October 31 2008
182 survivors of the European Poker Tour’s Budapest stop took to the tables on Day 2. The field included the overall chip leader Mauro Corsetti, as well as Annette Obrestad in a close second place and Arnaud Mattern – himself nicely ...
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October 30 2008
Clonie Gowen took down the World Poker Open $5,000 Main Event’s first prize by defeating BJ McBrayer heads-up.
She started the 9-player final table in the chip lead, but she had had her fair share of struggles during Day ...
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October 30 2008
Day 1B of the European Poker Tour Budapest stop saw many of big names belly up to the tables. The French contingent which dominated Day 1A proceedings was yet again massively represented. This time around however, things didn’t ...
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October 29 2008
The first ever Hungarian EPT stop was undoubtedly a huge success. The excellent location the European Poker Tour had chosen for its Central and Eastern-Europe oriented stop paid great dividends. The field was supposed ...
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October 26 2008
Barely has Kentucky Circuit Court judge Thomas Wingate affirmed the seizure of the 141 gambling related internet domains by the Commonwealth of Kentucky that his decision came under direct attack by the Interactive Media and Gaming Association. A mandamus is currently ...
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October 25 2008
The fall season has plenty of live poker events female players can look forward to. First off, there’s a ladies only WSOP Circuit event coming up at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, on Oct 26th. Such WSP circuit events are ...
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October 25 2008
The rumor that iPoker is about remove all the online poker sites linked to Tain from its network has probably been fed by the past problems the network had with its Tain sites regarding network policy. Most Tain sites had offered ...
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October 23 2008
Even though Adam Levy is well known as an “online dominator”, his live poker achievements are nothing to think little of either. He had a whole bunch of live cash finishes this year, including no fewer than 5 in different WSOP ...
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October 23 2008
Everyone even remotely connected to the poker industry knows about the attempt on the part of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to seize some of the domain names tied to online poker rooms and csinos which still accept US players. There are ...
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October 22 2008
The four days of poker hostilities that the PokerNews Cup Main Event consisted of, saw some of the world’s biggest name pros belly up to the table and bust out on occasion. Out of a field of roughly 300 registrants, only ...
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October 19 2008
240 players bellied up to the tables on Day 1 of the Tony G celebrity shootout, all looking to take down a share of the prize-pool as well as at least one of the $500 bounties pinned onto the heads ...
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October 19 2008
Day 2 of the PokerNews Cup $550 Celebrity shootout got under way with 8 players remaining in the books and with two of the players with bounties on their heads still shooting for victory.
The eight final table players were: Sam ...
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October 17 2008
The last day of the WSOP’s Southern Indiana Circuit Main Event saw the remaining 9 players do battle at the final table.
The participants were: Samuel Oberlin (with 229,500 chips), Jamin Stokes (with 189,500), David Kopacz (with 151,000), Len Ashby (with ...
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October 15 2008
The PokerNews Cup’s $10,200 H.O.R.S.E. event was a genuine high-stakes affair. So much so as a matter of fact, that the high buy-in only attracted 6 of the deepest stacked players around. Tony G, Joseph Hachem, Marc Vos, Billy ...
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October 15 2008
Day 2 of the WSOP’s Southern Indiana Circuit Event was an extremely swift affair. 27 players took to the tables as play began, and 5 hours later the final table was already set.
Pat Madden became the first casualty of the ...
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October 14 2008
There are more ways than one to play in a WSOP event these days. The 84 players taking part in the WSOP’s Southern Indiana Circuit Event will probably agree, after all, when you put up a buy-in of $5,150 you ...
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October 14 2008
The Crown Casino in Melbourne played host to the second edition of the PokerNews Cup. 422 players registered for event #1, a NL Holdem tournament with a guaranteed prize-pool of $75,000. Because of the large starting field, the guarantee was ...
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October 14 2008
Day 3 of the APPT’s Auckland Main Event saw only 11 players return from the initial field of 360. The low number of starters made it a certainty that the final table would be reached shortly. Edward Holdcroft and Eric Mutrie ...
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October 11 2008
Day 1B of the APPT’s Auckland Main Event saw 142 players take their shot, a number which brought the total number of APPT Auckland participants to a record 306. There were several “name” pros among Day 1B’s participants, like Eric Assadourian, ...
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October 10 2008
The APPT’s Auckland Main Event marked the biggest live poker event ever to hit the SkyCity Hotel and Casino in New Zealand’s capitol.
164 players bellied up to the tables on Day 1A alone, among whom there were some well known ...
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October 08 2008
In case you haven’t yet heard or read about it through other channels, a couple of weeks ago the State of Kentucky, through its governor, Steve Beshear decided to unilaterally seize 141 internet domain names belonging to some of the most ...
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October 07 2008
The £20,000 buy-in EPT London £1 Million showdown featured quite an exquisite field of 85 players to start with. After all, few everyday Joes could afford to spend that kind of money on a poker tournament, regardless ...
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October 06 2008
Michael Martin bounced right back from the brink of extinction at the PokerStars.com EPT London Main Event, besting a final table which included Alan Smurfit and Antony Lellouche, the man who not only played his third EPT final table of the ...
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October 05 2008
Day 3 of the PokerStars.net EPT’s London Main Event saw 32 players start, amongst whom Scotty Nguyen, Max Pescatori and Day 2 chip leader, Philippe D’Auteuil.
As the action kicked out it was none other than Scotty Nguyen himself who headed ...
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October 04 2008
The first prize consisted of one of the most coveted pieces of jewelry a poker player could ever get his/her hands on, and an additional £868,800.
The final table itself was a showcase of outstanding poker talent, as Juanda, Daniel Negreanu ...
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October 04 2008
Not long after the WSOPE’s London Main Event ground to a conclusion, the 158 players still in the books for the EPT’s London Main Event bellied up to their tables. At the end of the day, the field would be cut ...
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October 02 2008
Day 4 of the WSOPE’s Main Event was a star-studded affair. John Juanda had secured the chip lead on Day 3 and refused to relinquish it as by the end of the 4th day of hostilities he was still at ...
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October 01 2008
Day 3 of the WSOPE Main Event saw a whole bunch of high profile professionals return to the tables. Daniel Negreanu started the day near the top of the provisional leader board and he finished it even higher. John Juanda pulled ...
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