September 30 2012
Day 9 of the 2012 WSOPE proved to be an eventful one indeed. For starters, event #5, the €10,450 Mix Max NL Holdem one, failed to play down to a winner, due to the fact that Jonathan Aguiar and Brandon Cantu ...
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September 30 2012
The 9th day of the 2012 WSOPE kicked off with the final table of event #6, the €1,650 Six-handed PLO event. Only five players returned to the tables, among them Andrew Lichtenberger and Aku Joentausta. Andrew Lichtenberger started the day ...
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September 30 2012
While Day 3 of event #5, the €10,450 Mix Max NL Holdem one, was quite possibly the highlight of the 8th day of the Series, drawing countless ‘name’ talents and showcasing a variety of spectacular heads-up matches, there was more ...
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September 30 2012
Although the 8th day of the 2012 WSOPE failed to award any bracelets, it hosted plenty of action in Events #5 and #6, which saw their third and second days roll by respectively.
Event #5, the €10,450 Mix Max NL Holdem ...
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September 30 2012
The story of “maratik” took the online poker world by storm at the conclusion of the WCOOP, the Main Event of which the player behind the moniker won. When “maratik” won the $5.2k WCOOP Main Event, surviving a starting field of ...
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September 30 2012
Bwin.Party have had the Ongame network on the market for almost a year now, but as overall online poker traffic numbers kept plummeting through the year, it proved almost an impossible task to unload the online poker asset. Several times, potential ...
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September 30 2012
Despite all the live poker attractions currently working their magic in different parts of the world, the high stakes online poker tables saw a flare-up of the action over the week. Ben Sulsky played and he did so quite ...
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September 30 2012
The WSOPE may have stolen many of our recent headlines, but one mustn’t forget about the high stakes online poker action going down these days at PokerStars either. While many of the online regulars are indeed in Cannes, looking ...
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September 28 2012
The 7th day of the World Series of Poker Europe saw another bracelet awarded. The recipient of the bracelet this time around was Giovanni Rosadoni, who was one of only two players to return for the final day of the €3,250 ...
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September 28 2012
Howard Lederer has been silent on the Full Tilt Poker issue for 15 months and that silence did little to help his image within the poker community. To make a long story short, most view him as responsible for most of ...
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September 28 2012
Day 6 of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe was quite eventful: two poker tournaments played down to their respective conclusions and another one got going. Event #3, the €5.3k PLO one, was set to play down ...
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September 27 2012
Wednesday was the day when the Global Poker Index released its Player of the Year standings. Dan Smith is still leading the pack, having accrued 1010.74 points to clinch the top spot. The interesting thing about Smith’s ‘reign’ is that it’s ...
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September 27 2012
The “Lederer Files”, a set of interview segments done with Full Tilt Poker’s Howard Lederer in relation to the Black Friday problems and the general meltdown that followed them at Full Tilt Poker, has raised quite a bit of ruckus online ...
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September 27 2012
Day 5 of the World Series of Poker Europe saw tons of action and a ‘name’ player repay the attention granted to him by fans and the media during the run-up days of the Series. That player was none other ...
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September 25 2012
The 4th day of action at the World Series of Poker Europe failed to award any new bracelets, but the second event of the series, the €1,1k NL Holdem event, rolled down to its final stretch, and a new event, the ...
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September 25 2012
Monday was a big day for ex-Full Tilt players living outside the US and for the Full Tilt brand in general. PokerStars, the new owner of its one-time rival, announced plans to repay around $184 million to Full Tilt ...
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September 25 2012
The 3rd day of the World Series of Poker Europe was a relatively slow one in terms of volume, but it was significant nonetheless as it awarded the first bracelet of the Series. The beneficiary of the award was the winner ...
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September 24 2012
The World Series of Poker Europe rolled into its second day in Cannes, with two events seeing action: one was event #1, the €2.7k Six-handed NL Holdem one, which entered its second day. The other was the €1.1k Read More
September 24 2012
Friday was the last day of the WPT’s Borgata Poker Open. Six players returned to the table, set on playing down to a winner. The one who started the day with the largest stack was Matthew Burnitz. The others still in ...
