Daily 3-Bet: Deeb in LA, Women at PCA, DQs Down Under
Suggestions for a future 3-Bet can be dropped in the comments below. Today we bring you Freddy Deeb bucking the PCA trend with a score state-side, two players who got the boot from the Aussie Millions...
View ArticleKoon, Duhamel, Haxton Head High Roller FT
Duhamel made his fourth final table of this year's PCA in the $25k High Roller today in Atlantis and will come into the final day second in chips with 1.54 million. Duhamel trails chip leader Jason...
View ArticleJohn Dibella Wins 2012 PCA Main Event
At 43 years old, the amateur Dibella was by far the oldest player at the table and a heavy underdog coming in but managed to outlast some of the best young pros in the game for the win. To make his ROI...
View ArticleFreeroll Spotlight: Titan Poker offers $10k Bonanza
The $10,000 Monthly Bonanza will run every last week of the month starting Jan. 31, 2012. Players can buy-in directly for 2,000 points or qualify in the numerous satellites for the exclusive...
View ArticleBilokur Edges Duhamel for $25k High Roller Title
Coming into the heads-up match down 2-1 in chips, Bilokur slowly but surely fought his way back to snatch the title away and wrap up the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in style with $1,134,930 for...
View ArticlePoker’s In and Out List: Galfond Checks In, Hellmuth Cells Out
This week on the list we feature Jon Duhamel’s PCA prowess, a Great Dane in China, Phil Galfond’s new blog and Phil Hellmuth’s cellular misadventures in the Bahamas. Buckle up. This is the In and Out...
View ArticleNegreanu, Boeree Take Top Readers Choice Awards
Along with taking the popular vote in the marquee “Favorite Male Poker Player” category, Negreanu also easily scooped the award for “Favorite Poker Tweeter.” Negreanu is well known for being more than...
View ArticleThe Sunday Scoop: Europe Dominates Sunday Majors
The Sunday Million, Warm-Up and 500 all smashed their guarantees and awarded a total of $2.6 million to 1,727 poker players from around the world. With much of the live poker world returning from the...
View ArticleGalfond Records Super Sweet $378k Weekend
The Maryland-native went into beast mode this weekend and won a staggering $376k in 2,460 hands on PokerStars. Galfond’s primary victim was Dutch pro Sander “Berndsen12” Berndsen who picked up $631k...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Duhamel Popped, Weisner Locked, Poker for Glory?
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find Jonathan Duhamel on the receiving end of another sucker punch, another up-and-coming pro gets...
View ArticleNew UB Complaint Claims $20M Stolen
The complaint names Excapsa Software, the company that controlled Ultimate Bet, and alleges that at least $20 million was stolen from customers of the online poker room. It goes on to assert that...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Negreanu Reborn, Bach Talk, JT Pokers for Life
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find the rebirth of Daniel Negreanu, David Bach gets cranky with television and Justin Timberlake...
View ArticleWSOP to UFC: The Rise of Poker and MMA
Hint: we’re not talking about poker. We’re talking about Mixed Martial Arts and its most popular vehicle: the Ultimate Fighting Championship. In the last few years the UFC has skyrocketed in popularity...
View Article$10m Turbo COOP Starts Thursday on PokerStars
Joining the world-renowned WCOOP and SCOOP series on the Stars schedule, the TCOOP series runs from January 19-29 with buy-ins ranging from $5.50-$2,100. Turbo and Hyper Turbo tournaments will both be...
View ArticleMonster Pot Recap: takechip Takes Two
The biggest online poker winner overall was actually BiatchPeople, who earned $150,000 yesterday playing 2-7 Triple Draw, but because of the Limit structure of that game none of the pots even came...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Olympic Dreams, Cash Seized, Fricke Rolled
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find an Olympic hopeful banking on online poker, grinders getting pinched for their cash at US...
View ArticleBlackrain79: Building a Fortune a Few Cents at a Time
In his new book Crushing the Microstakes Williams shows you exactly how to replicate those results. This is a book geared towards the beginner, designed to help newbies build a bankroll and a solid...
View ArticleMonster Pot Recap: Galfond Taken for $275k
Berdsen was on the losing side of the day’s biggest pot, a $127,186 monster, but thanks in part to winning the second and third biggest hands he finished up $144,343 on the day. That session brings...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Deeb Stumped, Duhamel Jumps, Irish Move
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find Shaun Deeb confused in Florida, four Canadians making jumps in the GPI and poker fans in...
View ArticleZynga “Confirms” Interest in Real-Money Gambling
According to writer Tricia Duryee's post, a “Zynga spokesperson” provided the following statement in response to the question of a potential launch into real-money gaming: “We build games and...
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