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PokerStars Dominates Main Event Final Table
The 2008 World Series of Poker saw over 2,000 players qualify for the main event through PokerStars.com satellites and tournaments. Over 1,000 of them competed and 123 cashed, wining more than $9 million in total. Six PokerStars players made it to the final table, and will compete on Nov. 9 for the top prize of […]
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Julian Thew Wins Venetian's $5,000 Championship
Brit Julian Thew walked away with more than $251,000 after taking down the $5,000 championship event at the 2008 Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza. Thew, the 2007 European Poker Tour Baden winner, beat 173 entrants to take the lion’s share of the $810,000 prize pool. The Deep Stack tournament series attracted almost 17,000 runners and awarded […]
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"Just A Jack Off " at PaddyPowerPoker
PaddyPowerPoker.com has announced its “Just A Jack Off” promotion. The promotion offers a $55 Irish Winter Festival satellite token to players who miss out on hitting a royal flush by a single card. Cash game players on the site can win by staying in the hand until the river, and the four required cards are […]
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WPT: Michael "SirWatts" Watson Wins the Bellagio Cup IV
It could be assumed that the biggest story to come out of the World Poker Tour would be the winner of the first stop on Season VII, the Bellagio Cup. But just hours before the final table began, an announcement was made to ensure that everything was going to be alright. The players and poker […]
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World Poker Tour Signs TV Broadcast Deal with Fox Sports Net
It was announced today that the World Poker Tour has partnered with Fox Sports Net (FSN) to broadcast 26 episodes of Season VII. FSN is the nation’s leading provider of local sports and will air the one-hour WPT episodes in the United States. The first two episodes are being filmed today at the Bellagio Cup […]
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SpadeClub Awards First Free WPT Boot Camp Seat
SpadeClub.com, the innovative online poker community, offers a risk-free way to win at poker with no deposits and no buy-ins. Find out more. SpadeClub member Mike “MIKEG23” Garcia took first place in the July 12 WPT Boot Camp Giveaway, and he has been telling everyone about his exciting win. Garcia has been a SpadeClub member […]
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New Bill Would Fund Social Security from Internet Gambling
A Washington state congressman introduced legislation to amend the Social Security Act in order to establish a trust fund that would be filled by taxing Internet gambling in the United States. This is House Rep. Jim McDermott’s second time introducing a bill that pushes for taxation and regulation of Internet gaming. The act is the […]
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Tony and Eva Parker to Host Charity Poker Tourney in San Antonio
San Antonio Spurs star point guard Tony Parker and wife Eva Parker (Longoria), star of the hit show Desperate Housewives, make up one of the world’s most popular celebrity couples, and on Aug. 9, the duo is using their Hollywood influence to raise money for charity with the first-annual Tony and Eva Parker Celebrity Casino […]
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Strip Poker: Julian Thew Wins Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza
The 2008 Deep Stack Extravaganza series at the Venetian ended yesterday with the culmination of its $5,000 championship event, and 2007 European Poker Tour Baden winner Julian Thew walked away the winner with more than $251,000. The championship attracted 173 entrants, which generated a prize pool of almost $810,000. Chris Tryba was runner-up and took […]
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David Benyamine Makes WPT Bellagio Cup Final Table
Frenchman David Benyamine, who recently won his first World Series of Poker bracelet, has stormed to near the chip lead at the final table in the prestigious $15,000 buy-in WPT Bellagio Cup. Benyamine, who made three final tables at this year’s WSOP, tops the remaining field which includes Ralph Perry and John Phan. The chip […]
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FullTiltPoker.com £1 Million Challenge Announced
Emblaze Productions has announced it will be filming the FullTiltPoker.com £1 Million Challenge this September in London for broadcast on Sky Sports in February 2009. The tournament, which proved a massive hit in Germany in October 2007 when Martin Kläser defeated 2,100 players for the opportunity to play Chris Ferguson, Gus Hansen, and Howard Lederer […]
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WPT: Bellagio Cup Day 4
A play-down day on the World Poker Tour that was packed with professional intrigue began today at noon at Bellagio in Las Vegas. Thirty-two players remained in the $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship event of the Bellagio Cup IV. For many of the professionals remaining, this final day of play is at the tail end of […]
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Bodog Poker First Site to Qualify Players for 2009 WSOP Main Event
Bodog Poker recently awarded the very first seats from any online poker site into the 2009 World Series of Poker main event. The seats were awarded to three players as a result of a promotion involving the site’s Bodog Poker Mini Series final event. Those players were “pokerfanx789,” “dudix,” and “Boswan.” The Bodog Poker Mini […]
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Harrah's Collected $13 Million-Plus in Juice during 2008 WSOP
Of all the players who walked the halls of the Rio this summer with tournament tickets in hand, only one of them was guaranteed to win — Harrah’s. Harrah’s collected $13,116,845 in juice through all 55 events during the 47-day World Series of Poker this summer. That’s 6.77 percent of the $193,743,093 that passed through […]
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Poker Stars to Host Poker Camp in Barcelona
