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Isildur1 Back on Top for 2013 with $1.3 Million Win

March 12, 2013 at 5:28 PM |

The top two players of the March online high stakes money list, Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom and Ben ‘Bttech86‘ Tollerene ran into a clash this weekend. Blom cut his opponent for over $700,000 but did not stop there.

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PokerStars Team Pro Crushes Full Tilt Professionals

March 11, 2013 at 4:17 PM |

The Professionals were defeated by the Team Pro players last Sunday in the highly anticipated clash of the titans, where the PokerStars pros crushed the FTP pros 8-1, scoring a total of $150,000.

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Mrgr33n13 Challenge: $1,250,000 in Profits and 5 Million VPPs in 2013

March 7, 2013 at 2:55 PM |

HU SNG specialist Daniel ’mrgr33n13’ Colman faces a challenge to reach $1,250,000 in profits and 5 million VPPs in 2013. Read the details of the challenge and an interview with Colman here.

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Chris Moorman Reaches Beyond $9 Million in Online MTT Winnings

March 6, 2013 at 2:44 PM |

Chirs Moorman is the first online MTT player of poker history whose tracked total winnings exceed $9 million.

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RealAndyBeal Returns with a $539,000 Swing

February 21, 2013 at 3:09 PM |

Niki ‘RealAndyBeal’ Jedlicka has returned to the online high stakes tables after a long break to make a $539,000 run in just 24 hours.

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Moorman Breaks Own Record, Takes Down 13th Triple Crown

February 16, 2013 at 4:34 PM |

Chris ‘moorman1’ Moorman won tournaments in three different online poker rooms this week once again, taking down his 13th Triple Crown.

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Tom 'Durrrr' Dwan Bounces Back with $1 Million Profit a Day

February 13, 2013 at 7:18 PM |

Tom Dwan currently leads the high stakes profit list for the month, after a short downswing, he is back with a million dollar profit in just one day.

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Gus Hansen Wins $662,000, Isildur1 Returns after Short Break

January 18, 2013 at 4:34 PM |

Following a single day’s break, Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom returned to the online high stakes game, loosing $207,000 in a long session. Gus Hansen is the biggest winner of the past 24 hours.

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Isildur1 on Break - January Profits Drop to $3 Million

January 17, 2013 at 5:38 PM |

Viktor Blom (Isildur1) has lost a decent amount of money at the high stakes tables recently, so he decided to take a break from playing poker.

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Phil Galfond Takes $1.1 Million from Isildur1

January 14, 2013 at 2:28 PM |

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom finished his last session with a $1.1 million loss to Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond. Most of the money changed hands in PLO.

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Isildur1 Wins $1.3 Million in 24 Hours

January 9, 2013 at 11:05 PM |

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom continues to absolutely crush the online high stakes tables. He won $1.3 million on Tuesday and is at $4.1 million in profits in January.

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Isildur1 Racks Up $2 Million in Profits

January 6, 2013 at 8:10 PM |

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom has been crushing the online high stakes games, profiting $750,000 on Friday only and a total of around $2 million in the first week of January.

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Dutch Boyd Broke, Sells Bracelet on eBay

December 21, 2012 at 3:00 PM |

Two times WSOP champion Dutch Boyd has lost all his money, does not get a job and now offers his bracelet won at the Bellagio for sale on eBay.

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Nanonoko's 2011 Trip to Macau - Video

November 8, 2012 at 1:23 PM |

Randy 'nanonoko' Lew won last year's APPT Main Event. The multitabler PokerStars pro shot a very exciting and informative video of his trip to Macau, which you can watch now right here, at Rakerace.com.

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Introducing the October Nine - Russell Thomas, a Man of Numbers

October 26, 2012 at 9:32 PM |

Russell Thomas is not a professional poker player, he works as an actuary. However, his results at the poker table demand attention, qualifying him as one of the potential surprise favourites in the WSOP 2012 Main Event finale.

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Introducing the October Nine - Steven Gee, Doyen of the Final Table

October 20, 2012 at 1:25 PM |

Arguably the most prominent member of the WSOP 2012 October Nine, Steven Gee is predominantly a live cash game player, while already possessing a golden bracelet. He has the 5th biggest stack in the finale.

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Introducing the October Nine - Jeremy Ausmus, To Win for his Family

October 15, 2012 at 7:08 PM |

A Las Vegas grinder fighting for his family, Jeremy Ausmus awaits the upcoming WSOP Main Event final shortstacked.

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Crockfords Casino Refuses to Pay Ivey’s Baccarat Winnings

October 8, 2012 at 7:00 PM |

The Crockfords Casino of London accuses poker legend Phil Ivey of collusion and withholds his £7.3 million baccarat winnings.

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Gus Hansen Returns as FTP Ambassador

October 3, 2012 at 3:20 PM |

Full Tilt Poker has officially announced to have their former pro, WSOPE and WPT champion Dane Gus Hansen back representing the room. Hansen is the first official ambassador of the re-opening FTP.

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Nominees for the Poker Hall of Fame Induction 2012

September 14, 2012 at 5:28 PM |

Caesars Entertainment and the WSOP have released the list of nominees for the Poker Hall of Fame 2012 induction, as a result of a public ballot.

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WSOP Champion Ryan Young Dies in Car Accident

July 31, 2012 at 3:48 PM |

We are saddened to inform you, young 2007 WSOP $1,500 NLHE champion Ryan Young passed away in a car accident yesterday, on 30 July.

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Tony G Qualifies for the Olympics in Team Lithuania

July 31, 2012 at 2:06 PM |

Poker pro Tony G participated in the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics as part of the Lithuanian Olympic Team.

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Betfair Signs Elisabeth Hille

July 24, 2012 at 4:25 PM |

Norwegian Elisabeth Hille has already played the WSOP in Betfair colours and now she is officially a sponsored team pro member.

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Gus Hansen Sponsors 18 Danish Players's WSOP Main Event

July 11, 2012 at 2:23 PM |

Gus Hansen can score big if one (or more, for that matter) of his 18 sponsored players get into money at this year's WSOP Main Event. Players will have to pay 80% of their winnings to Hansen.

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Big One Runner-Up Trickett Beaten Up

July 6, 2012 at 1:31 PM |

Just not to let this year’s WSOP pass entirely in the spirit of excitement and fair competition, six thugs attacked and beat up Big One event runner-up British Sam Trickett, most likely out of pure envy.

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Durrrr Wins $3.8 Million Pot in Macau

May 10, 2012 at 5:31 PM |

Tom ’durrrr’ Dwan has flopped two pairs for a gargantuan pot against a Chinese businessman in Macau.

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Sam Trickett May Sign to PokerStars

May 4, 2012 at 5:47 PM |

Player of the Year 2011 British Sam Trickett has announced to leave his sponsor company Titan Poker. It is widely assumed he will sign to PokerStars.

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PokerStars Signs Former Loose Cannon Martinez

March 29, 2012 at 7:08 PM |

PokerStars has signed Massimiliano Martinez a Team Pro member. Martinez was the most successful Loose Cannon in the PokerStars Big Game Season 2.

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Daniel Negreanu - "Full Tilt Poker Leaders are Scumbags" (video)

February 26, 2012 at 10:18 PM |

Daniel Negreanu has recently launched a video blog, probably to appear on a regular basis, titled VBlog with some 'Real Talk'. Apart from tabloid-ish issues like Jason Somerville's 'coming out', KidPoker also talks about the World Series and Full Tilt Poker. 