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US Poker Pros Thinking of Moving

April 21, 2011 at 10:02 AM |

After the U.S. Department of Justice banned U.S. players from the 4 major poker sites, many online pros who made their living out of poker are considering new alternatives.

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"Black Friday" Aftermath - Part 2

April 20, 2011 at 11:37 AM |

As the American players have been temporarily (?) banned from Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and UB, the non-US players got into the centre of attention in the past few days. To be a little more specific, it's all about Gus Hansen and Patrik Antonius.

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SuperStar Showdown: Isildur1 Finishes Up $61,000

April 12, 2011 at 3:51 PM |

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom made the most of his rematch with Scott ’urnotindangr’ Palmer on April 10, revenging his defeat of a week before. With a $61,182 profit, 'Isildur1' is now at six victories in the promotion.

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Zynga Cuts Deal with PTR Operator MarketZero

April 6, 2011 at 1:07 PM |

Zynga Corporation, a company with over 38 million users worldwide, plans to introduce new, innovative features in its poker software. To design these features, Zynga contracted MarketZero, who run PokerTableRatings.

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SuperStar Showdown: Urnotindangr Takes Down Round One

April 4, 2011 at 11:40 AM |

Scott ’urnotindangr’ Palmer beat ’Isildur1’ in a swingy game yesterday in their first of two SuperStar Showdown matches. Palmer ended up with a profit of $5,425.

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Durrrr Challenge 2: Durrrr Is Still Defenceless against Jungleman

March 31, 2011 at 12:26 PM |

Tom ’durrrr’ Dwan and Daniel ’Jungleman12’ Cates has recently played another session of the 50,000 hands Durrrr Challenge 2. Once again, ‘jungleman’ managed to profit from the clash, winning $39,000 in 1,099 hands.

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Pogo650 Wins the 60 Billionth Hand

March 30, 2011 at 2:27 PM |

British player ‘Pogo650’ won PokerStars’ 60 billionth Milestone Hand, which was dealt at a $5/$10 Limit Hold’em table. The lucky guy could add a $102,090 bonus to his bankroll.

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Durrrr Challenge: Is the "Portuguese Poker Prodigy” Next?

March 28, 2011 at 1:13 PM |

There has been an interesting conversation going on between Jose ‘Girah’ Macedo and Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan on Twitter. It would seem that the 18-year-old prodigy is to take on the challenge.

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SuperStar Showdown: KidPoker Strikes Back

March 28, 2011 at 12:01 PM |

Daniel Negreanu won the latest instalment of the SuperStar Showdown on Sunday, March 27. Although it seemed for long Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom would once again annihilate him, the Canadian pro managed to crawl back and eventually win with a profit of $26,500.

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Isildur Already Lost Negreanu's Money

March 22, 2011 at 11:04 AM |

Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom logged a long session yesterday at PokerStars. He played against Daniel Cates, but he had one of the fiercer fights against the French Full Tilt Poker pro Rui Cao, who earned $257,441 that day, mostly won from Blom, who lost a $208,518.

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SuperStar Showdown: Blom Beats Negreanu

March 21, 2011 at 12:09 PM |

Daniel Negreanu never stood a chance against Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom in last Sunday’s SuperStar Showdown: the Swede pro won the Canadian’s full $150,000 challenge bankroll in 1,439 hands.

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Poker Bots are Taking Over!

March 16, 2011 at 12:52 PM |

It is not a common occurrence, that online newspapers (in this case, the New York Times) deal with poker-related issues. On Monday, however, people reading the Science section of the New York Times found an extensive article on online poker bots.

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Prahlad Friedman Calls Justin Bonomo and Isaac Haxton Cheaters

March 14, 2011 at 11:06 AM |

Prahlad Friedman, Team UB Pro has made public accusations about Justin Bonomo and Isaac Haxton. According to Friedman, the two poker players are sharing poker accounts, which, of course, is forbidden in  online poker. 

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Daniel Negreanu is Next in SuperStar Showdown

March 10, 2011 at 10:26 AM |

The rumors have been going for quite some time about Daniel Negreanu being the next to take on Isildur1, but now PokerStars revealed that the 2 top pros will battle each other 2 times, on March 20 and March 27 as well.

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Sunday Million Prize Money Withheld?

March 9, 2011 at 12:36 PM |

Dutch poker player ‘zeurrr’ may lose his Sunday Million winnings of $518,402, as it turns out he is underage. PokerStars says he is thus ineligible for the prize money.