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Garden City Group Releases Update on Next Round of Full Tilt Poker Player …
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At the beginning of 2014, the long-awaited process of reimbursing Full Tilt Poker players affected by Black Friday began after the Department of Justice completed its audit of petitions submitted to Garden City Group (GCG), the official claims …

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Glory for John Quirk in 1900-Entry Opening Event of 2015 Foxwoods Poker Classic
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When Foxwoods Poker Room decided to slap a $500,000 guarantee on the $600 buy-in opening event of the 2015 Foxwoods Poker Classic, a big field was expected, and a huge one turned out. The Connecticut-based event attracted 1,912 entries to smash …

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China's Queen of Poker tells us what its like to play professionally in Macau
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In 2009, Lin became the first female poker player to win the Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon main event. Three years later she won again, making her the first person ever to place first twice. The second time, she took home more than $110,000 in winnings.

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Global Poker Index: Schemion, Seiver Still Lead; Taylor Paur Primed to Pounce
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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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PokerStars Announces Italian Poker Tour Calendar and Opens Poker Room in …
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As the Malta Poker Festival celebrated the first "shuffle up and deal" of the Italian Poker Tour (IPT) Main Event and of the European Poker Tour €25,500 High Roller, PokerStars organized a press conference to unveil some important news about the room's …

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2015 Global Poker Masters Team Profiles: Russia and U.K.
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This Saturday, the first edition of the Global Poker Masters (GPM) will begin. The event is deemed the "World Cup of Poker" and will see eight national teams compete against one another in a very uniquely formatted event. Each nation will be battling …

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Delaware Online Poker Revenue $27K In January
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Over in New Jersey, online poker revenue in February dropped 32.4 percent year-over-year. Nevada has two online poker sites, but it doesn't release information on how they are doing revenue wise. No additional states are expected to legalize online …

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Major Changes Ahead For Sky Poker TV
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Following the recent news that Sky Betting & Gaming is to become an independent company, we have been reviewing the Sky Poker channel. Although we will still be part owned by Sky and will still work closely with them, effectively we will be a separate …

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Ravee Mathi Wins 2015 World Poker Tour Rolling Thunder Main Event
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Paur fell just two spots short of becoming the second-back-to-back champion of the year on the WPT after Anthony Zinno achieved that feat a few weeks ago, winning the WPT Fallsview Poker Classic and WPT L.A. Poker Classic. Mathi came into the final …

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The New Jersey Online Poker Briefing: "shekel99" and "Wawa711" Win Big
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New Jersey's "shekel99" was the Garden State's biggest winner over the weekend, collecting $14,207 in a three-way deal in the partypoker NJ/BorgataPoker.com $100,000 Guarantee. The tournament attracted 546 players, with "laumserg" finishing in second …

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Maxim Sorokin Wins Card Player Poker Tour Wynn $2100 Main Event
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Maxim Sorokin came out on top after four days of play and stacked final table, which included World Poker Tour champion Keven Stammen, World Series of Poker bracelet winner Jared Hamby, Zo Karim, Eric Molina and Dan Alspach in the Card Player Poker …

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Helicopters and High Stakes: King's Casino Owner Leon Tsoukernik's Poker …
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On March 5, the Global Poker Index (GPI) announced the list of nominees for this year's edition of the European Poker Awards (EPA), the yearly ceremony that will take place on March 25 at the Hilton Hotel in St. Julians, Malta. Together with Player of …

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Dan Colman and Olivier Busquet Auction Poker Lessons For Charity
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2014 World Series of Poker Big One for One Drop champion Daniel Colman and 2014 European Poker Tour Barcelona Super High Roller champion Olivier Busquet are auctioning off their coaching services to raise money for the One Drop Foundation, …

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2015 Global Poker Masters Team Profiles: France and Italy
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This Saturday, the first edition of the Global Poker Masters (GPM) will begin. The event is deemed the "World Cup of Poker" and will see eight national teams compete against one another in a very uniquely formatted event. Each nation will be battling …

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New Jersey Online Poker Drops 34.2 Percent
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Revenue from New Jersey's online poker sites was $2,045,655 in February, a decline of 34.2 percent compared to February 2014, according to figures released by the state. New Jersey's online gaming industry began in late 2013. The combined online poker …

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Pamela Anderson Says Ex-Husband Rick Salomon Won $40 Million Last Year …
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Wealthy poker player Rick Salomon and actress Pamela Anderson are going through a divorce, and the latter is alleging in court documents that Salomon won $40 million playing poker last year, with a lot of it coming from billionaire poker player Andy …

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Konstantinos Nanos Wins 2015 World Poker Tour Vienna Main Event
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It took just 81 hands to get from six to a winner in the 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour Vienna Main Event. After five hours of play, Konstantinos Nanos came out on top, deafeating Vladimir Krastev to win the €150,000 first-place prize and a ticket …

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World Poker Tour Announces WPT Amsterdam and Partnership with Holland …
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On Tuesday, March 21, 2015, the World Poker Tour announced a partnership with Holland Casino. The partnership will span four years and see both WPT Main Tour and WPT National events held annually at the casino's venues. "We are proud to announce …

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