November 30 2008
With news of president elect Barack Obama filling up his team pouring in every day, one can only wonder what the next government’s stance is likely to be on online gambling and poker. Certainly, the poker community knows Obama as an ...
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November 29 2008
Day 4 of the PartyPoker Premier League III witnessed the top players wedge a healthy points spread between themselves and the rest of the pack. JC Tran, the overall chip leader has cemented his lead by finishing second in ...
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November 28 2008
Day 3 of the PartyPoker Premier League saw two heats go down, two heats which filled two seats at the 6-player final table. Heat 5, the first of the day, saw fresh WSOP Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate continue where ...
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November 27 2008
We all know that pound for pound, Daniel Negreanu is probably the best poker player in Canada. If it ever needed any reassurance, he confirmed his status by winning the British Columbia Poker Championship’s Main Event and taking home a $371,910 ...
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November 25 2008
Seeking to curb the violence associated with underground poker, the Poker Gaming Act of 2009 would also support the homeless by directing poker revenue towards specific programs.
The state which gave poker’s most popular variant its name Texas Hold’em, ...
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November 23 2008
Despite the fact that the Dutch banking institutions have repeatedly stated they wanted no part in law enforcement in a UIGEA like set of restrictions in Holland, and despite the undertaking being illegal according to Dutch end European Union law, Dutch ...
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November 23 2008
WPT Online, The World Poker Tour’s online poker room has been closed for good. The owners finally decided to put the venture out of its misery, as it had pretty much been doomed since its inception.
If you’re an online poker ...
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November 21 2008
Joao Barbosa made himself a very nice and expensive gift for his birthday, taking down the first prize of the European Poker Tour’s Warsaw stop, worth €367,141.
At the final table, he bested players like Arnaud Mattern, Ludovic Lacay, who had ...
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November 19 2008
Only 24 players showed up at the Casino Poland for Day 3 of the EPT’s Warsaw stop, as only that many of them survived Day 2. It only took 15 eliminations till the final table was reached, and ...
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November 18 2008
Van Marcus walked away with the title and the $162k first prize from the APPT’s Manila final table, having bested Tae Jun Noh after a marathon 3-hour long heads-up battle and the longest APPT tournament in history.
The final ...
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November 16 2008
The Hyatt Hotel and casino in Manila saw the return of 77 survivors from Day 1A and Day 1B of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour’s Manila stop. The starting field included Nali Kaselias, Celina Lin, David Saab, James Obst and the ...
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November 16 2008
Following the resounding success and sellout crowds of the EPT Budapest, Day 1A of the Warsaw stop of the European Poker Tour saw a crowd of only 99 players belly up to the poker tables of Casino Poland. ...
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November 15 2008
Day 1B of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour’s Manila stop featured a marginally smaller starting field than Day 1A, but there were more “name” pros in the lineup. John Phan, Nali Kaselias, Carter Gill, J.J Liu and Eddy Sabat were all ...
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November 14 2008
Day 1A of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour’s Manila stop saw 149 players belly up to the tables of the Hyatt Hotel and Casino.
Among the players set out to follow in Brett Praise’s footsteps (he won the APPT Manila stop ...
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November 11 2008
It’s official: Peter Eastgate is the newest and youngest WSOP Main Event champion. The Heads-up stage of the WSOP’s final table lasted a little over 5 hours, and saw Eastgate capitalize on the chip lead he started the day with. ...
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November 10 2008
I don’t know whether it’s just me or we are indeed witnessing an evolution in the top echelon of the world of professional live poker. A few years back, it was the old school players (their skills acquired at the green ...
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November 10 2008
The long wait which preceded the Big Dance’s final table is over. The 9 players still in the books were finally allowed earlier today to battle it out for the biggest prize in live poker and the prestige that comes with ...
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November 10 2008
Antigua and Barbuda has recently been added to the list of locations the UK endorses as far as gambling and online gambling goes.
The tiny island nation has this way become the second Non EU recipient of the above named honor ...
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November 09 2008
It’s been quite a while since the cheating scandal that hit Ultimate Bet dealt another blow to the credibility and reliability of the online poker industry. It is good to see though that matters are beginning to settle, and players who ...
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November 07 2008
Ryan Fee started the LAPT’s Costa Rica event final tale in the chip lead, and he controlled the hostilities all the way to the finish line.
Day 3 of the LAPT’s San Jose stop saw some extremely fast-paced action, as ...
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November 06 2008
The Latin American Poker Tour’s San Jose stop saw around 80% of the starting field eliminated on Day 1. The quality of play was outstanding as the first day’s action was highlighted by names like Humberto Brenes, Eddy Sabat, Carter Gill, ...
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November 06 2008
38 players returned to the green felt on Day 2 of the Latin American Poker Tour’s San Jose stop. These players were all that was left after a fast and furious Day 1, during which British pro Rob Woodcock took a ...
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November 04 2008
Steve Billirakis proved he deserved to win the WSOP’s Hammond circuit event as he took the chip lead on Day 1 and didn’t let go of the reins till he was the only player left standing. This win brought him a ...
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November 03 2008
England’s Will Fry will definitely always remember Budapest with a smile on his face. The winner of the first Hungarian EPT stop took down a prize of €595,839 on his very first major live poker tournament participation.
On his way to victory, ...
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November 02 2008
The WSOP circuit returned to Indiana yet again this month. This time, the stop hit the Chicago area, taking place in the Horseshoe Hammond.
165 players bellied up to the green felt on Day 1, several of whom had played ...
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November 02 2008
Day 3 was a relatively brief affair at the European Poker Tour’s Budapest stop. It didn’t take long for the starting field of 42 to thin down to 8, as the final table was set.
Along the way, several of the ...
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