Eugene Katchalov Wins PCA Super High Roller Event

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It was a win-win for the final two players in the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller Event at the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). Eugene Katchalov came away with the win and collected a grand prize of $1.5 million, while Team PokerStars Pro member Daniel Negreanu earned $1 million for second place and passed Phil… Read more »

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PokerStars ANZPT Season 3 Taking Shape

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The third season of the PokerStars-backed Australia-New Zealand Poker Tour, or ANZPT for short, is taking shape. A total of eight events are on the docket, starting in February with a trip to Adelaide for an AUD $2,400 buy-in tournament from the 2nd to 6th. The event’s field is capped at 200 runners. From Adelaide,… Read more »

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PokerStars Announces Latin American Poker Tour Season IV

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Plans for a fourth season of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) are in action, as PokerStars announced the initial details on Thursday. LAPT Season IV, set to begin in February, has five events on the schedule so far, including tournaments in Brazil, Peru, and Argentina along with two National Championships in Chile and Colombia.… Read more »

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Jonathan Karamalikis Win PokerStars APPT Grand Final in Sydney

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Full Tilt Poker pro Jonathan “xMONSTERxDONGx” Karamalikis bested a field of 289 players to win the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Grand Final in Sydney, Australia over the weekend. The 22 year old online superstar from Adelaide, Australia earned AUD $459,510, his biggest score ever, and outlasted one of the toughest final tables ever… Read more »

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Gus Hansen Victorious at Full Tilt Poker Million IX

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Defeating one of the toughest tables ever assembled for the tournament, recent World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe bracelet winner Gus Hansen emerged victorious at the Full Tilt Poker sponsored Poker Million IX. The event, which took place on live television in England on Sky Sports Network, featured some of the best players in the… Read more »

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Venetian to Host All In For CP Charity Poker Tournament

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Actress Cheryl Hines of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champ Joe Cada will host the third annual All In For Cerebral Palsy celebrity charity poker tournament at the Venetian’s poker room on Saturday, December 11th. Proceeds from the event will benefit the One Step Closer Foundation, a non-profit… Read more »

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Darvin Moon to Host Foxwoods MegaStack Challenge XVIII

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On Saturday, the Foxwoods MegaStack Challenge will kick off from the forests of Connecticut. This time around, 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event runner-up Darvin Moon will serve as its host. The tournament series will shell out $375,000 in guaranteed prize money and offer a $1,100 buy-in Main Event. Moon played second fiddle… Read more »

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Phil Hellmuth to Host Charity Poker Tournament Benefiting HospiceCare

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Eleven-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth will be lending his star power to benefit HospiceCare, Inc. when he hosts the Phil Hellmuth Hold’em with HospiceCare charity poker tournament in December. The tournament will take place in Hellmuth’s hometown of Madison, Wisconsin in the penthouse of the Arbor Gate complex on December… Read more »

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Eric Baldwin Wins NAPT LA Bounty Shootout

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On Thursday, UB.com pro Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin took down the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Los Angeles Bounty Shootout for $134,000. It marked Baldwin’s third live score of $100,000 or more of 2010 according to the Hendon Mob and he edged out a talented field of live and online poker pros. The first elimination… Read more »

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Joe Tehan Wins NAPT LA Main Event

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In an impressive feat, Joe Tehan ran the table in the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Los Angeles finale, eliminating all seven of his opponents to pull in $725,000. Tehan’s claim to fame to this point was winning the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Mandalay Bay Poker Championship four years ago for $1 million. On… Read more »

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Christopher Demaci Leads NAPT LA After Day 3

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The 700-player field of the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Los Angeles stop has been slashed all the way to 19. On Tuesday, the remaining players will return to the felts at 1:00pm PT to play down to a final table. Christopher Demaci holds a resounding chip lead in NAPT LA after three days… Read more »

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Jimmie Guinther Leads NAPT LA After Day 2

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We’re entering the home stretch in the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Los Angeles Main Event. A field of 81 players remains after two days of play and Jimmie Guinther leads the way with a stack of 894,000. Guinther and Travis Pearson hold a commanding lead over the survivors and are the only two… Read more »

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Kim Fredericksen Leads NAPT Los Angeles After Day 1B

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The second of two starting days in the PokerStars North American Poker Tour’s (NAPT) Los Angeles stop is in the books and Kim Fredericksen leads the survivors of Day 1B with a stack of 237,000. The final field size was 701 players, meaning that a top prize of $725,000 will be awarded. One of the… Read more »

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Nick Grippo Leads NAPT LA After Day 1A

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The first of two Day 1s played out on Friday in the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) stop in Los Angeles at the Bicycle Casino. A field of 330 players turned out and even more are expected to descend upon the California card room when Day 1B begins this afternoon at 1:00pm PT. Online… Read more »

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NAPT Los Angeles Adds Bounty Shootout Event

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Festivities at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour’s (NAPT) Los Angeles stop may have already begun, but that doesn’t mean that the schedule is set in stone. Tournament organizers announced this week that a new event – a $5,250 Bounty Shootout (BSO) – has been added to the docket and will be inserted into the… Read more »

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Michael Eiler Wins EPT Vienna

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Taking time away from his punishment of the online tournament world, PokerStars online qualifier Michael “mae9690” Eiler vanquished an accomplished final table that included Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu to capture his first major championship at the European Poker Tour (EPT) stop in Vienna, Austria on Sunday. The six-day tournament began last Tuesday with a… Read more »

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