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Durrrr Challenge: Jungleman12 Strikes Again

January 5, 2011 at 5:00 PM |

Monday night, we saw the Durrrr Challenge continue in an almost 3,000 hand long battle, and Daniel Cates has further increased his lead, now $819,000 ahead of Tom Dwan.

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Ladbrokes and 888 Merger on the Horizon?

January 4, 2011 at 4:02 PM |

InsidePokerBusiness reports that UK-based bookmaking firm Ladbrokes and online gaming company 888 are in preliminary negotiations about the former purchasing its gambling rival.

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SuperStar Showdown – Isildur1 Beats Tony G

January 3, 2011 at 3:49 PM |

The second match of the SuperStar Showdown has ended with Isildur1’s victory, as he managed to beat Tony G with a $44, 820 profit.

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SuperStar Showdown: Tony G Comes Next

December 30, 2010 at 1:46 PM |

According to official PokerStars announcement, Isildur1 plays against Tony G in the second game of the SuperStar Showdown, a series specifically designed to challenge the elusive Swede pro. Play begins at 16:00 ET on Sunday, 2nd January, 2011.

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Lee Jones and Serge Ravitch Leave Cake Poker

December 29, 2010 at 2:09 PM |

Cake Poker card room manager Lee Jones and tournament director Serge Ravitch announced on Tuesday that they left Cake Network.

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FTP Offers ID Change to Black Card Member?

December 22, 2010 at 6:42 PM |

Full Tilt Poker, it seems, has a nice scandal to settle for the holidays: they have offered illegitimate ID change for one of their Black Card players for seemingly few reasons if any.

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Isildur1 Loses First SuperStar Showdown

December 20, 2010 at 2:03 PM |

Isildur1 lost his first SuperStar Showdown against Isaac 'philivey2694' Haxton, his first challenger. The Swede lost nearly $42,000.

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Durrrr Challenge 2: Dwan Reduces Cates’ Lead

December 17, 2010 at 3:43 PM |

Tom ’durrrr’ Dwan and Daniel ’jungleman12’ Cates keep up the good work recently; Durrrrr Challenge 2 is alive and well, with a 1,214 hands session played yesterday. Dwan managed to reduce his deficit to $500,000, while Cates swept in the biggest pot in the Challenge so far.

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Isaac Haxton Challenges Isildur1 on Sunday

December 16, 2010 at 1:22 PM |

When Isildur1 was signed by PokerStars, the largest poker site in the world already announced a challange for players to take on their newest pro: the Superstar Showdown. We already have the first challanger: Isaac 'philivey2694' Haxton.

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PokerTableRatings Player of the Year 2010 - Vote!

December 14, 2010 at 2:07 PM |

PokerTableRatings, one of the world's leading poker databases, announced their yearly vote for for the year's best players on all levels. Everyone can vote for their favourites now at PokerTableRatings.com.

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Durrrr Challenge 2: Durrrr Wins $172,000 More

December 9, 2010 at 4:07 PM |

Yesterday the two young poker pros, Tom 'durrrr' Dwan and Daniel 'Jungleman' Cates continued their epic battle called the Durrrr Challenge 2. During the 1,440 hands, Dwan managed to win $172,000.

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Durrrr Challenge 2: Jungleman Wins, Durrrr Tries New Strategy

December 8, 2010 at 1:56 PM |

Durrrr and jungleman12 continued their Challenge with another short session. Jungleman won, adding $110,000 to his profit that now stands at around $755,000 in total.

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Major Pause in Durrrr Challenge 2?

December 1, 2010 at 6:11 PM |

According to a recent chat between Dani ’Ansky’ Stern and Daniel ’jungleman12’ Cates, posted on 2+2, jungleman believes there is currently a major pause in Durrrr Challenge 2. No action taking place since 16th December, it might turn well into January, 2011 until we can hear from the challenge again.

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Durrrr Challenge 2: Carry on!

November 29, 2010 at 4:01 PM |

After a long break that began to make most of the industry feel disappointed to say the least, Durrrr Challenge 2 continued in the weekend with 2120 hands. In the contest of durrrr and jungleman12, the former won this time, earning around $13,000.

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Online Poker Traffic Decline?

November 25, 2010 at 9:16 PM |

2009 was a great year for online poker, Full Tilt Poker reached an all-time high concerning traffic. The site produced an astonishing annual growth rate of 110%. PokerStars was also doing very well with nearly 50% growth. The market overall had increased 40% in the preceding year. However, so far it seems only PokerStars was able to produce 3% growth, other rooms are in the red.