Hollywood Poker Open Grantville Main Event Begins on Saturday
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Season 2 of the Hollywood Poker Open Regional Tournament Series rolls on this weekend at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania, and PokerNews will be on hand to cover the $1,800 Main Event. "We want the players …

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NBC Heads-Up Poker Not Running In 2014
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The event lost steam after Black Friday in April 2011, when the major offshore poker sites — Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and Absolute Poker — shut down their U.S.-facing operations. The tournament didn't run in 2012. The $20,000 buy-in is an …

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Mid-States Poker Tour Adopts New "Kessler Approved" Tournament Structure
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The fifth season of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) is off to a strong start. Mark Sandness won the first stop at Running Aces, and last week Shawn Schoreck emerged victorious at the Belle of Baton Rouge. Next, from March 1-9, the MSPT will be at the …

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Green Friday: FTP money returned
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After 1,050 days, more agonizing to some than others, more than 30,000 American poker players are finally seeing their Full Tilt Poker money in their bank accounts. The Department of Justice made Black Friday a day of infamy in the poker industry, but …

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Things to know, Feb. 28
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Former World Series of Poker champion Chris Moneymaker will field reader questions live on PennLive today, tentatively from 11:15-11:45 a.m. Moneymaker is at PennLive headquarters in advance of the Hollywood Poker Open main event, which begins …

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2014 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Preview
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There are a number of things that set this WPT Main Event apart. First of all, it is the only one to have bounties, but is not a bounty tournament in the typical sense. Each table starts with at least one “Shooting Star,” a famous professional poker …

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Poker Hand Of The Week: 2/27/14
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Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they'll come up with dozens of different opinions. That's …

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On poker: With patience, luck can change
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If someone asked me what it takes to succeed in tournament poker, I wouldn't hesitate to say patience. As a tournament reporter, I can't tell you how many times I've seen someone flirt with elimination only to turn their luck around and emerge victorious.

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Police Arrest Two For Allegedly Using Fake Poker Chips At Maryland Casino
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State police said Tuesday that they have arrested two individuals and are looking for two others for allegedly passing fake $100 chips in poker games last month. The alleged crimes took place at Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover. The casino opened its …

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The Bicycle Casino Set To Host World Series of Poker Circuit From March 6 …
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The eventual champion will receive the diamond-encrusted Championship ring, as well as a seat into the World Series of Poker National Championship in Atlantic City, where they will be televised on ESPN competing for $1,000,000 of prize money and a …

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NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship Will Not Take Place in 2014
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Earlier this week, rumors surfaced that the NBC National Heads-Up Championship would not take place in 2014, and earlier today Mori Eskandani of Poker PROductions confirmed the news to PokerNews. "NHPC will not be on calendar this year," Eskandani …

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Some Full Tilt Poker Money Coming Back Friday
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On Monday, the firm in charge of assisting the government with compensating victims of the old Full Tilt Poker released an update to its website. Garden City Group said that the first round of payments will come tomorrow, Feb. 28, 2014, in the form of …

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Matt Glantz Discusses Growth of Parx Poker Room, a Pending Online Poker …
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“We'll certainly be the leading name in Pennsylvania [if online poker is legalized], and we would partner with one of the major brands that everyone plays on already, allowing them to use our facilities as a base for their site,” Glantz says. The …

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NJ iGaming Weekly: The Case for and Against UltimatePoker.com, and Why it …
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UltimatePoker.com will forever be known as the first regulated poker site in the United States. But at the rate it's going, it may be unjustly remembered as a front-page example of how not to operate an online poker venture. I say unjustly because …

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Kou Vang Looks to Dominate Season 5 of the Mid-States Poker Tour
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From March 1-9, the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will continue its fifth season by visiting the Majestic Star Casino in Gary, IN for the very first time. One man who is planning to be there is Kou Vang, who recently finished runner-up in the MSPT Belle …

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Poker Pro Garrett Adelstein Takes His Shot at $1M on “Survivor”
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He's currently a high stakes cash game player living in Santa Monica, California, but he started his poker career like many other 20-somethings in the immediate aftermath of the Moneymaker boom in 2013. Unlike some of the other players his age, though, …

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Phil Ivey Returns to the Top 300 of the Global Poker Index
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Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six …

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Five Thoughts: Full Tilt Repayments, Interstate Online Poker, Hellmuth's Beef …
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“I've had conversations with New Jersey,” Sandoval said when asked about a potential partnership with the third and final state in the country with legalized online poker. “We'd love to have New Jersey as a partner as well.” Industry experts don't …

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