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Andrew Li Breaks Supernova Elite Record

March 3, 2011 at 12:04 PM |

Andrew 'azntracker' Li has set up a new record by the end of February: he managed to collect the 1 million VPPs that are required to the highest PokerStars VIP level, the SuperNova Elite in just two months.

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Peter Eastgate vs. Sports Betting - 0:1

March 2, 2011 at 10:39 AM |

An interview has recently appeared in a Danish newspaper, in which 2008 WSOP Champion Peter Eastgate told journalists of Politiken that he had lost around $1.7 million sportsbetting, mainly because of last year's World Cup South Africa. He even missed the WSOP in order to be able to attend the World Cup (not a very profitable choice, after all).

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Durrrr Wins $11,5 Million Pot in Macau

March 2, 2011 at 10:09 AM |

Seemingly Tom 'durrrr' Dwan plays much more live than offline, he only logged 2,000 hands during last month, and the reason is obvious: he can earn much more at live tables, most recently he took down an mind-blowing $11,5 million pot in Macau.

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David Williams is a Dad

February 22, 2011 at 5:39 PM |

David Williams, "one of the most successful poker players of all time", as PokerStars denotes him, tweeted some very good news: his daughter, Liliana was born.

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Sorel Mizzi Cheats Again?

February 22, 2011 at 4:08 PM |

We wrote about the "new and better" Sorel Mizzi only a few days ago about Full Tilt unbanned him, forgiving his multi-accounting cheat he committed back in 2007, there's a new accusation of him being a cheater. John Racener is the accuser.

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Gus Hansen Is Up Around $3 Million in February

February 21, 2011 at 5:35 PM |

Gus Hansen seems to have had a winning streak on the high stakes tables lately; his February winnings already total at around $3 million. HighstakesDB has refined its earlier published draw results; yet another game type which he currently owns.

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Sorel Mizzi Is No Longer Banned on Full Tilt

February 18, 2011 at 1:40 PM |

After being permanently banned from Full Tilt Poker in 2007, the Canadian poker pro, Player of the Year Sorel Mizzi is (quite surprisingly) now again allowed to play there.

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Jared Huggins on the Big Game

February 16, 2011 at 3:08 PM |

After much debate, petitions, audition video and an outright rejection, finally it seems Jared Huggins will be playing on PokerStars' hit TV show, The Big Game. According to a TwoPlusTwo user called 'PokerStars Steve', Huggins will be one of the 7 Loose Cannons at the next taping of The Big Game in February.

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Poker Pros Celebrate Valentine's Day

February 15, 2011 at 6:47 PM |

Valentine's day has passed, and it affected poker players as well. Many well-know pros tweeted, or somehow reflected upon the occasion. Some of such occurences we are going to present to you now.

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European Poker Awards: Jake Cody Is Player of the Year

February 15, 2011 at 6:20 PM |

On Sunday, February 13, 2011 the Aviation Club de France in Paris hosted the European Poker Awards ceremony. Jake Cody is awarded with the title Player of the Year, while the Internet Player of the Year is Andreas ’skjervoy’ Torbergsen.

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Macau Cash Games Continue - Johnny Chan Wins Big, durrrr and Juanda Lose

February 15, 2011 at 5:04 PM |

According to recent information, Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, John Juanda, Johnny Chan and Tom 'durrrr' Dwan have been playing nosebleed cash games at the StarWorld Casino in Macau in the last few days. Chan is rumored to be up, but durrrr and Juanda are losing millions of dollars.

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The Million Dollar Bet, Pt. 1 & 2

February 13, 2011 at 12:15 PM |

You might recall the news from earlier this week of Ashton Griffin winning an insane prop bet. He offered to run 70 miles (nearly 3 marathons) in 24 hours; if he won, he would earn $300,000 from Haseeb Qureshi and if he lost, he would pay $900,000. Now, here is the whole story.

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Phil Laak - King of the Kitchen

February 11, 2011 at 4:21 PM |

We are quite used to the fact that Phil Laak is not by any means sane. Proof below. Judging from his many random funny and insane tweets, it is apparent the Irish-born poker pro loves to eat. According to his Twitter, not only does he appreciate good food cooked by others, he can also cook his own. Looking at his pictures at Twitter, he's not that bad at it to be honest. Here's a little compilation of his food-related tweets to literally whet your appetite.

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Peter Eastgate Unretires from Poker

February 11, 2011 at 1:14 PM |

Which has been rumored for some time is now official: 2008 WSOP Main Event winner Peter Eastgate returns to poker after deciding to retire last summer.

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Eugene Katchalov is Next to Take On Isildur1

February 7, 2011 at 4:32 PM |

PokerStars released the next challenger of Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom. Contrary to many beliefs about Daniel Negreanu wanting to be next, it's the 2011 PCA Super High Roller event and WCOOP winner Eugene Katchalov, who gets the opportunity to take the young Swedish pro's money.

