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Two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Steve Zolotow paced the field in London on Day 1B of the 2009 WSOP Europe Main Event. A total of 178 players entered on Sunday for a combined starting grid of 334. [...]
September 2009 Archive
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Steve Zolotow Tops WSOP Europe Main Event Day 1B Field
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Amazing Race: Tiffany Michelle, Maria Ho Escape Elimination in Premiere
Poker pros Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho were spared elimination on the premiere of the CBS reality show Amazing Race, which is entering its 15th season. Michelle and Ho arrived at the first pit stop in last place. [...]
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PokerStars pro Alexandre Gomes makes the money in the Sunday Warm-up
Brazilian player Alexandre “Allingomes” Gomes has had a remarkable performance in the past twenty four months. He has showed that his skills are top notch in live and online tournaments. His first big career prize was the PokerStars Wednesday 150 Grand in February 2008 were he took the 1 [...]
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Linda Johnson Goes to Camp
I recently returned from a 10-day trip to Indiana. The first part of the trip was spent at the Hollywood Casino (formerly Argosy Casino) in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. The new $336 million facility is more than twice the size of its former vessel. [...]
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Emilio Gomez Steps Down from Party Gaming Board of Directors
Party Gaming lost a member of its Board of Directors last week, when Non-Executive Directors Emilio Gomez stepped down from his post for personal reasons. The official statement from Party Gaming announcing his resignation made no mention of a future replacement. [...]
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Brian Powell, Jason Mercier Lead WSOP Europe Main Event Day 1A
Day 1A of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event played out on Saturday. When the smoke cleared, Brian Powell and Team PokerStars Pro member Jason Mercier led the field, which began with 156 players. [...]
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PokerStars Ante Up for Africa Airs on CBS Sports
On Saturday afternoon, CBS Sports aired the second of two episodes of the PokerStars.net Ante Up for Africa tournament that played out during the European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo festivities. [...]
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Federal Officials Seize Additional Internet Gambling Funds
Recent seizures of internet gambling funds related to the payment processor Account Services do not appear to be the end of the U.S. Government's war against the industry. This week, it was revealed that funds in six more accounts had been seized. [...]
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WSOP Extends Contract with IMG Sports and Entertainment
Harrah's Interactive Entertainment (HIE) announced Thursday that its World Series of Poker (WSOP) brand would be renewing its contract with IMG Sports and Entertainment for five more years through 2014. The two groups have worked together since 2005. [...]
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Team Europe Wins Inaugural Caesars Cup
Team Europe emerged victorious in the first ever Caesars Cup, claiming the heads-up and two-on-two matches by a 4-1 margin. Daniel Negreanu captained the American team, while Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad headed the European squad. [...]
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Chris Moorman Signs with DoylesRoom
With the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event on the horizon, the Cake Poker Network site DoylesRoom has made a splash, signing Chris "Moorman1" Moorman to its prestigious Brunson 10. [...]
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Absolute Poker tournaments for this upcoming weekend
Absolute Poker will have hundreds of thousands of dollars in guaranteed prize pools this weekend. The prizes will be spread among the different tournaments that will be held this weekend. Players will get a chance to warm-up for the tourneys that will be played this weekend with a $15K guaranteed re [...]
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International Federation of Poker: Governing Body for the Industry?
Ever since the explosion of poker in the early years of the 21st century, attempts have been made to organize players, either through a governing body for the sport or an organization to impose changes in the game, with varying degrees of success. [...]
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PokerStars Tournaments for today September 25th and this upcoming weekend
PokerStars has some of the largest guaranteed prize pool tournaments each week. Today, PokerStars will be offering the following big guaranteed prize pools: the Daily Thirty Grand at 2 pm, the Daily Eighty Grand at 3 pm, a $60K guaranteed $11+R No Limit Hold’em tourney at 4pm, and a No Limit Holdâ [...]
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PokerStars Loses Isabelle Mercier, Gains Field Hockey Star Fatima Moreira De Melo
Longtime PokerStars representative Isabelle Mercier of Canada ended her relationship with the site a few weeks ago, but another woman has already been added to the roster. PokerStars recently announced the signing of Fatima Moreira de Melo, an Olympic gold medal winning field hockey player from Holl [...]
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Senator Wyden Withdraws Proposal to Use Internet Gambling to Fund Health Care
The debate on Capitol Hill rages on over health care reform, which, according to Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), will likely come with a nearly $1 trillion price tag. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) proposed using internet gambling revenue to defray some of the cost, but withdrew his amendment this week. [...]
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Full Tilt Poker Team member Howard Lederer at the WSOPE Pot Limit Omaha Final Table
The World Series of Poker Europe has taken the spotlight in the poker world and captured the attention of some of the best players in the world. The WSOPE started on September 17th and we are one day away from the Main Event. A Pot Limit Omaha tournament started on September 23rd and the field [...] [...]
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Olivier Busquet Wins WPT Borgata Poker Open
Down 20:1 in chips heads-up, Olivier Busquet mounted the comeback of the century and won the 2009 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open. Busquet entered the six-handed televised final table as the chip leader. [...]
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Full Tilt Poker Pros and High Stakes Regulars Offline
Full Tilt Poker has become a favorite poker room among high stakes players; hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars switch from one bankroll to another in a matter of minutes. It’s very easy to spot some of the best players in the world playing at Full Tilt in one of the many different [...]
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Bob Barr Comments on the Future of Internet Gambling
The evidence keeps mounting that Capitol Hill is going to address the issue of internet gambling head-on. Recently, a column from noted libertarian politician Bob Barr suggested that legislation clarifying the legal standing of internet gambling is on the horizon. [...]
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Ladbrokes Irish Poker Festival Packages Sell Out
Popular European poker site Ladbrokes, part of the Microgaming Network, announced that all of its €950 Ladbrokes Poker Killarney packages have sold out. The only way for a player to enter this exclusive event is to qualify through a €60 live super satellite where 30 seats will be awarded. [...]
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PokerStars sponsors the European Poker Tour London
The EPT Barcelona ended just a few weeks ago; the field had 478 players and included twenty three poker stars pros such as Marcin Horecki, Noah Boeken, Thierry Van Den Berg, Jason Mercier, Johnny Lodden, Katja Thater, Peter Eastgate, Marcel Luske, Lex Veldhuis, Pieter de Korver, Vanessa Rousso, Ivan [...]
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Same Hand, Different Game: Big Pairs
In poker, sometimes the hand you hold has differing potential depending upon the game you're playing. What would be a great hand in one form of poker will, in essence, be junk in another discipline. In this continuing series of articles, we'll examine particular hands and what strategies a player sh [...]
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Olivier Busquet Leads WPT Borgata Poker Open Final Table
The six-handed final table of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Borgata Poker Open is set. Leading the way is Olivier Busquet, who holds 10.3 million chips. His stack is double that of the next closest competitor, Yanick Brodeur. [...]
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2 Months, $2 Million: Team Opens Boot Camp
On this week's installment of the G4 online poker reality show "2 Months, $2 Million," the cast opened boot camp, taking on four students for $7,500 each. In the end, the group earned $106,000 for the week. The show airs on Wednesdays at 8:00pm ET. [...]
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