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Macau Cash Games Continue - Johnny Chan Wins Big, durrrr and Juanda Lose

According to recent information, Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, John Juanda, Johnny Chan and Tom 'durrrr' Dwan have been playing nosebleed cash games at the StarWorld Casino in Macau in the last few days. Chan is rumored to be up, but durrrr and Juanda are losing millions of dollars.

Sam Trickett's Chance at WPT Paris Final Table

After being very successful at the Aussie Millions, British player Sam Trickett managed to reach the final table again, now at the WPT Paris. At the very same place, Tony G wanted to show the World that French players are the worst.

SuperStar Showdown – Isildur1 Wins against Katchalov

Viktor ’Isildur1’ Blom is currently at 3-1 in the SuperStar Showdown, defeating PCA Super High Roller champion Eugene Katchalov after Tony G and jungleman12. Beaten during the series only by Isaac Haxton so far, the Swede pro earned $111,750 in the fourth installment of the Showdown.

The Million Dollar Bet, Pt. 1 & 2

You might recall the news from earlier this week of Ashton Griffin winning an insane prop bet. He offered to run 70 miles (nearly 3 marathons) in 24 hours; if he won, he would earn $300,000 from Haseeb Qureshi and if he lost, he would pay $900,000. Now, here is the whole story.

Phil Laak - King of the Kitchen

We are quite used to the fact that Phil Laak is not by any means sane. Proof below. Judging from his many random funny and insane tweets, it is apparent the Irish-born poker pro loves to eat. According to his Twitter, not only does he appreciate good food cooked by others, he can also cook his own. Looking at his pictures at Twitter, he's not that bad at it to be honest. Here's a little compilation of his food-related tweets to literally whet your appetite.

Team PokerStars Online Expansion Pack

With some sarcasm, one could say Team PokerStars will soon have more sponsored Pros than the number of people playing at the room voluntarily. 15 players have been added to the lot.

Peter Eastgate Unretires from Poker

Which has been rumored for some time is now official: 2008 WSOP Main Event winner Peter Eastgate returns to poker after deciding to retire last summer.

WSOP Europe Moves to Cannes, France

Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. (CIE), in cooperation with Lucien Barrière Hôtels & Casinos and BarrierePoker.fr, relocates the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) from London to Cannes, in addition to embarking upon organising live and online poker events in France.

Amateur Player Beats the November Nine

An extraordinary tournament took place in the Foxwoods Resort Casino recently, 2010 WSOP November Niners sat down to play against amateurs. The outcome? Interesting.

WPT Season 9 to Air This Sunday

The 9th season of the World Poker Tour is coming, the first episode will air this Sunday, Feb. 13, on Fox SportsNet, according to WPT's press release. From then on, it will air on Sundays at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. on FSN.

Double or Nothing Sit & Gos Discontinued at PokerStars

PokerStars has recently announced that they cease to offer Double or Nothing Sit &Go tournaments from February 15, 2011. Although calling off one of their most popular formats, the room introduces another one that seems to be a highly improved version of the DoN SnG: the Fifty50 Sit & Go.

The Funniest Moments of Poker (Part 7): The First Hand of a WSOP Main Event

This week's funniest moment of poker an extraordinary clash of big hands at an extraordinary time of the 2005 WSOP Main Event: the first hand dealt. Sammy Farha demonstrates how to start such a big event in style. Enjoy!

Liv Boeree Sunday Warm-Up Video

You may have heard about poker beauty Liv Boeree winning the PokerStars Sunday Warm-up, the room’s weekly $750,000 guaranteed tournament. Defeating James ’mig.com’ Mackey heads-up, she managed to win $147,780 and doing so she bested 4,710 players in total. PokerStars.tv happened to record a highlight show of the final table, which we present you below.

WPT Venice - Alessio Isaia Wins

Alessio Isaia, Italian player managed to keep the World Poker Tour Venice's trophy in Italy, as he managed to beat Hungarian Szabolcs Mayer in the 8 hour long heads-up.

Macau Poker Cup Back in February

PokerStars announced that the Macau Poker Cup (MPC) is returning to Casino Grand Lisboa from 21st to 27th February, 2011. The tournament is promised to be the biggest ever with a record number of players and a HKD $3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
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