PokerStars qualifies more players for big events like the World Series of Poker and the European Poker Tour than any other site, and now PokerStars is offering a poker camp to prepare its players for their chance at a major live tournament. The PokerStars Poker Camp is scheduled from Sept. 7-8 in Barcelona, just days […]
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SpadeClub Poker Winner: Ed 'wr426f' Buchanan
SpadeClub.com, the innovative online poker community, offers a risk-free way to win at poker with no deposits and no buy-ins. Find out more. SpadeClub member Ed “wr426f” Buchanan beat out the competition to take home his share of the $5,000 weekly event prize pool. Buchanan started playing poker during the poker boom like just about […]
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iPoker Revenue Doubles in First Six Months of 2008
Playtech, the publicly-quoted owner of the iPoker network has announced revenue for poker totaled $22 million between Jan. and June 2008, up 109 percent on the same period in 2007. However, revenue for the second quarter of 2008 was flat compared to the first quarter at $11 million. Total revenues for Playtech (which includes casino […]
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WPT: Day 3 of the Bellagio Cup
The biggest story coming into day 3 of the World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup IV was not about who cashed, but rather about who didn’t. Long-time professional Bob Stupak finished day 2 with 55,000, and he had a decent shot to finish in the money. At least, that would have been the case if he […]
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French Tournament Guarantees €2 Million Prize Pool
The Partouche Poker Tour takes place at the Palm Beach Casino, Cannes, France, from Sept. 3 to 7 this September. The €8,500 buy-in main event has a guaranteed prize pool of €2 Million guaranteed with a minimum of 300 players taking part. There were 2,460 satellite tournaments to support the event and 41 super satellites […]
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WSOP: History — 2007
The 2007 World Series of Poker suffered a serious setback before it even began. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement act was passed into law on September 30, 2006, and it would seriously cut into the number of players that was supplied by online card rooms. The surreal tournament size of 8,773 that had happened the […]
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World Poker Tour Season VII Updates
Season VII of the World Poker Tour got under way with the start of the Bellagio Cup IV, and today, the WPT announced a few updates. Taking a page out of Bellagio’s book, the Bicycle Casino will also offer starting stacks with triple the buy-in in chips for each event in the Legends of Poker […]
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Trial Date Set for South Carolina Men Fighting Poker Charges
Five men will face a judge in South Carolina at the end of August to fight gambling charges levied against them when they were swept up in a raid in October 2006 wherein police cited 23 players playing a $20 tourney in a home outside of Charleston. All but Bob Chimento, Scott Richards, Michael Williamson, […]
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WSOP Final Table Betting at PaddyPower.com
Irish bookmaker PaddyPower.com today launched markets for the final table of the World Series of Poker main event. The main event, which played down to the final nine players today, will resume with the final table on Nov. 9, 2008. Unsurprisingly chip-leader Dennis Phillips is joint favourite at 4/1 with Russian Ivan Demidov while young […]
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WSOP: Main Event Day 7 — Final Table Reached
One of the most important days in 27 players’ lives began at noon on Monday, July 14, in Las Vegas. The day in question was the final-table play-down day in the $10,000 no-limit hold’em world championship at the 2008 World Series of Poker. The final group of players had a lot on the line, despite […]
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World Series Of Poker Euro Update: Day 46
Blinds started at 40,000-80,000 with a 10,000 ante on day 7 of the main event. In just over 15 hours the event saw 18 players fail in their attempts to reserve a seat at the final table. Play ended just before noon when the all-important bubble burst and the final nine emerged. We will now […]
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WSOP: History — 2006 Recap
The 2006 World Series of Poker marked the pinnacle of growth for the largest event in the poker world, as the game jumped out of the niche and into the mainstream. The length of the entire event had become an endurance contest in its own right, as 45 events took place beginning on June 26 […]
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WSOP: Main Event Q and A — Joe Bishop
Joe Bishop, from Cincinnati, Ohio, is among the final 27 players in the 2008 World Series of Poker main event. He has never cashed in a WSOP tournament, yet finds himself on the brink of earning a seat at the game’s biggest stage. He entered day 7 with just over 4.8 million in chips, which […]
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WPT: Day 2 of the Bellagio Cup
The 45,000 starting stacks, the 90-minute levels, and the well structured blinds no longer mattered. On day 2 of the Bellagio Cup IV, the returning 322 players had no problem getting it all in early and often. In the first level alone, nearly 60 players hit the rail, and just a short while later, the […]
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New Season of Poker After Dark Premieres This Week
Poker fans and insomniacs who have been patiently awaiting new episodes of NBC’s Poker After Dark (PAD) are breathing a sigh of relief as season four kicks off early Tuesday morning at 2:05 a.m. PST this week. Viewers will not only be greeted by the new hostess, Leeann Tweeden, but they will also see that […]
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Bodog Poker to Host Its Biggest Guaranteed Tourney Ever
Bodog has recently announced that the site is going to host its biggest-ever guaranteed tournament in August. The event will have a $250,000-minimum prize pool, and players can start qualifying now for as little as $1. On Aug. 10 at 4 p.m. EST, the regular $100,000-guaranteed tournament will be replaced with this event, which promises […]
