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Gus Hansen Dating Caroline Wozniacki?

January 7, 2011 at 2:50 PM |

Gus Hansen seems to be having some kind of relationship with Danish professional tennis player Caroline Wozniacki. The rumor has been around for some time, but it seems more grounded, as it turns out from her tweets.

Poker Players

Out With the Old in with the New - Prahlad Friedman a UB Pro

January 7, 2011 at 1:29 PM |

Prahlad Friedman, young online pro is UB's newest addition to its team of pros. As the company promised, they are finding young online pros to represent them from now on, and from this aspect, Friedman seems a good choice.

Poker Humor

Messageboard Grinder - TwoPlusTwo Music Video

January 6, 2011 at 3:28 PM |

Funny videos and songs produced or created by TwoPlusTwo forum users never cease to amaze us. This time it's the user called 'SrslySirius' who made a cover for Katy Perry's hit single California Gurls.

Poker Rooms

The Flagships Sail Away – Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke Leave UB

January 4, 2011 at 12:35 PM |

The two most prominent figures of the UB pro team, Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke have decided to leave the poker room after many-many years of working together.

Poker Players

Biggest Winners of 2010

December 30, 2010 at 4:56 PM |

Nearing the end of the last year of the decade, it is only natural most sites evaluate the biggest winners and losers, the most notable newcomers and players in general, etc. Now is the time for us to do the math and see who the biggest winners of 2010 are.

Poker Humor

The Funniest Moments of Poker (Part 3): Tony G Trash Talking

December 29, 2010 at 4:14 PM |

Here's the 3rd part of our selection of the funniest moments of poker. We thought Tony G, PartyPoker's sponsored pro is definitely worth a feature here. He's the absolute king of trash talking, not many people can come close to him. This is a compilation of his rants.

Poker Players

Annie Duke Engaged

December 28, 2010 at 5:56 PM |

According to Annie Duke's (host of the Annie Duke Show) recent tweet, she is now engaged to her long-time lover, Joe Reitman. The director and actor has been dating Annie Duke since his divoce with his previous wife, Shannon Elizabeth, actress and poker player.

Poker Interviews

50-Minute Video Interview With DrGiggy

December 28, 2010 at 3:16 PM |

In the following video, PokerStatic's interviewers Eric Bickel and Bret Oliverio talk to the Canadian NLHE cash game pro, Martin 'DrgGiggy' Giguere, who, as it turned out, got 5% of Jonathan Duhamel's WSOP winnings.

Poker Legislation

Caesars Signs with Microgame - Opens to Italian Market

December 27, 2010 at 5:38 PM |

Caesars Interactive Entertainment (formerly Harrahs) announced that they signed a partnership deal with Italian leading service provider Microgame S.p.A, utilizing the World Series of Poker brand in Italy. The two companies will offer online and offline poker tournaments and promotions under the WSOP name.

New Poker Reality Show to Come - Young Guns

December 27, 2010 at 3:27 PM |

Miramax, the movie production company supposedly "leaked" the following trailer of their upcoming reality show portraying 4 online poker pros living together in Las Vegas. The show is going to be called "Young Guns".

Casinos

Robin Hood 702 Puts $50k Bounty on Bellagio Robber

December 23, 2010 at 4:31 PM |

There's a high stakes blackjack player, who calls himself Robin Hood 702, who plays to take money away from the casinos, and gives it to people in need. Now he placed a $50,000 bounty on the Bellagio's motorcycle robber.

Poker Players

Isildur1 Wants Rematch with Haxton

December 23, 2010 at 1:25 PM |

Isildur1, the young ultra-aggressive Swede was beaten by his first challenger at the first SuperStar Showdown last Sunday. Isildur doesn't seem to be happy about it, and as he commented recently, he wants a 5,000 hand rematch with the american pro, Isaac Haxton.

Poker Videos

Fold Like a Pro - Negreanu vs Chan

December 21, 2010 at 6:06 PM |

It takes a disciplined player to fold a very strong hand, just to avoid getting beaten by an even stronger one. But does he have it? In this video you can see how one can fold a straight. In this case, it's Daniel Negreanu against Johnny Chan in Poker After Dark. Pay close attention, this is something to learn from!

Poker Rake Races

Exclusive €3,000 InterPoker Rake Race - January

December 21, 2010 at 1:33 PM |

Rakerace.com and InterPoker organize a €3,000 exclusive rake race to those who registered at InterPoker with our site's link. The promotion runs between 1-31 January. Besides the race, you are also eligible for the €1,000 first deposit bonus and the 30% rakeback.

Poker Girls

Girl of the Week - Sandra Naujoks

December 19, 2010 at 3:53 PM |

If you are a woman and want to be respected as a poker player you probably have to try twice as hard as men. This can be considered as a fact, even though there are more and more famous female poker players.

