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Durrrr Challenge – Dwan shaves a bit off his handicap

Durrrr Challenge – Dwan shaves a bit off his handicap

October 05 2010

Following a 31-day break, Tom Dwan and Daniel Cates squeezed another Durrrr challenge round into the series, albeit this one was indeed a really brief one. The whole thing kicked off with a tweet from Dwan which sent high stakes ... Read More

2010 WSOPE Main Event – Day 3 report

2010 WSOPE Main Event – Day 3 report

September 27 2010

66 players returned to the tables of the Empire Casino in London for the 3rd day of the WSOPE’s Main Event, fully aware of the fact that with the money bubble set for 36th place, 30 of them would still walk ... Read More

Online poker action – Sahamies runs Cardrunners out of town

Online poker action – Sahamies runs Cardrunners out of town

September 23 2010

For the second consecutive week, Ilari Sahamies surfaced as the biggest online poker winner, pocketing around $700k from Cardrunners Brian Hastings and Cole South. The Finn had a field-day over both Cardrunners pros, taking around $621k from South and almost ... Read More

EPT Vilamoura – Day 3 report

EPT Vilamoura – Day 3 report

September 02 2010

The third day of the EPT’s Vilamoura Main Event saw 69 survivors return to the tables of the Casino Vilamoura. Of these guys, only 24 were still in action when the day got called. The money bubble burst ... Read More

UBOC action: Events #7 and #8

UBOC action: Events #7 and #8

August 25 2010

Ultimate Bet’s online poker championship is in full swing, offering those who miss out on the weekend guarantees the opportunity to battle it out for high prize-pools and against reputable foes. Sunday saw 2 UBOC events unfold: event #7, the ... Read More

UBOC 5 set to kick off

UBOC 5 set to kick off

August 18 2010

These days, online poker tournament series seem to follow each other in quick succession. Barely has Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS wound down, Ultimate Bet is readying the dish for the online poker players who’ve gotten used to the ... Read More

The poker grapevine – PokerStars takes aim at female players

The poker grapevine – PokerStars takes aim at female players

July 31 2010

Despite all the protest from various male and female poker players against gender-segregation at the WSOP’s Ladies only event, PokerStars is planning to do the “unthinkable”: to start a women’s poker league. We’re not sure how one can crossdress ... Read More

WSOP 2010 November Nine – the fallen

WSOP 2010 November Nine – the fallen

July 19 2010

As the field whittled down to the final two tables on day 8 of the poker tournament, things turned from serious to dead serious. Scott Clements, one of the “name” pros who’d managed to hang on thus far ... Read More

Legal intrastate poker discussed in California

Legal intrastate poker discussed in California

July 03 2010

California is apparently seriously considering legalizing intra-state online poker in an effort to alleviate the financial pressures to which the debt-ridden state is currently subjected. What exactly would legal intrastate online poker in California mean for the online poker ... Read More

PokerStars Big Game – Week 2: guests lose

PokerStars Big Game – Week 2: guests lose

July 01 2010

PokerStars’ Big Game didn’t really give the two guest players a fighting chance on its week 2, even though one of them was a professional poker player who has allegedly logged more than a million hands online this year already. Will ... Read More

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