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Global Poker Index: Martin Jacobson Joins Overall Top 10, Daniel Colman Still …
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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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Dogs Playing Poker Just Got Owned By Dogs Playing Dungeons & Dragons
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Hey, "Dog's Playing Poker," you're great and all, but "Dogs Playing Dungeons and Dragons" is the best dog painting in the history of all dog paintings. The end. Created by Johannes Grenzfurthner along with game designer and artist Heather Kelley, this …

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PokerStars Strengthens Online Poker Partnerships for Future California Market
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Earlier this year, PokerStars and Morongo Band of Mission Indians reached an agreement for the former to serve as the subcontractor to provide an online poker platform for three card clubs — Bicycle Casino, Hawaiian Gardens, and Commerce — if and …

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Former Patriot, Raider Richard Seymour finishes 37th at World Poker Tour …
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The World Poker Tour crowned its latest champion at the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble in Jacksonville, Florida last night. Although he wasn't able to win the event, three-time Super Bowl winner Richard Seymour (GPI No. 8428) did pick up the first major …

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Gulf Coast Poker's Bill Phillips Talks MSPT Belle of Baton Rouge from Nov. 15-23
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This weekend, the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will be in Blackhawk, Colorado, for their Golden Gates Casino event. Then from Nov. 15-23, the tour will head south for the penultimate stop of the Season 5 — Belle of Baton Rouge Casino in Baton Rouge, …

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WSOP blog: Martin Jacobson claims $10 million with perfect performance
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Sweden's Martin Jacobson became the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Tuesday night at the Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio, winning heads-up when his pocket 10s held up against Felix Stephensen's Ace-9 of hearts. Jacobson caught a …

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World Series of Poker Main Event: Jorryt Van Hoff Eliminated In Third Place
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Jorryt Van Hoof came into the final table of the 2014 World Series of Poker main event as the chip leader and held onto the lead in dominating fashion into three-handed play. Unfortunately for the 31-year-old Dutch poker pro, he couldn't hold onto his …

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Sweden's Martin Jacobson wins $10M World Series of Poker
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He was the only player of the final nine to have earned more than $1 million in World Series of Poker career earnings at tournaments. But he had never won the top spot, coming in second in some cases, until Tuesday when he won the most watched contest …

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Hunterdon native wins $2.8M at World Series of Poker
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LAS VEGAS – William Tonking started playing poker toward the end of his years at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. And throughout his years at the University of South Carolina, where he studied economics, he played poker online. Now, nine years …

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Swedish Poker Pro Martin Jacobson Wins World Series of Poker Main Event and …
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The 2014 World Series of Poker main event champion is 27-year-old Swedish poker pro Martin Jacobson, who earned his first career bracelet and the $10 million first-place prize. When asked how the money would affect his life, Jacobson stated that the …

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San Manuel Joins Morongo, PokerStars Alliance in California Online Poker Effort
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Major news for California's push to regulate online poker today as the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians announced their intent to partner with an existing coalition made of of PokerStars, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and California's three …

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This Is The Man Who Just Took Down $10 Million In The World Series Of Poker
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The World Series Of Poker has crowned a new champion, and another pro has taken it down, according to the Associated Press. Martin Jacobson won a whopping $10 million Tuesday night at The Rio in Las Vegas. He's 27-years-old, and got his start in the …

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World Series of Poker Main Event: Billy Pappas Eliminated In Fifth Place
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What's the biggest coinflip you've ever experienced? Billy Pappas came out on the wrong end of a $700,000 coinflip, the difference between fifth and fourth place, early Tuesday morning at the 2014 World Series of Poker main event final table.

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World Series of Poker's final 3 to vie for $10M
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There will be no chants of "USA" when the final three players vying for the World Series of Poker's $10 million top prize return to a Las Vegas stage Tuesday night. The last players standing — all European — survived nearly 12 hours of no-limit Texas …

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BlogNews Weekly: Jason Mercier, Ebola, and Poker Lies
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When we look back at poker in 2014, we may first think about Daniel Colman bursting onto the high profile poker scene with an incredible year along with all the new poker superstars in the making on this week's World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event …

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The Foosball Champ Who Almost Won The World Series Of Poker
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Billy Pappas, the last true amateur of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event and one of the best foosball players in the world, was eliminated early this morning in fifth place, taking home $2,143,794. It's a damn shame, because Billy was living …

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Get to Know the 2014 World Series of Poker November Nine
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The 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event has been on hiatus since July 14 when this year's November Nine was determined. Those nine players, who hailed from six different nations, basked in the poker's spotlight for the past few months, but in this …

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World Series of Poker Main Event: Mark Newhouse Eliminated In Ninth Place
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After finishing in ninth place at the 2013 World Series of Poker main event, the last thing Mark Newhouse wanted to do was bust in ninth again. In fact, he even told the ESPN crew that he'd rather finish tenth than ninth again. Unfortunately for the 29 …

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