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WSOP 2011 Dates Announced

December 29, 2010 at 6:08 PM |

WSOP announced their 2011 dates on their website. The most notable 50 days of poker will be starting next May. The 42nd World Series of Poker will begin on May 31st, at the usual location, the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas in which it has been held since 2005. The event spans through 50 days, and will run until July 19.

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Esfandiari Wins WPT Five Diamond Classic

December 10, 2010 at 1:28 PM |

Antonio Esfandiari won the $10,300 World Poker Tour Five Diamond Classic Main Event, beating Andrew Robl heads-up. Esfandiari earned $870,000 along with his second WPT title.

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Sebastian Homann Wins WPT Marrakech

December 3, 2010 at 5:10 PM |

Sebastian Homann won the World Poker Tour Marrakech Main Event, earning €244,000.

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Kent Lundmark Wins EPT Barcelona

November 29, 2010 at 5:31 PM |

Swedish Kent Lundmark won the 8-handed final table of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona main event.Eight players made it to the final table of the EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event. The chipleader was Giuseppe Pantaleo but the favourite was WSOP champion Konstantin Puchkov.

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EPT Barcelona Final Table Live Stream

November 27, 2010 at 11:02 PM |

If you are interested in EPT Barcelona's final table, it's happening at this very moment. The live stream is available below.

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New WPT Events in Europe

November 24, 2010 at 6:36 PM |

World Poker Tour released the dates of two new, televised events for Season IX. WPT Venice and WPT Vienna, both presented by PartyPoker, will be held 3rd – 8th February and 25th – 29th March 2011, respectively. Moreover, the first WPT National Series event takes place in Paris.

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EPT Barcelona Launches Today

November 22, 2010 at 5:39 PM |

PokerStars European Poker Tour Season 7 has arrived to Barcelona, where the main event starts today, on 22nd November, 2010. The buy-in for the event that lasts until 27th November is €5,300.

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Durrrr, Ivey, Juanda and Giang Cash Game Madness in Macau

November 15, 2010 at 5:56 PM |

Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, Chau Giang and John Juanda seem to have a good time playing against Chinese businessmen at some high stakes cash game tables in Macau. Phil Ivey won a $2 million pot there, according to some rumors.

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WSOP Main Event - Jonathan Duhamel is the New Champion

November 9, 2010 at 12:59 PM |

Jonathan Duhamel, 23-year-old Canadian player has won the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event. He played very well, exploited his huge chip lead and defeated John Racener for $8,944,310 in prize money.

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Duhamel Vs. Racener - Final Heads-Up Coming Up

November 8, 2010 at 2:25 PM |

After all other finalist were eliminated in Sunday's WSOP Main Event final table, Jonathan Duhamel will face John Racener in the heads-up. Duhamel is in an enormous chip lead, he has over 180 million chips against Racener's 30 million.

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WSOP Final Table Live Coverage at ESPN

November 5, 2010 at 6:01 PM |

As we previously posted, the WSOP Main Event final table starts tomorrow. However, you don't have to wait for the TV show to see the action itself. Starting from this year, ESPN will broadcast the event live (with a 5 minute delay) on their website.

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WSOP 2010 Final Table Kicks Off Tomorrow

November 5, 2010 at 11:59 AM |

The day every poker player have waited for since July is now finally here. The World Series of Poker Final Table starts tomorrow at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas. The 9 finalist players will battle for the amazing $8,944,138 main prize, which one them will win on November 9.

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Eiler Takes Down EPT Vienna, Negreanu 4th

November 2, 2010 at 1:35 PM |

Michael 'mae9690' Eiler, 20-year-old player have won the EPT Vienna on Sunday. The young german player won the final heads-up against Martin Hruby. Daniel Negreanu finished 4th.

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From Freeroll to Aston Martin: Marek Sosnowski Takes Down PartyPoker's Drive the Dream

October 29, 2010 at 1:59 PM |

The 19-year-old Polish player, Marek Sosnowski has won PartyPoker's latest Drive the Dream contest, winning a Ł150,000 Aston Martin DB9 Coupe. The teenager can't drive, he's working hard to get his license as soon as possible.

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WSOP Circuit Event Goes to Africa

October 27, 2010 at 6:08 PM |

WSOP is holding its first WSOP Circuit Event in Johannesburg, South Africa. Vanessa Rousso, Gus Hansen and Maria Ho have already signed up for the tournament considered "The World Cup" of poker.