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WPT, WSOP and EPT News
The U.S. Department of Justice‘s recent online poker crackdown may have slowed down the action at some sites, but the live poker tournaments are still forging ahead (despite diminished numbers and reduced television coverage). Today we’ve...
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San Remo, Seminole and Caesars Day 2
If there was any doubt that we’re now in the midst of the busiest part of the live tournament season, then this weekend should resolve it. Apart from the ongoing Black Friday news, the headlines have been dominated almost exclusively by three...
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San Remo, Seminole and Caesars Day 3
Yet again we’ve got three different high profile live poker tournaments to cover today. All three Main Events offered up some pretty impressive action with surprise takeovers, heated match-ups, and – in one notable instance – a...
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WPT Seminole and EPT San Remo Day 4
The latest live tournament happenings saw the WPT Seminole Showdown field narrowed to the last two tables while the EPT San Remo Main Event is now down to the final three. Though the WSOP-C Caesars Main Event has already concluded, these two...
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WPT Seminole, EPT San Remo and FTOPS XX
Two big tournaments hosted the Day 5 competitions of their Main Events yesterday, and both saw their extremely competitive starting fields become final tables. Of course we’re talking about our continued coverage of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock...
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Von Kriegenbergh And Elder Pocket Top Prizes
The EPT San Remo and WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown Main Events finally wrapped early this week. Few will be shocked to hear the outcome of either. After all, eventual WPT title winner Taylor Von Kriegenbergh was a frequent leader during the...
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FS+G Poker League Roster Revealed
Many poker fans were skeptical about the new invitation-only poker league to begin with, and with so much negativity surrounding poker in Las Vegas these days (following the dissolution of several online poker and live gambling brand partnerships), many...
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CEREUS Network Bankruptcy Imminent After Black Friday
Following the events of Black Friday, it’s been nothing but bad news for the CEREUS Poker Network‘s two flagship sites – UB.com and Absolute Poker. Not so long ago, these two sites were two of the largest and most well-respected poker...
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EPT Grand Final and Five Star World Poker Classic
This week, two of the live poker season’s most highly anticipated tournaments will kick off. The European Poker Tour’s Grand Final in Madrid, Spain starts on Saturday, May 7. Meanwhile, the Five Star World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in...
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PPA Plans National Poker Lobbying Day
Anyone familiar with the Poker Players Alliance knew that it was just a matter of time before the organization took action regarding the Black Friday proceedings. Sure enough, on Thursday the PPA sent a mass mailing to its membership announcing that...
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EPT Grand Final High Roller and Day 1A
The final stop on this season’s European Grand Tour – the EPT Grand Final in Madrid – continued to play host to some headline-worthy action this weekend. The EPT Grand Final high roller event came to a surprising (but not too surprising) end...
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EPT Grand Final Day 2
Day 1B of the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Madrid surpassed all expectations, attracting another 549 entries. Team PokerStars pro Ruben Visser dominated the action to enter Day 2 as the overall chip leader, but unfortunately for Visser his sizable...
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Absolute Poker Strikes Deal With DOJ
In case you haven’t heard, Absolute Poker and its sister site UB.com are having quite a month. There is no denying that the CEREUS Network poker rooms were the hardest hit by the Black Friday seizures, and the latest news makes it hard to believe...
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IGT Bets On Online Poker
Last month, rumors started circulating that gaming giant IGT (International Game Technology) was pursuing the purchase of the Swedish company Entraction Holding. Entraction Holding owns and operates the 12th largest online poker network in the world,...
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Ivan Freitez Takes EPT Grand Final Title
The biggest event of the European Poker Tour was decided today, as the newly crowned champion, Ivan Freitez, made history by being the first Venezuelan player to take home an EPT title. This year’s EPT Grand Final drew an impressive field with...
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World Poker Tour World Championship Preview
The world’s biggest and best live poker tournaments are fast approaching. Some tours have already wrapped their seasons, as with the recent EPT Grand Final, while others like the World Poker Tour are already in the midst of their last hurrah, and...
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WSOP-C Southern Regionals and UK & Ireland Poker Tour Cork
Though last weekend’s exciting conclusion to the 2011 World Poker Tour Championship in Las Vegas snagged the lion’s share of the poker press, two other significant (but obviously smaller) events were also wrapping in other parts of the world.
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Surprising Disclosures From Full Tilt And CEREUS Network
With the live tournament season currently hitting its exciting climax, it’s almost possible to forget the shocking setback American poker sustained on April 15. Hardly more than a month after Black Friday, the poker headlines about the U.S....
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Scott Seiver Named 2011 WPT Champion
This year’s WPT Championship marked the first time that American pro Scott Seiver final tabled at a World Poker Tour event. Through several days of solid play and sheer determination, Seiver transformed that honor into an even bigger one – this...
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WPT Championship Continues, Super High Roller Already Settled
The WPT Championship’s final table competition began just before 5pm today. It took approximately 4 ½ hours to reach the heads-up portion of the event, and those final two Championship hopefuls were still duking it out at the time this article...
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