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Duhamel’s Ex Sentenced to Three and a Half Years in Jail

June 27, 2013 at 5:07 PM |

While potentially facing a sentence for life, Bianca Rojas-Latraverse is eventually to serve three and a half years prison for planning the assault on and robbery of WSOP champion Jonathan Duhamel.

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Greek Housewife To Go Pro After Winning 100 Billionth Hand

June 18, 2013 at 4:33 PM |

The Greek player Isidora Panagiotopoulou (microulis69) won $103,800 on Thursday at PokerStars. She intends to use some of it to become a professional poker player.

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Ronaldo - Fenomeno with Footballs and Chips Alike

June 13, 2013 at 8:45 PM |

As we reported in April, the Brazilian football star joined PokerStars' team. The two times world champion now introduces his amazing skill with the...poker chips, apparently.

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Shane Schleger, the "Shaniac" - A Peek Into the Life of an MTT Pro

May 22, 2013 at 8:14 PM |

PokerStars released a short film portraying Shane Schleger, PokerStars Team Online pro, who has amassed more than $3,7 million in online tournament winnings.

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Doyle Brunson Not Playing at WSOP This Year

May 16, 2013 at 2:24 PM |

79-year old Doyle Brunson tweeted he is not going to participate in this year's World Series of Poker; he says he is afraid he finally has to give in to Father Time.

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Gus Hansen Crawls Back with $1.5 Million Session

May 16, 2013 at 10:00 AM |

One of this year’s biggest online high stakes loser so far, Gus Hansen managed to pull himself together and won a total of $1.5 million on FLO8 and 27TD tables earlier this week. His payday was sponsored by Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom and Alex ‘PostflopAction’ Kostritsyn, above all.

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Crockfords Accuses Ivey of Cheating

May 15, 2013 at 1:20 PM |

Crockfords Casino accuses nine times WSOP champion Phil Ivey of abusing a faulty deck of cards to gain an edge in his baccarat game, therefore it is not paying the poker ace’s £7.3 million in winnings.

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Sauce123 Strips Blom of His May Profits

May 10, 2013 at 1:25 PM |

Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom kicked off May with $1.3 million in profits, but this week saw him lose it all to Ben ‘Sauce123’ Sulsky.

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Patrik Antonius Comes Back with $1.8 Million Online

April 25, 2013 at 4:13 PM |

Among the great comebackers in the field of online high stakes poker, Patrik Antonius is currently outperforming everybody else: the Finnish pro is up $1.8 million this year.

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Dutch Boyd Raises Kickstarter Funds to Publish Autobiography

April 24, 2013 at 2:28 PM |

Dutch Boyd had won two WSOP titles and boasted a total of $2.1 million in live tournament winnings. After going bankrupt late last year, he is now to publish his autobiography and strategy book.

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Gypsymagi820’s Identity Revealed

April 23, 2013 at 2:56 PM |

Finnish player Kyosti Isberg turns out to be behind the Sunday Million runner-up and high stakes HU SNG prodigy ’gypsymagi820’ screen name. Isberg is currently in the top section of the EPT Berlin field.

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Meet Online High Stakes Money List 2013 Leader PostflopAction

April 21, 2013 at 12:00 PM |

Alexander ‘PostflopAction’ Kostritsyn confidently leads the 2013 online high stakes money list: the Russian has 4 million in profits to his name this year and his stats show a steady growth.

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Moorman1 Wins 14th Triple Crown

April 19, 2013 at 6:37 PM |

In an incredible run, Chris ‘moorman1’ Moorman won his 14th Triple Crown. As of 16 April, he won tournaments in three different online poker rooms.

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Trickett, Seiver and Danchev Top the 2013 Live Tournament Money List

April 19, 2013 at 12:00 PM |

Even though winning over $1 million in the WSOP APAC Main Event, Daniel Negreanu is still behind the top ten of the annual live tournament money list in 2013.