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888poker Overtakes PartyPoker, Bans Sharkscope

June 27, 2013 at 10:18 PM |

On average, 2,062 players played at 888poker last week. With this number, the network overtook PartyPoker's place in the traffic leaderboard, ranking 3rd. PartyPoker only had 2,025 players in the same time.

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World Record Traffic Spark at PokerStars

June 19, 2013 at 5:36 PM |

PokerStars' Road to 100 Billion promotion proved to be a major success; so major that it broke the record for cash game traffic registered in the poker room.

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Microulis69 Wins 100 Billionth PokerStars Hand at an NL5 Table

June 14, 2013 at 4:59 PM |

The 100 billionth milestone hand was dealt this Thursday at PokerStars. The Greek player Microulis69 took $103,800 for his winning J-5 hand.

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New Faces in the Online High Stakes Field

June 13, 2013 at 5:51 PM |

Despite the WSOP, the online high stakes tables remain occupied, with many new players trying to take a shot at the game at this time of the year. ‘Trex313’ is the biggest winner, while the action is once again sponsored by Gus Hansen for the most part.

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High Stakes May 2013 - Cottonseed1 the Biggest Winner

June 5, 2013 at 5:09 PM |

Kyle Hendon (cottonseed1) took the lead as the most profitable player in May with $1,491,247 profit. He is followed by Gus Hansen and Ben Tollerene (Bttech86) in the top 3.

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A Fold from Lrslzk Not Even Shaun Deeb Had Seen Before

May 30, 2013 at 12:57 PM |

Sami ‘Lrslzk’ Kelopuro folds in an incredible spot, making analyst Shaun Deeb go crazy.

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Cal42688 Takes Down Fourth SCOOP Title

May 24, 2013 at 11:53 AM |

Calvin ‘cal42688’ Anderson won the SCOOP #25-M $215 FLHE event, making it dangerously close to Shaun Deeb in terms of SCOOP victories.

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Partouche.fr Shuts Down

May 19, 2013 at 6:06 PM |

Partouche.fr, the online poker site of the Partouche Group operating in the regulated French market, has announced to shut down its operations by 1 June, 2013.

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Changes in Online Traffic - FTP Reclaims 2nd Position

May 11, 2013 at 2:37 PM |

Full Tilt Poker has by now reclaimed its familiar 2nd position on the online poker rooms and networks cash game traffic list. This is primarily the result of the blunders its adversaries have been making.

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Poker Pros React to Nevada Online Poker Launch

May 3, 2013 at 1:11 PM |

The hunt for screen names has begun. It is not only Nevada players who register to the first ever legal online poker room in the United States by the masses.

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UltimatePoker Releases Rake Structure

May 2, 2013 at 6:10 PM |

The first ever legal US online poker site, Nevada’s UltimatePoker offers a rake structure similar to that of the worldwide market leading room.

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Shuffled Up and Dealt in the First Legal US Online Poker Room

May 2, 2013 at 11:43 AM |

On 30 April, the first hand has been dealt in UltimatePoker, the first ever legal online poker room in the United States of America, on the regulated Nevada market.

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OMGClayAiken Wins $796k, Isildur1 Bankrupt?

April 22, 2013 at 1:09 PM |

Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond played an incredibly profitable session late last week, while Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom lost $477,000 which was apparently enough for him to call bankruptcy.

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Bwin.Party Leaves Several Markets

April 19, 2013 at 8:23 PM |

Bwin-Party released a statement in which they inform players that they will no longer be accepting players from 18 countries including Argentina, Finland, Greece, Poland and Hungary due to commercial reasons.

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Revolution Gaming Segregates on the Basis of Player Skill

March 4, 2013 at 5:16 PM |

Revolution Gaming has officially announced the introduction of the Fair Play Technology. This is to prevent players of significantly different skill to play against each other at the tables.