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Michael Woo Wins Winnin' O' the Green Main Event
The Winnin’ O’ the Green tournament series at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California, ended this weekend with a $2,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em championship event, and pro Michael Woo improved his third-place finish from last year by winning the $86,000 first-place prize. Woo defeated a field of 105 players to snag his portion of […]
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Online Poker: Tsipor Wins at Sunday Million
PokerStars Sunday Million The PokerStars Sunday Million had 7,445 entrants last night, to generate a prize pool of $1,489,000. That number was basically on par with last weekend’s 7,394 entrants. Unlike last weekend, however, the $210,000 first-place prize would not get into the winner’s PokerStars account unchopped. The three final players, Maluko0, Tsipor, and Djemps, […]
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Poker After Dark Premieres New Episodes This Week
Poker After Dark (PAD) is back on NBC with new episodes as “Jam-Up Week” kicks off at 2:05 a.m. Tuesday morning with six pros in a $140,000 winner-take-all tournament. The theme of loose aggressive players at the table caused the usual prize pool of $120,000 to be altered because of early action. Find out what […]
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World Poker Tour Moves to GSN Tonight with New Episodes
New episodes of the World Poker Tour begin airing tonight on the WPT’s new home, GSN. The WPT, long-time resident of the Travel Channel, makes its premiere on GSN this evening. Mondays is now poker night on GSN, with High Stakes Poker kicking things off at 8 p.m. ET, followed by the WPT at 9 […]
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Poker Players Alliance Launches Legal Support Network
The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) today launched a free Litigation Support Network to provide basic poker legal advice, as well as to provide members with a network of attorneys around the country that could help players locally, if needed. That includes the worst-case scenario of being arrested. If that happens, players can contact the PPA’s […]
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Neil Channing Favorite to Win Irish Open 2008
Popular Englishman Neil Channing goes into the final table of six at the PaddyPowerPoker.com €3 million-guaranteed 2008 Irish Open today as both chip leader and strong favourite to take down the €800,000 first prize. With 667 players, a €201,000 overlay by the sponsor, and a unique same-day TV broadcast turnaround of TV coverage for national […]
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Neil Channing Favourite to Win Irish Open 2008
Popular Englishman Neil Channing goes into the final table of six at the PaddyPowerPoker.com €3 million-guaranteed 2008 Irish Open today as both chip leader and strong favourite to take down the €800,000 first prize. With 667 players, a €201,000 overlay by the sponsor, and a unique same-day TV broadcast turnaround of TV coverage for national […]
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Card Player Profile: Brandon Cantu
Brandon Cantu recently had stars in his eyes, and he shot them all down to become the last man standing at the 2008 Bay 101 Shooting Star championship that ended barely more than a week ago. Cantu left the tournament $1,040,000, $40,000 of which came from taking out six of the $5,000 Shooting Star bounty […]
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Six Tables Return for Day Three at Irish Open 2008
Fifty-two players and six tables return for day three today at the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2008 and all can relax as they’ve made the money and will spend the day trying to climb the prize pool ladder. The day started with 264 players and many recognizable names fell by the wayside as play approached the […]
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Six Tables Return for Day Three at Irish Open 2008
Fifty-two players and six tables return for day three today at the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2008 and all can relax as they’ve made the money and will spend the day trying to climb the prize pool ladder. The day started with 264 players and many recognizable names fell by the wayside as play approached the […]
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Massachusetts House Rejects Gambling Bill
The Massachusetts gambling bill that would have allowed the prosecution of online poker players has been voted back to a study committee, killing it for at least this year. The Massachusetts Casino Expansion bill would have allowed the state to license three more casinos, but also contained a provision that would punish online poker players […]
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Larry Flynt's Spring Fever Series Starts Monday at Hustler
With the cold winter officially over, the Hustler Casino in Gardena, California, is welcoming the change of seasons with Larry Flynt’s Spring Fever Poker Tournament series, which begins on Monday at 7 p.m. with a $225 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament that features a guaranteed $40,000 prize pool. All 17 events are no-limit hold’em, with buy-ins […]
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€200,000 Overlay as Irish Open Enters Day 2
Day 1b at the PaddyPowerPoker.com €3 million-guaranteed Irish Open 2008 saw 364 entrants but, added to day 1a’s turnout of 303, this still wasn’t enough to make the guarantee. The overlay of just over €200,000 (conveniently and generously rounded up by the sponsor) was getting everyone excited and as the action ramped and the TV […]
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€200,000 Overlay as Irish Open Enters Day 2
Day 1b at the PaddyPowerPoker.com €3 million-guaranteed Irish Open 2008 saw 364 entrants but, added to day 1a’s turnout of 303, this still wasn’t enough to make the guarantee. The overlay of just over €200,000 (conveniently and generously rounded up by the sponsor) was getting everyone excited and as the action ramped and the TV […]
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Card Player Profile: Steve Sung
Steve Sung has played poker professionally for two years, and he has earned more than $1.4 million from tournament cashes alone. This past summer, he added two World Series of Poker final tables to his résumé; until then, it had consisted mainly of cashes in World Poker Tour events. Sung’s most recent payday came earlier […]
