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WPT Season 9 to Air This Sunday

February 10, 2011 at 1:58 PM |

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.

Online Poker

Double or Nothing Sit & Gos Discontinued at PokerStars

February 10, 2011 at 1:44 PM |

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.

Poker Humor

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

February 9, 2011 at 5:39 PM |

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!

Poker Videos

Liv Boeree Sunday Warm-Up Video

February 9, 2011 at 5:25 PM |

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.

Poker Tournaments

WPT Venice - Alessio Isaia Wins

February 9, 2011 at 3:32 PM |

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.

Poker Tournaments

Macau Poker Cup Back in February

February 9, 2011 at 2:52 PM |

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.

Online Poker

Gus Hansen Has a Nice Start so far in 2011

February 8, 2011 at 7:20 PM |

Our online poker news seldom tell the tale of Gus Hansen scoring big, but 2011 seems to be his year so far, as the Danish pro is the first to have reached the million-dollar limit this year.

Poker Tournaments

Poker After Dark: New Cash Game Episodes (Line-Up)

February 8, 2011 at 4:57 PM |

Starting tonight, NBC will be airing premiers of new Poker After Dark episodes for two weeks, featuring six players and a $150k minimum buy-in.

Poker Tournaments

Gabe Kaplan Said Goodbye to High Stakes Poker

February 8, 2011 at 3:01 PM |

According to GSN's official announcement, Gabe Kaplan has left the popular poker show, High Stakes Poker (HSP). His place will be taken by Norm MacDonald, formerly known from Saturday Night Live.

Casinos

Fun New Tableside Technology for Dealers

February 7, 2011 at 6:09 PM |

IT Casino Solutions came up with a great new device that has no name at the moment, it's currently called the "Julian System". What it does, is makes the life of dealers and casino managers much easier.

Poker Players

Eugene Katchalov is Next to Take On Isildur1

February 7, 2011 at 4:32 PM |

PokerStars released the next challenger of Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom. Contrary to many beliefs about Daniel Negreanu wanting to be next, it's the 2011 PCA Super High Roller event and WCOOP winner Eugene Katchalov, who gets the opportunity to take the young Swedish pro's money.

Poker Players

Phil Hellmuth Meets Another Ex-President

February 7, 2011 at 2:16 PM |

According to the Poker Brat's twitter, he met with yet another ex-president after having met Bill Clinton in November: George W. Bush. Hellmuth gave him a signed book, which the ex-president  "tucked into his inner jacket pocket".

Poker Players

Ashton Griffin Wins Crazy Prop Bet - Runs 70 miles in 24h

February 7, 2011 at 12:52 PM |

According to Justin 'BoostedJ' Smith's twitter, Ashton 'theASHMAN103' Griffin, one of the best young players around managed to win an insane side-bet he made with Haseeb Qureshi. He had to run 70 miles in 24 hours.

Bellagio Chip Robber Caught

February 4, 2011 at 5:31 PM |

A few days ago undercover officers of the Las Vegas Police arrested Anthony Michael Carleo after he tried to sell them high-value chips stolen from the Bellagio robbery in December. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Carleo is the son of George Assad, Municipal Court Judge of Las Vegas.

Poker Tournaments

42nd WSOP Official Schedule Released

February 4, 2011 at 3:38 PM |

Caesars Entertainment updated the schedule they released in the last few days of December. Now the detailed plan is available on WSOP.com. The biggest live event this year will kick off on May 31st, at the usual location, the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.