The Sunday Warm-up at PokerStars has a massive $750K guaranteed prize pool, but his Sunday the purse swelled to $820K, where first place money was over $128K. The event was won by CucbKu after a heads-up chop – CucbKu increased his bankroll in $122K for his efforts, and the runner-up took home [...]
August 2009 Archive
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PokerStars Weekend Tournament Recap

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Full Tilt Poker Weekend Tournament Recap

Full Tilt Poker is the second biggest online poker room in the world, with outstanding traffic and unmatched guarantees. Over the weekend, the Sunday Brawl had two thousand three hundred and ninety four entrants, with a prize pool that exceeded $478K. The first place winner was PoutsoKefalos, who to [...]
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Titan Poker Announces their Omaholics Promotion

Titan Poker likes to innovate and provide promotions that break the mold for all their poker players. One such promotion that had great success among Titan Poker players was the Omaholics, and because Titan Poker likes nothing more than to please their players, the Omaholics promotion is back this S [...]
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Annie Duke to Host Charity Tournament in California

Poker professional Annie Duke, who has been at the forefront of the usage of poker for charitable means, will add to her philanthropic outlets when she hosts a charity poker tournament at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles to benefit the Decision Education Foundation in November. [...]
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Online Poker Tournament Recap: Monday, August 31

PokerStars, the world's leading online poker site, once again generated the largest turnouts Sunday, as its major events extended well beyond their guarantees. The site, which is preparing for its WCOOP this week, drew nearly 9,000 players to its flagship Sunday Million tournament. Five players stru [...]
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PokerStars APPT Macau has a New Champion

PokerStars and the Asian Pacific Poker Tour did an outstanding job with the Macau event, which was hosted by one of most luxurious casinos in Asia, the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino. The field was the largest to date for the event with four hundred and twenty nine players and a two million dollar pr [...]
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National Council on Problem Gambling Comments on Menendez Bill

Earlier this month, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced S 1597, the Internet Poker and Games of Skill Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act. The bill includes provisions to address problem gambling. [...]
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2 Months, $2 Million: Team Loses $84,200

This week on the G4 online poker reality show "2 Months, $2 Million," the team suffered a major setback, losing $84,200 collectively. However, the quartet defeated a rival group in football, nightlife, and online poker challenges. [...]
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Full Tilt Poker to Host Take 2 in September

Taking place throughout the month of September on Full Tilt Poker is Take 2, an innovative online poker promotion that allows players to earn up to $50 in cash and double Full Tilt Points (FTPs). [...]
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Martonas Loses $1.4 Million on Full Tilt Poker

This weekend, the high-stakes action at the Full Tilt nosebleed tables was relatively calm compared to the Pot Limit Omaha frenzy that transpired last weekend. The slow action of Friday and Saturday brought an anticlimactic end to a week that saw the return of Durrrr Challenge play and a substantia [...]
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Card Player Cruises Releases 2009-2010 Schedule

Starting in November, Card Player Cruises will return to the high seas aboard the 138,000 ton Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' Explorer of the Seas. Destinations over the next year for the cruising company include Alaska, the Mediterranean, and Mexico. [...]
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Online Poker Funds Remain Seized in Account Services Case

According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, online poker funds seized by the Southern District of New York belonging to Account Services will remain under guard for what the newspaper claimed "could be years." [...]
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Absolute Poker Offers Big Guaranteed Tournaments

Absolute Poker is celebrating its 10th anniversary and along with the celebrations it’s also offering big daily guaranteed tournaments. For today Saturday August 29th Absolute Poker will host at 3pm ET a $15K Pot Limit Omaha 8 Deep Stack, the buy-in to the event is $150 + $12. The biggest guarante [...]
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Doyle Brunson Interview with Poker News Daily

Poker News Daily: You have an autobiography coming out later this year. Can you talk about why you're writing the book now and what readers can expect? Brunson: The book is supposed to be out in November. It's been in the works for four or five years and I've vetoed it twice because I didn't want i [...]
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Linda Johnson’s Favorite WPT Memories

I had the best job of anyone on the World Poker Tour. I got to travel all over the world, meet lots of awesome people, get my hair and makeup done, entertain an audience of poker players, and say "Shuffle Up and Deal!" I also got to work with an incredible crew including Mike Sexton and Vince Van Pa [...]
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Joe Cada Turns Down PokerHost, Ultimate Bet to Sign with PokerStars

Recently, World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine member Joe Cada inked an agreement to be sponsored by PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site. The signing marked the end of a grueling process for Cada and his agent, Dan Frank. [...]
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Durrrr and FullFlush Headline World Open V Lineup

Major changes are in store for the latest installment of the PartyPoker and Matchroom Sport sponsored World Open poker tournament. In addition to several new faces participating in the popular televised event, the World Open V will also have a new place to call home and a new structure. [...]
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PokerStars wants more Ladies at the EPT London

The European Poker Tour London will start on September 30th. The main event will begin on October 2nd and it will run until the final table on October 7th. During the festivities in London, one event will most certainly capture the gentlemen’s attention – a ladies only event will be held on [...]
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Full Tilt Poker Offering the Biggest Guaranteed Tournaments

It’s Friday and just like all Fridays, Full Tilt Poker is offering the biggest guaranteed tournaments. To start warming up for the weekend, Full Tilt Poker has the Friday Night fights starting today at 9 pm ET. With a buy-in of $500 + $35, the guaranteed price pool is seventy five thousand dollars [...]
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Ultimate Bet Announces the Aruba Mercedes Madness

Ultimate Bet is celebrating their 10th anniversary and they are inviting all of their poker players to take a chance at the Aruba Poker Classic satellite events. This seven-day tournament/holiday will have a multi-million prize pool that will have all the poker players giving their best efforts to t [...]
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Ultimate Bet Host Satellites to the Aruba 25 seat Super Satellite

Ultimate Bet is celebrating their 10th anniversary and they want to bring as many players as they can to the party! There will be millions of dollars in prizes and they recently announced that another tournament was added to the tournament line-up and the prize is a Mercedes ML 350; it’s an exclus [...]
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David Sklansky’s Las Vegas House Robbed

Word has spread like wildfire that respected Two Plus Two poker author David Sklansky was recently the victim of a home invasion outside of Las Vegas on July 25th. According to reports, Sklansky was asleep when two men broke into his home near Wigwam and Bermuda shortly after 3:00am. [...]
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PokerStars APPT Macau Day 2 has ended

Day two has ended at the prestigious event in Macau and only 42 players remain in contention for the 1st place prize that will award more than half a million to the winner. Australian player Suen Kit Cheong turned up the aggression in the last hands of the day, as he sent PokerStars Qualifier Justin [...]
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California Intrastate Online Poker Update

Recently in California, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians presented a bill calling for the legalization of online poker in the state, according to the Capitol Weekly news publication. Poker News Daily sat down with Poker Voters of America Director Melanie Brenner to get the organization's reaction [...]
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iPoker Network Launches Monthly Million Tournament

Starting in September, a $1 million guaranteed prize pool tournament will take place monthly on the massive iPoker Network. The $535 buy-in gala will kick off on September 13th at 18:00 GMT. [...]

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