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Frankenberger leads WPT Legends of Poker

Frankenberger leads WPT Legends of Poker

Leading the way going into the final day is Andy Frankenberger who has a stack of just over 3m chips. Joining him at the final table will be Tom Lee on 2.915m, Kyle Wilson on 2.854m, Jared Jaffee on 1.006m, Tom Braband on 968k and short stack Franco Brunetti on 800k. Jonathan Little appeared to [...]

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Bruce Buffer And Randy Couture Invade ‘Poker After Dark’

Bruce Buffer And Randy Couture Invade ‘Poker After Dark’

This week on NBC’s “Poker After Dark,” Bruce Buffer, the popular UFC announcer who has become known as “The Voice of Mixed Martial Arts” is stepping into a new arena… and he’s bringing along two of the greatest MMA Fighters in the world: Randy Couture and Dan Henderson! Although Buffer is a formidable poker player [...]

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Full Tilt Poker Series – España

Full Tilt Poker Series – España

Qualifiers for the Full Tilt Poker Series – España Four Tournaments – €1 Million Guaranteed There’s at least €1,000,000 in guaranteed prize money on the line with the Full Tilt Poker Series – España. Full Tilt Poker is offering you the opportunity to take on Europe’s best players in each of these four live No-Limit [...]

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24HPoker: Win an electric guitar signed by Dregen (Backyard Babies)!

24HPoker: Win an electric guitar signed by Dregen (Backyard Babies)!

24hPoker is having a special tournament on Thursday 12th August at 20:00 CET, where the winner will receive a signed Gibson Epiphone electric guitar (worth €1,100). Furthermore, the player who eliminates Dregen will get a €100 reward. Dregen is playing with username Dr3g3n. You find the €5 buy-in tournament in our tournament lobby under the [...]

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Pokerstars Womens Poker league

Pokerstars Womens Poker league

Poker fans among the fairer sex have a new online destination this week as Pokerstars.com launches it’s Women’s Poker League with the emphasis that this one is strictly and exclusively for the female gender. The initial plan is to run the League until the end of 2010, with daily tournaments with buy-ins as low as [...]

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Current Promotions Being Offered At Victory Poker

Current Promotions Being Offered At Victory Poker

Victory Poker is currently offering a number of promotions. Individuals looking to take advantage of promotional offers and bonuses will find that Victory Poker has many very good ones. Play-A-Pro, First Time Deposit, Refer-A-Friend, Poker Points, Grab a Grand and the $1,000,000 Ladder are just a few. The Play A Pro: Rakerace Winner Heads Up [...]

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A pair of local poker players cashed at the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas

A pair of local poker players cashed at the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas

A pair of local poker players cashed at the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. East Grand Forks’ Ben Blair finished in 212th place out of 7,319 to earn $48,847, while Randy McKay of Finley, N.D., finished 703rd to earn $19,263. Blair, who earned his way into the $10,000 buy-in event [...]

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Full Tilt Backs Legalization of Online Poker in U.S.

Full Tilt Backs Legalization of Online Poker in U.S.

One of the big online poker rooms is throwing its weight behind the push to legalize and regulate online poker in the United States, as Full Tilt Poker is asking its players to get involved. The push by Full Tilt comes in advance of consideration of H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling, Regulation, Consumer Protection, and [...]

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Chinese Cheating at Poker Stars

Chinese Cheating at Poker Stars

Discussions on the popular poker message board 2plus2 reveal that a large scale collusion ring involving several dozen Chinese players, who profited by as much as $750 000 on the PokerStars.com website, has been uncovered. Initial reports indicate that PokerStars moved quickly to deal the cheaters out, and has already agreed to reimburse players impacted [...]

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Doyles Brunson has good feeling about Chan

Doyles Brunson has good feeling about Chan

Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson, 76-year-old poker icon, had a good feeling about fellow legend Johnny Chan going into this year’s Main Event at the 2010 World of Poker. So Brunson included Chan on the teams he picked for some World Series side bets with pro star Daniel Negreanu, aka “Kid Poker.” “Chan is looking good [...]

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