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Online Poker: jotaele1 Wins at Sunday Million
PokerStars Sunday Million The PokerStars Sunday Million had 6,993 entrants last night, up a bit from last weekend’s 6,745 entrants. The total prize pool came to $1,398,600, which meant the winner could count on a more than $197,000 payday if no deal was made at the final table. When it got down heads-up play in […]
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Patrik Antonius Joins Team Full Tilt
Full Tilt Poker today announced it had signed 27-year-old Finnish pro Patrik Antonius to Team Full Tilt, which already is comprised of players such as Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Jennifer Harman, Gus Hansen, and Mike Matusow. The former European Poker Tour winner is the youngest player ever to sign for the acclaimed Full Tilt team […]
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World Series Of Poker Euro Update: Day 3
Day 3 at the World Series of Poker in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas saw the final table of the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold’Em tournament as well as day 1b of the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’Em event. Patrik Antonius, from Finland, was on a quest to win his first bracelet but fell […]
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WSOP: Nenad Medic Wins Event No. 1
The first bracelet of the summer has been awarded, and the proud owner is young professional, Nenad Medic. The first final table at the 39th annual World Series of Poker featured a very strong lineup of nine professional players who outlasted an original field of 352. It is quite possible that the rest of the […]
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Online Poker: Interview with Tony 'Bond18' Dunst
Tony “bond18” Dunst has led an interesting life, to say the least. The 23-year-old poker pro has lived around the world, with stops in Australia, China, Malaysia, Vegas, and Milwaukee. He’s done very well for himself in poker. He has earned more than $181,000 in lifetime Online Player of the Year winnings and is currently […]
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Caesars Palace Mega Stack Series Starts Sunday
From today until July 9, Caesars Palace in Las Vegas is holding its Mega Stacks Series, a series of 43 no-limit hold’em events that mostly cost $200 and $300 with a few $500 events and a $1,000 event on July 7, to cap the whole thing. Blinds in the Mega Stack Series last 50 minutes […]
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WSOP: $10,000 World Championship of PLHE Day 2
On day two of the 2008 World Series of Poker, the remaining 70 players in the largest pot-limit hold’em event of the year returned to battle down to the final table, but first they were faced with the small task of making the money. Meanwhile, taking up the remaining 200 or so tables in the […]
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Devilfish Poker Launches "Month of Sindays" Series Tonight
DevilfishPoker.com has launched its €666 added “month of Sindays” promotion, kicking off today Sunday, June 1, with a bounty on site ambassador Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott’s head. The €6.66 buy-in tournament takes place each Sunday at 8 p.m. GMT. Players start with a 2,666 starting stack and this week one lucky punter who takes out the […]
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World Series Of Poker Euro Update: Day 2
Day 2 at the World Series of Poker 2008 in Las Vegas saw the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold’Em tournament near the final table with a handful of Europeans still in contention while day 1A the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’Em event attracted a record-breaking field of 2,000 (with a minimum of around 1,500 already registered for […]
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First Episode of The Scoop Features Jeffrey Pollack
The Scoop, a show on Card Player TV featuring Adam Schoenfeld and Diego Cordovez, today debuted its first episode of the World Series, which featured an exclusive interview with World Series of Poker Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack. In the first episode, Pollack talks about this year’s World Series and the changes that have been made, including […]
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WSOP: $10,000 World Championship PLHE Day 1
The World Series of Poker pulled out the big guns to kick off 46 days of action in Las Vegas. The $10,000 World Championship pot-limit hold’em event was first on the agenda, and many professional players were present in the field of 352 players. Among those professionals was the defending champion Allen Cunningham, but it […]
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World Series Of Poker Euro Update: Day 1
Europe rolled out a score of big game players for the first event of the 2008 World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas yesterday. 352 players anted-up for the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold’Em event including Alex Kravchenko, Steve Wong, Andy Black, Ben Grundy, Mel Judah, Neil Channing, Barny […]
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Bodog Poker Tourney Guarantees Five Main Event Seats
Bodog Poker currently runs World Series of Poker main event semifinal tournaments almost every day for a buy-in of $250+$20. But on June 8, a special WSOP main event semifinal will offer a guaranteed five main-event seats. The special event will award at least five $12,000 main-event prize packages, which include the $10,000 buy-in and […]
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Asian Poker Tour Manila Attracts Pros
The inaugural Asian Poker Tour (APT) began with its first stop in the Philippines at the Dusit Thani Manila Hotel and successfully attracted a number of high-profile pros. Among the players who made it through day 1A are Huck Seed, Quinn Do, and Dan Schreiber. Karina Jett ended the day as chip leader. Day 1B […]
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UltimateBet Bounty Tournament Costs a Buck
Every night at 9 p.m. ET, there is a a $5,000-guaranteed $1 rebuy tourney on UltimateBet with an added bonus: Knock out a UB pro that plays and win the amount they ended up spending on rebuys. The pros who will be playing include Scott Ian of the band Anthrax, Shawn Rice, and online pros […]
