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FIS Disallows Athletes to be Sponsored by Gaming Companies

June 20, 2013 at 4:30 PM |

The International Ski Federation (FIS) prohibits its athletes to be sponsored by Gaming/Betting companies. Marcus Hellner PokerStars pro is affected.

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$1,500 Exclusive Forex Race - June 5 - July 5

June 4, 2013 at 8:57 PM |

We are introducing a brand new forex trade promotion for the first time in the history of Rakerace.com. we offer $1,500 up for grabs to the top 5 players who achieve the highest profit percentages. Only players who register to the forex broker via Rakerace.com's link.

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FTP Brings NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship to the Screen

May 27, 2013 at 3:28 PM |

Full Tilt Poker has announced that the televised action of this year’s NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship will be brought to the television screens in the United Kingdom and the rest of the world.

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Table Ninja II Too Pricey for Players

May 21, 2013 at 3:40 PM |

Many players complain that the Table Ninja 2 software released in May is much more pricey due to the subsciption pricing model introduced.

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Poker Pros Skrill Accounts Attempted to be Breached

May 20, 2013 at 6:43 PM |

A number of middle and high stakes regulars have reported via the 2p2 forum that their Moneybookers (Skrill) accounts have been attempted to be breached. At least two players lost funds to the scammers.

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Holdem Manager Moves to the Cloud - New App Coming Soon?

April 25, 2013 at 6:54 PM |

Holdem Manager's develpoment team introduced a new cloud-base database, which will enable players to access statistics remotely, on any number of computers without the hassle of installing databases.

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Heads Up Poker Weeek in the Czech Republic

April 23, 2013 at 7:56 PM |

Daniel Cates (Jungleman), Sorel Mizzi (zangbezan24), Max Altergott (altiFC) and Johannes Strassman will be hosting a Heads-Up Poker seminar at the Czech King's Casino Rozvadov from 28 April till 5 May.

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High Stakes Pros Arrested on Charges of Organising Illegal Gambling Activity

April 18, 2013 at 1:32 PM |

WPT champion Vadim Trincher, WSOP champion Abe Mosseri and Justin ‘BoostedJ’ Smith, among others, have been part of a syndicate possibly owned by the Russian mafia.

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Online Poker Documentary Launches in June

April 12, 2013 at 8:48 PM |

High stakes poker players Jay ‘pr1nnyraid’ Rosenkrantz and Taylor Caby, together with filmmaker and player Ryan Firpo, have announced to release their feature length documentary on online poker in June. The film analyses the rise and fall of online poker with guest appearances from the likes of Dani Stern and Daniel Negreanu.

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US Attorney Appoints Garden City Group to Administer FTP Compensation

March 15, 2013 at 11:37 AM |

The United States Department of Justice has made an agreement with the Garden City Group (GCG) to administer claims in the Full Tilt Poker case to compensate US victims.

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Bitcoin Payments Arrive to iPoker Network

March 8, 2013 at 4:40 PM |

WinPoker, a skin of the iPoker network, has introduced the Bitcoin digital payment solution for deposits and withdrawals. What is Bitcoin and what does it have in store for poker players?

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What Happened to the Ex-FTP Leaders?

March 1, 2013 at 3:42 PM |

While having to part with a couple of millions of dollars, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson and Rafe Furst have nothing else left to fear concerning the FTP scandal. Ray Bitar’s case is still under investigation.

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Open Face Chinese Poker: Is It the Future?

February 27, 2013 at 4:54 PM |

PocketFives has interviewed Open Face Chinese Poker application creators Joseph Michael and Martin Tyson. OFC has been becoming immensely popular lately; familiarise yourself with its basic rules below, as it might become the next big hit in poker shortly.

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Liv Boeree Analyzes Lance Armstrong's Doping Admission

January 23, 2013 at 7:23 PM |

The British paper The Telegraph asked Liv Boeree, PokerStars pro to analyze Lance Armstrong's interview With Oprah. You can read her opinion below.

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2012 Retrospective – Part 6

December 31, 2012 at 11:30 AM |

In the final part of our annual retrospective, we take a look at the highlights of November and December, 2012. We had FTP reopening, Teufelberger arrested, Bwin’s player pool merging with PartyPoker and more.