Poker Players

John Racener Arrest Details and His Apology

December 17, 2010 at 4:12 PM |

Five days have passed since 2010 WSOP Main Event runner-up John Racener was arrested for the 4th time, and now more information surfaced about the case and the he also commented his behaviour on his twitter.

Poker Girls

WPT Royal Flush Girl Melanie Won MAXIM's Hometown Hotties

December 16, 2010 at 4:15 PM |

WPT's Royal Flush Girl Melanie Iglesias has won Maxim's 2010 Hometown Hotties contest. The young model from New York beat more than 7,000 contestants nationwide, including the 9 finalists as well to win the title. From now on, she will not only be a Royal Flush Girl, but also a spokesperson for Maxim.

Poker Players

The First Interview Ever Made with Viktor Blom? Part One

December 14, 2010 at 6:32 PM |

The first part of an interview with Viktor Blom has appeared 2 days ago in the forum of the Swedish State poker site Svenska Spel, in which BankTheMan writes about Blom’s poker life in detail.

Poker Players

John Racener Arrested for DUI

December 13, 2010 at 5:18 PM |

John Racener, 24-year-old runner-up of the 2010 WSOP Main Event was arrested again. He was charged with his third DUI (Driving Under Influence).

No Full Tilt Pros in High Stakes Poker Season 7?

December 13, 2010 at 1:16 PM |

Full Tilt Poker is considering not letting their sponsored pros participate in the upcoming season of High Stakes Poker. They do not want to have their players in a PokerStars-owned TV show.

Poker Humor

The 5 Funniest Poker Twitter Pages

December 12, 2010 at 1:04 PM |

It's not easy to be funny in 140 characters, but some of the poker players manage to be, apparently. The 6th Annual BLUFF Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards revealed whose tweets the Bluff Magazine's readers find the most entertaining.

Poker Movies

Poker Comedy by Creators of ’Weeds’

December 11, 2010 at 6:02 PM |

Showtime’s comedy ’Weeds’ creator Jenji Kohan, together with executive producer Matthew Salsberg, is now working on a new series revolving around poker, ‘Whales.’

Online Poker

Durrrr Challenge 2: Jungleman Wins, Durrrr Tries New Strategy

December 8, 2010 at 1:56 PM |

Durrrr and jungleman12 continued their Challenge with another short session. Jungleman won, adding $110,000 to his profit that now stands at around $755,000 in total.

Poker Players

Isildur1 signed up to Team PokerStars Pro

December 7, 2010 at 4:43 PM |

That's right, the rumors were true, Isildur1 has indeed signed up with a major poker room, but not just any, but the largest, PokerStars. His identity remains unknown.

Poker Players

Duhamel Nominated for Canadian Athlete of the Year

December 7, 2010 at 1:28 PM |

This year's WSOP Main Event winner Jonathan Duhamel is between the 16 nominees for the 2010 Canadian Athlete of the Year. In the first round he competes with the Tesse Virtue/Scott Moir Olympic champion ice dance couple for the top 8.

Poker Players

Durrrr and Urindanger Back in Macau

December 6, 2010 at 3:20 PM |

The Macau nosebleed cash game madness might continue this month, as it is rumored that Tom 'Durrrr' Dwan and Di 'Urindanger' Dang were spotted in Macau at the StarWorld Casino, playing againts regulars at high stakes cash game tables.

Poker Players

Tony G Didn't Buy the Bracelet - But There's Still Hope

December 5, 2010 at 5:53 PM |

Tony G is deeply hurt. He couldn't make it, no WSOP bracelet for Zasko. Or at least not now. He officially stated in his PartyPoker blog he did not buy Peter Eastgate's 2008 WSOP bracelet. He was active in the bid, but "there were anti doggie bling dark forces out there".

Poker Humor

New Comedy by JimmyLegs - The Micros

December 4, 2010 at 1:58 PM |

John 'JimmyLegs' Wray has once again created something very interesting. We wrote about him 2 weeks ago, when CardRunners released "The Ballad of Jackie Mayfair", an animation about the 2010 WSOP. Now here's the newest : The Micros.

Poker Tournaments

Sebastian Homann Wins WPT Marrakech

December 3, 2010 at 5:10 PM |

Sebastian Homann won the World Poker Tour Marrakech Main Event, earning €244,000.

Poker Tournaments

Kent Lundmark Wins EPT Barcelona

November 29, 2010 at 5:31 PM |

Swedish Kent Lundmark won the 8-handed final table of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona main event.Eight players made it to the final table of the EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event. The chipleader was Giuseppe Pantaleo but the favourite was WSOP champion Konstantin Puchkov.