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2011 Retrospective – Part 9

December 29, 2011 at 1:39 PM |

In the ninth part of our end-of-the-year retrospective, we revise what happened in September, 2011.

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2011 Retrospective – Part 8

December 29, 2011 at 1:32 PM |

In the eighth part of our end-of-the-year retrospective, we revise what happened in August, 2011.

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2011 Retrospective – Part 7

December 28, 2011 at 1:19 PM |

In the seventh part of our end-of-the-year retrospective, we revise what happened in July, 2011.

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2011 Retrospective – Part 5

December 27, 2011 at 6:20 PM |

In the fifth part of our end-of-the-year retrospective, we revise what happened in May, 2011.

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EPT Berlin Robbery Mastermind Sentenced for 6 Years in Prison

December 16, 2011 at 2:11 PM |

Ibrahim al Moussa, the mastermind between the EPT Berlin robbery that took place in 2010 has been sentenced to 6 years and 4 months of jail yesterday.

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PokerStars Releases Play Money Client for iOS Devices

November 26, 2011 at 3:11 PM |

PokerStars released it's first mobile client ever - at the moment only available to Italian players, and offers play money games only. Italians can already download it for free through iTunes.

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FTP's Attorney Jeff Ifrah Resigns

September 2, 2011 at 6:32 PM |

Full Tilt Poker's Attorney, Jeff Ifrah asked the court for permission to resign due to "unreasonable difficulty to carry out his employment effectively and would result on an unreasonable financial burden on the law firm."

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Jimmy Fricke Says Aces of Spades are Marked at the Bellagio

August 22, 2011 at 1:42 PM |

2007 Aussie Millions 2nd finisher Jimmy Fricke claims that every single ace of spades is easily recognisable from its back at the Bellagio.

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Betfair Ends Sponsorship with FC Barcelona and Signs Brand Ambassadors

August 4, 2011 at 2:05 PM |

Online betting exchange Betfair, in a wave of thorough revision of their sport sponsorship activities, has ended its sponsorship contract with UEFA Champions League 2010/11 winner FC Barcelona and signed four sport stars for brand ambassadors. Marketing magazine reports.

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Erick Lindgren and Erica Schoenberg Get Married

May 30, 2011 at 8:03 AM |

Let's start this week with some less-than-serious news: poker pros Erick Lindgren and Erica Schoenberg got married in Santa Barbara yesterday. Many poker professionals attended the event.

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Quicktender/Usemywallet Services Shut Down

May 26, 2011 at 6:30 AM |

QuickTender/UseMyWallet, a rather popular virtual e-wallet provider amongst poker players has discontinued their services. This might very well be a further action of the Department of Justice, striking down on money laundery and enforcing the UIGEA.

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ESPN Inside Deal on Black Friday

April 28, 2011 at 1:42 PM |

Yesterday’s edition of the ESPN Inside Deal programme devotes the majority of its airtime to the issue of Black Friday and its after effects.

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HSP Changes Sponsor to US Play Money Site

April 26, 2011 at 9:17 AM |

As a result of the Black Friday, PokerStars has ceased sponsoring High Stakes Poker, however, the show must go on: the only legal U.S. poker room, Gold Strike Poker announced they would replace PokerStars as the show's main sponsor.

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Bwin.Party Merger Complete?

April 6, 2011 at 9:55 AM |

As we informed you a few weeks ago, Bwin and PartyGaming have completed their merger by March 31; as it could be predicted, they now released their joint website, bwinparty.com.

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The World's Most Expensive Poker Home Game Set

April 1, 2011 at 10:27 AM |

If you have lots of money not knowing how to spend it, but love to play poker with your friends at home and would like to do it in style, Ralph Lauren and the Geoffrey Parker company have you covered.

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Bwin + PartyGaming Merger Almost Complete

March 16, 2011 at 8:45 AM |

One of the biggest mergers in online gaming history is about to take place very soon. The financial phase is almost completed, individual Bwin shares will cease trading on the Vienna Stock Exchange on March 25, completing the phase on March 31.

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BLUFF Magazine Poker Power 20 - Howard Lederer First

February 25, 2011 at 7:04 AM |

BLUFF Magazine compiled this year's Power 20 list that they put together every year evaluating the most influential people in poker.This year, Howard Lederer, Full Tilt Poker's owner managed to come in first.

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Bellagio Chip Robber Caught

February 4, 2011 at 5:31 PM |

A few days ago undercover officers of the Las Vegas Police arrested Anthony Michael Carleo after he tried to sell them high-value chips stolen from the Bellagio robbery in December. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Carleo is the son of George Assad, Municipal Court Judge of Las Vegas.

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New Poker Reality Show to Come - Young Guns

December 27, 2010 at 3:27 PM |

Miramax, the movie production company supposedly "leaked" the following trailer of their upcoming reality show portraying 4 online poker pros living together in Las Vegas. The show is going to be called "Young Guns".

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No Full Tilt Pros in High Stakes Poker Season 7?

December 13, 2010 at 1:16 PM |

Full Tilt Poker is considering not letting their sponsored pros participate in the upcoming season of High Stakes Poker. They do not want to have their players in a PokerStars-owned TV show.

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Moneybookers Rebrands as Skrill

November 23, 2010 at 12:55 PM |

Moneybookers, the favourite eWallet and online payment system of Rakerace.com gets a facelift soon. The service will be rebranded as Skrill, and will get serious new features and payment facilities in the near future.

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Alzheimer's Can Be Prevented by Playing Poker?

November 22, 2010 at 12:22 AM |

Poker is a fun game that can benefit all kinds of people: young, old, men, women, rich and poor alike. It can be played for fun, to pass the time, for some extra cash, and of course for some serious amount of cash. However, recent studies suggest it can also be beneficial for one's health.

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The Cube - Handy Poker Gadget?

November 8, 2010 at 6:19 PM |

Has it ever come to you that due to some less than perfect hole card viewing techinque other players might see your cards and take advantage of you? If so, The Cube is for you. This little device helps you view your cards securely, and is also a convenient picture holder.

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Moneybookers - Rakerace.com's Favourite Online Wallet

November 7, 2010 at 6:03 PM |

Some of you have asked us which e-wallet we think is worth it to sign up to. We decided to write an article about it rather than answer to all of you. With the introduction of the Security Token (a physical device designed to increase log in security) Moneybookers is our favourite when it comes to online wallets.

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Largest Chip Stack Record Broken

October 22, 2010 at 3:55 PM |

This is the year for poker records, this June Phil Laak set the world record for longest continuous poker playing, and now, Paddy Power Poker have broken the the Guinness World Record for the world's largest chip stack.

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Is Ziigmund Now Dating Miss Finland?

September 2, 2010 at 6:11 PM |

According to Seiska, a Finnish tabloid magazine, Ilari 'Ziigmund' Sahamies and Viivi Pumpanen, Miss Finland 2010, are dating. If we want to characterize Ziigmund in a few words, we could just say the following: an infamous womanizer, a millionaire and one of the best PLO players in the world.

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Chilean Miners Survive Playing Poker

August 30, 2010 at 5:28 PM |

On August 5th, the San Jose gold and copper mine collapsed in Chile, burying 33 miners alive. Thankfully all of them are alive and successfully survived 17 days. Now they only have to survive 4 more months until the drill reaches them, and they can be rescued.