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PCA 2012 High Roller - Jason Koon Leads, Haxton, nanonoko and Duhamel at Final Table

January 14, 2012 at 2:39 PM |

The Main Event is over, however, there is one more important tournament running at the Bahamas: the PCA 2012 $25,000 High Roller. It is currently lead by Jason Koon, but there are very big names still at the table.

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PCA 2012 Main Event - John Dibella beats Kyle Julius in the Heads Up

January 14, 2012 at 12:55 PM |

John Dibella, a satellite qualifier defeated Kyle Julius to win the Main Event of this year's PCA. The family man and day trader took home $1,775,000.

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PCA 2012 Main Event - Faraz Jaka on the Final Table

January 13, 2012 at 1:42 PM |

2012 PCA's Main Event almost came to its conclusion, the 8-handed final table was set yesterday with the chiplead of Faraz Jaka. PokerStars.tv will provide a live stream covering the event.

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PCA 2012 Super High Roller - Viktor Blom Wins His First Live Tournament

January 8, 2012 at 1:05 PM |

Killer high stakes action went down yesterday at PCA's tables, the extraordinarily strong final table of this year's Super High Roller tournament ended with the victory of Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom. This is the young Swedish pro's first live tournament win.

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PCA 2012 Super High Roller - Galen Hall Takes Lead, Isildur1, Negreanu at Final Table

January 7, 2012 at 3:18 PM |

An extraordinarily strong final table formed yesterday at the PCA 2012 Super High Roller tournament, the chipleader Isaac Haxton was eliminated, Daniel Negreanu, Jonathan Duhamel and Viktor Blom are still in for the $1,254,400 first prize.

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PCA 2012 Super High Roller - Galen Hall Takes Lead, Isildur1, Negreanu at Final Table

January 7, 2012 at 3:18 PM |

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PCA 2012 Super High Roller - Haxton, Blom, Seidel Take the Lead

January 6, 2012 at 1:22 PM |

Isaac Haxton leads the field at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure's (PCA) $100,000 Super High Roller Event by the end of Day 1. Viktor Blom and Erik Seidel are also amongst the top players.

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WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic - James Dempsey is Champion

December 12, 2011 at 6:53 PM |

The British James Dempsey won his first WPT title at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

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Over 22 Players at the WSOP $1 Million Event

December 8, 2011 at 3:21 PM |

In June, 2011 WSOP announced that they organise a $1 million-buy-in event in 2012. Over 22 players have already registered, which means it is now an official bracelet-event in next year’s program.

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WPT Prague - Andrey Pateychuk Wins His Second Major Tourney this Year

December 6, 2011 at 5:39 PM |

The main event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prague ended with the victory of Andrey Pateychuk. The Russian poker player went home with €450,000 in winnings. 

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Prague Poker Festival Is Launched – Without Jungleman12 HU

December 2, 2011 at 1:32 PM |

With the WPT Prague Main Event, the Prague Poker Festival kicked off yesterday, featuring a total of 18 events, including the EPT and GSOP Main Events as well. Jungleman12's HU challenge is, however, probably cancelled.

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WSOP Main Event - Pius Heinz Wins, Takes Home $8,7 Million

November 9, 2011 at 3:06 PM |

Pius Heinz, to first German player in the history of the WSOP won the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event. He defeated the Czech Martin Staszko for the amazing $8,711,956 main prize, and of course the WSOP bracelet.

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WSOP Main Event - Heinz, Lamb and Staszko to Battle for the Bracelet

November 7, 2011 at 5:26 PM |

The day has finally arrived; the WSOP November Nine got underway yesterday. Pius Heinz, Ben Lamb and Martin Staszko made it to the final three, who will face each other on Tuesday in the Grand Finale of the WSOP 2011.

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WSOPE 2011 Main Event: Fox Is Champion, Moorman Finishes 2nd

October 21, 2011 at 5:54 PM |

Maintaining his lead throughout the finale, Elio Fox won the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event for €1.4 million. Chris Moorman barely missed the bracelet.

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WSOPE Main Event – A Finale of Stars

October 20, 2011 at 3:42 PM |

Although both Patrik Antonius and Erik Seidel got eliminated from the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event on Day 4, the final table is set to feature many of the top poker stars of today.

