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The Des Moines Register reported Tuesday that state Sen.
Phil “MrSweets28” Galfond has won $400,000 over the past seven days at the high-stakes pot-limit Omaha tables on PokerStars.
The line-up for the upcoming World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Stars championship has been announced – and it’s one heck of a stellar-packed list. Already confirmed for this year’s $9,500+$500 buy-in event are reigning champion Alan Sternberg, as well as the likes of Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu, Liv Boeree, Joe Hachem, Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, Jonathan Duhamel, David Williams, Barry Greenstein and Jason Mercier
With the first major tournament series of 2012 now in the books I figured it was time to take a look at the Global Poker Index (GPI) rankings for the first time in 2012. The GPI was created in conjunction with the Epic Poker League in order to give the eligible EPL players a ranking system.
There hasn’t been a major live poker tournament since before the Christmas weekend, when the World Poker Tour wrapped-up their 2011 schedule with the WPT Venice and the Epic Poker League hosted their 3rd Main Event of the year. Now that the holidays and festivities of ringing in the New Year are over, the poker world is ready to get back at it, and Read Full Article Related posts: 2012 WSOP $1 million tournament will be bracelet event When the idea of a special $1 million buy-in tournament…
While we try to provide you with comprehensive coverage from a number of major tournaments around the world, sometimes there is simply too much going on in the world of tournament poker to cover each and every event, and this is precisely what has taken place over the past week or so. While we were busy keeping you abreast on the latest chip counts Read Full Article Related posts: PKR Poker to announce new sponsored pro this week One of the top independent online poker rooms in the…
After Black Friday online poker sites where starting t get bad press with stories coming out like the Full Tilt scandal. However, where Full Tilt had been taking money from players, Lock Poker decided to give back this Christmas
Double or Nothing (DoN) Sit and Go tournaments have become increasingly popular recently.
Every year I like to take a look at a few of the tournament grinders who have been quite successful over the past few years, but have yet to “breakout” as poker superstars — had a few cards fallen differently they would already be household names in the poker world and received plenty of gambling news headlines. So here is Part 2 of my Read Full Article Related posts: 10 poker players to watch in 2012 Part 1 Every year I like to take a look at a..
Even as poker, and online poker in particular, has garnered a lot of mainstream media attention since Black Friday, for the first time (to my knowledge) a major network has decided to look at the fallout from the US shutdown of online poker sites and the subsequent problems created at Full Tilt Poker from the players’ perspective. In a 4-minute segment on Monday titled, Read Full Article Related posts: New players emerging in US online poker industry PocketFives assisting wayward online poker players Potheads Still More Motivated than Online Poker Players
Online casinos and poker rooms are getting more popular than ever.
There is an intense drive in the state of California to make internet gambling legal. Proponents of online gambling believe it to be a great idea and have taken several steps to promote it.
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November 21, 2011 in Poker Tagged association, California, game, legalize, legislation, move, online, operators, poker, popularity, sites, state, website
Even with all the online poker tips available on the internet, it’s astounding how many poker players play weakly once they’ve involved themselves in a hand. Hand selection is one of the most important aspects of being a solid poker player, and yet people tend to play trash hands in the hope of hitting a monster on the flop.
It looks like Phil Ivey’s divorce is about to get as messy as his contentious relationship with Full Tilt Poker. Carri Geer Thevenot of the Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting that Ivey’s ex-wife (the couple was officially divorced in late 2009) has filed a petition to the court over concerns of Judicial Bias stemming from campaign contributions made to Family Court Judge Bill Gonzalez Read Full Article Related posts: Phil Ivey borrowed $11 million from Full Tilt Poker Full Tilt Poker fires back at Phil Ivey Phil Ivey suing Full Tilt, boycotts 2011 WSOP
If you have just decided for an online poker play but don’t know how to make a deposit at an online poker room, then this article will prove quite helpful for you.