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Cake Poker Offering Special Easter Deposit Bonus
CakePoker is giving fans of online poker some good options this Easter weekend, including a chance to win a trip to the Playboy Mansion. First, players might want to take advantage of a special Easter reload bonus worth an extra 25 percent. The bonus expires Monday at 3 a.m. ET. Just type in "EASTER" when […]
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SpadeClub Poker Winner: George 'padre99' Stamas
SpadeClub.com, the innovative new online poker community, offers a risk-free way to win at poker with no deposits and no buy-ins. Click here to find out more. SpadeClub’s latest $5,000 event winner, George “padre99” Stamas, began playing poker with his friends when he was just 9 years old. He now frequents casino poker rooms by […]
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Small Town Poker Tour Does Louisiana
The Small Town Poker Tour, which touts itself as the world’s largest amateur poker tour, announced it will hold a series of poker events throughout Louisiana to help raise money for organizations located there. The Gator Flop series will take place in venues all over Louisiana, including American Legions and VFWs, and even a quarterback […]
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Mass. Committee Doesn't Recommend Gambling Bill
A Massachusetts legislative committee will not recommend to its colleagues to vote on a casino bill that, if passed, would not only allow the state to license three casinos, but also levy harsh penalties to anyone who played online poker or gambled online there. The state’s Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies heard hours […]
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Doyle Brunson and Sorel Mizzi in Irish Open Top 10
The PaddyPowerPoker.com €3 million-guaranteed Irish Open 2008 has always been one of Europe’s most popular tournaments, even more so now that this year’s event had an overlay of €198,000, to which the generous sponsor added €2,000 to make a nice round €200,000. Yesterday, day 1A saw 303 players take to the felt, while today’s day […]
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Doyle Brunson and Sorel Mizzi in Irish Open Top 10
The PaddyPowerPoker.com €3 million-guaranteed Irish Open 2008 has always been one of Europe’s most popular tournaments, even more so now that this year’s event had an overlay of €198,000, to which the generous sponsor added €2,000 to make a nice round €200,000. Yesterday, day 1A saw 303 players take to the felt, while today’s day […]
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UNC Officials Cancel Charity Poker Tourney
A charity poker tournament that was to be held on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been canceled by administrators after receiving several e-mails from people concerned about the legality of the event. Hold’em for Hunger 2008 (HEFH) was set to take place April 20 in the campus’ Eddie […]
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Kentucky Derby Charity Event Set at Caesars Indiana
Until now, the phrase, “racing off chips” was the closest poker came to having something in common with horse racing. On Saturday, May 3, the two sports will come together as poker pros Phil Hellmuth and Robert Williamson III will host the Kentucky Derby Poker Championship, a celebrity charity tournament at Caesars Indiana. Taking place […]
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Seven Players to Represent Bodog Poker at Irish Open
The annual Irish Poker Open at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin , Ireland , starts tomorrow, and included in the field will be seven Team Bodog members from the U.S. and Scandinavia who won special prize packages through qualifiers at BodogLife.com. A package worth $9,000 was awarded to the winners of the qualifiers, and those […]
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Online Qualifier Wins Late Night Poker
Andreas Jörbeck dramatically won the PartyPoker.com Late Night Poker 2008 TV tournament, beating Andy Black, Eddy Scharf, Surinder Sunar, David Tighe, Maria Demetriou, and Ian Frazer to win the $125,000 first prize. He beat Roland De Wolfe heads up when his A-10 stood up against K-3 on an A-A-K flop. “Roland played really well throughout,” […]
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Chris Moore Wins the 2008 Wynn Classic
The second final table in the history of the $10,000 buy-in Wynn Classic began today a little after noon. The final table had only one well-known professional star to speak of (Eugene Todd), but it also included a World Series of Poker bracelet winner (Ryan Young), a qualifier from the host casino (Alemu Tesema), and […]
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Poker Stars Sending 1,000-Plus to WSOP Main Event
While most online sites are running satellites to the World Series of Poker main event, PokerStars remains the place where more seats will be won than anywhere else. This year, PokerStars will again send at least 1,000 players to the main event. In fact, since 2002, PokerStars has sent more than 3,600 players to the […]
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New Free Poker Training Video From Card Player Pro
This week’s free poker coaching video is now available, brought to you by Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus). The video clip features Isaac “Ike” Haxton playing at four $2-$4 sixhanded no-limit hold’em cash game tables simultaneously. Haxton discusses his thought process in real time while playing. This video, along with three other free […]
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Full Tilt Poker Playing Doubles with Jackpots
Every day on Full Tilt, the site runs three pairs of tournaments called The Doubles that give players a chance to take home some serious bonuses on top of the prizes that can be won in the actual tournaments. Here’s how they work: Three times a day, Full Tilt runs three pairs of tournaments. Players […]
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Winnin' O' the Green $2,500 Main Event Starts Saturday
The Winnin’ O’ the Green tournament series at the Bicycle Casino in California has been one of the state’s longest-running and most popular poker events of the year, and the 2008 $2,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em championship begins this Saturday at 4:15 p.m. Players can qualify for only $270 by playing the mega-supersatellite tomorrow at 4:15 […]
