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Roberto Romanello Denied Pokers’ Triple Crown

Roberto Romanello Denied Pokers’ Triple Crown

Winning the Triple Crown in the live poker circuit is one of the toughest things for a poker player to do, and it is also one of the most impressive feats for a player to earn as well.  One player, Roberto Romanello had a serious shot at the World Series of Poker Europe’s Event #2. [...]

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Phil Ivey Out of the ESPN Poker Rankings?

Phil Ivey Out of the ESPN Poker Rankings?

The ESPN poker rankings feature some of the best players in the game, and breaks down their ranking based on their current play.  Of course the biggest time for these rankings is when the World Series of Poker comes around (which is played on ESPN), but they are ran year round.  One player who seemed [...]

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Card Player Magazine Launches New Poker Tour

Card Player Magazine Launches New Poker Tour

Card Player magazine has decided to create its own poker tour in hopes of getting in on the action in the live poker world.  The name of the new tour is the Native America Casino Poker Tour (NACPT), and will be ran at Native American ran casinos throughout the entire United States. This means that [...]

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WSOPE Event #2 Breaks the Attendance Record

WSOPE Event #2 Breaks the Attendance Record

While the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas is used to seeing massive fields with different types of players; you’ll find that in the World Series of Poker Europe, the fields will typically float between 250 and 600 players at most.  This ended up not quite being the same old story for Event #2 [...]

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Benny Spindler Takes Down EPT London

Benny Spindler Takes Down EPT London

The EPT London has drawn to a close, and one man was left standing in the end.  Benny Spindler was able to outlast the other 691 players at the 2011 PokerStars.com EPT London event.  It came down to Spindler against Steve O’Dwyer in heads up play, and Spindler took down an impressive £750,000 grand prize.  O’Dwyer [...]

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European Poker Tour London Down To Final Table

European Poker Tour London Down To Final Table

The European Poker Tour London has been on going for four days now, and is finally down to its final eight remaining players.  The day ended and players are now heading to the EPT London party at the Kensington Roof Gardens.  Leading up to the final day, we have quite a few excellent players, but [...]

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Two Poker Pros Arrested In Las Vegas for Cheating

Two Poker Pros Arrested In Las Vegas for Cheating

Playing Craps out in Las Vegas is big for any gambler, and it is especially true for professional poker players who could be out there playing in major tournaments or just in high stakes cash games.  Craps is the type of game where players can go on major upswings or major downswings, and it was [...]

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Two Men Indicted From Black Friday Make Interesting Defense Claim

Two Men Indicted From Black Friday Make Interesting Defense Claim

Some people feel that online poker is a game of skill, while others feel that it is a complete game of luck.  Regardless of your opinion, we now know what two of the 11 people who were indicted by the Department of Justice on April 15th, 2011 think about it.  Chad Elie and John Campos [...]

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Full Tilt Poker Bought By Laurent Tapie

Full Tilt Poker Bought By Laurent Tapie

The Full Tilt Poker news continues on, but this time it brings some news that will leave a few people around the smiling.  It was reported earlier that Laurent Tapie has decided to (along with a group of investors) purchase the massive online poker site.  The statement that was released basically said that the investors [...]

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Party Poker Challenge II Kicks Off

Party Poker Challenge II Kicks Off

The Party Poker Challenge II is a free to enter event, and just kicked off at PokerTableRatings.  There is over $30,000 in prize that are given away, and you earn badges by playing and completing tasks on the huge online poker site.  All of the badges that you win are from cash game play, and [...]

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Was Full Tilt Poker Sold?

Was Full Tilt Poker Sold?

While Full Tilt Poker is in court currently, and not looking like they’ll be getting back to any type of poker activities anytime soon, some interesting news came out this week about their online poker site.  The 2+2 Poker Podcast is one of the more popular podcasts out there today, and Adam Schwartz is one [...]

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Full Tilt Poker Releases Statement About Potential Ponzi Scheme

Full Tilt Poker Releases Statement About Potential Ponzi Scheme

Full Tilt Poker is in the midst of one of the biggest falls from grace that many people would be able to remember, and they have decided to make a statement about the recent accusations that they are a Ponzi Scheme, instead of an actual online poker site.  The statement was straight forward, and while [...]

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Chris Moneymaker to Host $25k Poker Tournament

Chris Moneymaker to Host $25k Poker Tournament

One of the brand new casinos that opened in Pennsylvania recently, has brought in one of the bigger names in poker to to host a $25k poker tournament to open their brand new poker room.  Chris Moneymaker was the winner of the 2003 World Series of Poker, and will host a single table tournament at [...]

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WPT Borgata Open Down to Final Table

WPT Borgata Open Down to Final Table

The 2011 World Poker Tour’s Borgata Poker Open is officially the largest WPT event in history, as it pulled in an impressive 1,313 players, and had a prize pool of over $4 million in total.  The event also featured quite a few big names who made a deep run in the event, like David Williams, [...]