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SuperStar Showdown: Blom Beats Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu never stood a chance against Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom in last Sunday’s SuperStar Showdown: the Swede pro won the Canadian’s full $150,000 challenge bankroll in 1,439 hands.

Heypoker Exclusive $3,000 Cash Race – 1-30 June

Heypoker offers a $3,000 cash race in June only for players registering via Rakerace.com! The first prize is $800!

Obscene €100,000 Race at Betfair Poker

The promotion is only available for players of just a few affiliates, rakerace.com is one of them.

EPT 8 Tallinn: Days 1A and 1B Over

On 2nd August Season 8 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour kicked off in Tallinn, Estonia. Main Event Days 1A and 1B are now over, and here is a report on the players, survivors and chipcounts.

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

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.

Shuffled Up and Dealt in the First Legal US Online Poker Room

On 30 April, the first hand has been dealt in UltimatePoker, the first ever legal online poker room in the United States of America, on the regulated Nevada market.

Partypoker signs partnership deal with Casino Sochi

The online operator announced a four-year deal with eight live events every year.

Ultimate Poker Introduces Winner Takes All Rake System

The only legal online poker room in the United States to date, Ultimate Poker has introduced a remarkably unique rake structure: rakeback is paid only after won hands.

WSOP 2013 - Event #25 - Danny Fuhs Wins $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better

27 Players returned for Day 3 of the $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better event of this year's WSOP. The field was filled with pros such as Dario Alioto, Eric Crain, Huck Seed, Paul Sokoloff, Dan Kelly and Maria Ho. Robert Mizrachi held the majority of the chips, 339,500, followed by Francesco Barbaro (278,000) and Shawn Buchanan (263,500).

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

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. 

Greek Housewife To Go Pro After Winning 100 Billionth Hand

The Greek player Isidora Panagiotopoulou (microulis69) won $103,800 on Thursday at PokerStars. She intends to use some of it to become a professional poker player.

Betsson to run massive poker promotion during Euro 2016

The room will run tournaments before every match of the 2016 UEFA European Championship, giving away gadgets, tournament tickets, cash prizes and a Battle of Malta package. The promotion starts on June 10, check out the details below!

$364,000 Fastforward Leaderboards at partypoker

The site offers four different leaderboards for both PLO and NLH players, with $91,000 in weekly prizes!

Isildur1 Doing His 2009 Thing?

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.

David Baazov leaves PokerStars

His ''personal vacation'' turned into an all-around resignation from all positions, check out the details below!
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