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WCOOP Day 6: Petersen, Rousso Put on a Show
It was another big day all around for Team PokerStars Pro as Vanessa Rousso made it into the final two tables of Event 13 while Matthias De Meulder bubbled that event by coming seventh place. Despite...
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WCOOP Day 7: Kelly, Wheeler Snag Final Tables
Kelly joined fellow US grinder Jason Wheeler as the only name-pros to make final tables but ultimately they both fell short of the serious money up for grabs. All told, three different players scored...
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Schemion Wins Partouche Main Event, O’Brien 4th
Schemion, who moved to the top of the chip counts near the end of Day 3, outlasted a final table of six today in Cannes to cap things off and earn €1,172,850, or roughly $1.5 million USD. Schemion...
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WCOOP Day 14: Final Tables for Lykov, Makarov
Three more WCOOP events concluded with over $1.35 million awarded to online poker players from all over the world. In addition to the two Russians named above we saw deep runs from former WSOP Main...
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Salsberg Wins, Jorgensen Misses Repeat at WPT Paris
Salsberg, who’s best known for his work on Weeds and Entourage, snagged €400,000 for the victory, more than doubling his lifetime live tournament earnings. Salsberg defeated WPT and WSOP winner Theo...
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WCOOP Day 15: Busquet Bests Elite High-Roller Field
Busquet,who’s renowned for his heads-up sit-and-go record online, smashed his way to victory on his Adonis112 account on PokerStars.com and picked up the first major online title of his career....
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Daily 3-Bet: Lederer Houses, Esfandiari on Stern, Shak on Shoes
You can leave suggestions for future 3-Bet pieces in the comments section below. Today in the 3-Bet we get a closer look at Howard Lederer’s prized real estate, Antonio Esfandiari with a huge...
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Sam Trickett Dominates 2012 British Poker Awards
Playing out aboard the H.M.S. President in London, the British Poker Awards recognize the biggest and brightest in British poker and tonight the winner’s circle was packed with names like Chris...
View ArticleWPT Malta On to Day 2 with Hellmuth, Mercier Alive
Over the last two days a total of 169 players bought into WPT Malta to create a prize pool of over $500k and $182k for first place. Among the many players to buy into the contest were world-class pros...
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Lemke, Bowker in Front at WPT Borgata Day 2
Lemke finished Day 1B with 272,575, roughly 70,000 more than circuit regular Kyle Bowker who sits in second place. Joining Lemke and Bowker with a top-ten stack on Day 2 is Kyle Frey, who won the $2k...
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WCOOP Day 16: LuckyGump Wins, Deep Runs by Duhamel, Stout
Makarov outright won the $320 PLO 6-Max event for $110k. He becomes one of the few players to own both a SCOOP and WCOOP title. Matt Stout placed third in the same tournament for $60k. Meanwhile...
View ArticleLederer Breaks Silence, Multi-Part Interview Begins
According to former PokerNews Editor-in-Chief Matt Parvis, on August 30 he received a phone call from someone representing Lederer. The unnamed person told Parvis that Lederer was willing to break his...
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Daily 3-Bet: Lederer Flops, Negreanu Flays, Bitar Goat
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find Howard Lederer’s coming-out party turning sour, Daniel Negreanu going in for the kill and Ray...
View ArticleTweet Relief: Analyzing The Lederer Files
Everyone from Daniel Negreanu to Dan O’Brien to the poker media has weighed in on the controversial interview he gave to PokerNews. While only two parts of the series have been released, people have...
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Young, Andrews Rise to Top at WPT Borgata
Young, a New Jersey pro who tweets under the name YoungOrson, built up a massive stack of 728,000 on Day 2 today to take a commanding 100k+ lead into Day 3 tomorrow Andrews, a rising star in poker with...
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WCOOP Day 17: Bonomo Claims Title, Somerville Final Tables
Bonomo was hardly the only pro making noise yesterday, however, as Andrew “foucault82” Brokos, Jason Somerville and Andre Akkari all made significant scores. As we enter the last portion of the 2012...
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Daily 3-Bet: Lederer Whiff, Ivey Miff, Poker = Happiness
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet feel free to drop a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find Howard Lederer whiffing again in the Lederer Files, Phil Ivey pissing off his Twitter followers...
View ArticleFull Tilt Payment Processor Burtnick Pleads Guilty
Burtnick, a 41-year-old from Vancouver, Canada, could face up to 15 years in prison. Burtnick admitted to deceiving banks in order to circumvent the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act and...
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Brecher, Diaz Stacked in WPT Borgata Final 27
Sitting in the number one spot for the playdown to the final table is Patrick Eskandar, a poker player from Gulfport, Mississippi. Eskandar is one of only three players to pass the 2 million chip mark,...
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