WSOP.com Moves Ahead of Ultimate Poker in Nevada Online Poker Traffic
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Despite launching five months later than online poker rival Ultimate Poker, WSOP.com has already bridged the traffic gap between the two sites. According to PokerScout.com, earlier this week WSOP.com surpassed Ultimate Poker by moving to a seven-day …

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Equity Poker Network Gains New Skins and Launches for Real Money
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PokerHiro, GearPoker and Heritage Sports signed on to the upstart cooperative poker network, joining Full Flush Poker and IntegerPoker. The additional skins will bring increased liquidity to EPN, which is operating as a not-for-profit cooperative in …

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Paddy Power Poker Announce Irish Open 2014
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The longest running Texas Hold'em poker festival in Europe is back again in 2014! Next year's €2,250 Irish Open main event will take place at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin from the 18th-21st April. The event will also once again feature a Sole …

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New World Series of Poker champ a hustler from the start; friends say …
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LAS VEGAS — The world's newest poker champion started hustling his friends in low-stakes basement games when he was a kid. As a teenager, Ryan Riess vowed to win the World Series of Poker main event, and on Tuesday night, he accomplished that …

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Borgata Allowing I-Poker Signups Ahead Of Launch
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“It's always nice to be first in the queue,” the Borgata told the Associated Press after it was licensed for online poker. "Borgata and bwin.party are aggressively pursuing our objective of being among the first to launch online gaming in the state. We …

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$14 Million In Full Tilt Poker Losses For Gus Hansen
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Gus Hansen lost more than $200,000 on Thursday, which brings his lifetime losses on the Full Tilt Poker software to $13,998,140, according to HighstakesDB. Hansen dropped $2 million over the past seven days to send his career deficit on the software to …

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Win $10000 For Free With Card Player Poker
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The $25,000 Poker Summit is the largest cash prize, free-to-play tournament structure testing players' skill as they play through each Summit Step. This tournament structure is a virtual pyramid of six-person sit-n-go tournaments that can be played …

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Online Chat: Jae “YugiohPro” Kim on Relocating to South Korea, Poker in Asia …
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Online poker is slowly being reintroduced to the United States, but there are still hundreds of emigrants around the world who left the country to continue playing online. One such player is Jae “YugiohPro” Kim, who relocated to Korea in order to have …

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A Day In the (Non-Poker) Life
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As a live tourney pro, my poker life and my non-poker life are pretty distinct from one another. Either I'm on the road at a tournament series or I'm at home in my other life. If the whole thing were a venn diagram, there would only be the tiniest …

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WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic Day 1a: Nahum Lum Leads; Baumann and …
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On Thursday, Season XII of the World Poker Tour continued with its second annual stop at the Emperors Palace Poker Classic at The Palace of Dreams in Johannesburg, South Africa. Last year, Dominik Nitsche defeated Jerome Bradpiece in the tournament …

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2013 Punta Cana Poker Classic Kicks Off Next Week In Dominican Republic
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The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Punta Cana, on the Eastern coast of the Dominican Republic is set to host a 10-event series of poker tournaments from Nov. 11th – 17th. The highlight of the entire series is the $500,000 guaranteed $1,500 + $150 no-limit …

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Ultimate Poker, UFC To Host Celebrity Poker Game
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Ultimate Poker, which is under the same umbrella of ownership as the UFC, will host a “Hall of Fame Poker Game” featuring Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin, Matt Hughes, Royce Gracie and Bruce Buffer at Red Rock Casino Resort's Race and Sports Book from …

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On poker: One decision can make all the difference
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This week I will be sitting on the big stage, playing at the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event in front of millions of people. What a ride this has been! As I reflect on my play over the days leading up to making the November Nine, I …

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The World's Best Poker Player Has Beginner's Luck… and $8.4 Million
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A little over a year ago Riess, then a 22-year-old senior at Michigan State with approximately $2,000 to his name, dropped more than 80% of his life savings on the entry fee for a poker tournament in Hammond, Ind. Riess ante'd up, then finished second …

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World Series of Poker champ: $8.4M 'hasn't sunk in yet'
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Ryan Riess didn't sleep much Tuesday night. He secured a massive hotel suite at the Palazzo in Las Vegas, invited 100 of his closest friends and family, and partied the night away. Hey, I can think of much crazier ways to celebrate after winning $8.4 …

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The Caribbean Poker Tour Begins This Week in Punta Cana!
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Just one week later, the tour will venture to neighboring St. Maarten for 12 more events, including a World Poker Tour Main Event with a buy-in of $3,500 at Casino Royale in Maho Bay. There will also be a $7,000 buy-in, seven-handed Lucky Number 7 High …

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Poker champ Ryan 'the Beast' Riess a hustler from the start
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Ryan Riess holds up two bricks of $100 bills after winning the World Series of Poker Final Table, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, in Las Vegas. Riess defeated runner up Jay Farber for an $8.4 million payout (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) / AP …

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Poker champ: $8.4M prize 'hasn't sunk in yet'
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Ryan Riess didn't sleep much Tuesday night. He secured a massive hotel suite at the Palazzo in Las Vegas, invited 100 of his closest friends and family, and partied the night away. Hey, I can think of much crazier ways to celebrate after winning $8.4 …

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