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September 23 2012
Howard Lederer, who slowly but surely is singled out as the biggest scapegoat of the Full Tilt Poker scandal (quite possibly deservedly), has spoken up in set of interview segments dubbed ‘the Lederer Files’, published by online poker news-...
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September 23 2012
Phil Galfond was the co-founder of an online poker training site called BlueFirePoker and he has contributed to the site’s success immensely, by posting more than 150 instructional videos and pitching in through various other means. Galfond’s relationship with ...
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September 22 2012
PokerStars’ nosebleed stakes cash game tables represent a rather exclusive club at the site. While every now and then a new face does drop in, the cast is generally the usual one. After all, there aren’t that many people world over ...
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September 22 2012
The 6 remaining players returned to the tables of the Casino at Portomaso on the final day of the WPT’s Malta main event to play down to a winner, which was exactly what they accomplished. Despite the fact that Italy’s Jackson ...
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September 22 2012
174 players returned to the tables on Day 3 of the WPT’s Borgata Poker Open. The first objective for the day for each and every one of these players was to survive the money bubble. Only 110 players managed to fulfill ...
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September 21 2012
Thus far, Jackson Genovesi has absolutely dominated the WPT’s 2012 Malta stop. He first shot to the top of the chip counts at the end of Day 1B and he hasn’t relinquished his position since. He led through Day 2 and ...
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September 19 2012
The second day of the WPT’s 2012 Malta event saw the start of the day chip leader, Jackson Genovesi maintain his lead. 6 levels of action were squeezed into the day, and at the end of it all, 26 players remained ...
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September 19 2012
The British Poker Awards, held in London, represent the pinnacle of recognition for the most active and successful poker and online poker players in Britain each year. This year, there was little doubt about who would walk away with the most ...
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September 19 2012
The second and last day 1 flight of the 2012 WPT Borgata Poker Open has set the record straight in regards to the total size of the starting field and the prize-pool. Having yielded 807 registrants, Day 1B set the ...
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September 19 2012
The second day 1 flight of the WPT’s 2012 Malta event saw a star-studded starting field belly up to the tables of the spectacular Casino at Portomaso. 8 levels of action were squeezed into the day, at the end of ...
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September 17 2012
The WPT is in high gear these days, as barely does one of its events end in one corner of the world, another one kicks off elsewhere. Only a few hours after the sounds of green felt battle had settled at ...
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September 17 2012
All signs seem to point to the fact that Full Tilt Poker is getting ready to re-launch soon. The online poker operator has put out ads searching for professionals to fill some of its essential positions ahead of the ...
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September 17 2012
The final day of the WPT’s Grand Prix de Paris event saw 6 players belly up to the final table within the confines of the famous Aviation Club de France. Matt Salsberg started with the largest stack, but there were other ...
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September 16 2012
The 4th day of action in the WPT’s Grand Prix de Paris Main Event saw 24 players return to the tables. The goal for the day was a simple one, and quite easily attainable too: to play right down to the ...
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September 16 2012
The high stakes online poker tables were yet again red hot at PokerStars over the past week. In addition to the WCOOP – which is still rolling downhill, gathering more and more momentum – some pretty hefty cash games sprung ...
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September 15 2012
63 players got back to the tables of the Aviation Club de France on the 3rd day of the Grand Prix de Paris to battle down as close to the final table as possible. At the end of the day, 24 ...
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September 13 2012
The ISPT may have come to existence as a mere rumor about a year or so ago, but it is fast materializing, turning into reality in front of the awestruck eyes of the global poker community. Having earned some much needed ...
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September 13 2012
143 players made it to the second day of the WPT’s Grand Prix de Paris, after two days of action, during which they were allowed to re-buy once. Obviously, several of those who busted on Day 1A seized the re-...
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September 13 2012
The second day 1 flight of the WPT’s Grand Prix de Paris saw 132 players belly up to the tables of the Aviation Club de France. This batch of registrants, added to day 1A’s 96, took the total field to 228. ...
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September 13 2012
Full Tilt Poker’s Howard Lederer just doesn’t seem to be able to catch a break these days, although given his past deeds, one can’t really feel sorry for him. The ex-online poker executive has been hit with yet another ...
