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Doyle Brunson’s Thoughts on PHoF Nominees

October 11, 2010 at 7:30 PM |

After a well deserved break that lasted three weeks, Doyle Brunson returned to his blog and now he posts again regularly. In his latest entry, he shares his thoughts about the nominees of the upcoming Poker Hall of Fame ballot, taking place on 7th November. The induction of two new members into the Hall is going to be one of the 2010 WSOP Finale shows.

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Maxim Lykov Also Joins Team PokerStars Pro

October 11, 2010 at 5:39 PM |

PokerStars is rather active signing newer and newer pros, signing with Liv Boeree almost 2 weeks ago, they revealed their latest addition to the elite Team PokerStars Pro, the russian pro player, Maxim Lykov.

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Scott Montgomery Gets Robbed in a Restroom at Bellagio

October 11, 2010 at 4:49 PM |

Canadian Full Tilt Red Pro Scott Montgomery got robbed yesterday, on 10th October, in one of the restrooms of the Bellagio. He was forced to hand over $2,000.

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Phil Hellmuth: Is His Time Over?

October 7, 2010 at 5:36 PM |

Once the world's biggest poker player Phil Hellmuth have not won a single tournament for 3 years and 110 days now, his bad luck surrounds his cash games as well.

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October 6, 2010 at 1:20 PM |

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Blom Refuses to Give Interview at WSOPE

October 1, 2010 at 2:28 PM |

Viktor Blom (suspected to be the mysterious player Isildur1) has always been known as a shy, reserved player who doesn't talk much at the tables, instead, he concentrates on the game only. He finished 16th at the WSOPE Main Event, and after leaving the table, he refused to give an interview to ESPN.

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The Bats Are Gone, Doyle Is Back

September 24, 2010 at 1:13 PM |

We have reported about the bat invasion at Doyle Brunson's property which made the 77-year-old poker pro escape to his Montana home, where he has spent 3 weeks. These weeks have passed, and he's back in Las Vegas according to his Twitter.

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Tom Dwan Argues with harrington25 and URnotINdanger2

September 23, 2010 at 4:42 PM |

Tom 'durrrr' Dwan usually plays high-stakes Pot Limit Omaha recently at Full Tilt tables, and while he is winning lots of money, he sometimes chats with his opponents, who are not exactly happy all the time with 'durrrr'. We are going to present 2 of such conversations.

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Love Is in the Air?

September 22, 2010 at 5:50 PM |

There were heated debates after Scott Montgomery's Facebook status update (“Getting ready to celebrate my gf’s birthday. hope she likes my gift!”) at the TwoPlustTwo forums. Users kept guessing who the mysterious girlfriend might be, or whether she's really a girl (many of the users thought Montgomery was openly gay). They investigated until it seemed most likely that he dates Annette Obrestad, pro poker player.

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The British Poker Awards Winners

September 17, 2010 at 2:50 PM |

The Kensington Close Hotel in London was the venue of the first British Poker Awards show, hosted by Michael Caselli and Antonio Esfandiari. Poker players, contributors, providers and forums were nominated by poker journalists in a total of eleven categories. The winners were awarded according to a public online voting as well as the decision of fellow poker pros and editors.

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Michael Mizrachi Sued for Breach of Contract

September 10, 2010 at 4:49 PM |

Michael Mizrachi, currently pro player at Full Tilt Poker, is being sued by his former sponsor, Deliverance Poker because of contract breach.

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"Isildur1" Same Person as "grolongo"?

September 10, 2010 at 3:20 PM |

There is much speculation about the identity of the mysterious 'grolongo', a Swedish account playing Pot Limit Omaha and No Limit Holdem at PokerStars and becoming more and more popular in cash game action.

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PokerStars Saying Farewell to Pros?

September 9, 2010 at 6:41 PM |

PokerStars is holding its annual WCOOP series, which is constantly being followed by most of the poker world, not to mention the amount of poker pros taking part in the series. The question is: why aren’t all the sponsored PokerStars Pros participating in the most important online event of the year?

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The British Poker Awards Start in Four Days, Hosts Are Revealed

September 9, 2010 at 3:24 PM |

The British Poker Awards is coming on Monday, 13th September, with the voting in the eight Reader’s Choice categories open for public since early August. The names of the hosts of the show have also been announced: poker celebrity Antonio Esfandiari and Michael Caselli.

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The Most Overexposed Professional Poker Players

September 7, 2010 at 4:09 PM |

Casino City has recently published an interesting article, listing the ten poker players, who, in their opinion, are featured too often on US TV shows.