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France to open online gambling in 2009 June 11, 2008

On Monday, France’s Budget Minister Eric Woerth announced that he met with European Commissioner Charlie MacCreevy last week to present a plan to open up France’s online gambling market. Woerth…
Doug ‘WCGRider’ Polk: Online Poker Visionary June 5, 2008

As you’ve no doubt heard by now, WCGRider is knee-deep in a ridiculous prop bet. His goal is to win $10,000 in 30 days of online poker at PokerStars.
Poker News – PokerStars sees big action on Sunday – www.pokerlistings.com May 27, 2008

Sundays are always big at PokerStars, but this week was exceptional as the site also tacked on a few special events that saw it promising more than $4 million in…
The Session: Sorel Mizzi Part 2 May 26, 2008

Session 2 with Sorel Mizzi about his transition from tournaments to high-stakes cash game.
The Session: Sorel Mizzi Part 1 May 24, 2008

You’d be hard-pressed to find a better example of the online phenom turned live-tournament success story than Canada’s Sorel Mizzi. Crushing online tournaments under the screen-names Imper1um and Zangzeban24 Mizzi…
Top 5 Things Young Poker Ballers Do For Kicks May 17, 2008

You’re 21, play poker for a living, have inch-thick wads of disposable cash and are perpetually surrounded by dozens of degenerates just like you. Umm, yeah. Things get excessive. As…
Shannon Elizabeth Update: Week 7 April 30, 2008

Dancing with the Stars was down to the final six celebrities this week, which meant the game was stepped up to include two dances per week from each couple. For…
Main event looms as WSOPC finds four more winners April 29, 2008

The gods at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas were kind to at least a handful of poker players at the casino this past weekend as four more winners were declared…
Bad_IP Speaks: The Johnny Lodden Interview April 16, 2008

Johnny Lodden may not be a household name among poker fans in North America but here on the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour he’s the paradigm of the unrelenting Scandinavian rounder.…
Adam Katz: All It Takes Is Confidence in Poker April 9, 2008

Tonight, 24-year-old Floridian Adam Katz sits on the edge of World Poker Tour greatness. The solid online pro is as deep as he’s ever gone in a big-time live tournament…
Jason Mercier wins inaugural EPT San Remo event April 7, 2008

Dario Minieri may have entered the European Poker Tour San Remo final table with the chip lead and all of Italy behind him, but it was Jason Mercier who had…
EPT Winner Interview: Jason Mercier April 6, 2008

Coming into the final table of the PokerStars.com EPT San Remo main event, it looked like home-turf hero Dario Minieri was destined to take it down for Italy. Unfortunately for…
Stepping Up: Jason Mercier’s Journey to EPT San Remo April 5, 2008

Jason Mercier, known as treysfull21 online, waded through a sea of international players to become one of two U.S. players to make the final table of EPT San Remo. Known…
The Chris “Genius28” Lee Interview April 2, 2008

Although only a few people know Chris Lee, the person, you’d be hard-pressed to find a high-stakes online fan that doesn’t know Genius28. He’s no stranger to the biggest games…
Back for Moore: $10,000 Wynn Classic Finds Winner March 20, 2008

Few storylines resonate more than those that involve redemption. Last night, the $10,000 Wynn Classic in Las Vegas was the setting for a redemption tale a year in the making,…
Players find elite status at PokerStars March 9, 2008

People choose to play poker online for a variety of reasons. Some play online because they don’t have the ability to go to a casino in their area. Others play…
Alisha Kunze Turns $0 Into NBC Heads-Up Championship Seat March 1, 2008

Few tournament fields are more exclusive than the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship. At this invitational event there are only 64 spots available, almost all of which are taken by the…
Phil Ivey Wins His First WPT Title at L.A. Poker Classic March 1, 2008

Phil Ivey has been playing the “close-but-not-quite” game with the World Poker Tour for quite some time. After seven previous final-table finishes in events, Ivey finally got his win Thursday…
EPT4 – PL.com Speaks with Rolf Slotboom February 21, 2008

Few people are more comfortable at a PokerStars European Poker Tour event than Rolf Slotboom. He’s played and written about poker in Europe for the better part of a decade…
The Poker Boom Part 4: U.S. lowers the boom February 15, 2008

This is the fourth article in a six-part series taking a look at the history of the poker boom. Stay tuned for Part 5 of the series on Tuesday, Feb.…

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