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Altergott, Smith, Mercier, Jacobson, Seiver Chop Aussie Millions $25k
With time running long and the remaining players hoping to get some rest before Day 1c of the Main Event, a five-way ICM chop was agreed to guaranteeing roughly $250k for each player. Leaving no extra...
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Lauri “IMS DURNK” Pesonen Smashes Sunday Million for $231k
Pesonen went on a rampage on PokerStars yesterday that also included a ninth-place finish in the Sunday Second Chance and a final-table finish in the Bigger $162. The young Finn was dominate...
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Daily 3-Bet: Moorman Stockpile, Ville Gamble, Where's Ivey?
Got a tip for a future 3-Bet? Feel free to drop a note in the comments and we'll take a look. Today in the 3-Bet we find online poker's $10m man Chris Moorman doing what he does best, Ville Wahlbeck...
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2013 Battle of Malta Champ Cartarius Moves Up, Moves In
Just ask Battle of Malta 2013 winner Louis Cartarius, who's taken the confidence (and profit) from his win to move up in stakes, set new goals and, as it turns out, make the island his new home. The...
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Isildur1 Surges to $2m Profit on Full Tilt in Early 2014
As of Feb. 1, Blom has amassed over $2.1 million on FTP according to highstakesdb.com. The Swedish prodigy had no problem putting in tens of thousands of hands in a variety of games including FLO8,...
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Battle of Malta Back in 2014 with Huge €500k Guarantee
With the same low buy-in of €550 the Battle of Malta Main Event has a monster guaranteed prize pool of €500,000. Last year 888 players competed in the Main Event with Germany's Louis Cartarius taking...
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Daily 3-Bet: Hachem "Poker Dying," Ivey Born Again, €500k BOM
Got a tip for a future 3-Bet? Drop a note in the comments and we'll gladly take a look. Today in the 3-Bet we find Joe Hachem suggesting Jamie Gold and Jerry Yang "destroyed" the Main Event title and...
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WSOP Considers $10m Main Event Guarantee for 2014
“It's one of the ideas we have kicked around as part of highlighting the 10th consecutive year of the event at the Rio,” said Palansky in an interview with PokerListings. The WSOP has only offered a...
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Down to 109 in Aussie Millions as Esfandiari, Mizzi Ascend
While Phillip Willcocks took the overall chip lead with 515,000 the poker elite were shining bright with Antonio Esfandiari, Jonathan Duhamel, Scott Seiver, John Juanda, Jake Balsiger, Liv Boeree and...
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Daily 3-Bet: Negreanu > Hachem, Richey Snaps, Be Like Chip
Got a tip for a future 3-Bet? Drop a note in the comments and we'll gladly take a look. Today in the 3-Bet we find Daniel Negreanu one-upping Joe Hachem in the "future of poker" department, Brett...
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Mizzi, Duhamel Keep Pressure on in Aussie Millions Final 36
While Salvatore Fazzino snagged the overnight chip lead with 1.5 million, Scott Seiver (1.13 million) and Sorel Mizzi (1.09 million) aren’t far behind. The remaining field of 36 players is littered...
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Daily 3-Bet: Moneymaker Tilt, Personality Void, Tennis = Poker?
Got a tip for a future 3-Bet? Drop a note in the comments and we'll gladly take a look. Today in the 3-Bet we find Jared Tendler and Chris Moneymaker delving into the depths of poker tilt, Wicked...
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The Rise, Retirement & Rebirth of Waterloo Poker Prodigy Mike McDonald
The Waterloo-native was a champion on the European Poker Tour before he was old enough to play penny slots in Las Vegas. McDonald retired from poker to go back to school before finally returning to...
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Mizzi, Balsiger, Seiver to Star in 2014 Aussie Millions Final Table
Canadian online whiz Ami Barer leads the final seven with 6.5 million chips while Mizzi (2.8 million) and Balsiger (2.3 million) find themselves in the middle of the pack. Seiver is fighting from the...
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Let the Games Begin: 10 Winter Olympians Who Play Poker
As the most expensive Olympic project ever ($51 billion) with a growing legion of random Russian peculiarities popping up, we expect the games this year to be notable for a lot of things other than...
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Daily 3-Bet: Aussie Gamble, American Whales, 'Poker Fame is Stupid'
Got a tip for a future 3-Bet? Drop a note in the comments and we'll gladly take a look. Today in the 3-Bet we find Australians topping the global list of gambling nations, Americans doing their fair...
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Timoshenko Outlasts Timex, Seidel for $2m in Aussie $100k
Timoshenko outlasted Martin Jacobson, David Steicke, Daniel Negreanu, Patrik Antonius, Doug Polk, Erik Seidel and finally Mike “Timex” McDonald in what turned out to be a marathon final table that...
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Barer Clips Mizzi, Balsiger for $1.6m at Aussie Millions
The predominately online player - who's racked up a phenomenal $5.8m online under the nickname "UhhMee" - only dabbles in the live game but made it worth his time in Australia. Barer topped a stacked...
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Rant: Merson, Yang and Duhamel are All Poker Ambassadors
What is a surprise is that it’s the comments that have fallen out of the mouth of Joe Hachem that set the hares running and not (entirely) the play at the Crown Casino. Hachem stepped up to the BLUFF...
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Phil Ivey Wins Second Aussie Millions $250k Challenge for $4m Payday
This is Ivey's second victory in the quarter-million dollar buy-in high roller event, having won in 2012 for $2.13 million, and his biggest single tournament score to date. This year Ivey ran through...
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