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Eugene Katchalov Joins Team PokerStars Pro

Eugene Katchalov, winner of the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller event, now joins the room’s Team Pro. Considering only his top achievements, that is, winning a WPT event as well as a WCOOP bracelet in addition to the PCA Super High Roller championship, it is not surprising the room wanted to have him as a member.

Phil Ivey - How I'm Spending My Day

Phil Ivey is tweeting again. He used to have a Twitter account since April, 2009, but he hasn't used it much. Now he posted that he's starting to use the service once again. He also posted some proof of his identity.

Hungarian Poker Pro Accepts ’good2cu’ Cage Challenge

High stakes pro Andrew ’ good2cu’ Robl has lately offered a cage fight challenge on his blog, scheduled during this year’s WSOP in Las Vegas. Hungarian poker pro ’d0npelo’ answers the call.

Andrew Robl Offers Cage Fight Challenge

If you happen to a beginner MMA fighter and might want to beat Andrew Robl, and not in the poker sense, you might be in luck this time. The young pro blogged that he has been practicing "Jiu Justi" for some time and he takes challengers to fight him in a cage fight.

Daniel Cates Believes Isildur Uses 'martonas' Nick?

Apparently Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates believes the Swedish 'martonas' to be just another alias for PokerStars' pro, Viktor 'isildur1' Blom. Martonas plays on Full Tilt Poker, this is why it's a sensitive issue Cates raised.

Andrew Li Breaks Supernova Elite Record

Andrew 'azntracker' Li has set up a new record by the end of February: he managed to collect the 1 million VPPs that are required to the highest PokerStars VIP level, the SuperNova Elite in just two months.

Peter Eastgate vs. Sports Betting - 0:1

An interview has recently appeared in a Danish newspaper, in which 2008 WSOP Champion Peter Eastgate told journalists of Politiken that he had lost around $1.7 million sportsbetting, mainly because of last year's World Cup South Africa. He even missed the WSOP in order to be able to attend the World Cup (not a very profitable choice, after all).

Durrrr Wins $11,5 Million Pot in Macau

Seemingly Tom 'durrrr' Dwan plays much more live than offline, he only logged 2,000 hands during last month, and the reason is obvious: he can earn much more at live tables, most recently he took down an mind-blowing $11,5 million pot in Macau.

David Williams is a Dad

David Williams, "one of the most successful poker players of all time", as PokerStars denotes him, tweeted some very good news: his daughter, Liliana was born.

Sorel Mizzi Cheats Again?

We wrote about the "new and better" Sorel Mizzi only a few days ago about Full Tilt unbanned him, forgiving his multi-accounting cheat he committed back in 2007, there's a new accusation of him being a cheater. John Racener is the accuser.

Gus Hansen Is Up Around $3 Million in February

Gus Hansen seems to have had a winning streak on the high stakes tables lately; his February winnings already total at around $3 million. HighstakesDB has refined its earlier published draw results; yet another game type which he currently owns.

Sorel Mizzi Is No Longer Banned on Full Tilt

After being permanently banned from Full Tilt Poker in 2007, the Canadian poker pro, Player of the Year Sorel Mizzi is (quite surprisingly) now again allowed to play there.

Jared Huggins on the Big Game

After much debate, petitions, audition video and an outright rejection, finally it seems Jared Huggins will be playing on PokerStars' hit TV show, The Big Game. According to a TwoPlusTwo user called 'PokerStars Steve', Huggins will be one of the 7 Loose Cannons at the next taping of The Big Game in February.

Poker Pros Celebrate Valentine's Day

Valentine's day has passed, and it affected poker players as well. Many well-know pros tweeted, or somehow reflected upon the occasion. Some of such occurences we are going to present to you now.

European Poker Awards: Jake Cody Is Player of the Year

On Sunday, February 13, 2011 the Aviation Club de France in Paris hosted the European Poker Awards ceremony. Jake Cody is awarded with the title Player of the Year, while the Internet Player of the Year is Andreas ’skjervoy’ Torbergsen.
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