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2016 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Final Table Preview
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The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida is kicking into top gear this week, with several massive tournaments awarding titles and massive payouts over the coming days. The first huge event to reach …

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Poker tournament set for Saturday at Wind River Casino; preview of Wyoming …
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The tournament will help players get ready for the Wyoming State Poker Championship, scheduled for November, also at Wind River. The largest poker tournament in the state, last year's event brought in 277 players from throughout the Rocky Mountain …

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Maribyrnong Council to crackdown on poker machines
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This equates to losses of $798 per adult, which is the third highest average in Victoria, after Greater Dandenong and Brimbank. Maribyrnong has 6.1 poker machines to every 1000 adults, which is in line with the state average. However, Braybrook has one …

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Chino Rheem Wins Third World Poker Tour Title and $705885 at Seminole Hard Rock
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It was just over one year ago that Anthony Zinno joined Carlos Mortensen and Gus Hansen in the three-time World Poker Tour champion club. Now, that trio has company in the form of Chino Rheem, who won his third WPT title after besting a field of 342 …

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Olivier Busquet Defeats JC Alvarado In High-Stakes MMA Fight
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On Thursday, April 21 2016 poker pros Olivier Busquet and JC Alvarado met inside an MMA ring to settle a six-figure bet that has been in the works for six months now. Alvarado, who had more prior experience in mixed martial arts put up $150,000 to …

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Cali Horse Racing Industry Pledges Support of Online Poker Bill AB 2863 Via Letter
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The California horse racing industry has come out in official support of online poker bill AB 2863 in advance of next week's hearing in the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee. PokerNews.com has obtained a copy of the letter that nine industry …

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Meet Maria Ho: One of the Best Female Poker Players in the World
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Maria Ho, 33, is considered one of the best female poker player in the world. She has raked in $2.6 million in poker earnings and is the first woman to ever serve as a strategic commentator for a poker TV broadcast. Among the many talents that has made …

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Why Mohsin Charania is WPT-Loyal and Poker-Tough
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Learning poker around friends like Faraz Jaka, Ravi Raghavan, and Andy Seth bodes well for the future. Mohsin Charania's home game was a who's who of poker players who would all become successful ones. Charania is one of the many players who …

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Swedish Poker Federation selects 888 for Poker-SM
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888poker, the online poker brand of 888, has agreed a deal to become the new host for the online section of the Swedish Poker Championships (Poker-SM). Organised and run by the Svenska Pokerförbunde (Swedish Poker Federation), the Poker-SM …

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Card Player Poker Tour Ocean's 11 San Diego Classic: Day 1 Recap
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“Our World Poker Tour Deepstack-San Diego multiple-day final event held in October always surpasses its $200,000 guarantee, with a $504,000 prize pool in 2014 and a $379,000 prize pool last year. Our single-day annual classic likewise never disappoints …

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Watch: Poker Pros JC Alvarado, Olivier Busquet Fight In MMA
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The long-anticipated MMA fight between poker pros JC Alvarado and Olivier Busquet will take place Thursday night in Las Vegas. The live stream of the fight is below. The fight begins at 6 p.m. PST at the Syndicate MMA Gym in Las Vegas. Alvarado, who …

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A Timeline of New Jersey Online Poker Traffic Surrounding the PokerStars Launch
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Based off of PokerScout's seven-day moving-average, New Jersey regulated online poker rooms featured a total of 303 ring-game players on March 11, 2016, or a little less than a week before the launch of PokerStars NJ. On this date, players on the WSOP …

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Chino Rheem Wins 2016 World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale Main Event
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Chino Rheem has had many highs and lows in his poker career. The 36-year-old professional player from Los Angeles has accrued millions in live tournament earnings, but he has also been the the center of financial responsibility and debt repayment …

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Online poker's killing the Russian chess star
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Among the many weighty questions that Russia's government has struggled with in recent months — of war and peace, budget cuts and sanctions — is this one: Is poker a game of skill or chance? The answer is far from trivial. It will go a long way to …

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Card Player Poker Tour Coming To Venetian For DeepStack Extravaganza
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This summer, the Card Player Poker Tour is returning to the Sand Poker Room for the Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza, a 90-event series boasting more than $16 million in guaranteed prize pools. The highlight of the series is a four-day, $5,000 buy-in …

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Tommy Angelo Presents: Kay Knows Poker
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Between the blur blur and the shouting, Kay has learned so much about poker that she can fill in for me now. This one time my buddy Alex took a supremely huge bad beat at the worst possible time in the worst possible game against the worst possible …

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Card Player Poker Tour Ocean's 11 Main Event Starts This Week
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Everyone at Card Player is pleased to announce that this week, Ocean's 11 Casino joins our popular Card Player Poker Tour. The San Diego Classic, held Apr. 21 to Apr. 24, is the Card Player Poker Tour's first event in San Diego and proves once and for …

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Everest Poker Shutting Down in France; To Be Merged With Betclic Poker
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Everest Poker recently announced to its French customers that as of May 31, 2016, it will no longer be open for business. The parent company, Betclic Everest Group, who also operates Betclic Poker in addition to Everest, will instead focus its efforts …

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