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What is Omaha and how do you play it? With Hold'em tables overflowing with players, many new players are heading over to the Omaha games. So with that in mind, here is a guide for getting started at Omaha and making sense of Omaha Hi-Lo as well. [...]
September 2008 Archive
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Branching Out: A Beginner’s Guide to Omaha
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Sherkhan Farnood Wins WSOP Europe Event 2
The £2,500 buy-in HORSE tournament wrapped up on Wednesday at the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe. Winning the coveted bracelet was Sherkhan Farnood, who took home £76,999. Others at the final table included Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, and Jeff Lisandro. [...]
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Jason Mercier Leads WSOP Europe Event 3 After Day One
Day One of the ₤5,000 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha tournament of the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe kicked off on Wednesday. When the smoke cleared, Jason Mercier held a slight chip leader over online poker pro Shaun Deeb. [...]
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Doyle Brunson to Play Annette “Annette_15″ Obrestad in Poker Match at WSOPE
On Friday, it's expected that many avid poker players and fans will gather at the Casino at the Empire in Leicester Square in London. Doyle Brunson will take on online poker prodigy and 2007 WSOPE Main Event winner Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad in a heads-up match. [...]
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PokerStars Announces the Million Dollar Men
Six of the nine Final Table players for the WSOP Main Event are sponsored by Poker Stars, which is why the site is celebrating with promotions, freerolls and chances to play against the potential champs. [...]
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PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Tournament Schedule Announced
Poker players who head to Nassau in The Bahamas for the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) will have even more to look forward to. On Wednesday, the online poker room announced that the 2009 PCA will also feature $1,000, $2,000, $5,000 and $25,000 buy-in events. [...]
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Howard Lederer Leads WSOP Europe Event 2
The second event of the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe wrapped up Day Two on Tuesday night. When the smoke cleared in the ₤2,500 buy-in HORSE event, a familiar name was at the top of the leader board: Full Tilt Poker pro Howard Lederer. [...]
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WCOOP Total Prize Pool Nearly Tops $40 Million
The Main Event of the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker concluded on Monday night. It awarded $1.2 million to its winner, ckingusc. According to a press release distributed by PokerStars, the Main Event was the largest online poker tournament ever held. [...]
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WSOP Europe to Host Phil Hellmuth Lookalike Contest
Aside from four bracelets and millions of dollars on the line, there is something else to look forward to at this week's World Series of Poker Europe festivities. Ultimate Bet personality Phil Hellmuth will be hosting a special lookalike contest. [...]
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Jesper Hougaard Wins WSOP Europe Event 1
On Friday, Day 1A of Event 1 of the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe kicked off from the Casino at the Empire in London, England. When the smoke cleared on Monday night from the European metropolis, Jesper Hougaard defeated a field of 410 entrants en route to a ₤144,218 payday. [...]
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Playtech Adds Sisal to its Italian Network
Italian gaming behemoth Sisal signed with Playtech to launch a poker site, becoming the third Italian gaming company in the past few weeks to do so. [...]
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Internet Gambling Comes Under Fire in Kentucky
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Steve Beshear, may rid the state of internet gambling if all goes as planned at a forfeiture hearing, which is scheduled for Thursday according to the Associated Press. Judge Thomas Wingate will preside over the hearing, which if successful may block acc [...]
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Full Tilt Poker Signs Hal Lubarsky
The roster of pros on Full Tilt Poker just got a little bigger. Poker News Daily has confirmed that the online poker room has signed Hal Lubarsky to be a Full Tilt Poker sponsored pro. [...]
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EU vs US Internet Gambling Dispute Could Head to WTO
Last week, trade representatives from the European Union arrived in Washington, D.C. to inquire about the state of internet gambling enforcement in the United States. According to a report published by Reuters, the matter could now head to the World Trade Organization. [...]
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Phil Ivey Wins Second Million Dollar Cash Game
Phil Ivey gave poker players around the world yet another reason to fear him at the felts. The five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner continued his domination of high-stakes events by taking down the third Million Dollar Cash Game. [...]
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Poker – the newest investing trend
Imagine playing poker with all your losses covered, but keeping only 50% of your winnings. This is the modus operandi of BadBeat, an experiment in prop trading. [...]
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Party Poker Reveals New Lobby
Players on Party Poker got a sneak peak at the site's new lobby look on Monday. In an image posted on the online poker room's official blog, the new lobby was unveiled. Gone will be the days of the lobby that many players grew up with on the site. [...]
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CryptoLogic Expects Operating Loss for Q3
In a trading update for the third quarter issued by software developer and licenser CryptoLogic on Monday morning, the company announced that it expected to see an operating loss for the third quarter of $1.0 to $1.5 million. The company also stated that it expects to take a foreign exchange loss of [...]
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Adam Junglen Leads WSOPE Event 1 Final Table
On Monday at 1:00pm local time, the final nine players of Event #1 of the World Series of Poker Europe will reconvene at the Empire Casino in London. Leading the pack will be Adam Junglen, who has one-third of the chips in play. [...]
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PurePlay CEO Discusses Future of Online Poker
Subscription-based online poker room PurePlay recently surpassed the 1.5 million player mark. Poker News Daily sat down with CEO Jason Kellerman to learn about PurePlay and the future of online poker. [...]
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PokerStars WCOOP Main Event Draws 2,185 Entrants
The $5,200 buy-in PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Main Event began on Sunday, the first of two days of the world's largest online poker tournament. When registration closed around 5:00pm ET, there were 2,185 entrants. [...]
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Daniel Negreanu, Adam Junglen Among WSOPE Event 1 Leaders
Event 1 of the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe began on Friday. The second of two starting days occurred on Saturday and near the top of the chip counts were PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu and Australian Jason Gray. The overall leader was Ohio resident Adam Junglen. [...]
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PiKappRaider Wins WCOOP Six-Handed Rebuy Event
The 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker is drawing to a close, but PiKappRaider made the most of the final events, taking home $211,133 for first place in the $530 Rebuy No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event (#29). [...]
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Bodog Poker Open II Guarantees $650,000
On Friday, the full schedule for the Bodog Poker Open II was announced. The premier event held on the online poker site will begin on Sunday, September 28th. [...]
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Million Dollar Poker Club Will Award Up To 50 WSOP Seats, Train Players
Up and coming poker site Million Dollar Poker Club is awarding players with poker training opportunities. Up to 50 of the trained players will then be sent to the WSOP. [...]
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