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Cole South Moves North

May 25, 2011 at 12:49 PM |

Cole South, former CardRunners coach and Full Tilt Poker pro is one of those U.S. pros, who were affected by the ban on online poker after the Black Friday. He seems to have solved the problem though; according to recent news, he moved from Washington DC to Canada.

Online Poker

Durrrr Challenge 2: Dwan Reduces Cates’ Lead

December 17, 2010 at 3:43 PM |

Tom ’durrrr’ Dwan and Daniel ’jungleman12’ Cates keep up the good work recently; Durrrrr Challenge 2 is alive and well, with a 1,214 hands session played yesterday. Dwan managed to reduce his deficit to $500,000, while Cates swept in the biggest pot in the Challenge so far.

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Luke ‘Bdbeatslayer’ Vrabel Wins 5th Anniversary Sunday Million

March 7, 2011 at 12:28 PM |

March 6, 2011 saw the record breaking 5th anniversary PokerStars Sunday Million with the greatest number of entrants (59,128 players) ever in its history. Due to the $215 buy-in, a prize pool of $11,825,600 was amassed, more than twice as much as the $5 million originally guaranteed.

Poker Rooms

The hand history saga - what is the future for our HHs?

June 19, 2019 at 7:01 PM |

While partypoker joins the camp of no HH sites, Microgaming backs down.

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PokerStars Card Collections: Welcome Bonus | Pocket Rockets

January 12, 2024 at 5:03 PM |

PokerStars returns an old promotion of theirs, the card collections, with their Pocket Rockets promotion, which is exclusively available to new players.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP Event #43 - Henry Lu's First Live Win is a Bracelet

June 26, 2012 at 3:46 PM |

20 players started day 3 of the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Event #43. The chipleader was Zachary Clark, but other big names were still in for the bracelet, including Neil Channing, Randy 'nanonoko' Lew, and WCOOP champion James 'mig.com' Mackey.

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Killer Whale - Last chance to get a 50% VIP rakeback on GGPoker!

February 13, 2024 at 2:50 PM |

On January 15th, GGPoker launched its new promotion, Killer Whale, which allows you to earn 50% cashback on the market-leading network for 100 days.

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Special bankroll-booster promotions at RedKings Poker

October 1, 2018 at 4:56 PM |

The new point-chasers offer players up to $6,000 in October!

Poker Tournaments

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.

Poker Tournaments

Sam Trickett Wins PartyPoker's World Open VI.

September 13, 2010 at 6:09 PM |

The PartyPoker World Open VI. began September 6th, the $10,000 event that took place at the Palm Beach Casino in London featuring 48 poker pros. The tournament ended yesterday so we already have a winner.

Poker Rooms

Betsson Group acquires TonyBet

September 13, 2016 at 4:05 PM |

Swedish online gambling giant Betsson AB has announced that they have purchased the company behind TonyBet, the online poker site launched by Tony G.

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Rakerace.com SCOOP Madness - Win SCOOP Tickets for $1

April 19, 2012 at 7:30 PM |

Rakerace.com offers a great opportunity to players who register to PokerStars via our site. In addition to the prize pool for the $1 tournaments, PokerStars grants you 32 SCOOP tickets worth $2,000 in total.

Poker Rooms

Treasure hunt on PokerKing

November 13, 2017 at 5:13 PM |

PokerKing offers a number of ways to get extra value! Take advantage of their welcome bonus packages and special promotions!

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New Faces in the Online High Stakes Field

June 13, 2013 at 5:51 PM |

Despite the WSOP, the online high stakes tables remain occupied, with many new players trying to take a shot at the game at this time of the year. ‘Trex313’ is the biggest winner, while the action is once again sponsored by Gus Hansen for the most part.

Poker Tournaments

WSOP Event #54 and Event #55 - $1,000 NLHE and $50,000 Poker Players Championship

July 7, 2011 at 4:05 PM |

Max Lykov had the lead throughout the final table of WSOP Event #54 $1,000 NLHE, eventually defeating Dror Michaelo heads-up. In the famous $50,000 Poker Players Championship (WSOP Event #55), Phil Hellmuth lost his third HU battle in WSOP 2011, this time against Brian Rast.