Daily Poker News & Updates – Page №146
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Esfandiari Wins BIG ONE for $18M, Becomes Poker’s Biggest Winner July 4, 2012Antonio Esfandiari beat Sam Trickett heads-up to win the biggest prize in poker history at the World Series of Poker on Tuesday. Esfandiari outlasted a field of 48 players to…
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Former Facebook VP Chamath Palihapitiya Busts $1M One Drop July 2, 2012Chamath Palihapitiya prepared for the WSOP Big One by playing for ultra-high-stakes in a game organized by Bobby Baldwin but he was the first player to bust on Day 2…
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Official Player List for WSOP $1M Big One for One Drop Announced June 30, 2012The world’s first $1 million buy-in tournament begins tomorrow at the World Series of Poker and we’ve finally got a look at the official list of the 48 who will…
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Former #1 Ranked Gamer Vagabond_Lion Dominating Online Poker June 27, 2012Online poker pro Rob “Vaga_Lion” Akery made his annual pilgrimage to the World Series of Poker this week but he’s bringing a little more swagger than usual. The Bristol, England,…
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Fabrizio SixthSenSe19 Gonzalez: Uruguay’s Most Successful Poker Pro June 27, 2012Fabrizio “SixthSenSe19” Gonzalez is the most successful online poker player from Uruguay and he’s at the WSOP looking to take over the number one spot on the Uruguayan live tournament…
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Gus Hansen Defends Lederer, Ferguson in Full Tilt Scandal June 26, 2012Gus Hansen was a shareholder of Full Tilt Poker and a sponsored pro and based on years of personal experience he doesn’t believe Howard Lederer or Chris Ferguson acted maliciously…
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Former Model and NY Cop Wins WSOP Bracelet June 25, 2012Before playing poker professionally Greg Ostrander was a Calvin Klein underwear model and a Rochester, New York Sheriff’s Deputy. Now he’s a WSOP bracelet winner. Ostrander pocketed $742,072 when he…
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Luke Schwartz Out of the Pit, Back on the Grind June 25, 2012In 2009 Luke Schwartz lit up the online poker world by winning millions battling the best in the world at the highest stakes on Full Tilt Poker. In the following…
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Negreanu: Singling Ivey Out for Full Tilt Mess “Mind-Boggling” June 21, 2012According to Daniel Negreanu it’s mind-boggling why some in the poker community have pointed the finger at Phil Ivey over frozen FTP funds while largely ignoring other members of Team…
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Naoya Kihara Wins First Ever WSOP Bracelet for Japan June 21, 2012Naoya Kihara has become the first Japanese poker player to win a WSOP bracelet and he hopes to parlay it into an online poker sponsorship deal. Live gambling, including poker,…
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Matusow Speaks Out on Poker Industry, Full Tilt, Ivey June 17, 2012Say what you will about poker pro Mike “The Mouth” Matusow but the man tends to live up to his nickname. Matusow is opinionated as they come about the entire…
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Cherish Andrews Looks to Improve on WSOP Performance June 11, 2012In a year where female poker players seem to be breaking through in a big way at the 2012 WSOP, Cherish Andrews should not be underestimated. Despite being 22 years…
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Phil Hellmuth Wins Record 12th WSOP Bracelet June 11, 2012It’s been a long time coming but Phil Hellmuth has finally won a record-breaking 12th World Series of Poker bracelet. Hellmuth finished second on three separate occasions at last year’s…
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3-Time Bracelet Winner Matt Matros “Blessed by Poker Gods” June 11, 2012On Saturday poker pro Matt Matros won his third WSOP bracelet in three consecutive years, a feat for which he credits good fortune as much as he does his own…
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Gabriel Nassif: Magic: The Gathering Champ Turns WSOP Grinder June 8, 2012French pro Gabriel Nassif has been dominating card games for over a decade but it wasn’t always poker. In the 2000s Nassif crushed the professional Magic: The Gathering circuit winning…
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James Woods: Online Poker is Good for America June 5, 2012James Woods has been playing poker seriously for almost a decade and he’s got a few ideas about what the poker industry should be doing to move online poker in…
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Negreanu: Annie Duke Shouldn’t be Banned from the WSOP June 4, 2012Disagreeing with what many in the poker community are saying, Daniel Negreanu does not believe players like Annie Duke and Howard Lederer should be banned from the WSOP. Long-time rivals,…
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Ben “Ben86” Tollerene: WSOP, Vegas High-Stakes Games and Isildur1 June 2, 2012Ben Tollerene is a 26-year-old poker pro from Ft. Worth, Texas who’s made millions playing poker, most of it on the internet under his screen-names Bttech86 and Ben86. Tollerene has…
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Boston Rob Plays Poker Survivor at 2012 WSOP May 31, 2012Famed Survivor winner “Boston Rob” Mariano is once again trying to outwit, outplay and outlast his opponents. The only difference is this time he’s doing it on the poker table…
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WSOP 3-Bet: Heads-Up Fuss, Tweet Deceit, First Bracelet May 30, 2012The WSOP 3-Bet is a three-course meal at the late night poker news kitchen. Like an unstoppable juggernaut the 2012 WSOP started slow but is beginning to gain momentum with…