Global Poker Index: Byron Kaverman Climbs the Ranks to No. 2
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Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list, visit the official GPI website.

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Online Cash Game Legend Ben Sulsky Eyeing First World Series Of Poker …
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Toronto-based poker pro Ben Sulsky decided to enter the $50,000 Players Championship this year at the WSOP thanks to recently adding the mixed games to his online play. So far this year, Sulsky is up around $930,000 online, bringing his lifetime …

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Chris Moneymaker Talks About Upcoming Hollywood Poker Open Championship
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The first year that we ran the Hollywood Poker Open, we had a price point that we realized was probably a little too high, so we listened to the players and lowered the buy-ins. Our structures are better than anybody else out there and our fees are …

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Super High Roller $400/$800/$200 Cash Game to Be Recorded for TV …
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From June 29 through July 1, an invite-only poker cash game will be filmed at ARIA inside the Bristlecone Ballroom in the convention center. The no-limit hold'em cash game, called Super High Roller Cash Game, will be played eight handed at …

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Sulsky Has Fun with Tournament Poker Variance in the $50K Poker Players …
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The media coverage Sulsky has received over the years on PokerNews is not small by any means, and neither are the stakes he's used to playing, but stacked up against the familiar faces from countless poker TV broadcasts he almost seems like the new kid …

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California To Hold I-Poker Hearing Wednesday
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The title of the hearing is: “The Legality of Internet Poker – How Prepared Is California to Regulate It?” Representatives from the likes of the Poker Players Alliance, Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Amaya Gaming, Commerce Casino and the Bicycle …

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Stakes were high at women's poker night in Harlem
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Male tech moguls, CEOs and athletes were relegated to dealing cards at a power-women's poker night in Harlem on Monday hosted by Internet entrepreneur Heidi Messer. Croupiers included former Time Warner boss Richard Parsons, Etsy's CEO Chad …

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Poker Central Announces Players For Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout
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Poker Central, an upcoming 24/7 poker TV network, announced this week that the Super High Roller Celebrity Shooout, scheduled to take place June 27-28 at Aria on the Las Vegas Strip, will feature some very familiar faces to the poker community.

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New Jersey Online Poker Revenues Down; Overall iGaming Increase Up
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The increases in online gaming were due to a mix-change between online casino revenues and online poker revenues. PartTimePoker reported that online casino revenue in May 2015 represented 84.56 percent of the total mix when compared with 79.40 …

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CCCC poker run pays tribute to late trustee
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The Central Carolina Community College Foundation used the recent Patrick Barnes Memorial Poker Run not only to pay tribute to a "loyal and faithful member" of the college's board of trustees, but also to raise money for a good cause. “We are thankful …

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David 'Devilfish' Ulliott 'should be in Poker Hall of Fame' – family
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THE family of Hull legend David "Devilfish" Ulliott are calling for his name to be added to the Poker Hall of Fame. Mr Ulliott's wife, Anpaktita, together with his eight children, are supporting a nomination made by poker players Phil Hellmuth and Tony …

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Maria Ho to Host 2nd Annual Chad Brown Memorial Poker Tournament on …
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On July 2, it will be one year to the day beloved poker pro Chad Brown, 52, passed away after a three-year battle with cancer. To honor him, friends and poker players from around the world are invited to participate in the 2nd Annual Chad Brown …

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$50000 Buy-In Poker Players Championship Sees Lowest Turnout In Its History
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The 2015 running of the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship closed registration early this week with 84 entrants, the fewest in the event's nine-year history. The posted first place prize of $1,270,086 was also the smallest ever for the tournament.

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Bitcoin Poker Operator to Face Nevada Court on Gaming Charge
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Bryan Micon, former operator of bitcoin poker website Seals with Clubs, is set to face a Nevada judge this week after being charged with operating an unlicensed gaming website. Micon will return from his home in Antigua for a hearing on Thursday in Las …

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Max Pescatori Wins Second World Series of Poker Bracelet This Summer
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Pescatori, who now has four bracelets overall, won his third bracelet just two weeks earlier in the $1,500 razz event. For the victory, the man known as the “Italian Pirate” banked $292,158. “I believed I could do it, because stud is my best game …

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Wildwood High grad upsets pros for big poker payday
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With his winning hand on one side and his first-place bracelet on the other, Wildwood High School graduate Jeff Tomlinson is all smiles after winning more than $500,000 at the World Series of Poker's No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed tournament earlier this …

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Influential California State Senator Keeps Door Open For Online Poker
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An urgency clause was included last week in Internet poker legislation being sponsored by California Sen. Isadore Hall, a move one Capitol Hill source said would seem to negate public reports the bill has been shelved for the 2015 session. “I don't …

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Bitcoin Poker Site Operator To Face Nevada Judge Thursday
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Bryan Micon, who left the country after federal agents raided his home for running an unlicensed gaming operation that accepted bitcoin, is expected back in Nevada for a court appearance on Thursday, according to The Las Vegas Review Journal.

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