Theo Jorgensen Shot, Robbed in Denmark Home

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Danish news magazine Ekstra Bladet (ekstrabladet.dk) has reported that popular Danish poker pro Theo Jorgensen was shot in a home robbery Sunday night. He is in stable condition in the hospital, fortunately only shot in the leg. The attack occurred at about 10:00pm Sunday, December 2nd, as three men forced their way into Jorgensen’s home… Read more »

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Doyle Brunson Diagnosed with Treatable Cancer

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Poker legend Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson announced Tuesday via Twitter that he has been diagnosed with cancer. Brunson has expressed confidence that everything will be just fine. Early yesterday afternoon, the ten-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner relayed the news to his friends and fans via his oft-used Twitter account, writing: “It was malignant.… Read more »

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Editorial: Poker News vs. Poker “News”

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There was recently a slight to-do in the poker community about the popular site PokerStrategy.com supposedly reporting mostly negative news about Full Tilt Poker, which will re-launch tomorrow. Some people believe it is because PokerStars, Full Tilt’s new owner, ended all rakeback deals and thus cost PokerStrategy and other large affiliates a significant chunk of… Read more »

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Hurricane Sandy Shuts Down Atlantic City Casinos

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While the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event final table is cause for celebration in Las Vegas this week, the story is much different for another poker hotbed in United States. Atlantic City, New Jersey has been ravaged by Hurricane Sandy, displacing residents, destroying the famous Boardwalk, and forcing all twelve of its casinos… Read more »

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Phil Ivey Speaks to ESPN.com

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With the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table just hours away and baseball’s World Series ending last night, the spotlight of the sports world is shining squarely on poker for the next two days as nine players have their sights set on the more than $8.5 million first prize. One of this… Read more »

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Democratic National Platform Does Not Discuss Poker

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It is the Democrats’ turn to take the national stage this week as they attempt to rally their base at the National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. And, like the Republicans, the 2012 Democratic National Platform was published to coincide with the festivities. Unlike in the Republican National Platform, however, online poker was not attacked.… Read more »

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Atlantic City Casino Loses Lawsuit Against Players

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Back in April, a group of 14 gamblers had the day of their lives: they took the Golden Nugget Atlantic City for more than $1.5 million. Fairly, without cheating. To their horror, though, they found themselves sued by the casino and were still without $1 million of their winnings. Fast forward four months and a… Read more »

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Pinnacle Entertainment Sells Global Poker Index

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Just weeks after purchasing the Global Poker Index (GPI), Pinnacle Entertainment has turned around and flipped it to Zokay Entertainment, a gaming company created by former ChiliGaming CEO Alex Dreyfus. The GPI ranks the top 300 live poker tournament players in the world, adjusted weekly. Pinnacle, which owns several casinos in the United States, purchased… Read more »

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Facebook Launches First Real-Money Gambling App

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Online poker players, don’t get excited just yet. Don’t start running around the neighborhood yelling about how your “One time” has finally come in. Ok, fine, get a little excited. For the first time, Facebook is offering a game in which players can wager real money, not simply things like in-game currency or Facebook credits.… Read more »

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Tennessee Poker Players Learn Their Fate From Chattanooga D. A.

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Poker players at a Tennessee poker outlet learned their fate this week as Chattanooga District Attorney Neal Pinkston held hearings regarding charges against those patrons. 41 players gathered in front of Pinkston on Thursday as a result of a raid by Chattanooga police in June. Back on June 7, the Chattanooga Police Department raided an… Read more »

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Pinnacle Entertainment Announces Positive Earnings, Plans to Expand Heartland Poker Tour

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Pinnacle Entertainment, owner of the Heartland Poker Tour, reported positive second quarter financial results Wednesday, sparking a jump in the company’s stock price. Revenue increased $8.9 million to $298.3 million, a 3.1 percent lift from the second quarter of 2011. Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization), was even more impressive, soaring… Read more »

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Poker Players Sue Tennessee Club

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A group of more than 70 Tennessee poker players have filed a class action lawsuit against the Chattanooga Billiard Club (CBC) and its owner Phil Windham for allegedly cancelling an annual poker tournament for which the players qualified. In the Complaint, filed by attorney Hoyt Samples, the plaintiffs explain that the CBC hosted a free… Read more »

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Charity Poker Tournament to Benefit Duchenne Research

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This Saturday, June 2nd, celebrities from the worlds of sports and entertainment will converge on the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California for the 5th annual Dealing for Duchenne charity poker tournament and auction. Cure Duchenne, a non-profit organization which provides funding for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) research, is the organizer of the event… Read more »

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ESPN Ranks Jason Mercier #1 Again, Erik Seidel Falls

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ESPN.com recently released the latest edition of its “The Nuts,” its monthly poker player rankings. Player rankings produced by other websites typically take into account only poker tournaments; some use live tournaments, some use online. ESPN.com uses all the information available to sort things out in an attempt to rank the best players of the… Read more »

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PokerTracker 4 Public Beta Released

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PokerTracker, the ever-popular online poker analysis software suite, recently released the public beta of its newest version, PokerTracker 4 (PT4). PT4 had previously been made available on a limited basis via the company’s private beta testing program, but now anyone can get their hands on this newest version to give it a spin before the… Read more »

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Chad Elie Pleads Guilty, Avoids Trial

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Chad Elie, one of the eleven men named in the April 15th, 2011 “Black Friday” online gambling indictments, has pleaded guilty to one of the nine crimes with which he was charged. Elie was set to stand trial on April 9th for his role as a payment processor for PokerStars, Absolute Poker, and Full Tilt… Read more »

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Mercier, Seidel Remain Atop ESPN Player Rankings

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It’s the beginning of a new month (well close enough) and with that, ESPN has released the latest installment of its poker player rankings, dubbed “The Nuts.” ESPN’s rankings attempt to determine who the best poker player is right now, at this moment, and while the pollsters naturally give weight to what a player has… Read more »

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Jonathan Duhamel, WSOP Bracelet Reunited

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It is not exactly a true happy ending, but to this point, it would probably be hard for Jonathan Duhamel to want much more after the frightening pre-Christmas incident that saw him robbed and beaten in his own home. Last Wednesday, the most prized item swiped in the break-in, Duhamel’s 2010 World Series of Poker… Read more »

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