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Win a World Series Seat This Sunday on SpadeClub
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. In two days, SpadeClub members will be turning on their computers to compete for two of four World Series main-event prize packages to be awarded by SpadeClub in June. The first World […]
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Online WSOP Main-Event-Seat Guarantees Get Bigger
Sunday, June 15, is a huge day for players trying to get into the World Series of Poker main event through online qualifiers, because that’s the day that both Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars will hold tourneys where a combined guaranteed 350 main-event seats will be awarded. (That’s the same number of players who played […]
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Bodog Poker Mini-SOP Tournament Series Starts Today
Bodog Poker’s World Series of Poker-mirroring series, the Mini-SOP, starts today with a $100+$9 pot-limit hold’em event, which mirrors the first event of the WSOP, the $10,000 World Championship of Pot-Limit Hold’em. Bodog’s series will feature all 25 hold’em events of this year’s WSOP on the same days as the WSOP events but with 1/100th […]
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The World Series of Poker is Back — Today
Today, the 39th-Annual World Series of Poker starts its six-and-a-half-week long schedule of events with the three-day $10,000 World Championship of Pot-Limit Hold’em, and it will be interesting to see how many players show up for this big buy-in tourney, which is the most expensive one ever to kick-off of a WSOP. Talk about starting […]
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2008 World Series Of Poker Starts Today
The 47-day rollercoaster, that is the World Series of Poker, will see many changes this year including a record high of eight $10,000 World Championships and eight $5,000 championships. With 55 opportunities to win a bracelet, and more $1,500 and $10,000 events than ever before, it is sure to be as interesting as last year. […]
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$10,000 Blue Square Poker Challenge is Back
The Blue Square Poker $10,000 Challenge returns this June with nine online qualification routes available for the 10 seats up for grabs. The tournament is being held in the Grosvenor Victoria Casino, and players can qualify on the site via hold’em and Omaha cash games and through heads-up and standard sit-and-go tournaments, the tournament league, […]
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Summer Slamdown at PaddyPowerPoker
PaddyPowerPoker.com is introducing the Summer Slamdown Hands Race promotion for June and July with $35,000 in cash and Irish Winter Festival satellite tickets. Paddy Power, communications manager for the Irish bookmaker, said, “Summer Slamdown is all about getting the upper-hand on your poker opponents and claiming a bigger share of our free cash. We’ve issued […]
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Owner of UltimateBet Confirms Security Breach
Tokwiro Enterprises, the company that owns both Absolute Poker and UltimateBet, today released a statement confirming that cheating had gone on at UltimateBet by people who, according to the release, “worked for the previous ownership of UltimateBet prior to the sale of the business to Tokwiro in October 2006.” The player or players behind the […]
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New Hampshire Lawmakers Want Piece of Poker Pie
New Hampshire’s legislators have ironed out the details of a proposed tax that would target charity poker tournaments and cash games in the state. The proposal also would raise the limits of cash games from $1-$2 to $2-$4. No-limit cash games would still be prohibited. If approved, 3 percent of the prize pool in charity […]
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Poker Stars APPT Season II Schedule Set
The highly successful debut of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) last year has gotten PokerStars amped up for season two, adding a new location and upping buy-ins for bigger prize pools. The first stop on the APPT will be the People’s Republic of China. The Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino in Macau will host […]
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Continental Airlines Giving 21 Million Miles in Poker Tourney
OnePass, Continental Airlines’ frequent-flier mile program, is giving away 21 million miles in a poker tournament in August at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas to celebrate its 21-year anniversary. The tournament is limited to 420 OnePass members. To secure a spot, members must register and put up 50,000 miles, which will be debited from […]
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WPT Mobile Game Launches In Austria
Following its successful launch in the UK, Hand’s On Mobile has expanded its customer base with T-Mobile in Austria. Users have the choice of playing on their own, in private games, or with up to five other people anywhere in the world. The game has revolutionary web-to-mobile gameplay, meaning players can compete both by phone, […]
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Dane Wins World Poker Tour Spanish Championship
Dane Casper Hansen has won the World Poker Tour Spanish Championship in Casino Barcelona lifting the first prize of $655,720 after topping a field of 253 runners. Hansen started the final table third in chips and came from behind in the final hand with A-2 to beat Swede Stefan Mattsson who held A-9. The event […]
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Strip Poker: Venetian and Binion's Start Tourney Series
It is finally time for the summer poker madness, and a couple of the smaller buy-in tournament series are kicking off right now, just before the World Series of Poker. The Binion’s Poker Classic started today with a $100 buy-in no-limit hold’em casino employees event. Tomorrow, the first open event will be a $150 buy-in […]
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Give the Gift of Poker on Full Tilt
For those who have run out of card protectors and chip sets to give as presents to poker-playing friends, Full Tilt has the answer. Poker gift certificates can now be purchased at the software’s cashier. Just click on the “Gift Certificate” button and buy one for $25 or more. The money will be debited directly […]
