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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. 

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Daniel Negreanu's Account Hijacked

February 4, 2012 at 1:10 PM |

While Canadian PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu was enjoying his flight home, someone was playing from his account without his knowledge, the unknown infiltrator lost $46,000 in one session.

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European Poker Awards - Sam Trickett is Player of the Year

January 27, 2012 at 2:07 PM |

British poker player Sam Trickett won the main prize of the European Poker Awards, pretty much justifying forecasts.

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Jamie Gold Coaches for $1,000 per Hour

January 24, 2012 at 6:52 PM |

2006 WSOP Main Event winner Jamie Gold is considered by many the lamest poker world champion ever. He charges his trainees a fortune, nevertheless.

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Phil Galfond: “Let’s Make Some Changes!”

January 18, 2012 at 2:10 PM |

High stakes pro Phil Galfond offers a number of interesting ideas to improve online poker in his latest blog post.

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Duhamel Hit by Martin Finger at the PCA Players Party

January 16, 2012 at 5:50 PM |

The already-beaten-up Jonathan Duhamel took another punch; he got hit by Martin '0Piggybank' Finger, EPT Prague's champion at the players' party 2 days ago. This is quite a physical part of Duhamel's life it seems.

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Randy 'Nanonoko' Lew Sets Guinness Record at PCA

January 9, 2012 at 12:36 PM |

PokerStars pro Randy 'nanonoko' Lew has set a new Guinness World Record yesterday at the PCA 2012's Main Hall; he played 23,493 hands in 8 hours with realizing profit.

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Esfandiari, Trickett and Merson Top 2012 Live HS Money List

January 4, 2012 at 3:57 PM |

Big One winner Antonio Esfandiari unquestionably dominated the 2012 live high stakes money list with $19 million worth of profits. Down on the Earth, Sam Trickett and Greg Merson follow.

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Phil Ivey Received $920k per Month from Tiltware LLC

January 2, 2012 at 1:28 PM |

Phil Ivey’s Tiltware LLC payment details have been published in the process of his divorce case. The eight times WSOP champion received a monthly fee of $920,000 from the company.

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Jonathan Duhamel Attacked in Home

December 22, 2011 at 12:15 PM |

As the Canadian media reports, 2010 poker world champion Jonathan Duhamel was attacked yesterday by two men in his home. The pro was taken to hospital, but he has been released since with no major injuries.

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Phil Ivey's Ex-Wife Gets Millions and More In Divorce Settlement

December 19, 2011 at 5:41 PM |

Phil Ivey had already divorced from his wife Luciaetta Ivey in 2009, but their divorce settlement is still an issue today. Luciaetta, however came out well of the situation, according to a document filed this month she received items worth millions and also an alimony of $180,000 per month.

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Nanonoko To Break a Guinness Record at PCA 2012

December 14, 2011 at 1:28 PM |

PokerStars pro Randy 'nanonoko' Lew is in a competive mood; he stated he wants to set a new Guinness World Record at the 2012 PCA. Which record to break, however, he leaves the poker community to decide.

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Another Huge HS Day – Isildur1 Loses $775,000

December 13, 2011 at 3:55 PM |

Following his harvest in the weekend, Viktor ’Islidur1’ Blom has now said goodbye to a substantial amount of his winnings at the PokerStars high stakes tables.

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Isildur1 Returns to PokerStars High Stakes Tables

December 9, 2011 at 4:27 PM |

After a three months’ pause, Viktor ’Isildur1’ Blom has shown up at the PokerStars high stakes tables. He kicked off with a PLO heads-up session against ’VietRussian.’