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Full Tilt Poker Montreal: A Clean Break and a New Day
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“The GSC were keen to make sure we had a clean break between the past,” Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Comission CEO Steven Brennan said after Full Tilt Poker was granted a license in October of 2012. “And we think we've ensured that a clean break …

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Card Player Poker Tour News Briefs: Season II Underway
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“We felt the price point is great for this market and will let someone who maybe typically plays a little smaller play as well,” said Poker Room Director Noah Carbone. Palm Beach Kennel Club is one of the largest multi-table poker rooms in the state of …

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Poker Legend Archie Karas Busted For Cheating
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Archie Karas became a poker legend 20 years ago when he turned $50 into $40,000,000 during a single streak in Las Vegas. Today Karas — real name Anargyros Karabourniotis — sits in a Vegas jail, arrested for allegedly cheating at the tables. Karas is …

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Poker cheat who used infrared contact lenses and cards marked with invisible …
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A poker cheat who used infrared contact lenses and cards marked with invisible ink to win has been jailed for two years. Italian Stefano Ampollini – known as 'Parmesan' – was able to take £60,000 in one night at an exclusive casino in Cannes on the …

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Online Poker: Phil Ivey Won $900000 This Past Week
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The nosebleed gambler had been getting mostly crushed on Full Tilt Poker recently, but over the past week put together around $900,000 in profits, according to HighstakesDB. The 37-year-old Ivey is still down a seven-figure sum this year. Before …

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Global Poker Index: Cunningham, Cantu, Monnette, and Sexton Fall from the …
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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 a player's results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six-month …

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Full Tilt Poker Montreal Main Event Day 1a: Pahuja With Massive Lead
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On Friday, the C$1,000,000 guarantee Full Tilt Poker Montreal Main Event kicked off with the first of three starting days at the Playground Poker Club outside of downtown Montreal. Day 1a attracted 491 entrants, clearing nearly a half of the guarantee …

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On poker: When in doubt only play big pots with big hands
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One of the trickiest hands to play in poker is middle pocket pairs. As with all situations in poker, the best way to play them depends on many factors, including position, stack sizes and aggressiveness of the other players at the table. So what do you …

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Winamax Expresso Poker a Passing Fad or Here to Stay?
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A number of innovative concepts have been developed in online poker over the years. Some of these come from the sites themselves, while others have been created to assist players in maximizing profits. Bad beat jackpots, turbo tournaments, anonymous …

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Poker´s evolution!
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I started playing poker soon after Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 WSOP Main Event. Back then, there were around 20 to 50 people playing online poker in Portugal and whenever I told someone how much I enjoyed playing tournament Poker, they looked at …

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Phil Ivey's Ivey Poker Launches Innovative Social Gaming Experience Designed …
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LAS VEGAS, Sept. 27, 2013 /CNW/ – Ivey Poker announced today the official launch of the Ivey Poker App for mobile devices. Created by Phil Ivey – considered by many to be the greatest all-round poker player in the game – the Ivey Poker App is a free-to …

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Poker pros enjoy high stakes poker room at Md. Live
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The new poker room at Maryland Live, one of the East Coast's largest, is allowing more local poker pros to find high-stakes games close to home, contributing to the development of a strong poker scene in the state. "Maryland players …

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Ivey Poker App Available for Mobile Devices
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Ivey Poker, Las Vegas-based online social poker and poker training site, announced today the launch of the Ivey Poker App for mobile devices. The mobile version of the application can be downloaded through either Apple's App Store, Google Play or …

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Card Player Poker Tour Returns to Florida at Palm Beach Kennel Club This …
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The Card Player Poker Tour will return to Florida for stop no. 2 on Season II, this time hitting Palm Beach Kennel Club in West Palm Beach, Florida for a tournament series set to take place Dec. 5-16. The 9-tournament series will be highlighted by the …

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Card cheat used infrared contact lenses in poker scam
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(London Telegraph) An Italian has been sentenced to two years in prison after using infra-red contact lenses to count cards marked with invisible ink, in a daring poker scam believed to be “the first of its kind in Europe”. The self-styled “player and …

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Visa and Mastercard Regulated Poker Deposits Frequently Declined
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Regulated online poker went live in Nevada on April 30, 2013 with the launch of Ultimate Poker. The first regulated online poker room in the US opened with five deposit options. The most popular option may be cash deposits at any Station Casino cage.

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World Poker Tour Announces Alpha8 Stops in London and Johannesburg
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On Thursday, the World Poker Tour announced two more stops on the Alpha8 tour, the company's newly-launched super high-roller series. The two new stops that have been announced are London, England and Johannesburg, South Africa. The event in …

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Winamax Expresso Poker Here to Stay or Passing Fad?
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A number of innovative concepts have been developed in online poker over the years. Some of these come from the sites themselves, while others have been created to assist players in maximizing profits. Bad beat jackpots, turbo tournaments, anonymous …

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