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Thor Hansen: Poker is Still My First Priority
So much so the global poker community was universally devastated when word filtered out in January that Hansen had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.It didn't take long for that devastation to turn...
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Daily 3-Bet: Hellmuth Rise, Thor Drive, Ivey Films
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments.Today in the 3-Bet we find Phil Hellmuth’s rise up the Global Poker Index reaching dangerous heights, godfather of Norwegian...
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Fox Makes His Way to the Top on WPT Prague Day 2
After a slow and steady day Fox, who has built up $2.8 million in live earnings without any backers, knocked out one of the biggest threats in the tournament, Mike "Timex” McDonald, to jump up to...
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p00cket00 Scores, Moorman Misses in FTOPS XXI
The two respected grinders faced off at the final table of the 3xShootout event, the biggest FTOPS event on Full Tilt Poker yesterday.The other event yesterday, a 6-Max Limit Hold’em Rush event, nearly...
View ArticlePokerStars in Talks to Buy Atlantic City Casino
The rumored purchased price is around $50 million for the struggling brick-and-mortar casino.The acquisition of a land-based casino in New Jersey would put PokerStars back on the inside track for...
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Esfandiari On Fire at WPT Five Diamond Day 3
The Five-Diamond field was cut down to 60 on Day 3, just six spots short of the 54 who will get paid. And with 503 total entries the remaining players are all looking for a slice of the more than $5...
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Daily 3-Bet: Galfond Brain, Mexico Boom, Zynga Zing
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments.Today in the 3-Bet we find Phil Galfond back at the helm of a new coaching ship, the live poker scene in Mexico City taking...
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Chang Leads, Fox Lingers on WPT Prague Day 3
Fox, who started with just over half a million in chips, more than doubled his stack for the day but his 1,186,000 in chips trails the 2.1 million of Chang by quite a bit heading into Day 4.Still,...
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Fox Crashes, Sbrzesny Leads WPT Prague FInal 6
Fox, who was at or near the chip lead for virtually the entire tournament, ran JJ into Tony Chang's KK in a cruel cooler late on Day 4 to lose most of his stack before finally bowing out on a flip to...
View ArticleFreeroll Spotlight: 888poker Starts Daily $10k Xmas Giveaway
Anyone that signs up for an 888poker account this month gets two free tickets to $10,000 Xmas tourney. After burning through your two tickets you’re not out of the GR888 Xmas Giveaway completely....
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The Weekly UK 3-Bet: Romanello Chat, Squid Pro-Quo, Tabata-Bye-Bye
Today on the 3-Bet we bring you an exclusive audio clip with Roberto Romanello in Prague, a tip of the hat to British professional Sam Grafton plus the secret to true happiness according to Welsh poker...
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Wydrowski Polishes Off First WPT Title for Poland
The 26-year-old from Poland, who had only one previous live cash, came from fourth in chips to start the day to knock off Alexandr Lakhov heads-up to earn €325,000 and a $25k seat in the WPT World...
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Ansky451, Stamdogg Dominate FTOPS XXI Over Weekend
In total there were seven FTOPS XXI events that took place this weekend with over $2 million awarded to grinders from around the globe. Stern and Stammen made the biggest scores but Brandon “norajean”...
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Isildur1 Crushes durrrr in $200k High-Stakes Challenge
Blom issued the challenge last Tuesday and less than a week later the two titans were going toe-to-toe on the virtual felt.What started as a winner-take-all match for $100k quickly ballooned to include...
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Raghaven Denies Buchanan WPT Five Diamond Trophy
Raghaven, a 26-year-old poker pro from Chicago, pocketed $1,268,571 for the win while Canadian Buchanan snagged just under three-quarters of a million dollars.This year's Five Diamond Wold Poker...
View ArticleNick Petrangelo Astounds with $209k Sunday Million Win
On Saturday Petrangelo, who plays on Full Tilt Poker as canofcorn22, out-dueled his opponents in the Heads-Up FTOPS event to win $36,872.Yesterday the Montreal-native performed an even more impressive...
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Daily 3-Bet: King Marchese, Lost Micros, durrrr Attack
Any suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments.Today in the 3-Bet we find Tom Marchese crushing yet another event in the Bellagio Five Diamond series, a lost episode of...
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Beskrovnyy, Belov Lead Biggest EPT Prague Ever
And although Vadim Belov stacked the most chips on Day 1b, it will be Day 1a chip leader Iosif Beskrovnyy entering Day 2 as chip leader.This year's field beat out 2011's numbers by 142 players,...
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Gazes, Paur Score on FTOPS XXI Day 10
Three FTOPS events have played out since we recapped the weekend's action with more than $644,000 doled out to online poker players from around the world.The Americans were joined in the winners circle...
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Giannetti, Eames Among New Crop of IveyPoker Pros
Along with Eames and Botond, Canadian Gillian Epp and Americans Matt Giannetti, Jonathan Tamayo, Josh Brikis and David Peters are all joining the IveyPoker team.These seven players will strengthen a...
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