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Sauce123 Tops 2012 Online HS Money List

January 2, 2013 at 1:29 PM |

Ben ‘Sauce123’ Sulsky finished the year 2012 with $3.6 million in profits. It was ‘Zypherin’ who lost the most, a total sum of $3.5 million.

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888 Launches Real Money Poker on Facebook

December 13, 2012 at 5:04 PM |

Following its Bingo and Casino applications, 888 Holdings moves on to offer real money poker on Facebook in the United Kingdom.

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Bwin.Party Co-CEO Jim Ryan Retires

December 6, 2012 at 12:55 PM |

Jim Ryan remains in his office until 15 January, 2013, when Norbert Teufelberger becomes the only CEO of the company with full control.

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Sauce1234 Wins, Durrrr Loses in Early December

December 5, 2012 at 5:53 PM |

Ben ‘Sauce1234’ Sulsky is up $400,000, while Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan is down $800,000 after three days of high stakes game in December.

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Gus Hansen Lost Almost $2 Million in November

November 19, 2012 at 7:44 PM |

Gus Hansen is not doing too well at the high stakes tables this month, having lost $1,942,254 so far. Isildur1 and durrrr are also among the biggest losers of November.

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Skrill (Moneybookers) - Four Times Cashback for Rakerace Players

November 18, 2012 at 8:41 PM |

In the latest promotion by Skrill (Moneybookers) and Rakerace.com, players will receive a four-time multiplier for their loyalty points between 19th November and 23rd December. 

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Poker and Beer - World Record Attempt for Charity

November 12, 2012 at 5:48 PM |

Dean Bogan is trying to play 900 sit'n'gos (180 players) in 24 hours, while drinking at least 30 beers. The main goal of the attempt is to raise as much money as possible for an Australian organization fighting against youth suicide and mental problems. 

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Ziigmund Dominates the Online HS Games with $1.6 Million

November 4, 2012 at 11:12 AM |

Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies finished on top of the monthly online high stakes money list with $1,603,083 in profits. The biggest looser of October is ‘patpatman’ with -$1,113,321.

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Online Poker Grows Once Again in Two Years

October 19, 2012 at 6:16 PM |

According to H2 Gambling Capital's most recenty survey, online poker is growing once again after a steep decline in the last two years. The main reason could be the poker market's development in Asia.

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Amaya Announces Ongame Acquisition Next Week

September 30, 2012 at 8:10 PM |

Amaya Gaming is to announce the acquisition of Ongame next week. The network is sold for around $6.5 to $8 million.

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WCOOP 2012 - Russian FPP Qualifier Maratik Wins Main Event

September 25, 2012 at 4:09 PM |

The Russian player 'Maratik' won the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event. He didn't have an extraordinary success at a major tournament so far.

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Entraction Network Shuts Down by Late 2012

September 13, 2012 at 5:04 PM |

The IGT network, also known as Entraction, has closed its Stockholm headquarters and is going to shut down by the end of this year. Player bankrolls are safe, IGT rooms join other networks.

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Patpatman Wins $514k in PLO Session

September 12, 2012 at 2:38 PM |

‘Patpatman’ played a 7 hours long PLO session earlier this week, crushing his opponents.

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The iPoker Split - What Has Changed?

September 6, 2012 at 2:52 PM |

The iPoker network split its player pool into two tiers, effective 4 September. Since neither the network nor the rooms have issued any official statements on the matter yet, most players are uncertain concerning their situation. We have looked into it a bit more closely.

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iPoker Separates Today

September 4, 2012 at 3:35 PM |

As we reported earlier in June, the iPoker network will separate on 4 September, following a network segregation policy. The division of the network into two distinct tiers will be based on performance of the rooms.