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Strip Poker: Binion's Poker Open Ends
The Binion's Poker Open culminated yesterday with a Tournament of Champions, which took place just after the $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em main event that attracted 124 players, including the reigning World Series of Poker main-event champion, Jerry Yang. Yang cashed in the main event but was eliminated before the final table. It came down to […]
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North American Poker Championship Final Table: Player Profiles
So far, Season VI of the World Poker Tour has seen some great final table lineups, and the North American Poker Championship in Niagara Falls, Canada, continues the trend. Youth is represented, with two 19 year olds (that's the legal gambling age here) and a very accomplished 23-year old. Experience is represented, with two former […]
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EPT Dublin Day Two Recap
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Dublin reached the money last night with 24 players returning to play down to the final table of eight today. Former World Series of Poker main-event finalist and Dublin resident Andy Black is the chip leader while 19-year-old Annette Obrestad, recent World Series of Poker Europe main-event winner is second […]
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Day Four Action at the North American Poker Championship
After an off day on Halloween the remaining 18 players in the 2007 World Poker Tour North American Poker Championship took their seats at noon today and they were all business. Gone was the overwhelming sound of hundreds of chips riffling and players chatting away amongst a large field. The final two tables of the […]
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UltimateBet Updates Software With Resizable Tables
The latest poker software update is now available on UltimateBet. The updates include features that assist in helping players better organize their screens. Players can resize tables and also have the ability to tile and cascade them. UltimateBet has also improved its hand-history function by giving players the option to save histories to their hard […]
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Bodog Set to Celebrate Billionth Hand Dealt
By the end of November, Bodog Poker expects to have dealt its one-billionth hand and is giving away prizes all month to celebrate the milestone. On every five-millionth hand dealt, starting with hand 980 million, Bodog will award the players in the hand $109 in tournament credits, which can be used to compete in the […]
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High Stakes Poker Hosts $500K-Mininum Cash Game
High Stakes Poker on GSN is known for having the richest cash game ever televised, and on Monday's episode, the show will feature another record-breaking table as the players will sit down with a minimum of $500,000. The show will air on Monday, Nov. 5, at 9 p.m. ET with encore showings at 7 p.m. […]
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EPT Dublin Day One (B) Recap
Day One (B) at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Dublin, being held at the RDS, Ballsbridge, attracted 132 players for a combined total of 221 entrants. The €7,700 buy-in (with €300 registration fee) created a total prize pool of €1,701,700, and 122 players return today for day two. Among those taking to the felt yesterday […]
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WPTE Adds Two New Managers to Team
World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) recently added two new executives to its team in order to boost its online poker presence, expand its online market presence, and to give its current management team new perspectives on both the online poker industry and marketing options. Andy Goetsch was hired away from his vice president of poker […]
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UltimateBet Puts Up $2 Million for Online Championship
The second annual UltimateBet.com Online Championship series (UBOC) is still more than a month away, but it is already guaranteed to be bigger than last year's inaugural event. UltimateBet announced today that the collective prize pool for the 13 events will be at least $2 million, which is double that of the 2006 series. The […]
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Lee Childs Wins First Executive Poker Tour Main Event
Lee Childs, represented by Card Player Media, recently won the first Executive Poker Tour (EXPT) event at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The $2,500 event was attended by some of the biggest names in poker and will be broadcast on TV at a later date. The event also helped raise money […]
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EPT Dublin Day One (A) Recap
A smaller-than-anticipated field took to the felt on day one (A) at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour in Dublin, yesterday. Ninety-one players paid the €7,700 buy-in (with €300 registration fee) to play in the atmospheric Industry Hall at RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin. As a result of the small field, the starting stack was upped to €15,000 […]
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Day Three of the North American Poker Championship
With 79 players still in contention for the title at the World Poker Tour North American Poker Championship, the $1,387,224 first-place prize seemed light years away. But the day started with a flourish of bust-outs, and players dropped from the race at an extraordinary rate. It didn't take long to lose several well-known professionals. In […]
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Annie Duke Takes on Another Cause
Annie Duke has lent her star power to many causes over the years, and this weekend, she added another. A Palo Alto non-profit organization called the Decision Education Fund (DEF) added Duke as its newest board member. The foundation is committed to help children learn how to make better decisions when it comes to choices […]
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PokerStars Stepping Out With Steps Qualifiers
PokerStars is now offering "steps" tournaments, wherein players can win entry and vacation packages for either the European Poker Tour's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) or Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) events. The steps system gives players another path into these large buy-in tournaments for cheap. Here's how it works: Players start at the Step 1 […]
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UltimateBet Hits Two Bad-Beat Jackpots in Four Hours
