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Online Poker

Patpatman Wins Big in Brutal High Stakes Session

January 26, 2012 at 12:28 PM |

An incredible high stakes session was played earlier this week on PokerStars. Eventually, ’patpatman’ was the one to finish the day with the highest profit.

Poker Tournaments

Aussie Millions 2012 Main Event - Phil Ivey Among Leaders

January 25, 2012 at 6:03 PM |

Robin Ylitalo took position as chipleader at the Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1C. Phil Ivey is also among the ones in lead.

Poker Players

Jamie Gold Coaches for $1,000 per Hour

January 24, 2012 at 6:52 PM |

2006 WSOP Main Event winner Jamie Gold is considered by many the lamest poker world champion ever. He charges his trainees a fortune, nevertheless.

Poker Tournaments

Aussie Millions 2012 A$ 100K - Dan Smith Wins, Hachem 3rd, Tony G 4th

January 24, 2012 at 2:00 PM |

Huge names made it to the Aussie Millions A$100,000 Challenge High Roller Final Table, Dan Smith took the main prize of A$1,012,000.

Lost & Found

Useful Micro Limit Poker Tips for Beginners - Part 8

January 24, 2012 at 1:10 PM |

This is the eighth part of the poker ebook written by the two Hungarian poker professionals, kocka21 and mrj.

Online Poker

Black Friday Defendant Strikes Deal with Authorities

January 23, 2012 at 11:09 AM |

Electronic payment processor executive Ira Rubin has signed a plea deal with the authorities investigating the cases related to the actions of 15 April, 2011. The judgement will be announced on 17 May, 2012; Rubin is facing 18 to 24 months in prison.

Online Poker

Zynga Poker to Turn to Real Money Games

January 21, 2012 at 4:26 PM |

Zynga Poker's spokesperson told the site AllThingsD that Zynga is indeed looking for partners in order to launch their real money poker solution.

IGT Buys Facebook Developer DoubleDown Interactive

January 20, 2012 at 1:39 PM |

IGT has recently purchased DoubleDown Interactive, developer of DoubleDown Casino for Facebook, for an amount that can reach $500 million.

Poker Rooms

Full Tilt Poker Acquisition Progresses Slowly But Steadily

January 19, 2012 at 6:55 PM |

According to unofficial sources, the acquisition of Full Tilt Poker goes as planned, even if the amount of paperwork slows things down.

Online Poker

Players Sue Former UB Parent Company for $20 Million

January 19, 2012 at 11:32 AM |

Eight high stakes poker players have filed suit against former UB owner Excapsa Software. According to them, the company running the online poker room at the time has cheated around $20 million out of its players.

Poker Players

Phil Galfond: “Let’s Make Some Changes!”

January 18, 2012 at 2:10 PM |

High stakes pro Phil Galfond offers a number of interesting ideas to improve online poker in his latest blog post.

Poker Rooms

PokerStars To Release Rush Poker Clone by End of January

January 18, 2012 at 12:37 PM |

PokerStars replied to the question of a Danish player, which revealed the company is about to roll out their equivalent of Full Tilt Poker's popular rush poker.

Poker Rake Races

MyBet Race Analysis – Plus EV January

January 18, 2012 at 11:51 AM |

The MyBet race is expected to guarantee the most return among the Rakerace.com offers in January. In our analysis, we show you what to expect in the top finishes.

PokerStars' CEO Gabriel Campos Resigns

January 17, 2012 at 12:01 PM |

The news broke yesterday that PokerStars' Chief Executive Officer is leaving his post at the largest poker room in the world. He is resigning to "pursue other opportunities".

Poker Players

Duhamel Hit by Martin Finger at the PCA Players Party

January 16, 2012 at 5:50 PM |

The already-beaten-up Jonathan Duhamel took another punch; he got hit by Martin '0Piggybank' Finger, EPT Prague's champion at the players' party 2 days ago. This is quite a physical part of Duhamel's life it seems.