November 30 2009
During all the fuss following the US Department of Treasury and Federal Reserve Board’s announcement that the 2006 UIGEA’s compliance date has been pushed back till June 1st 2010, the significance of the move may have been understated. Most online Read More
November 29 2009
Despite the fact that it seems to continuously lose out to PokerStars whenever there’s a direct confrontation of some sort between the two sites, Full Tilt Poker is obviously the more successful one when it comes to the ...
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November 29 2009
The 5th edition of the European Championship of Online poker is in full Swing at Titan Poker. The series is an online equivalent of a WSOP-like monster event, featuring smaller and more accessible buy-ins and tons ...
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November 27 2009
Fabrice Soulier is tall, dark, handsome, was voted France's number one poker player in 2006, and now he plays for Everest Poker.
Everest Poker has added a second Frenchman to their team: Fabrice Soulier will be joining November Nine star Antoine ...
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November 27 2009
The UIGEA compliance date has been pushed back 6 months. That’s correct sir…at a time when bad news about the online poker industry’s ongoing battle with the seemingly untouchable UIGEA abound and when ominous news headlines appear on a daily ...
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November 25 2009
8 players returned for the final day of the PokerStars LAPT’s Season 3 first leg. Amer Sulaiman would rise from the final table to victory, taking home the PokerStars trophy and the $172,095 reward for first place.
The final table ...
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November 25 2009
This past weekend, the online poker tourney action was as hot as ever. All the major online poker rooms pulled out their flagship events and players were out in droves looking for a share of the generous prize-...
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November 24 2009
After 5 days of hard hitting action which saw the initial starting field of 322 whittle down to one, the first ever PokerStars EPT Vilamoura Main Event has entered the history books. 54 year old Antonio Matias, a local amateur ...
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November 24 2009
Day 4 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour’s Vilamoura stop saw some pretty torrid action, despite the rainclouds that were making a no nonsense appearance in the skies above Vilamoura.
24 players bellied up to the tables within ...
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November 24 2009
It's finally here. The anticipation has been rising, the excitement is palpable – the ECOOP V is getting underway, and you can get all the results at Titan Poker.
Over the coming 2 weeks no less than $4,550,000 is going to ...
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November 22 2009
The appearance of mystery Swedish player Isildur1 has set the nosebleed stakes online poker world on fire. Full Tilt Poker’s high stakes tables have probably never been busier and they probably haven’t attracted so many railbirds either.
Looking ...
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November 22 2009
The third day of the PokerStars sponsored European Poker Tour’s Vilamoura Main Event saw the 69 Day 2 survivors belly up to the tables of the Casino Vilamoura to make a run for the money bubble. These guys certainly meant business.
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November 21 2009
The second day of the PokerStars European Poker Tour’s Vilamoura Main Event saw 177 players return to action from the two day 1 flights. The overall chip leader at the beginning of the day was Ljubomir Josipovic, who ...
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November 21 2009
Day 1B of the PokerStars sponsored European Poker Tour’s Vilamoura stop saw a massive field of 186 registrants head to the tables. The weather wasn’t as nice as it had been the previous day, but the larger number ...
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November 20 2009
Isildur1’s insane run at the nosebleed stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker is officially over. The Swede had amassed around $6 millions in winnings over a month’s time. He took a staggering $3 million from Tom Dwan alone in a series ...
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November 20 2009
Just a few days after relieving Tom Dwan of no less than $3 million, Swedish mystery player “Isildur1” made the headlines again, for the largest online poker pot ever played, though this time he drew the sorter straw. The hand occurred ...
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November 20 2009
The field of 136 Day 1A participants was greeted by glorious weather in Portugal as the PokerStars sponsored European Poker Tour’s Vilamoura Main Event got underway. The Casino Vilamoura didn’t really offer players the opportunity to enjoy the ...
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November 19 2009
Absolute Poker is launching additions to their tournament schedule that will make the CEREUS Network site a gold-pot, pure and simple!
As the poker world begins to calm from the excitement of the rebranding of UltimateBet into UB, its sister CEREUS ...
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November 18 2009
Talk about hitting the ground running! No sooner has Irish Poker Championship winner Jude Ainsworth joined the PokerStars Pro team and he's being put to work.
You dream of making a name in a big championship, maybe winning a few hundred ...
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November 18 2009
UltimateBet has been dominating the poker world since its inception 10 years ago, but now it is entering a new phase of existence, as UB.com
Regulars at the online poker site UltimateBet will not be unfamiliar with the reference UB as the ...
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November 16 2009
The final day of the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour’s Cebu stop featured a curious way to get participants into the mood for confrontation. The boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto for the world welterweight title was projected ...