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Phil Hellmuth Meets Another Ex-President

February 7, 2011 at 2:16 PM |

According to the Poker Brat's twitter, he met with yet another ex-president after having met Bill Clinton in November: George W. Bush. Hellmuth gave him a signed book, which the ex-president  "tucked into his inner jacket pocket".

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Ashton Griffin Wins Crazy Prop Bet - Runs 70 miles in 24h

February 7, 2011 at 12:52 PM |

According to Justin 'BoostedJ' Smith's twitter, Ashton 'theASHMAN103' Griffin, one of the best young players around managed to win an insane side-bet he made with Haseeb Qureshi. He had to run 70 miles in 24 hours.

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Rest In Peace, Jack Ury!

February 4, 2011 at 12:36 PM |

Jack Ury, the oldest man ever to have played in the WSOP, passed away on 1st February, 2011 at the age of 97. His slowroll in the 2009 WSOP Main Event, as televised by ESPN, will forever be one of the most remembered moments of poker history.

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Greg Raymer to Leave PokerStars?

February 2, 2011 at 5:35 PM |

Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer, 2004 WSOP Main Event champion seemingly no longer represents PokerStars, according to unofficial information, he parted ways with the largest poker room.

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Isildur1 Doing His 2009 Thing?

February 2, 2011 at 2:34 PM |

In the better part of 2010, Viktor ’Isildur1’ Blom performed disappointingly at the online tables, unable to repeat his astonishing results of 2009. Although it would be far-fetched to state 2011 might be his year, he has indeed been convincing in the past few days. He currently has over $600,000 in profit, winning against the likes of Phil Galfond, Ashton Griffin and Mike Gordon.

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Jared Huggins Turned down by The Big Game

February 1, 2011 at 4:27 PM |

Jared Huggins lost his jobs and home in February, 2010 but was helped out by the poker community, which he became incredibly popular with due to his personality and touching videos. Even a proposal was made to get him into PokerStars’ The Big Game show as Loose Cannon, but recently this has been turned down.

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David Saab under Arrest for Smuggling Cocaine

January 27, 2011 at 12:21 PM |

Australian poker player David Saab and two companions attempted to smuggle drugs from Vancouver, Canada to Australia. They hid the 21 kgs (c. 46 lbs) of cocaine on a cargo ship carrying metal parts.

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Negreanu Goes for the SuperNova

January 26, 2011 at 2:14 PM |

Canadian poker pro Daniel Negreanu believes the key to the success of the younger players is that they play an enormous amount of hands online, enabling themselves to accumulate considerable experience. Negreanu aims to be able to compete with them, so he goes for the SuperNova status in 2011.

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Scottish Businessman Bought Eastgate's Bracelet

January 21, 2011 at 5:51 PM |

More than 1 month passed since Peter Eastgate sold his WSOP bracelet, it is now finally public, who the mysterious buyer was. Not Tony G, not some major poker room as many predicted, but Scottish businessman, William Haughey.

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Poker League for World’s Top 200 Players

January 20, 2011 at 5:04 PM |

In the year 2011, Federated Sports & Gaming, in cooperation with Palms Casino Resort, launches a professional poker league. The first season is planned to include five tournaments along with a grand finale. Jeffrey Pollack will act as chairman of the league, while former UB Pro Annie Duke will serve as commissioner.

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Max Katz Invests in Galen Hall, Gets over $1 Million

January 20, 2011 at 2:26 PM |

PCA Main Event winner Galen Hall searched for sponsors for his caribbean adventure back in December, 2010. Russian businessman and poker player Max Katz seized the opportunity – and earned over $1 million on the deal.

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Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom in Serious Trouble

January 19, 2011 at 2:52 PM |

It was no suprise for the poker community that at the PCA, Viktor Blom stepped out of the darkness as the man behind Isildur1. Many think that the reason for him to conceal his true identity was to evade Swedish taxes. Now it seems this really is the case: the Swedish tax office claims $149 million in Swedish krona.

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Jonathan Duhamel Is PokerStars Pro

January 14, 2011 at 12:22 PM |

PokerStars has recently announced that they had signed 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel as their pro team member.

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Viktor Blom is Isildur1 – But What Did the Parents Say?

January 13, 2011 at 4:23 PM |

A Swedish online magazine, NWT visited the Blom family, after Viktor Blom admitted at the currently ongoing PCA that he was the one playing under the nick ’Isildur1’.

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A Deadly Disease and Three Million VPPs – WizardOfAhhs

January 11, 2011 at 2:18 PM |

As we indicated in our previous article on the Top Supernova Elite Players of 2010, here comes our writing, based in part on an earlier post at PokerStarsBlog.com, on how to amass 3 million VPPs in one years’ time; even more notably, on how to do so while fighting a deadly disease. Ladies and Gentleman, we present you the story of Kevin ‘WizardOfAhhs’ Thurman.