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5050 Poker Ltd Under Liquidation, Players to be Refunded 15% of their Money

July 7, 2012 at 1:06 PM |

5050 Poker Holding AB has officially announced that they are able to refund only 15% of their players’ money frozen on their room accounts. The Holding claims to have been cheated by their subsidiary company 5050 Poker Ltd.

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Muchos Poker Exclusive €200 Profits Race – 9-22 July

July 6, 2012 at 5:13 PM |

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Big One Runner-Up Trickett Beaten Up

July 6, 2012 at 1:31 PM |

Just not to let this year’s WSOP pass entirely in the spirit of excitement and fair competition, six thugs attacked and beat up Big One event runner-up British Sam Trickett, most likely out of pure envy.

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WSOP Event#56 - The Czech Tomas Junek Wins Bracelet

July 5, 2012 at 6:39 PM |

22 players started Day 3 of the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em championship. Donald Vogel was the chipleader with 1,297,000, followed by Gianluca Mattia (1,271,000) and WSOP champion Peter Eastgate (1,043,000). Both Eastgate and Vogel made it to the final 9, who were lead by Tomas Junek, followed by Tomas Trampota.

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WSOP Event #53 and #54 - Neil Willerson and Will Jaffe Score Big

July 5, 2012 at 5:29 PM |

The WSOP Event #53 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em and Event #54 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Championships have ended with the victory of Neil Willerson and Will Jaffe. Both players won theif first respective bracelets.

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PokerStars To Promote Poker in Brazil - Sponsors BSOP

July 5, 2012 at 4:21 PM |

PokerStars intends to promote the game of poker in Brazil; they emerged as the new main sponsors for the Brazilian Series of Poker. The series will feature events in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza és Balneário Camboriú.

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WSOP Event #55: The Magician Wins $18.3 Million

July 4, 2012 at 8:04 PM |

Only the 8-handed final table was left for Day 3 of WSOP Event #55 $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop, the biggest buy-in tournament in poker history. Antonio ’The Magician’ Esfandiari started in the chiplead, slightly ahead of Sam Trickett. Whoever had been to win the event was bound to jump right on top of the all time money list.

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WSOP Event #51 and #52: Bracelets for the Ladies

July 3, 2012 at 7:22 PM |

WSOP Events #51 $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship and #52 $2,500 10-Game Mix - Six-Handed have ended with ladies in the top finishes.

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Ray Bitar Surrenders Himself to FBI, PokerStars to Buy FTP

July 3, 2012 at 1:21 PM |

Full Tilt Poker CEO Ray Bitar has turned himself over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as part of a deal soon to be concluded with PokerStars.

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WSOP Event #49 and #50: Ante Only NLHE and $5,000 NLHE Are Over

July 2, 2012 at 5:29 PM |

Day 3 of inaugural Event #49 $1,500 Ante Only No Limit Hold'em and Day 4 of Event #50 $5,000 No Limit Hold'em are finished in WSOP 2012.

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WSOP $1,000,000 Big One Kicks Off, Official Entrants List Released

July 2, 2012 at 2:56 PM |

Two Phils, Ivey and Hellmuth are also included on the entrants list for the biggest buy-in event in poker history ever. The prize pool is $42,666,672, the future winner can take home $18,346,673.

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Muchos Poker Exclusive $2,000 Rake Race - 1-31 July

July 2, 2012 at 12:34 PM |

Rakerace.com and our new partner Muchos Poker offer you an exclusive $2,000 cash race in July. You only have to register via Rakerace.com and play at one of the 6 poker networks offered by Muchos Poker. The 30% rakeback in also available in all 6 networks.

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WSOP Event #47 and #48: Steven Loube and Kenny Hsiung Are Champions

July 1, 2012 at 3:52 PM |

10 players in Event #47 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better and twice as much in Event #48 $3,000 Limit Hold'em returned on Day 3 of both tournaments.

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WSOP Event #45 and #46: Mizrachi Wins Players Championship, Weissman Takes Down NLHE

June 30, 2012 at 4:41 PM |

Only the 8-handed final table was left for Day 5 of Event #45 $50,000 Poker Players Championship 8-game, a day after Event #46 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 3 was organised with 25 players returning.

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5050Poker Suspended by LGA - Financial Problems Surface

June 29, 2012 at 7:57 PM |

The license of 5050Poker has been suspended by The Lotteries and Gaming Authority of Malta (LGA) recently, and has set up a procedure, following which players might be able to cash their bankrolls out of 5050Poker.