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Online poker sites go to war over sponsored players

admin — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:50:32 +0000

The major online poker rooms are acting like your favorite sports franchise; snatching up any big-name player they can get their hands on. In the past few weeks PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and even PKR Poker have added a number of big-names to their professional rosters. Full Tilt Poker has been pretty quiet on the signing [...]

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Ladbrokes see poker revenue dip while sports-book profits soar

admin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:23:42 +0000

It’s not too often that a company would show any concerns when profits are up 128% –£51.1 million in 2010 compared to 2009’s £22.4 million– as Ladbrokes were for the Third Quarter this year, but hidden amidst those huge overall profits was a disturbing trend. Ladbrokes saw their poker revenue decrease by 27%, further evidence [...]

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Maxim Lykov latest addition to Team PokerStars Pro

admin — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:08:02 +0000

The arms race between PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker continues to heat up, with both rooms snatching up every top poker player available, as the two online poker powers battle for poker supremacy. The latest addition to the Team PokerStars Pro lineup is Russian online phenom Maxim Lykov. Lykov has been playing at the PokerStars tables [...]

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Durrrr and jungleman12 resume match with brief session

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:19:52 +0000

Before Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan and Daniel ‘jungleman12’ Cates sat down to play a single hand of their 50,000 hand challenge match, everyone expected the latest incarnation of the durrrr Challenge to be over fairly quickly –unlike the Antonius vs. durrrr match that started over a year ago and is still not concluded! The two online poker [...]

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Doyle Brunson talks Poker HOF candidates

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:12:27 +0000

Poker Hall of Fame member Doyle Brunson has already cast his ballot for the 2010 Poker Hall of Fame class, and he recently took to his blog regarding his selection(s) and critiqued each of the 10 nominees on the list. Doyle heaped the most praise on Erik Seidel saying, “I gave almost all of my votes [...]

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High-stakes action heats up on Full Tilt Poker in September

admin — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:08:55 +0000

The high-stakes poker tables on Full Tilt Poker have been rejuvenated recently thanks to a slew of new competitors trying to make a name for themselves by taking on the best poker players in the world. Players like ‘cadillac1944’ and Andreas “skjervoy” Torvaldsen have been fixtures at the nosebleed tables, not to mention a few [...]

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Study shows playing poker staves off dementia

admin — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:04:21 +0000

Here’s a bit of good news for all the losing poker players out there; even though you are losing your money playing poker, at least you won’t lose your mind in the process! A new study by noted Alzheimer’s disease researcher Dr. Jeffrey Cummings has shown that playing mentally stimulating games like poker can help [...]

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Full Tilt still accepting Washington State poker players

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:23:33 +0000

After last week’s court ruling that upheld the state’s law banning online poker in Washington State, the world’s largest online poker room PokerStars withdrew from the market citing the recent ruling as the impetus for their departure. Fortunately for poker players in Washington State Full Tilt Poker –and other US-friendly poker rooms like UB and [...]

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Poker pro Tony Dunst to host WPT Raw Deal segment

admin — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:58:48 +0000

When the World Poker Tour announced they were holding open auditions for a new segment on the telecast, known as the Raw Deal, the qualifications seemed to indicate that the WPT was looking for a non-poker pro, who would be willing to speak their mind and tell it like it is; unafraid to step on [...]

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John Juanda comes up just short at EPT final table

admin — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:53:50 +0000

With his opponent crippled, and over a 4-to-1 chip-lead on two different occasions, Team Full Tilt Poker Pro John Juanda was unable to finish a very game young Brit, David Vamplew. Juanda’s best chance was when he had Vamplew all-in going into the river holding the nut flush-draw to Juanda’s Ace-high straight. A river club [...]

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PokerStars EPT London final table set

admin — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:47:48 +0000

A quick look at the leader-board at the European Poker Tour’s London stop has two notable names on it; one near the top and the other near the bottom. The player who is virtually in a tie for the chip-lead is 4-time WSOP bracelet winner John Juanda, who seems to do pretty well in London [...]

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A look at Full Tilt Poker’s new FTP system

admin — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:44:33 +0000

As virtually every online poker room moved towards a tiered VIP Rewards Program that favored high-volume players, Full Tilt Poker continued to award players 1 FTP for every $1 in rake collected at the table; regardless of stakes, hands played, or previous points awarded. Well, Full Tilt made a few changes to their VIP Program [...]

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Jason Mercier adds WCOOP win to his growing poker resume

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:59:42 +0000

If you were to ask the question: Who is the best tournament poker player in the world right now? The answer would have to come back Jason Mercier. Over the last few years Mercier has been the King Midas of the poker world, turning his cards into gold –well turning them into the 21st century [...]

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Scott Shelley denies JP Kelly historic WSOPE win

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:28:05 +0000

The 2010 World Series of Poker Europe has appeared almost scripted up to this point. In Event #1 we had Phil Laak capturing his first WSOP bracelet; in Event #2 Jeff Lisandro picked up bracelet #5, while Willie Tann AND Chris Bjorin made back-to-back final tables; and heading into the final table of Event #3, [...]

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Party Poker announces creation of Double Hold’ Em

admin — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:26:59 +0000

Party Poker has always taken the conservative approach as far as the games it offers on the site –they were one of the last rooms to add micro-stakes games to their site, and for the most part stuck to the poker mainstays of Holdem, Omaha and Stud. So it was a little bit of a [...]

