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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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Phil Ivey Leads WSOP POY Contest

June 17, 2012 at 5:45 PM |

We are halfway into the 43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) and Phil Ivey is currently in the lead of the WSOP Player of the Year contest, followed by Andrew Frankenberger and John Monnette.

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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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!P0krparty¡ Crushes Online High Stakes Tables Again

May 5, 2012 at 2:32 PM |

!P0krparty¡, an unknown player playing from a Canadian account has lost his entire bankroll back in 2011, but he now returned to the tables, and in just 3 weeks, he fought his way to the high stakes tables with a $100 deposit. Will the mystery player stay longer than last year?

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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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Amarillo Slim Passes Away at 83

May 1, 2012 at 8:37 PM |

Legendary poker player Thomas Austin Preston Jr., also known as Amarillo Slim, passed away this weekend, at the age of 83.

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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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The Poker Community in Full Support of Jason Somerville

March 4, 2012 at 8:20 PM |

WSOP champion Jason Somerville is the first male poker pro to publicly admit being gay. Although he expected negative reactions, the poker community stood up beside him.

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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. 

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Betfair Signs Peter Eastgate in Team Pro

February 22, 2012 at 3:49 PM |

2008 World Series of Poker champion Peter Eastgate joins Team Betfair Poker.

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Jungleman12 vs Andrew Feldman – New WSOP Fight on the Horizon?

February 22, 2012 at 1:59 PM |

Daniel ‘jungleman12’ Cates and Andrew Feldman might be the next couple of poker pros to fight in a WSOP prop bet.

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Gus Hansen’s Expensive Miss of Flight

February 13, 2012 at 5:09 PM |

Gus Hansen chose to play on instead of flying home and paid the price.

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Nanonoko Auditions for Reality Show – Video

February 9, 2012 at 6:00 PM |

Multitable master Randy ‘nanonoko’ Lew auditions for Capcom’s online reality show Cross Assault to be enlisted in the Street Fighter team.

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Rest in Peace, Nikolay Evdakov!

February 8, 2012 at 12:27 PM |

At the age of 47, Russian poker pro Nikolay Evdakov passed away on 6 February, 2012.

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Daniel Negreanu Blog Excerpts: Hacker Attack, Big Loss and Break-Up

February 6, 2012 at 6:55 PM |

In his latest blog entry, Daniel Negreanu tells public about the hacking of his PokerStars account, Aussie Millions and his former relationship with Hungarian beauty queen Polgár Kriszta. 