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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.’

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Phil Ivey Back to Poker - APPT Macau

November 24, 2011 at 3:08 PM |

The best poker player on the planet, former Full Tilt Poker pro Phil Ivey decided to return to his beloved poker tables. He is currently playing at the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT).

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Poker Fight - Lex Veldhuis Kicks ElkY's Ass

November 23, 2011 at 1:05 PM |

As they reported in April, Lex 'RasZi' Veldhuis and his fellow PokerStars pro Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier arranged to fight each other in an MMA fight. The match took place yesterday with the victory of Veldhuis, who knocked Grospellier out in the 2nd round.

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Jungleman12 Challenges the World, Tony G Might Accept

November 22, 2011 at 1:31 PM |

About a month ago, Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates challenged the whole poker world, waiting for an opponent with €100,000 to sit down against him on the 6th December in Prague.

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Max Katz Benefits from Pius Heinz' Main Event

November 13, 2011 at 1:57 PM |

The Russian player Max Katz, who is known to be a better backer than player did well again; it turned out he and his team had a major share in Pius Heinz' Main Event, therefore they win lots of money on the German pro.

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Half of Ben Lamb's WSOP Prize Paid to Taxes

November 13, 2011 at 12:32 PM |

While Pius Heinz and Sam Holden keep all of their World Series of Poker (WSOP) winnings, the others will have to pay a huge amount to taxes.  Ben Lamb and Eoghan O'Dea are the biggest losers.

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New High Stakes Scam – Max Ashkar Wins $2 Million With Fraud?

November 4, 2011 at 1:56 PM |

2011 does indeed seem to be the year of online poker scams; add Max ’mexx86’ Ashkar to the list, who is accused of using a Trojan virus to win over $2 million in total.

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Antonius Claims to Be Big Loser of Full Tilt Scandal

October 20, 2011 at 7:12 PM |

Patrik Antonius, former Full Tilt Poker Pro claimed in a recent interview that he has nearly $5 million at stake at Full Tilt Poker. If the company goes bankrupt, and players won't be paid, he is bound to lose all his money.

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Tony G Wants To Sue the AGCC

October 12, 2011 at 6:28 PM |

Yesterday, the Australian-Lithuanian poker pro, Antanas 'Tony G' Guoga announced that he is willing to take legal action against the AGCC, because they were negligent in the handling of FTP's case and are responsible for the delay of the payments.