News Archive – Page №32
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Esfandiari DQ’ed from PCA Main Event for Peeing Under Table January 11, 2016Poker icon Antonio Esfandiari gave new meaning to the “P” in PCA yesterday and was disqualified from the $5,300 Main Event for relieving himself under the table. The odd ending…
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Kenney Outlasts McKeehen for PCA Super High Roller Title, $1.68m January 9, 2016Third time’s the charm for Bryn Kenney. After an extended heads-up with huge swings against current WSOP champion Joe McKeehen, Kenney won his first Super High Roller title last night…
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Ronaldo: “We Have to Make Clear that Poker is a Mind Game” January 8, 2016He’s the only football player ever to be nicknamed “phenomenon.” He received that nickname because his skills on the pitch were simply indescribable. Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima is still…
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Unibet’s David Pomroy: “I See Us as Market Leader Eventually” January 2, 2016The live poker tournament scene is as saturated as ever. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) and World Poker Tour (WPT) have a global network of events that spans all…
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Isildur1 Dominates Unusual Year in Online Poker in 2015 January 1, 20162015 was a strange year for super high-stakes online poker. The legendary nosebleed games on Full Tilt were finally shuttered as the site transitions into a poker room for recreational…
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The 20 Best Moments in Poker in 2015: #5-1 December 30, 2015As is now tradition PokerListings is wrapping up the year with a look back at some of the best and worst moments. Depending on your spot in the poker hierarchy,…
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The 20 Worst Moments in Poker in 2015: #5-1 December 29, 2015It’s become tradition that PokerListings wraps up every year by taking a look back at some of the best and worst moments. Of course a list like this will always…
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The 20 Best Moments in Poker in 2015: #20-16 December 24, 2015As is now tradition PokerListings is wrapping the year with a look back at some of the best and worst moments. Depending on your viewpoint in the poker hierarchy, of…
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Negreanu Trumps Ivey in $1m Shark Cage Season 2 Finale December 16, 2015Daniel Negreanu finally got the best of long-time buddy Phil Ivey when all the cameras were rolling in the final episode of Shark Cage’s second season. Negreanu was the ultimate…
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Staples: “At the End of the Day a Poker Player Has to Adapt or Die” December 16, 2015Over the last few months amiable poker pro Jaime Staples has become the #2 poker content provider on Twitch.tv behind RunItUp godfather Jason Somerville. In poker’s past – even just…
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Jonathan Little: “Too Much Rake is Going to Badly Hurt the Game” December 16, 2015Poker pro Jonathan Little has quietly become one of the most prolific poker authors of all time. This year Little published the 10th poker book of his career and, to…
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Dan Cates: “You Can Still Make a Profit But Margins Getting Thinner” December 15, 2015“It took me two years to move up to high stakes,” Dan “Jungleman12” Cates told us just a couple of days ago in Prague. “But it would definitely take me…
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How Dan ‘Jungleman12’ Cates Became a Pop Star in Georgia December 11, 2015The heyday of the poker-boom years is over, they say. Everyone’s solid; gaudy displays of high-rolling decadence are done. There’s nothing more to see here. Not in Georgia, apparently. Even…
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O’Dwyer Tops Greenwood in €50k EPT Prague Super High Roller December 10, 2015Steve O’Dwyer broke the $12m mark in live tournament earnings and moved into the top 20 all-time with a win in the €50k EPT Prague Super High Roller today. The…
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PokerStars Responds to Strike, Adds Four $1m Freerolls in 2016 December 9, 2015PokerStars has responded to last week’s high-stakes sit-out and simultaneously announced four separate $1 million free tournaments open to all players in 2016. Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu was the…
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The History of Late Night Poker Pt. 2: A Tree Grows in Cardiff December 8, 2015Joe McKeehen stares at his new, diamond-encrusted bracelet. It’s huge. He will never wear it. Only Mr. T would wear something like that. Those he cares about the most surround…
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Lush: We Need to Bring the Bad Boys Back to the Poker Table December 8, 2015Poker marketing guru Warren Lush and TonyBet CEO Ugnius Simelionis have been around the poker block. TonyBet has been around for five years and is in the process establishing itself…
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Dunst: “It Makes Me Cringe When Someone Needlessly Tanks All the Time” December 7, 2015When Tony “Bond18” Dunst went deep in the 2010 WSOP Main Event – eventually finishing in 50th place – a new poker star was born. Already known in the online…
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Daily 3-Bet: Ivey v. Samwise, Phil v. Running, EPT Live Uncensored December 4, 2015The PokerListings Daily 3-Bet is a quick set of sit-ups, a brisk walk to the bodega and an alarmingly fast heartbeat reading on the afternoon poker news FitBit. Got a…
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The History of Late Night Poker Pt. 1 – A Cast and a Revelation December 3, 2015Victoria Coren and James Akenhead are flicking cigarette ash on the floor. Luke Schwartz, Daniel ‘Jungleman’ Cates and Andrew Feldman are playing Chinese Poker on a bench. Cates stands up,…