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High Stakes Pros Arrested on Charges of Organising Illegal Gambling Activity

WPT champion Vadim Trincher, WSOP champion Abe Mosseri and Justin ‘BoostedJ’ Smith, among others, have been part of a syndicate possibly owned by the Russian mafia.

Durrrr Challenge: Is the "Portuguese Poker Prodigy” Next?

There has been an interesting conversation going on between Jose ‘Girah’ Macedo and Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan on Twitter. It would seem that the 18-year-old prodigy is to take on the challenge.

Preflop Strategy - Starting Hands Chart

Starting hand guide for no limit holdem 6 max games. This chart is for beginning players and advocates a really tight-aggressive (TAG) preflop starting hand strategy. With some experience you can broaden your preflop starting hand range, also your 3betting and 4betting range.

Jason Mercier Also Back-to-Back Champion at NAPT Mohegan Sun

It seems that this year's NAPT Mohegan Sun is all about title defenders, Vanessa Selbst won the Main Event yesterday, Jason Mercier took down the Bounty Shootout at the NAPT Mohegan Sun, Uncasville.

WSOP 2013 - Event #61 - Daniel Alaei Has Second $10,000 PLO Bracelet, Fourth Overall

An immensely strong field of 32 players returned on Day 3 of World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 Event #61 $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha. Alexey Rybin led the players to the finale of the last WSOP 2013 bracelet side event.

WSOP 2013 - Event #33 - Bryan Campanello Takes Down $2,500 Seven-Card Razz

World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 Event #33 $2,500 Seven-Card Razz Day 3 saw 14 players taking their seats at the tables. The chiplead was David Bach’s and play continued to grab the $178,052 first prize.

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

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.

Jungleman and Dogishead Interviewed on Girah Scandal

Bluff Magazine has interviewed the two high stakes players who seem to have the most suspicious relationship with the scammer José ‘Girah’ Macedo. Daniel ‘Jungleman12’ Cates and Haseeb ‘dogishead’ Qureshi were asked a couple of more or less pressing questions and here are some of their answers.

PokerStars Exclusive Loyalty Freeroll in July - $2,000 Daily Big Tickets Up For Grabs

Rakerace.com will organize another great $2,000 Exclusive Loyalty Freeroll for PokerStars players. The leading online poker room guarantees "Big Tickets" worth $2,000, which can be used for buying into PokerStars Daily Big tournaments.

Life after PokerStars - where to play spins

PokerStars recently made changes in their spin-and-go games, which made the regulars find another site to grind at.

InterPoker Exclusive €6,000 Rake Race – 1-31 May

InterPoker offers an exclusive €6,000 rake race in May, for Rakerace.com players only! Only if you register via our site are you eligible to participate in the promotion for the €1,200 first prize! In addition to the private offer, a €1,000 first deposit bonus, 30% rakeback and the room’s central promotions are also available.

PokerStars Loyalty Freeroll Chase - October

With an extraordinary timing and prize, the exlusive RakeRace Loyalty Freeroll Chase has started this October. The top 20 wins a ticket (worth 3000FPP) to PokerStars' October Turbo Takedown, where players can play for their share of the handsome $1,000,000 prize pool.

iPoker network increases rake cap in some games

The change will affect the high stakes games, players can expect a rake increase of 10-25% in these games.

Exciting announcement by Partypoker

The site announces new tables and features as part of their software update, better MTT schedule and $250k in added value for their upcoming Power Series.
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