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Out With the Old in with the New - Prahlad Friedman a UB Pro

January 7, 2011 at 1:29 PM |

Prahlad Friedman, young online pro is UB's newest addition to its team of pros. As the company promised, they are finding young online pros to represent them from now on, and from this aspect, Friedman seems a good choice.

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Sorel Mizzi is 2010 BLUFF Player of the Year

January 4, 2011 at 6:15 PM |

The final results of the annual Player of the Year competition at BLUFF Magazine have been made public a few days ago, and it did not really come as a surprise that Sorel Mizzi came out on top. 

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HS 2010 – Jungleman12 is the New High Stakes King

January 3, 2011 at 1:51 PM |

The American Daniel Cates (jungleman12) ended up at the first place of the 2010 high stakes rankings with $5,5 million in profits. The fish of the year is Brian Townsend.

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Biggest Winners of 2010

December 30, 2010 at 4:56 PM |

Nearing the end of the last year of the decade, it is only natural most sites evaluate the biggest winners and losers, the most notable newcomers and players in general, etc. Now is the time for us to do the math and see who the biggest winners of 2010 are.

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Annie Duke Engaged

December 28, 2010 at 5:56 PM |

According to Annie Duke's (host of the Annie Duke Show) recent tweet, she is now engaged to her long-time lover, Joe Reitman. The director and actor has been dating Annie Duke since his divoce with his previous wife, Shannon Elizabeth, actress and poker player.

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Isildur1 Wants Rematch with Haxton

December 23, 2010 at 1:25 PM |

Isildur1, the young ultra-aggressive Swede was beaten by his first challenger at the first SuperStar Showdown last Sunday. Isildur doesn't seem to be happy about it, and as he commented recently, he wants a 5,000 hand rematch with the american pro, Isaac Haxton.

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Phil Hellmuth to Dance With the Stars?

December 20, 2010 at 4:41 PM |

Phil Hellmuth, 11-time WSOP champion now just might get into another genre: dancing. He tweeted that he might be on the next season of "Dancing with the Stars".

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John Racener Arrest Details and His Apology

December 17, 2010 at 4:12 PM |

Five days have passed since 2010 WSOP Main Event runner-up John Racener was arrested for the 4th time, and now more information surfaced about the case and the he also commented his behaviour on his twitter.

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The First Interview Ever Made with Viktor Blom? Part One

December 14, 2010 at 6:32 PM |

The first part of an interview with Viktor Blom has appeared 2 days ago in the forum of the Swedish State poker site Svenska Spel, in which BankTheMan writes about Blom’s poker life in detail.

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John Racener Arrested for DUI

December 13, 2010 at 5:18 PM |

John Racener, 24-year-old runner-up of the 2010 WSOP Main Event was arrested again. He was charged with his third DUI (Driving Under Influence).

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Phil Hellmuth Strikes Back

December 13, 2010 at 5:06 PM |

It was inevitable that Phil ‘Poker Brat’ Hellmuth responds to Dusty ‘Leatherass’ Schmidt’s recently released book that advises us not to listen to him. In fact, most believed it would not take so long; Gambling911.com now finally presents his “riposte.”

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Isildur1 Being Himself as a PokerStars Pro

December 10, 2010 at 4:12 PM |

Isildur1, the Swedish ultra-aggressive player started out his PokerStars carreer being absolutely himself: He won $287,500 in a 14-hour session, but today he almost lost all of it to Phil Galfond.

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Isildur1 signed up to Team PokerStars Pro

December 7, 2010 at 4:43 PM |

That's right, the rumors were true, Isildur1 has indeed signed up with a major poker room, but not just any, but the largest, PokerStars. His identity remains unknown.

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Duhamel Nominated for Canadian Athlete of the Year

December 7, 2010 at 1:28 PM |

This year's WSOP Main Event winner Jonathan Duhamel is between the 16 nominees for the 2010 Canadian Athlete of the Year. In the first round he competes with the Tesse Virtue/Scott Moir Olympic champion ice dance couple for the top 8.

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Cristiano Ronaldo Playing Heads-Up Against Jungleman12 and Antonius

December 6, 2010 at 4:31 PM |

The Portuguese soccer player, Cristiano Ronaldo appears to have been playing poker on Full Tilt Poker against Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates and Patrik Antonius.