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2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open: Madsen, Meyer, and Zhu Win Over the …
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Over the weekend, three more events concluded at the 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open. In Event 11: $1,090 $100,000 Guaranteed Six-Max NLHE Reentry, well known poker professional and three-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Jeff …

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Online Poker Player Traffic Update – April 22, 2014
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Bucking the trend last week was Full Tilt Poker, as PokerStars' sister site is getting considerable mileage out of its Build Your Bonus promotion. FTP has taken over third place worldwide, a spot it may hold onto at least until the ring game promo ends …

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Card Player Poker Tour: Patrick Clarke Wins 2014 Paddy Power Poker Irish Open
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Clarke bested a field of 411 players over four days to become the most recent name added to the Irish Open's list of winners, thus cementing his place in Irish poker history as part of the one of the most storied tournaments world-wide. “I've been …

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Regulated Online Gambling Will Boost Land-Based Revenues – And That Might …
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The poker boom may have come to an official end on April 15, 2011, but the writing had been on the wall for years, and the poker community was sending out sympathy cards as early as 2009/2010. During the three year run from late 2003 through 2006, …

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Final 9 Players Known for the Paddy Power Irish Poker Open
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Today's Day 3 of Paddy Power Irish Poker Open started with 59 players – some short stacked, some with a lot of ammo, but all of them looking to make it over the first barrier. 411 initial entries meant that 47 players were going to cash, and, in turn …

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Drugmakers Posed As Poker Players In Attempt To Flee Australia
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Three men from Canada were accused of posing as poker players in a tournament at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia as part of an effort to set up a “local drug laboratory for a sophisticated international syndicate,” the Herald Sun reported. The …

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Washington State Advocates Fighting for Online Poker Reform
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With online poker players potentially facing jail time and stiff fines Washington State has without question the strictest online gambling laws in the country, but there are plenty of people fighting to not only repeal the current ban, but to take the …

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Paddy Power Irish Poker Open Down to the Final 9 Players
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Today's Day 3 of the Paddy Power Irish Poker Open started with 59 players – some short-stacked, some with a lot of ammo, but all of them looking to make it over the first barrier. With 411 initial entries, it meant that 47 players were going to cash …

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Victoria Coren Mitchell makes poker history
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The presenter and television journalist won almost £400,000 and made poker history when she became the first ever two-time winner of the European Poker Tour (EPT) by winning the latest season of the tournament in Sanremo, Italy. She beat off 556 …

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Ole Schemion Wins European Poker Tour Sanremo High Roller
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Ole Schemion German pro Ole Schemion has won the European Poker Tour Sanremo €10,300 no-limit hold'em high roller, topping a field of 105 entries to win €265,000 and his tenth career title. The 21-year-old has amassed more than $4.6 million in …

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Vicky Coren Mitchell Is The First Ever Two-Time European Poker Tour Main …
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It took 98 tournaments for the European Poker Tour to find it's first two-time main event champion, but it finally has. Nearly eight years after taking down the 2006 EPT London, Vicky Coren Mitchell topped a field of 556 entries in the 2014 EPT Sanremo …

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Nether Broughton poker night raises £650 for Macmillan Cancer Support
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A poker night held in Nether Broughton Village Hall helped raise £650 for Macmillan Cancer Support. The recent event was organised by Angela Purves as a way of saying thank you to the charity for supporting her in her illness. Angela was diagnosed with …

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59 Survive Day 2 of Paddy Power Irish Poker Open
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We've seen many notable eliminations yesterday and for many hopes of winning the Paddy Power Irish Poker Open 2014 were crushed. Some of the names include Nick Newport, Dermot Blaine, Daniel Laming, Jude Ainsworth, John O'Shea, Andy Black…

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Man misses Seder for poker game, wins $1 million
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But, as the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida's Sun-Sentinel reported, he was stuck in a poker tournament while his mother hosted 20 people at her West Boca Raton home. Afriat, 45 was playing in the World Poker Tour/Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, and the …

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Borgata Announces Spring Open and NJCOP Events
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Tournament season is always underway in the poker world. Whether it is full-fledged poker tours that hop around locations or a week-long spectacle, there's plenty of entertainment and money to be had. The deluge of online poker websites has also given …

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Million Passover gift
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Eric Afriat brooded Monday night about missing his mother's Passover celebration in her West Boca Raton home, and considered ditching his seat in a Hollywood poker tournament. Monday night's poker session went especially late, running from noon until …

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When Will Security Tokens Become a Standard Option at New Jersey Online …
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The Heartbleed Bug serves as a compelling reminder of the inherent flaws in a security approach founded exclusively – or even primarily – on the password. In addition to a password, New Jersey online poker sites are required to offer a “strong …

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Poker champion Phillip Ivey won $9.6 million cheating at baccarat, casino's …
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The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Phillip Ivey Jr., considered one of the best poker players in the world. The lawsuit alleges Ivey and an associate exploited a defect in cards made by a Kansas City manufacturer …

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