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September 12 2012
A while ago we told you about PartyPoker’s new fast-folding poker variant, FastForward Poker, which at the time underwent beta testing. We are now happy to let you know that the ...
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September 11 2012
The renowned Aviation Club de France played host to the first day 1 flight of the WPT’s Grand Prix de Paris on Monday. A total of 96 players showed up at the tables of the NL Holdem event, ...
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September 11 2012
The Main Event of the 2012 Partouche Poker Tour wrapped up on Sunday, playing down to a winner for the last time. Even after Patrick Partouche back-tracked on his decision not to grant the €5 million guarantee on account of ...
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September 11 2012
PokerStars have completed the acquisition of Full Tilt Poker a while ago and they have made it clear as soon as the deal was signed that they planned to re-launch the operation as early as possible. It now appears ...
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September 11 2012
The WCOOP has entered its second weekend this Sunday at PokerStars, but the milestone wasn’t marked with any awarded bracelets. The three WCOOP tournaments that kicked off on Sunday were all 2-day events, so their conclusions would only be ...
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September 10 2012
While the issue of legal online gambling and online poker is still something of a taboo in many US States, Nevada took the lead on the matter a long time ago and it seems bent on making the above said ...
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September 10 2012
Day 5 of the Partouche Poker Tour’s Main Event was the scene of yet another surprise twist: after he had announced that the guarantee would stay at €4.3 million and that he would discontinue the PPT, Patrick Partouche made the surprise ...
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September 09 2012
Gus Hansen was last week’s biggest winner at PokerStars’ online cash tables. This week, although we’ve had quite a slow period, Hansen managed to give most of that money right back. He dropped around $371k, becoming the biggest online ...
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September 08 2012
Even as Patrick Partouche announced the end of the Partouche Poker Tour, Day 3 of this year’s Main Event rolled on as the field played down to the final 47 players. 122 players bellied up to the tables at the beginning ...
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September 07 2012
The Partouche Poker Tour has indeed generated plenty of headlines lately, many of them for all the wrong reasons. Besides the controversy surrounding the guaranteed prize-pool of the Main Event, something positive apparently came out of Cannes this week too: ...
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September 07 2012
In a piece we ran a day ago we detailed the controversy surrounding the guarantee of the Partouche Poker Tour’s Main Event. Since then, the scandal blew up and it eventually resulted ...
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September 06 2012
The Partouche Poker Tour, which is currently underway in the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes, on the French Riviera, has generated quite a bit of controversy the other day, when organizers announced that the Main Event would feature a €4.3 million ...
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September 05 2012
The ISPT has long been doubted by specialists and for a while in the beginning, the people behind the International Stadiums Poker Tour were indeed suspiciously quiet about the whole initiative. That is no longer the case these days though. The ...
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September 05 2012
The APPT’s Melbourne Main Event wound down on Monday, playing down to a winner. Sam Razavi was the one who took down the title, together with the $326.1k top prize.
The start of the day chip leader was Tom Grigg, who ...
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September 05 2012
The online poker weekend was a rather busy one this time around and that’s because the WCOOP kicked off on Sunday, generating massive starting fields, prize-pools and several title-winners already.
The first event of the series, the $215 NL ...
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September 03 2012
The third day of the APPT’s Melbourne Main Event was to be one of special significance. The money bubble was set to burst on day 3 and the end-goal for the day was nothing less than the reaching of the ...
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September 03 2012
This week, the high stakes online poker cash tables at PokerStars generated a few interesting results. Gus Hansen, the Great Dane who hadn’t really been able to log any sort of winnings lately, finally managed to get back on track. ...
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September 03 2012
The second day of the APPT Melbourne Main Event saw 167 players return from the two Day 1 flights. The event progressed nicely on Day 2: when the action was called, there were only 44 players left in contention. Although he ...
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September 03 2012
While some online poker operators have reported massive revenue increases for the first part of the year, others have been struggling and losing players by the hundreds apparently. One of the operators that have come up short was PartyPoker and Bwin.Party ...
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September 01 2012
While the HKD $2 million Macau High Stakes Challenge failed to live up to the hype generated by initial reports according to which 80 players had already pre-registered for the poker tournament a few days before its ...
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