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Poker News: Phil Ivey wins Seventh Bracelet at Event #25 of 2009 WSOP

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Once again, Phil Ivey has proven that he is one of the best poker players in the world today. On Event #25 of the 2009 World Series of Poker, the $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo, Phil Ivey beat back strong competition defying the odds as he came back from being one of the short stacks. For [...]

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Poker News: Lisa Hamilton Takes Ladies Trophy at 2009 WSOP

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

A much-awaited event, the 2009 World Series of Poker $1,000 Ladies World Championship attracted 146 players. After two days of strong poker and a competitive final table, it was Lisa Hamilton, a cash game player, who emerged victorious grabbing the coveted gold bracelet and $195,390 in cold cash.
It took less than four hours to tournament [...]

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Poker News: 18-Year Old Dominik Nitsche Takes LAPT Top Prize

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Not bad for a high school student. German Dominik Nitsche hasn’t bridged his 20th birthday yet but he has already won $381,030 courtesy of the PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour Mar del Plata. To take the title, Nitsche had to outlast Jorge Landazuri, a 19 year old from Mexico.
Nitsche was Day 3 Chip Leader and [...]

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Poker Industry News: PokerRoom.Com Shuts Its Doors

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Here’s another casualty of that horrid piece of legislation called the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act. PokerRoom.Com, considered one of the first-ever online poker rooms is closing down for good. Yes, you heard it right. Effective Tuesday, April 14, PokerRoom will cease to exist and its poker functionalities will be disabled. PokerRoom.com players will have [...]

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Poker News: Carter King Takes Down PokerStars Sunday Million

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Carter “ckingusc” has beefed up his already glowing poker resume. After winning the PokerStars’ 2008 World Championship of Online Poker Main Event, King won the Sunday Million after arriving at the final table second in chips. King had to outlast 7,905 other participants to take down the $193,697 prize. The sheer number of participants pumped [...]

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Poker News: 2009 WSOP Craze Begins: Full Tilt Poker Starts Satellites

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

People are gearing up for the 2009 World Series of Poker and as usual, poker sites are doing their best to take advantage of the buzz this event brings by offering satellites. Full Tilt Poker has started the frenzy by launching satellites for the 2009 Main Event; as well as Event #4, $1000 Stimulus Special [...]

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Poker News: Anti-Online Cheating Software for Poker Launched

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

Who can forget the scandals that threatened to bring down some of the biggest online poker sites? With online bots and allegations of “super accounts”, can online poker players really feel safe or is it better off for everyone to retreat back to live poker games?
CogniSafe Ltd claims to have the solution to the problem. [...]

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Tom Dwan vs Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge Begins

Friday, February 20th, 2009

When Tom “Durrr” Dwan told Card Player magazine that he would pay $1.5 million (versus his opponent’s $500,000 side bet) to any player who can beat him in 50,000 hands at four simultaneous heads-up tables online, Patrik Antonis was one of the first ones to take the challenge. Antonius agreed to the terms including minimum [...]

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Adam “csimmsux” Geyer Wins FTOPS XI Main Event

Friday, February 20th, 2009

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series XI has ended. The highlight was the $500 + $35 No Limit Hold’em Main Event that concluded with Adam “csimmsux” Geyer taking top honors. Full Tilt had no problems meeting the event’s $2,500,000 guarantee as 5,287 contenders entered the tournament. The prize pool was pumped up to $2,643,500 giving [...]

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Poker News: Steve “Zugwat” Silverman Takes Down FTOPS “Second Chance” Event

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

The eleventh Full Tilt Online Poker Series is at full blast and Full Tilt has had no problem meeting the guarantees. Event # 12 was the much awaiting $1,000+$60 NLHE Second Chance tournament and the guarantee was a seemingly high $1,500,000. But with 1,630 players entering the event and 972 availing of rebuys, the prize [...]

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