Hands that qualify for a bad-beat jackpot are very uncommon, since quad eights are rarely beaten. Two bad-beat jackpots being hit within hours of each other is even rarer, but UltimateBet had just that happen earlier this week. The first jackpot hit at 6:29 a.m. ET on Oct. 25. With $612,393.75 accumulated from the rake […]
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Southern California Casinos Assist in Wildfire Relief
The fires sweeping through Southern California have forced evacuations for more than 600,000 people and destroyed or damaged more than 2,000 homes. Like many businesses in the area, casinos have also been affected, forcing the temporary closure of many. Although gambling may be the last thought on the minds of those affected by the fires, […]
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European Poker Tour Arrives in Dublin
The fourth event of this season's PokerStars.com EPT kicks off today in the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin, running until Saturday Nov. 3. Last year's winner, Roland De Wolfe, is expected to return to defend his title and will be joined by up to 599 others over day one (A) and day one (B). The buy-in is […]
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888.com Sees Q3 Boost from Poker
888.com, the publicly-quoted, Gibraltar-based owner of Pacific Poker, has posted healthy third-quarter results, with poker earning net gaming revenue of $18.6 million, up from $15.7 million in the third-quarter of 2006. The number of active players in casino and poker was up to 168,105 in Q3, 2007, from 132,995 in the same period last year. […]
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Day Two of the North American Poker Championship
The 234 remaining players in the North American Poker Championship finally met on Monday in their first full flight of the tournament. With registration closed and half the field eliminated, tournament staff finally announced the payouts that players will battle four more days to win. The tournament attracted 504 players that created a prize pool […]
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Battle of the Bloggers Begins at Full Tilt
The Battle of the Bloggers tournament series has begun at Full Tilt, and it will run through Sunday, Dec. 16. There are three weekly tournaments and one monthly tournament hosted by different bloggers wherein winners will receive a seat into a Tournament of Champions, which gives away one $18,000 package to the 2008 Aussie Millions […]
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Card Player Representation Signs Brunson and Childs
Poker professionals Todd Brunson and Lee Childs have signed for representation by Card Player Media, www.CardPlayer.com/Pr. The Card Player Media Representation Department, developed in 2006, services poker professionals within the poker industry and throughout the national media. Brunson, known as a high-stakes cash-game player, has live poker tournament winnings of more than $3.2 million. He […]
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Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge IV Starts Thursday
Scotty Nguyen has four World Series of Poker bracelets and one World Poker Tour title. Known as "The Prince of Poker," Nguyen is one of the most recognizable figures in poker. At the upcoming Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge IV, players will have the chance to meet the man himself, and possibly play alongside him. The […]
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Dates of Third Deep Stack Extravaganza Announced
The Venetian in Las Vegas announced its dates for the 2008 version of its popular Deep Stack Extravaganza series. Starting Feb. 4, the Venetian will run 21 middle-buy-in tournaments, featuring mostly no-limit hold'em, with the final event being a $2,500 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament on Feb. 24. Players in this event will start with $15,000 […]
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Online Poker: SlippyJacks Wins at Sunday Million
PokerStars Sunday Million PokerStars held its monthly $500 buy-in (with $30 entry fee) version of its Sunday Million tournament last night, and 2,617 entrants tried their luck, generating a total prize pool of $1,308,500. The first-place finisher of the event stood to pocket almost a quarter of a million dollars. The $500 buy-in version of […]
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Card Player Media Representation Signs Todd Brunson and Lee Childs
October 29, 2007, Las Vegas, NV: Poker professionals Todd Brunson and Lee Childs have signed for representation by Card Player Media, www.CardPlayer.com/Pr. The Card Player Media Representation Department, developed in 2006, services poker professionals within the poker industry and throughout the national media. Todd Brunson, known as a high-stakes cash-game player, has live poker tournament […]
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Day One (C) of the North American Poker Championship
Outwit, outplay, outlast. No, it's not the motto of your favorite reality game show, it's the mentality of a poker player on day one (C) of the World Poker Tour North American Poker Championship, where the goal is to survive. To Survive the massive field, survive the huge swings, and, ultimately, survive the day. One […]
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Online Poker: Interview With Danny 'THE__D__RY' Ryan
Danny "THE__D__RY" Ryan went to live in Spain for a short time during his junior year of college. He then moved back to Minnesota, found online poker, finished up his finance degree at Gustavus Adolphus College in 2005, and then picked up and moved back to Spain permanently. Living outside of the U.S. was one […]
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Simon Poker Day Set to Raise €100,000 at EPT Dublin
Simon Poker Day, taking place at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Dublin in aid of the homeless, is on target to reach the €100,000-mark next Saturday, Nov. 3, at the RDS, Dublin, as the poker community continues to pledge support for the €330 charity event. PartyPoker.com this week donated a seat to the €2,000 Irish […]
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North American Poker Championship Day One (B)
Niagara Falls is a breath-taking display of power. The water of the Niagara River rushes from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario and inescapably speeds up as it approaches the chaotic plunge. Niagara Falls is a force of Mother Nature. There was also another force of nature on display at day one (B) of the World […]
