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Poker Players

A Deadly Disease and Three Million VPPs – WizardOfAhhs

January 11, 2011 at 2:18 PM |

As we indicated in our previous article on the Top Supernova Elite Players of 2010, here comes our writing, based in part on an earlier post at PokerStarsBlog.com, on how to amass 3 million VPPs in one years’ time; even more notably, on how to do so while fighting a deadly disease. Ladies and Gentleman, we present you the story of Kevin ‘WizardOfAhhs’ Thurman.

Bellagio Robbery Suspect Faces Trial

April 13, 2011 at 10:48 AM |

Anthony Carleo (29) is suspected to be the ’Biker Bandit,’ the robber who stole $1.5 million in chips from the Bellagio. He was arrested in February after he sold some of his loot to an undercover police officer.

Poker Players

WSOP – Asian Beauty Earns Record Winning

June 8, 2011 at 3:04 PM |

Maria Ho earned $540,000 with her second finish in the $5,000 NLHE Event of this year’s World Series of Poker; this is the greatest amount ever to be won by a female at a world championship.

Poker Rooms

Temporary Ban on Player to Player Money Transfer at iPoker

May 3, 2013 at 12:17 PM |

Players of the iPoker network have been surprised not being able to conduct player to player money transfers in the network. According to the official iPoker release, the function is banned temporarily.

Poker Rooms

GGPoker Does It Again: Another WSOP Main Event Record Broken

October 11, 2023 at 12:21 PM |

GGPoker continues to impress as it again breaks its own world record with massive figures in the WSOP 2023 Main Event. We look at this tournament and the new record.

Poker Rooms

Partypoker Removes Full Ring and Casual Cash Game Tables

November 19, 2018 at 6:22 PM |

The site aims to improve cash game liquidity and simplify cash game offering.

Analysis

NoiQ and 24h Poker Rake Race Final Results

March 3, 2010 at 5:56 PM |

In this article, the team at Rakerace.com will be revisiting the promotion that both NoiQ Poker and 24h Poker had on offer this past February.

Poker Rooms

Amaya CEO David Baazov charged with five counts of insider trading

March 24, 2016 at 3:54 PM |

The Québec securities regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) announced on Wednesday that they have officially filed charges related to illegal insider trading after finishing their investigation regarding Amaya Gaming's 2014 acquisition of PokerStars. In total there are 23 charges, five of which accuse Amaya CEO David Baazov of insider trading and leaking of confidential information.

Poker Rooms

$60,000,000 POWERFEST turns full speed

September 13, 2018 at 5:27 PM |

The massive tournament festival already made several players rich, but there are still plenty of opportunities left to book a life-changing score!

Poker Players

Another Huge HS Day – Isildur1 Loses $775,000

December 13, 2011 at 3:55 PM |

Following his harvest in the weekend, Viktor ’Islidur1’ Blom has now said goodbye to a substantial amount of his winnings at the PokerStars high stakes tables.

Poker Strategy

Poker Strategy: Beginner guide to online poker!

April 5, 2023 at 6:27 PM |

If you are new to poker and unfamiliar with the basic rules of this card game, this article is for you. First, we’ll discuss the most popular poker variant; Texas hold’em’s rules; including the gameplay, hand strength and different game variants, such as cash game and tournament play.

Online Poker

OMGClayAiken Wins $796k, Isildur1 Bankrupt?

April 22, 2013 at 1:09 PM |

Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond played an incredibly profitable session late last week, while Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom lost $477,000 which was apparently enough for him to call bankruptcy.

Poker Rooms

A wrap up of the best promotions at NATURAL8

April 24, 2018 at 7:12 PM |

$50,000 race, $8,888 chase, $3,000 race, bankroll challenges, freerolls... It's indeed hard to follow the wide variety of the promotions at NATURAL8, but now we'll help you out a little.