-old reached the World Series of Poker main event final table, he was basically an unknown face in the poker world, with one cash for 448th place at the WSOP 2006. His second major live event experience has […]
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November Nine Countdown — Peter Eastgate Speaks
Dane Peter Eastgate will take his place at the final table of the World Series main event as the youngest at just 22-years-old. The intellectual whizz will start the day fourth in chips, and is guaranteed to take home a life-changing amount of money — at least $900,670. He is not a face that emerged […]
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WPT: Day 3 of the Foxwoods World Poker Finals
Many expected the inevitable wall, for the tournament to come to a crashing halt, but it never came. The returning 91 players quickly separated the pretenders from the contenders and within three levels the money bubble had bursted. Along the way, more than a few notables were unable to cash including Toto Leonidas, Ryan Young, […]
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Full Tilt's Kelly Kim — WSOP Main Event Interview
From David toppling Goliath to Rocky Balboa battering Apollo Creed, everybody loves an underdog. As the final table of the WSOP Main Event approaches, there’s no bigger long shot bet than Californian Kelly Kim. Kim survived by the skin of his teeth to get this far and will take just 2.6 million in chips with […]
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Full Tilt's Craig Marquis — WSOP Main Event Interview
Texan Craig Marquis is no stranger to dealing with large sums of money. After all, the likeable and confident 23-year old has already played at the highest limits online for thousands and thousands of dollars in online cash games. What makes his ascent to the top of the poker world amazing though is that Marquis […]
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Full Tilt's Scott Montgomery — WSOP Main Event Interview
After picking up the game of poker while teaching in Japan, Scott Montgomery soon found that he could earn more money at the tables than in front of the blackboard. Moving back to Vegas to compete in low-stakes cash games, Montgomery quickly improved to the point that as this year rolled around he was a […]
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Nenad Medic and Vicky Coren Set for Premier League III
PartyPoker.com has announced Vicky Coren and Nenad Medic as the latest players in the lineup for Premier League III, taking place in London from Nov. 24-30, 2008. They will take to the felt with last year’s winner, Andy Black, season-I winner Juha Helppi, Roland De Wolfe, J.C. Tran, and Annette Obrestad. "Nenad Medic is a […]
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WPT: Day 2 of the Foxwoods World Poker Finals
Last year’s Foxwoods World Poker Finals needed each and every day to crown a champion, but that tournament boasted a field of 575. This year’s field of 412 is tearing through the action and even with four more days of play, the competition has already whittled itself down to 93. Many are predicting a possible […]
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World Poker Tour Enterprise Partners with Full Tilt Poker
World Poker Tour Enterprises, the parent company of the World Poker Tour, announced a television sponsorship deal with Full Tilt Poker. Viewers will see changes to WPT broadcasts thanks to the deal, which gives Full Tilt the exclusive rights for what the WPTE is calling “in-show educational gaming brand integration” for all 26 episodes of […]