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USA Wins Caesars Cup

October 20, 2011 at 2:19 PM |

The United States/Canada team revenged their defeat in 2009 by Europe in the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) invitational event Caesars Cup. Phil Hellmuth’s team won 3 – 1.

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WSOPE Event #5, #6 - Michael Mizrachi Won Another Bracelet

October 16, 2011 at 2:13 PM |

Michael Mizrachi won his second golden bracelet at the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) €10.400 NLHE Split Format tournament. Event #6 also ended yesterday with the victory of Philippe Boucher.

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WSOPE Event #4 - Tristan Wade Wins, ElkY 5th

October 14, 2011 at 6:31 PM |

The WSOPE Event #4, the €3,200 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout has ended with the victory of the young American pro Tristan Wade. The French Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier came in 5th.

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Caesars Cup – Ben Lamb and Jason Mercier on the US/Canada Team

October 14, 2011 at 4:40 PM |

As part of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), the Caesars Cup starts on 19th October. In the unofficial event that was first introduced in 2009, the team of the US and Canada clash with the most elite European players.

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WSOPE Event #3 - Steve Billirakis Won Yet Another Bracelet

October 14, 2011 at 2:47 PM |

Steve Billirakis collected his second bracelet at the World Series of Poker €5,300 PLO Event. He defeated players like Sam Trickett and November Niner Eoghan O'Dea.

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WSOPE Event #2 - Hinrichsen Wins, Romanello 5th

October 12, 2011 at 4:39 PM |

Roberto Romanello missed his Triple Crown yesterday at the second event of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE); Andrew Hinrichsen took the bracelet and the €148,030 prize.

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WSOPE 2011 Is Underway - Hellmuth Looking For 12th Bracelet

October 10, 2011 at 6:08 PM |

The World Series of Poker Europe 2011 is finally here, the first event already ended with the partipation of 11-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth. The hot-dog-riding Poker Brat finished 7th, missing a final table appearance at the €2,500 Six-Max NLHE event. Guillaume Humbert took down the main prize in the end.

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EPT London - Benny Spindler's First Major Tourney Win

October 7, 2011 at 4:33 PM |

The German 26 year old Benny Spindler won the £5,000 buy-in main event of the EPT London. After eliminating most of the final 8, he defeated American Steve O'Dwyer heads-up, taking home the £750,000 prize and a Shamballa Jewels bracelet worth €10,000.

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International Stadiums Poker Tour - $30 Million Guaranteed in 2012?

October 6, 2011 at 2:41 PM |

30,000 players can qualify online for the International Stadiums Poker Tour, held in 2012 in the Wembley. If the $30 million guaranteed event is realised, it will simply be the biggest poker tournament ever.

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The London Poker Festival Launches with EPT London

September 30, 2011 at 1:19 PM |

On 30th September, it is shuffle up and deal for the European Poker Tour (EPT) London Main Event but the London Poker Festival already warmed up on Thursday.

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Poker Action in Europe – Autumn

September 9, 2011 at 6:40 PM |

Rakerace.com has compiled a list of the poker action in Europe this Fall. Find out what do the buy-ins for the tournaments, travelling and accommodation cost!

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WCOOP 2011 Kicked Off on Sunday

September 5, 2011 at 2:56 PM |

On 4th September, the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) 2011 launched with three events. To tune you in for the single greatest international online poker championship, here are some exciting stats and figures from the history of the tournament.

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EPT Barcelona - Martin Schleich Takes Down €850,000

September 2, 2011 at 1:23 PM |

The European Poker Tour has its newest champion, as the German player Martin Schleich took down the EPT Barcelona final table, cashing whopping €850,000. Dragan Kostic came in second, while Team PokerStars pro Eugene Katchalov finished third.

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WSOP Live Coverage On Air

August 22, 2011 at 12:35 PM |

Every Tuesday, ESPN is airing episodes of the WSOP Main Event. The first episode is already on the Internet in two parts.

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Chino Rheem Wins Epic - Will He Settle His Debts?

August 15, 2011 at 4:08 PM |

Chino Rheem has won the million-dollar first prize at the Epic Poker League. He defeated Erik Seidel heads-up. The question is: will he use this sum to pay off his debts or will he continue scamming the poker community?