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Party Poker introduces Double Holdem

admin — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:16:58 +0000

A lot of online poker rooms have tinkered with the variety of games they offer going all the way back to the early days of online poker when Ultimate Bet offered games like Crazy Pineapple. But for the most part sites have realized that players like their old standbys like Texas Holdem, PLO and Stud. [...]

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7 Card Stud Hi-Lo Rules

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:07:57 +0000

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo is a popular split pot version of Seven Card Stud. Stud Hi-Lo promotes more action than regular stud due to the fact that in many hands one player will get half of the pot for having the highest hand, and a separate player will receive half the pot if [...]

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Rummy Poker Websites

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:35:41 +0000

If you like to play rummy card games, or rummy poker instead of holdem, we recommend this fantastic new site: Rummy Royal ( visit www.RummyRoyal.com) Rummy is a popular game based on poker, typically played with two to six people. Seven cards are dealt to each player, and the objective is to create sets and runs [...]

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Play Online Poker For Fake Money

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:17:07 +0000

Many online poker players prefer to play poker for fake money. While it can seem like a waste of time to some people, poker with play money can be a great way to enjoy the game without losing any money or get used to playing poker before making a significant investment on a given website. [...]

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Making a living from online poker

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:46:29 +0000

We’ve of course all seen the famous poker players like Doyle Brunson, Danny Negreanu and Phil Helmuth who aren’t just making a living playing poker. They’re filthy stinkin’ rich from playing poker, and that’s great. Perhaps you’ve also heard of online poker players, like Durrr (Tom Dwan) or ElkY (the first ever PokerStars SuperNova Elite), [...]

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And Before There Was Durrr

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:33:43 +0000

It has been several years since Full Tilt became one of the largest poker sites on the internet. When their popularity first began to grow the highest no-limit stakes that you could find were $50/$100 and occasionally $100/$200. Around this time, Mike Matusow was one of the staples in the high stakes poker game. John [...]

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Titan Poker

admin — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:36:23 +0000

General Established in 2005 and part of the iPoker Network, Titan Poker is one of the top poker sites on the Web. For those who are not located in the United States, Titan Poker may be the very best poker site. When you consider everything as a whole, they have an amazing package. Top of the [...]

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Poker Websites Supported On Macs

admin — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:30:24 +0000

As a poker player with a MAC, there is an extra step that you need to take in the process of finding the right poker site. Finding poker sites that are supported on MAC can be a tough task. It can be very frustrating to find out about a great new poker site, and then come to find out - you cannot even download it on a MAC. Fortunately

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Badugi Poker Websites

admin — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:27:58 +0000

Badugi is a very rare and unknown poker game to most poker players. It is not played very often, and when it is you will not find it easy to get a full table. There are some poker sites that offer Badugi, but not many. The ones that do will often have a consistent amount of players, because there are only a few options. The nice thing however, is

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Download Cake Poker

admin — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:19:54 +0000

Cake Poker is a smaller poker room, that is starting to grow into one of the top small poker rooms on the Web. When you play at Cake Poker, you will have all of the typical issues you would have at any small poker site, but for the most part it is a great place to play. There are some good games with soft competition and some great tournaments

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Cake Poker

admin — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:13:28 +0000

General Cake Poker is by no means one of the big boys of the online poker world. Cake is just a nice simple and small poker site slowly working on making it to the top. They have some pretty good tournaments, and some decent games during peak traffic hours, but for the most part - the traffic is lacking. If you are new to online poker, then you must understand

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Doyles Room – Online Poker Room and Casino

admin — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:27:10 +0000

Summary Doyles Room is a fantastic online poker room launched in 2004 under the endorsement of legendary, 10-time WSOP bracelet winner Doyle Brunson. Perhaps the most unique aspect of Doyles Room is its exceptional devotion to US players. Doyles Room has always accept US players, but when the Microgaming Network put an end to this, Doyles Room actually switched to the Cake Poker Network to ensure continued acceptance of US players

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Bodog – Best Online Poker Site and Online Casino

admin — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:13:29 +0000

Bodog Poker is one of the golden oldies in the online poker industry, launched all the way back in 1995. Bodog Poker has a lot of great perks for novice and veteran online poker fans, including a spectacular software platform. $5 million worth of monthly guarantees, and some of the loosest competition of any online poker network. A large selection of beginner tournaments give new poker players a lot of

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PokerStars – The Biggest Online Poker Site, and mayhap the Best…

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:52:16 +0000

PokerStars has become a catalyst for the entire online poker industry, having risen among the ranks to the world's largest poker room. The company set the bar for other poker sites to strive to match. Just a few years back Party Poker was in their place, at the top of the poker worlds food chain. Party Poker is a publicly traded company though, so much to the benefit of companies

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Full Tilt Poker – The Online Poker Juggernaut

admin — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:16:21 +0000

Full Tilt Poker is a juggernaut in the online poker industry, holding the long-time status of the world's second largest poker room. The traffic is incredibly large and consistent at all hours, not just peak times. Full Tilt Poker has one of the widest assortment of poker variants, available in ring games and tournaments alike. As the second largest poker site, it's little surprise that Full Tilt has the

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