Rami Amit Takes Control, Wins $200k
Amit was one of the biggest winners in 2011 with a total of $2.1 million in profit on PokerStars. The PLO specialist had been quiet in 2012, however, and was only up $35k heading into this weekend....
View ArticleGagne, Juttelstad Lead Lucky Hearts Final Table
This time, however, the luckier of the two is Gigi Gagne, who flipped positions with second-place Matt Juttelstad and holds a big lead on the rest of the final six heading into tomorrow's finale....
View ArticlePokerStars Launches Mobile App in UK
Both Texas Hold’em and Omaha are now available for real-money play in England, Scotland and Wales, joining Italy as the only countries with a PokerStars mobile app. All of the features and support...
View ArticleMonster Pot Recap: Trickett Buried in Huge Three-Way Pot
Trickett, who just returned from a disappointing tour of duty in Macau, had only been playing $100/$200 6-Max PLO on PokerStars for little over an hour when this blockbuster $118k pot transpired. It...
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Daily 3-Bet: FullFlush Bags 500, Glantz Rags FTP, Negreanu’s Closet
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find sandwich lover Luke Schwartz taking down a big Sunday tourney, Matt Glantz teeing off on his...
View ArticlePokerStars Increases Tournament Guarantees
That includes the Sunday Majors, the Saturday Line-Up and the Daily Bigs. The Sunday Majors receiving a bump in guarantees include the Kickoff, Rebuy, Storm, 500, Second Chance, 6-Max and Supersonic....
View ArticleJuttelstad Thwarts Gagne for WPT Seminole Title
Juttelstad, who led or was in the top five in chips virtually wire-to-wire, earned $268,444 for the win – by far and away his largest live score ever. All told, 303 hands were needed to play down from...
View ArticleLock Poker Sign Jason Lee, Tim West to Pro Team
“Tim and Jason are both great players and great people! I am very happy to welcome them,” says Jennifer Larson, CEO of Lock Poker. “The goal is to create a global family that is diverse in skill,...
View ArticleWilliam Hill Poker Launches New League
The William Hill Poker League (or WHPL) began last week and the site is adding £45 to every weekly tournament, £260 to the winner of each regional league and finally will provide a £5,000 National...
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Daily 3-Bet: JCarver Gets Real, Boeree Gives Back, Negreanu Goes Off
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find WSOP bracelet winner Jason Somerville offering up some real talk, Liv Boeree offering up some...
View ArticleScotty Nguyen to Host 2012 WSOP Africa
Taking place at the Emerald Resort and Casino in South Africa February 21-26, the series consists of six WSOP ring events, including the main event. There will also be a charity event and a ladies...
View ArticleSahamies Routed for $500k on PokerStars
The Finnish pro simply couldn’t get anything going in the 1,574 hands he played on PokerStars. Sahamies stuck primarily to $100/$200 6-Max Pot-Limit Omaha and got into serious trouble on a table that...
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Daily 3-Bet: Milkybar Styling, Pius Profiling, Nguyening!
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find PLO wunderkind Ben Grundy living large in London, Pius Heinz looking for help and the sounds of...
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Amit Ascends: Top 10 Online Winners/Losers
The Israeli pro burned through 8,522 hands and topped the online cash game charts with $376,000 in profit. It was an interesting week for high stakes as Viktor “Isildur1” Blom finally laid off the...
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Daily 3-Bet: Bracelet Found, Gigi Pounds, What Full Tilt Did
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’s bracelet turning up in a dumpster, WPT runner-up Gigi Gagne getting her drink...
View ArticleNegreanu, Fox Chip Up on LAPT Grand Final Day 1
Action kicked off in Sao Paulo on the same day as the legendary Carnival but 367 people skipped the party for at least one day to play some poker. Notably stacking up a pile of chips in his first...
View ArticleFreeroll Spotlight: bwin Set to Host GSOP 8
GSOP 8, which begins Feb. 26, 2012, will include a total of 18 events with buy-ins ranging from $50 all the way up to $4,900. Of course bwin Poker will also be running a number of microstakes...
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Negreanu in the Hunt With 24 Left at LAPT Grand Final
Coming into the day as one of the chip leaders, Negreanu was in the middle of several big pots over the day and maxed out at 625,000 before slipping back to 398,000 to end the night. That stack keeps...
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Poker’s In and Out List: Binking Slots, Taking Shots
Today on the In List we’ve got one lucky man who knows it’s better to hit a slot jackpot than bink a small tournament, along with a well-known high-stakes pro who isn’t afraid to get out of his comfort...
View ArticleNestola Leads, Negreanu Lurks at LAPT Grand Final
Nestola started the day just off the lead with about 440,000 in chips but more than quadrupled his stack over the course of the day to buid a solid advantage over Negreanu and the rest of the final...
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