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November 16 2009
Tom Dwan’s luck seems to have gone south for the winter. The newly introduced Full Tilt professional has been schooled lately by none other than a new face on the nosebleed stakes online poker stage. All that is known of “Isildur1” ...
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November 15 2009
40 players returned to the tables on Day 3 of the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour’s Cebu stop. All these guys were in the money already, but that did little to calm spirits. As soon as the action kicked off, ...
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November 14 2009
The 14th edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series is back, complete with the usual high prize-pools, scores of Full Tilt pros and six-figure cashes. The 17 events that have thus far been played, awarded ...
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November 14 2009
153 players bellied up to the tables of the PokerStars APPT Cebu Main Event on Day 2. They were the survivors of an initial field of 319, over half of which had been sent to enjoy the excellent weather and ...
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November 14 2009
Dani "Ansky" Stern has been picked by Doyle Brunson himself to join the elite DoylesRoom Brunson 10; the future of online and offline poker.
Dani "Ansky" Stern is to be the newest face at DoylesRoom as part of the ...
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November 14 2009
The actress and TV reality star Trishelle Cannatella is the latest celebrity to endorse Absolute Poker – giving us what we love, an opportunity to play against the rich and famous.
She shot to fame through her participation in the TV ...
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November 13 2009
Despite the fact that only 105 players had registered for Day 1A of the PokerStars.net APPT Cebu, the poker tournament managed to become the largest ever live poker event held in the Philippines. Organizers had capped the starting ...
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November 13 2009
The PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour’s latest stop was hosted by the Shangri La Mactan resort and Spa in Cebu. While only 105 players showed up for Day 1A of the poker tournament, experts were quick to point it out that ...
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November 12 2009
The PokerStars sponsored World Poker Tour’s Foxwoods stop is over, and Cornel Andrew Cimpan has secured his second PokerStars WPT title, together with a handsome prize of $910,058. The final table consisted of some pretty tough competition, and getting past ...
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November 10 2009
Following a true heavyweight style battle in which frankly Darvin Moon seemed to be holding the upper hand for the better part, Joe Cada emerged victorious, taking home the bracelet, the bragging rights, the first prize and the instant celebrity that ...
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November 10 2009
He's been on the block for a while, but he's not been on the team, at least not until now. Finally Tom Dwan has an official home – Full Tilt Poker.
You'd be forgiven if you'd thought that Tom Dwan was a ...
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November 10 2009
Just when you thought things couldn't get any better, the PokerStars million dollar tournament becomes worth a million dollars more: PokerStars are adding another $1 million to the Sunday Million!
There isn't a tournament in the world that has "million" in ...
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November 10 2009
That’s right, The Kid is the new champ and as today’s heads-up battle against Darvin Moon has proved, he more than deserves the title. His win sets yet another WSOP record: he is now the youngest ever Big Dance ...
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November 09 2009
The WSOP November Nine showdown is in full swing and it’s clear now: with Ivey and the rest if the gang out of the way, it will be up to Darwin Moon and Joe Cada to determine who takes home the ...
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November 09 2009
Online bookmakers world over can sigh relieved: the player they were getting so much square action on at the 2009 WSOP, Phil Ivey, considered the best by most of the poker specialists has been eliminated from the Main Event’s final ...
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November 08 2009
As the final leg of the 2009 WSOP Main Event draws near, poker rooms cash in on the hype by launching special promotions and getting players to sign up anew or to return to the poker tables in higher numbers than ...
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November 08 2009
If you’re looking for a truly comprehensive November Nine preview, you should head on down to the bookie, or log on to your online sportsbook and take a look at the lines offered there. Various experts and online poker industry insiders ...
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November 08 2009
With the November Nine final table confrontation upon us, pundits and poker experts are all busy running various more or less intricate algorithms to attempt to predict the eventual winner. Truth be told, most of these guys have Read More
November 04 2009
Next week will see the airing of the brand new PokerStars Bounty Stars of Poker TV Show and by all accounts it looks worth tuning in for.
The PokerStars Bounty Stars of Poker will be hitting the TV waves ...
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November 04 2009
Things keep getting better and better for UK and Ireland poker players; with the launch of a new PokerStars UK and Ireland Tour, better is even better than ever.
The brand new PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour has gotten poker players ...
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November 02 2009
While the online poker industry is as serious as it gets when it comes to making money and to cooking up promotions (the poker rooms) and winning or losing (the players) the game of poker is a game at the end ...
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November 02 2009
All high stakes cash game players will tell you: theirs is a streaky business. The swings that they see would drive any normal person bonkers, yet one such player manages to top even his peers by regularly experiencing swings uncommon even ...
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