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What Does Amaya’s Takeover of PokerStars Really Mean?
Yesterday Amaya announced it was acquiring PokerStars in a record $4.9 billion deal that will see the world’s biggest online poker site owned by a publicly traded company for the first time ever. It...
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ElkY Escapes France, Ready to Tear Up 2014 WSOP
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier found himself a week late to the WSOP due to a stolen passport and French bureaucracy. But things could’ve been worse according to the bracelet winner. “Because I was in...
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WSOP Rant: If You’re Not Getting Healthier, You’re Getting Left Behind
Both players have just cashed at the (very) deep end of a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event for a combined $400k+. Big deal you might say. But there is much, much more to it than that. Be Lean, Keep...
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From Model to Musician to Poker, Dee Dozier Hits Her Stride
But Dozier is more than just a poker player; she is a singer, songwriter, actress, model and musician. It can be tough to figure out which she loves more: Poker, music or her dog named Gamble. Dozier...
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Matt Stout: “I Decided it Was Time to Start Charity Work Again”
While a lot of big name players his age are posting pictures of themselves at the club, holding expensive bottles of booze, surrounded by a new “friends”, Stout spends his down time with family and...
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Sam Cohen Goes from Business School to WSOP Final Table
While it was Cohen’s first WSOP final table (she ended up finishing ninth), it’s far from her first deep run. Cohen has amassed close to half-a-million dollars in live tournaments earnings and scored...
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Andre Akkari: “40% of Brazilians Are Rooting Against Brazil in World Cup”
Brazil is the World Cup host country but not all is not well in the South American country. While they are excited to show off their country and bring in tourist dollars, wide spread corruption has...
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WSOP 3-Bet: Cal42688 Wins, Humberto = Cashing Machine, Human Billboard
You can always leave suggestions for future 3-Bet pieces in the comments section below. In today’s WSOP 3-Bet we’ll take a look at Calvin Anderson finally getting his due, Humberto Brenes rocking the...
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Samay Parikh: “It Would Be a Huge Deal if An Indian Won a Bracelet”
That was the case with Samay Parikh, who was studying filmmaking at Whistling Woods International in Mumbai, India. One of Parikh’s assignments at Whistling Woods was simple: Matt Damon. “We were...
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Xuan Liu: “It’s Insane How Big Poker Is in China”
“It’s actually insane how big poker is in China,” said Xuan Liu, who competed in WPT China last November. The tournament was held on the Chinese island of Hainan, a place commonly referred to as the...
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WSOP 3-Bet: Cada Strikes, Matusow Contradictions, Negreanu Throwback
Shoot us a suggestion for a future 3-Bet piece in the comments below and we just might use it. In today’s WSOP 3-Bet we’ll take a look at Joe Cada’s comeback, a different opinion on that infamous...
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Weekly High Stakes: Sahamies Returns to Get Crushed
Viktor Blom is one of the only big-game players that shies away from Vegas, but due to lack of opponents, he even had to cut down on the number of hands he played over the last week. The winner of the...
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Joe Cada on Bracelet #2: "I Don't Think It Validates Me Anymore"
Last night the former Main Event champion won his second bracelet - and $670k - with pocket queens. With his victory Cada became the first World Champion since Carlos Mortensen to win a bracelet after...
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Negreanu, Cates Among 11 New Players for $1m Big One for One Drop
A total of 41 players have now paid their deposits and with $111,111 of each buy-in going to charity this event will generate more than $4.5 million for the One Drop humanitarian organization. And...
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Sam Trickett: Big Buy-Ins “Bring Out the Best In Me”
Tricket has earned more than $20 million playing live poker tournaments and is England’s top-earning player, but he doesn't plan on stopping there. “I want to be the best, or at least compete with the...
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Dutch Boyd: "You Can't Really Argue with Three Bracelets"
Boyd earned $288,744 for outlasting a field of 1,688 players for a new bracelet and, perhaps, some redemption. Boyd has a well-documented history of negative issues away from the table (detailed in...
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WSOP 3-Bet: Footballer Eyes Bracelet, Bilzerian Laughs, DALEROXXU Vid
You can always make suggestions for future 3-Bet pieces below in the comments section. In today’s WSOP 3-Bet we find German footballer Max Kruse shooting for a bracelet, Dan Bilzerian giving...
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Erik Seidel: From Instant WSOP Hit to King of the Six-Figure Score
In the 1988 Main Event, his first major poker tournament, Seidel finished second to Johnny Chan. Adding to his future legacy the tournament’s final hand was later immortalized in the movie Rounders....
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BOM Tickets, €7,500 Up for Grabs in Poker770, TurboPoker Brazil Promo
TurboPoker’s Freerolls Viva Brazil will take place June 14, June 28 and July 13 with a €500 prize pool every time while Poker770’s Brazil 2014 Football Freeroll will take place June 21, July 5 and...
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WSOP 3-Bet: Hellmuth Koan, Danzer Revenge, New $10m Man
Want the latest news and gossip emanating from the center of the poker universe in Las Vegas, Nevada? Here's where it's at. Today in the 3-Bet we find Phil Hellmuth drifting into either a meditative...
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