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Ivey Poker Spotlight Shines on Phil Ivey
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Ivey added over $3.5 million to his career earnings in overcoming a final table that included Team PokerStars Pros Isaac Haxton and Daniel Negreanu, ex-Full Tilt Professional Tom Dwan, Mike "Timex" McDonald, and Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel. This is …

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Supreme Court could decide legality of poker games
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… on whether your basement poker game is a federal crime. View Larger · poker case photo. Justice Department lawyers say in their brief to the Supreme Court, "Courts have long held that poker contains a sufficient element of chance to constitute …

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The British Poker Awards to Recognise Poker's Biggest Personalities
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The stars of the poker world will descend on London's famous Hippodrome Casino on March 3rd to find out who will be crowned Poker Personality of the Year at The British Poker Awards (www.thebritishpokerawards.com). This especially interesting category …

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Garden City Group Testing Bank Accounts for Full Tilt Poker Repayments
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The Garden City Group (GCG), the firm responsible for overseeing the repayment of money owed to Full Tilt Poker players in the U.S., has posted a new announcement on its website regarding the remission process. According to a Feb. 13 update, the GCG is …

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Operations Consultant (Sportsbook/Poker focused) – UK
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Responsible for leading and managing the operational implementation of Group products and best practices within the licensee's organization. Advise and support licensee in the setting of goals, building business standards and procedures, defining KPI's …

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Poker Super-Stars Square off at the British Poker Awards
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Some of the most recognisable faces on the UK poker scene are hoping to parlay their 2013 successes at The British Poker Awards (www.thebritishpokerawards.com) at London's Hippodrome Casino on March 3rd where one will emerge with the title …

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World Series of Poker Satellites Running in New Jersey, Nevada
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Players in New Jersey and Nevada can win seats into the World Series of Poker via the online poker room at WSOP.com. The best chance for players to win a berth into the $10,000 tourney is through the weekly $215 WSOP Main Event Seat Satellite.

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Ronnie Pease Leads Final 13 Players in the Card Player Poker Tour Foxwoods …
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Day 1B chipleader Brad St. Vincent is still alive and well, finishing the day third in chips with 979,000. Perhaps the most recognizable name still in the field, 2012 World Series of Poker bracelet winner Chris Tryba, bagged up 438,000 at the end of …

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High-Stakes Online Poker: Viktor Blom Pads Profits To $2.2 Million In 2014
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Despite the Aussie Millions taking away from some of the online action over the past week or so, poker pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom managed to add another $400,000 to his earnings on the year. He is now up around $2.2 million, according to HighstakesDB.

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Toby Mathews Wins the Hollywood Poker Open Tunica Regional Championship
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Toby Mathews started Day 2 third in chips, and was very short during three-handed play, but thanks to a few coin flips and a bit of persistence he is the winner of the Hollywood Poker Open Tunica Regional Championship. Mathews reached heads-up play …

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A Hand Matchup from the 2014 WPT Borgata $3500 No-Limit Hold'em
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Preflop, final table, six-handed, with the blinds at 50,000 and 100,000 and a 15,000 ante, Jaffee raised to 225,000, Merulla reraised to 595,000 from the button, Jattin reraised to 1,125,000 from the big blind, Jaffee went all-in, Merulla called and …

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Poker Strategy With Ed Miller: Test The Edge Cases
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Ed Miller I was a physics major in college. Physics is very hard — too hard for me it turned out, and I haven't cracked a physics book since the day I got my degree. One reason it's so hard is that much of it is abstract. You're learning about how the …

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Online Poker: Blom Up $1.8 Million In 2014
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Another solid week for Viktor “Isildur1” Blom resulted in him padding his profits on the year to $1.8 million, according to data from HighstakesDB. Blom's latest profits came at the pot-limit Omaha and the limit deuce-to-seven triple draw tables. He …

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On poker: Sometimes right play still brings wrong result
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In late November, I attended the World Poker Tour's Caribbean event on the island of St. Maarten. I intended for the trip to be a sun-filled vacation and assumed that I would bust out early, as usual. Instead, I hit one of the best streaks of luck in …

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Attack Poker and Bellator MMA Sign Partnership
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Poker and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) have often had a complimentary relationship, something that has continued with the announcement of a partnership deal between Attack Poker and Bellator MMA. The deal was made public late last week and sees Las …

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Card Player Poker Tour Foxwoods Results: Events 4 – 6
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The third stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Foxwoods Resort Casino February 8 and will host a series of 11 tournaments through February 17, culminating with a $1,650 no-limit hold'em $300,000 guarantee main event February …

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2014 Card Player Poker Tour Foxwoods Main Event Beats Guarantee By Nearly …
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Other notables who finished the day with big stacks include Vinny Pahuja (146,800), former card Player tournament reporter and current poker pro Jameson Singer (119,600), Chris Tryba (114,500), 2012 WSOP main event finalist Michael Esposito (98,000) …

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Daniel "jungleman" Cates Wins World Poker Tour Alpha8 Johannesburg
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Day 2 of the World Poker Tour Alpha8 Johannesburg resumed play on Saturday with seven players remaining from the 10 entries that participated in the event. Daniel "jungleman" Cates began the day as the chip leader, and he would go on to finish in the …

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