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Poker Interviews

ESPN Inside Deal - Jonathan Duhamel Interview

November 24, 2010 at 3:11 PM |

Jonathan Duhamel hasn't given too many interviews since he became a WSOP Main Event champion. Now he joined Laura Lane and Andrew Feldman in ESPN's Inside Deal. He talks about how he felt when he won the final table, what his plans are with the near $9 million prize, and much more. Enjoy!

Poker Rake Races

Thanksgiving with Chocolate Poker

November 24, 2010 at 1:49 PM |

Chocolate Poker offers a Thanksgiving promotion: after every $500 deposited via Moneybookers, you get a Tournament Ticket worth $50.

Lost & Found

Poker Roundtable - Knowing When to Quit

November 24, 2010 at 1:04 PM |

This week's strategy article is a video from the Poker Roundtable series of Full Tilt Poker. Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson and Layne Flack talk about the issue of when and how to quit a poker game. If you have issues with losing lots when you are on tilt, listen to the pros, they might give you some pieces of good advice.

Poker Girls

Beth Shak's Luxurious Home - Pictures

November 23, 2010 at 3:49 PM |

Beth Shak is among the most successful female poker players, and among the most beautiful, too. Now she let the reporters of Luxist.com into her Pennsylvania home.

Moneybookers Rebrands as Skrill

November 23, 2010 at 12:55 PM |

Moneybookers, the favourite eWallet and online payment system of Rakerace.com gets a facelift soon. The service will be rebranded as Skrill, and will get serious new features and payment facilities in the near future.

Poker Players

Controversial News from Macau

November 22, 2010 at 6:20 PM |

As we already reported, Tom 'durrrr' Dwan and his fellow poker pros are playing against Chinese businessmen at the cash game tables of Macau. The game broke last night, and the pros head back home, supposedly with lots of cash on them.

Poker Tournaments

EPT Barcelona Launches Today

November 22, 2010 at 5:39 PM |

PokerStars European Poker Tour Season 7 has arrived to Barcelona, where the main event starts today, on 22nd November, 2010. The buy-in for the event that lasts until 27th November is €5,300.

Casinos

Harrah’s IPO Cancelled

November 22, 2010 at 4:16 PM |

According to a company statement, WSOP rights owner Harrah’s Entertainment withdrew its initial public offering announced only two weeks ago. Bankers say the $15-$17 for the shares was “too high a price given [Harrah’s] prospects and circumstances.”

Poker Players

Phil Hellmuth Meets Bill Clinton - Beer Showoff

November 22, 2010 at 4:08 PM |

After some fun video, here's another less than serious news: In his latest blog post, Phil Hellmuth, UB pro, besides many interesting stuff, writes about his meeting with Bill Clinton that took place this August. Phil was invited to Bill Clinton's Charity event in Lexington, Kentucky.

Poker Humor

Two and a Half Men – How to Play a Full House?

November 22, 2010 at 1:37 PM |

A short extract taken from the series “Two and a Half Men,” starring Charlie Sheen, in which Jake assists Charlie in earning some money. A little humour to cheer you up in Monday morning.

Alzheimer's Can Be Prevented by Playing Poker?

November 22, 2010 at 12:22 AM |

Poker is a fun game that can benefit all kinds of people: young, old, men, women, rich and poor alike. It can be played for fun, to pass the time, for some extra cash, and of course for some serious amount of cash. However, recent studies suggest it can also be beneficial for one's health.

Poker Players

PTR Introduces Poker Coaches Comparison

November 21, 2010 at 5:56 PM |

PokerTableRatings.com launched a new page that lists active poker coaches from various sites. You can sort and compare them according to several statistics: their BB/100, earnings, number of hands played and the training site they are coaches of.

Lost & Found

Tips for Beginners: Kicker Strength

November 20, 2010 at 2:16 PM |

Kicker is by definition one of your hole cards “that does not itself take part in determining the rank of the hand, but that may be used to break ties between hands of the same rank.”

Online Poker

PokerStars Allows One Chinese Player per Cash Game Table

November 19, 2010 at 4:30 PM |

After a series of cheating scandals related to China-based players, PokerStars resorted to limiting the number of Chinese players allowed at the same time at their DoN SNG and cash game tables.

Poker Players

Tony G to Buy Eastgate's WSOP Bracelet for His Dog Zasko

November 19, 2010 at 3:30 PM |

"I have decided that I am going to buy Peter Eastgate’s WSOP Main Event winner’s bracelet." - as it reads on Tony G's blog. Though the PartyPoker pro does not want the piece of poker jewellery for himself, but his trusty German Shepherd, Zasko.