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Black Friday Defendant Strikes Deal with Authorities

Electronic payment processor executive Ira Rubin has signed a plea deal with the authorities investigating the cases related to the actions of 15 April, 2011. The judgement will be announced on 17 May, 2012; Rubin is facing 18 to 24 months in prison.

Zynga Poker to Turn to Real Money Games

Zynga Poker's spokesperson told the site AllThingsD that Zynga is indeed looking for partners in order to launch their real money poker solution.

IGT Buys Facebook Developer DoubleDown Interactive

IGT has recently purchased DoubleDown Interactive, developer of DoubleDown Casino for Facebook, for an amount that can reach $500 million.

Full Tilt Poker Acquisition Progresses Slowly But Steadily

According to unofficial sources, the acquisition of Full Tilt Poker goes as planned, even if the amount of paperwork slows things down.

Players Sue Former UB Parent Company for $20 Million

Eight high stakes poker players have filed suit against former UB owner Excapsa Software. According to them, the company running the online poker room at the time has cheated around $20 million out of its players.

Phil Galfond: “Let’s Make Some Changes!”

High stakes pro Phil Galfond offers a number of interesting ideas to improve online poker in his latest blog post.

PokerStars To Release Rush Poker Clone by End of January

PokerStars replied to the question of a Danish player, which revealed the company is about to roll out their equivalent of Full Tilt Poker's popular rush poker.

MyBet Race Analysis – Plus EV January

The MyBet race is expected to guarantee the most return among the Rakerace.com offers in January. In our analysis, we show you what to expect in the top finishes.

PokerStars' CEO Gabriel Campos Resigns

The news broke yesterday that PokerStars' Chief Executive Officer is leaving his post at the largest poker room in the world. He is resigning to "pursue other opportunities".

Duhamel Hit by Martin Finger at the PCA Players Party

The already-beaten-up Jonathan Duhamel took another punch; he got hit by Martin '0Piggybank' Finger, EPT Prague's champion at the players' party 2 days ago. This is quite a physical part of Duhamel's life it seems.

PCA 2012 High Roller - Leonid Bilokur Defeats Duhamel, Wins High Roller

The Ukrainian Leonid Bilokur took down the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure's (PCA) $25,000 High Roller Event, taking home a massive $1,1 million first prize. 2010 WSOP champion Jonathan Duhamel finished 2nd.

PCA 2012 High Roller - Jason Koon Leads, Haxton, nanonoko and Duhamel at Final Table

The Main Event is over, however, there is one more important tournament running at the Bahamas: the PCA 2012 $25,000 High Roller. It is currently lead by Jason Koon, but there are very big names still at the table.

PCA 2012 Main Event - John Dibella beats Kyle Julius in the Heads Up

John Dibella, a satellite qualifier defeated Kyle Julius to win the Main Event of this year's PCA. The family man and day trader took home $1,775,000.

PCA 2012 Main Event - Faraz Jaka on the Final Table

2012 PCA's Main Event almost came to its conclusion, the 8-handed final table was set yesterday with the chiplead of Faraz Jaka. PokerStars.tv will provide a live stream covering the event.

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