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NBA Champion Earl Barron Cashes Millionaire Maker, Talks Love for Poker
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Barron played Event #16: Millionaire Maker $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em at the2015 World Series of Poker and spent his Day 2 grinding a short stack of about 10 big blinds during the time PokerNews sweated him. He wasn't able to find a spot to double up, but …

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US-Friendly Poker Sites Continue To Thrive
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US-Friendly Poker Sites Continue To Thrive While the world's regulated online poker market has shrunk by 23% over the past two years, US-friendly sites have been experiencing some impressive growth over the same period of time and continue to …

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Israeli poker player wins $457K
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An Israeli took home nearly half a million dollars in winning a tournament at the 2015 World Series of Poker. Idan Raviv, 24, of Holon, finished first in the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed tournament, a three-day competition at the Rio …

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Israeli Takes $457K Prize at World Series of Poker Tournament
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An Israeli took home nearly half a million dollars in winning a tournament at the 2015 World Series of Poker. Idan Raviv, 24, of Holon, finished first in the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed tournament, a three-day competition at the Rio …

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Shaun Deeb Wins 2015 World Series of Poker $10000 Pot-Limit Hold'em …
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As a high stakes cash game player with millions in tournament winnings, Shaun Deeb already had the respect of his peers. What he lacked was a signature live tournament win and a World Series of Poker gold bracelet. All of that changed on Saturday, June …

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Online Pro Reid "shootaa" Young Talks WSOP Millionaire Maker & PokerSprout
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Young, whose online handle comes from the character Shooter McGavin in the film Happy Gilmore, is participating in his first event of the summer, and while he may not be the most familiar name in the field, he's certainly not new to poker.

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Playtech Adding Forex To Its Poker Products With New Purchase
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The increasing diversification of the online poker industry continued this week after Playtech, the software provider for the iPoker Network, announced that it was taking control of forex trading platform, Plus500. Currently in the midst of a money …

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2015 World Series of Poker Millionaire Maker Draws 7275, Down a Bit from 2014
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In 2013, the World Series of Poker rolled out the very first $1,500 buy-in with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool, and 6,343 entrants flocked to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino to participate. After a four-day grind, Benny Chen emerged from what was …

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Scott Davies Prepared For "Global Melting Pot" At World Series Of Poker
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Scott Davies has been on an action-packed ride around the world since taking down the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific $10,000 AUD main event in October of 2014. That score, the largest of his career, earned him $744,781 and the bankroll to play some …

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Anti-PokerStars Radio Ad Campaign Launched In California
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A radio ad campaign paid for by the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians and republished by the Online Poker Report strongly requests that California citizens fight against the inclusion of "corrupt companies like PokerStars" in online poker legislation.

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Poker Strategy With Rep Porter: Using Your Chips As Weapons
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In this column, I want to explore the dynamics of what happens when the action folds to the button. Let's suppose we are playing with antes, and the antes add up to at least one big blind. Let's first look at how the small blind and big blind react to …

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Poker World Learns Of Death Of “Eskimo” Clark
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Accounts suggest he was introduced to poker during the Vietnam War, where he served as a medic. Initially a cash game player, his name began to appear on records of tournament cashes around 1988 and 1989, when he had deep finishes in a couple of …

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Pennsylvania Senators Take Giant Leap Towards Online Poker Regulation
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“My proposal would allow the PGCB [Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board] to authorize online poker only after conducting a study to determine the impact online gaming would have on existing brick and mortar casinos,” said Wiley last week. “This would …

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Poker Hand of the Week: 6/5/15
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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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Delaware Online Poker Revenue Climbs For Third Consecutive Month
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According to the most recent revenue figures released by the Delaware Lottery, Delaware's online poker industry is in the midst of a rare period of extended growth. Collectively, the state's three poker sites brought in $48,552 in April, marking the …

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888Live Local Features 25 Affordable Poker Festivals Throughout 2015
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Poker players from around the world have been enjoying the 888Live Local tournaments taking place in over a dozen countries throughout 2015. There are 25 different stops this year on the schedule in over a dozen different countries, providing many …

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European Poker Tour Releases Details on Season 12
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On June 3, the European Poker Tour (EPT) released some new details about their upcoming Season 12, which was originally announced in May here on PokerNews. With a memorable Season 11 in the books — which concluded after 20-year-old Adrian …

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Phil Ivey Still A No-Show At 2015 World Series Of Poker, Loses $340000 Online
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Phil Ivey, winner of 10 World Series of Poker bracelets, is not yet in Las Vegas for this summer's festival. He's rumored to still be in Macau, and while he has been there Ivey lost around $340,000 playing online poker over the past week, according to …

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