Sam Trickett Wins 2011 Partouche Poker Tour Main Event

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The €8,500 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event of the Partouche Poker Tour concluded Saturday after a two-month break and just as he entered the final table with the chip lead, Nottingham, England’s Sam Trickett finished the tournament on top.  For his win in the 579-player event at the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes, France, Trickett won… Read more »

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Poker As Social Commentary? Only In New York City…

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The game of poker is used by people for many things. For many, it is the way they make their living. For some, it is a way to pass the time with friends. Over the next week in New York City, however, the game of poker will be used for something else…as social commentary. Articles… Read more »

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Greg Raymer Testifies In Failed Virginia Poker Case

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2004 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Raymer was in a Virginia courtroom on Tuesday, testifying in what would eventually be a failed attempt to overturn laws in Portsmouth, VA, and across the state that make poker “halls” illegal. According to an article by Dave Forster in The Virginian-Pilot, the lawsuit concerned Charles… Read more »

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Mercier, Seidel Remain Atop ESPN Poker Rankings

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ESPN.com recently unveiled its October poker player rankings, affectionately dubbed “The Nuts.” The top ten list attempts to determine who the best players in the world are at the moment, based on recent accomplishments.  This materially differs from other lists people might make because of the “what have you done for me lately” aspect of… Read more »

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PokerStars Celebrates 10th Anniversary with 10 Promotions

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This year wasn’t the greatest, to say the least, for PokerStars.  Despite coming out relatively clean so far (repeat: so far) from Black Friday, at least compared to Absolute Poker and Full Tilt Poker, the U.S. Department of Justice indictment and subsequent loss of revenue from the United States could not have made those working… Read more »

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Adrien Allain Wins WPT Amneville

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All the attention during the beginning of this week may be on the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, but let’s not forget there are other major tournaments going on all over the world.  One of them, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Amneville stop, concluded over the weekend.  The €3200… Read more »

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PartyPoker Launching World Domination Promotion

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PartyPoker, now the second largest poker room on the internet, is launching a new promotion next week, dubbed “World Domination.” In World Domination, the goal is to play at real money tables, collect “cities,” and win money along the way.  Let’s see how it works. Starting midnight ET on November 7th, all players competing at… Read more »

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