Although Ognyan Dimov is only the second Bulgarian to win a European Poker Tour main event title, his heads-up opponent, Dany Parlafes, would have been the first from Romania. Parlafes began the EPT €5,300 ($6,000) Deauville Main Event final table as the big stack and dwindled six down to two, but after 117 hands of […]
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Brian Rast had a really, really good, and then a really, really bad day at the recent Aussie Millions. Rast is a well-known, well-liked, and accomplished tournament poker player. At the Aussie Millions, he was able to win a major tournament at Melbourne’s Crown Casino, and won $315,000 in the process. But shortly after winning […]
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Following the news that Partypoker and Europe’s largest live poker room, Dusk Till Dawn (DTD), will be working in partnership this year, it’s been announced that the coalition will launch a new UK poker tour. Dubbed the partypoker Grand Prix Tour, the series will bring the “DTD experience” to venues across the country according to […]
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Dan Bilzerian, the bad boy poker player and “King of Instagram,” has escaped jail time following his arrest on bomb making charges late last year. Bilzerian instead agreed to a plea bargain which will see him deliver a repentant public service announcement on behalf of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), presumably on the follies […]
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The game of poker has inspired a group of high ranking marketing professionals, thanks to advice given by well-known poker pro, Andrew Robl. According to the article, marketing professionals have seen the value in the same traits it takes to win consistently at poker as it does to become a successful internet marketer. The article […]
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In multiple research studies it has been concluded that both cocaine and pornography can likely lead to reduced decision-making abilities. This, according to medical researchers, is groundbreaking evidence about the perils of cocaine usage and pornography viewing. A medical research director at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine when on the record to state […]
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The Ladies Event at the European Poker Tour’s Deauville stop was meant to be a tournament where women, who typically make up only a small minority of poker fields, could compete amongst themselves for a change. Sure, French law doesn’t allow organizers to ban men from participating in such events, and the very low €220 […]
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Bwin.party expects to be affected by the European Union’s Value Added Tax (VAT) to the tune of €15 million ($17.2 million) following new regulations that were implemented January 1, 2015. Previously exempt from VAT, changes to the law now levies a charge on electronic gambling regardless of location, an amendment expected to cost online casino […]
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Mississippi online poker was always a long shot, but in 2015, a bill to regulate the game in the state never even got close to being considered. The Mississippi Lawful Internet Gaming Act of 2015 is officially dead, having failed to advance past the committee level by a Tuesday deadline. The bill, introduced by State […]
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Former Full Tilt poker pro Erick Lindgren is being sued by the Rational Group, parent company of both PokerStars and Full Tilt, for more than $2.5 million, as the company is hoping to recoup a debt that goes back to the days when Full Tilt Poker was an independent poker room, before Black Friday. The […]
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Online poker in France continues to freefall like a concrete Felix Baumgartner. Yes, it’s time again to report on the dire health of the French poker market, something we do… well, roughly every quarter of a year, and we must admit that these headlines are starting to sound a bit samey. But here we go, […]
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Tom Marchese pulled off a rather impressive poker feat last weekend, winning back-to-back $25,000 High Roller events at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. His two-day haul of $681,876 came from fields of just 41 and 42 entries, with Marchese agreeing to a heads-up deal at the High Roller II and a three-way […]
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Paul Phua has been dealt aces in his bid to escape a stiff sentence for his role in the Caesars Palace World Cup betting ring. Following a four-day hearing, US Magistrate Judge Peggy Lean has recommended that the majority of evidence gathered by the FBI during an undercover surveillance operation should be dismissed. FBI agents […]
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WSOP 2015 may be less than four months away, but it’s light years from where it used to be, metaphorically speaking. Hoping to attract fresh blood and more amateur poker players, the event series has announced quite a few changes in events and structures, as well as a new way of delivering live reporting throughout. […]
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In an age when the Chris Moneymakers of this world seem to be losing traction as the more experienced pros re-establish their poker tournament prowess, a virtually unknown amateur, Jamie Geffin (aka PitBully01), a 23-year-old portfolio manager from London, took down third in a recent PokerStars Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) NLH event. Raking […]
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The Aussie Millions Main Event crowned its 18th champion over the weekend, as local boy Manny Stavropoulos outlasted a tough final table that included two-time WSOP bracelet-winner Brian Rast. Stavropoulos, a popular player at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, defeated Germany’s Lennart Uphoff heads-up to take home AU$1,385,500 (US$1.08 million), while just across the river to the […]
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Aaron Mermelstein won the World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Winter Poker Open to claim his first major tournament victory. In what was described as a wild final table, where nearly every player held the lead at some point, the 27-year-old from Philadelphia bested his opponents for the win. The final table took a little more […]
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Boxing legend Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao can truthfully say that only a handful of people have gotten the best of him in the ring, but when it comes to high stakes no-limit holdem ring games, the 36 year old boxing sensation from the Philippines is somewhat more likely to meet his match. According to high stakes […]
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Paul Phua is currently on trial in the US for running an illegal sports betting operation in Las Vegas during the world cup. Though the former Macau junket operator had the support of professional players like Phil Ivey, Andrew Robl and Tom Dwan during his initial arrest last year, it turns out he has been […]
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The Aussie Millions Main Event is underway, but much of the action at the hottest poker festival Down Under has already wrapped up. Early events have been underway since January 14, providing plenty of drama and big wins in the run-up to Australia’s largest poker tournament. Gill Finally Scores a Win One of the most […]
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