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NYer gets prison in massive high-stakes poker case
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U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara says that from 2010 through 2013, Ting ran poker games with pots that reached hundreds of thousands of dollars. Authorities say players in the underground network included professional athletes, Hollywood luminaries and …

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NJ iGaming Weekly: Can WSOP or 888 Run Down Party Poker for NJ Market …
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Since launching nearly two months ago, Party Poker has positioned itself at the forefront of the flourishing New Jersey iGaming market. Preliminary data released by the DGE last week indicates that Party, together with its brick and mortar partner the …

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Global Poker Index – How Good Is It Really?
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For the second straight year, the Global Poker Index (GPI) will sponsor the European Poker Awards (EPA). The annual award festival will be held in the “Salle des Ambassadeurs” during the European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville, on January 29, 2014.

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Borgata Winter Poker Open Day 8: Nicholas Immekus Wins Event #8 for $99144
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After more than 18 hours on the felt on the final day, Nicholas "Frenzuh" Immekus accumulated every chip in play, defeating Allyn Marshall to cap off a marathon final table. Immekus, who plays under the screen name "Frenzuh" online, pocketed $99,144 …

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AP: Borgata ends fake chip-tainted NJ poker match
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—Saying they have confirmed that one or more people used "a significant number of counterfeit chips" at an Atlantic City poker tournament, state casino regulators on Saturday canceled the tainted match and ordered all prize money …

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Tyler Morris Wins 2014 World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Main Event
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“I started feeling good with five people to go,” Morris told WSOP.com after his win. “Everyone at the final table was so cool. It really helped out play and made decisions easy.” The huge turnout built a $2,142,000 prize pool, blowing away the event's …

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British Poker Awards to Take Place on 3rd March
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The 2013 British Poker Awards are edging ever closer, with this year's star-studded ceremony set to take place on the 3rd of March at the Hippodrome Casino in London. Votes for the PokerStars.com-sponsored awards have been tallied, so all that remains …

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Borgata Winter Poker Open Day 7: 313 Advance in Event #8; McKeehen Eyes …
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After a full 16 levels for both flights, Day 1 of Event #8 came to a close early Tuesday morning. Chris Kash appropriately cashed in the $2,000 prize for bagging the top stack of 426,000 on Day 1b. Pocketing $1,000 for the second-biggest stack was …

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Counterfeit Chips Shutdown Borgata Winter Poker Open Mid-Tournament
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The first event of the Borgata Winter Poker Open has been cancelled after a “substantial amount” of counterfeit chips showed up in players' stacks. The state of New Jersey stepped in and forced the tournament to close, despite the fact that some prize …

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This Week in Online Poker History January 20th – 26th
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As I scrolled through page after page of the custom Google searches that make this column possible week in and week out I quickly noted that this was going to be another good week for online poker stories. So get ready for a little bit of everything …

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Atlantic City cancels poker tournament over fake chips
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Saying they have confirmed that one or more people used “a significant number of counterfeit chips” at an Atlantic City poker tournament, state casino regulators on Saturday canceled the tainted match and ordered all prize money frozen until an …

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Pala announces poker schedule for February
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PALA, Calif. — (PRESS RELEASE) — Southern California poker players will have more opportunities to win cash in February at Pala Casino Resort and Spa when the Poker Room hosts a $500 Added All-In or Fold'em Free Roll Plus game at 11 a.m., Saturday, …

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Empire XI: MLS Playing Poker With Transparency Tactics
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It is the item that is at the top of everyone's wish list. That is a statement made from personal experience. Trying to uncover the valued details that an organization needs to report a story about this league is, oftentimes, a tiring expenditure that …

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Off Tilt Custom Poker Tables sponsors Ante Up Poker Cruises, Ante Up Poker Tour
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"We are impressed with the quality and commitment to customer service that master craftsman Bryan Knott puts into each one of his Off Tilt Custom Poker Tables," said Scott Long who, with Christopher Cosenza, is publisher of Ante Up Poker Media LLC, …

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This Week In Tournament Poker — January 20 – 26
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In this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from January 20 …

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Borgata Winter Poker Open Day 3: Broedelet Leads Final 27 of Event #1; $372K …
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After more than 14 hours of exciting action on the felt, Day 2 of the Borgata Winter Poker Open's first event is in the books. When it was all said and done, Allard Broedelet emerged as the leader of the final 27 players, bagging and tagging 10,315,000.

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The Sunday Briefing: Mickey "Mement_mori" Petersen Wins Full Tilt Poker …
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Team PokerStars Online's Mickey "Mement_mori" Petersen found success away from his home turf, taking down the Full Tilt Poker Sunday Brawl for $52,120. It was Petersen's first day playing online since returning home from the PokerStars Caribbean …

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Pittsburgh becoming 'hot poker area'
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Scores of Western Pennsylvania residents play in the annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, as well as in less-publicized tournaments that offer big payouts and prestige, such as the World Poker Tour and Borgata Open. Last month, a company hoping …

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