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Russian Student Turns $10 into $15000 on Full Tilt Poker Jackpot Sit-and-Go …
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Less than 24 hours after Full Tilt Poker introduced its new Jackpot Sit-and-Go tournaments on June 24, a 23-year-old student from Moscow, Russia, has 15,000 reasons to celebrate. "VSA24", also known as Alisa, was the first player of the new tournament …

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Hollywood Poker Open Main Event Kicks Off At The M Resort Friday In Las Vegas
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The Hollywood Poker Open main event championship kicks off Friday at noon at the M Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas. The $2,500 buy-in event features a $500,000 guarantee, but if 2013's prize pool of $1,423,062 is any indication, that number is …

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Aced Poker to Close July 1
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AcedPIC Aced Poker, a member of the Merge Gaming Network, will close its doors on July 1, 2014. All players will be moved to sister site Carbon Poker, which operates on the same network. Aced players will automatically download the new platform the …

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Animal sanctuary seeks donations for poker run prizes
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CONNECT 2 TWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. Denkai Animal Sanctuary in Grover is seeking sponsors to donate items toward door prizes, drawings, and a silent auction for its Denkai Pony Poker Run in August. Contributions are tax-deductible.

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Man gets 7 years in Canton poker chip robbery
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CANTON, Ohio — A man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after admitting his role in the January home-invasion robbery of a professional poker player. Police in Canton said 25-year-old Christopher Lucius and another man broke into the home …

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This is what it looks like to buy in to a poker tournament for $1 million
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Greg Merson won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2012. For his efforts, he received a fancy bracelet and a life-changing payout of $8.53 million. The University of Maryland dropout-turned-poker pro hasn't taken his winnings into retirement …

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Eight players have shot at $1.5 million on final day of Poker Players Championship
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Combination of new and old standouts advance to $50,000 buy-in final table. Image. Steve Marcus. Poker players compete in the $50,000 World Series of Poker's Players' Championship at the Rio Wednesday, June 25, 2014. The final table will begin on …

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Poker Pro Johannes Strassmann Reported Missing in Slovenia; Police Confirm
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According to a note sent by Slovenian police to the national media on Tuesday afternoon, German poker pro Johannes Strassmann disappeared in Slovenia's capital city of Ljubljana on Saturday, June 21 and is reported missing. Strassmann, who went to …

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Women In Poker Hall Of Fame Inducts Newest Members
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Around 150 people attended the 2014 Women in Poker Hall of Fame Gala Luncheon on Wednesday, June 25 at the Golden Nugget Convention Center in Las Vegas. The event celebrated the inductions of Allyn Shulman and Deborah Giardina into the Hall of …

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Women At The World Series of Poker: Melissa Burr
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When Melissa Burr arrived in Vegas for the 2014 World Series of Poker, she had no idea that in a matter of weeks, she would be playing for $1.5 million in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship. By the end of day two of the tournament, however, her …

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Defendant in poker chip robbery trial takes plea deal
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Klick, who is a professional poker player, told jurors Tuesday the men repeatedly threatened to kill him and were searching his duplex for a safe while his 2-year-old son slept upstairs. As part of the plea deal, the prosecution dismissed charges of …

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Will Givens Wins 2014 World Series of Poker $1000 No-Limit Hold'em Event
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Will Givens is yet another player at the 2014 World Series of Poker to put together a run of impressive results. The poker pro from Denver, Colorado has cashed four times at the WSOP, including a fourth-place finish in a $1,000 no-limit event for $84,680.

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You Can Talk About Almost Anything at the Poker Table… Except for One Thing
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Talking at the table is a great pleasure in poker, a game that provides one of the most simultaneously social and competitive endeavors in which you can engage. Table talk also can be both an extracurricular element of game play and it's most crucial …

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World Series of Poker coming to Baltimore
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“Poker Night in America,” a television show that gives regular Janes and Joes a chance to play a few hands with poker pros, is returning to film at Maryland Live! And now, World Series of Poker officials announced Tuesday that the soon-to-be-opened …

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Unauthorized Use of Content Hurts Poker Industry
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anti-theft The lack of regulation in the online poker industry has left it rife with problems. One issue that affects the experience of players is affiliates stealing content from competitors. Most of this goes unnoticed by players as it is often …

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Testimony begins in Jackson poker home invasion trial
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Testimony in the trial of a Canton man accused of breaking into the professional poker player's Jackson Township duplex began in Stark County Common Pleas Judge Taryn Heath's courtroom. Christopher Lucius, 25, of 1344 Logan Ave. NW, is charged with …

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Peppermill-owned casinos join with Ultimate Poker for online games
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The 2013 Nevada Legislature approved legal online poker within state borders. Ultimate Gaming, owned by Las Vegas-based Station Casinos, is one of three operating websites alongside World Series of Poker, owned by Caesars Entertainment, and Real …

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Merging of Italian and Spanish Poker Markets is France's Best Solution
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To find out if ARJEL's president was right when he claimed the industry is declining because "poker is not that popular anymore", and to get the pulse of France's poker community, PokerNews France met with Julien "JunkyBoy" Ferey, a London-based online …

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