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Kanaan Able To Capture ANZPT Sydney Title
Aussie Michael Kanaan captured the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Sydney title this weekend. Michael Kanaan The AUD$2,200 ANZPT Sydney main event drew 393 players to the Star City Poker Room last week, creating an AUD$786,000 prizepool. The star-studded field included 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Joe Hachem, his brother and 2009 [...]
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Hansen Rules U.S. Player-less Full Tilt
The high stakes games on Full Tilt took a serious hit in the first weekend since online poker’s “Black Friday” but Gus Hansen still won $700k. Gus Hansen fired off over 5,000 hands this weekend playing fellow Team Full Tilt Pro Patrik Antonius, Englishman Gavin “gavz101” Cochrane and NoPasaran. The Great Dane stuck mostly to [...]
Black Friday Brings Opportunities for Non-U.S. Players
Despite the lockout for American players on Full Tilt and PokerStars, online poker carries on around the world and non-U.S. poker players are reaping the benefits. Bonuses and prize pools are on the rise for non-U.S. players. Numerous European sites have boosted both their guaranteed prize pools and their bonuses in response to the DOJ’s [...]
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Antonius Gets Revenge on Hansen
Gus Hansen and Patrik Antonius continue to be the driving force in a new era of cash games on Full Tilt Poker. Patrik Antonius Last night Antonius got some measure of revenge against his Danish friend who took several hundred thousand from him over the weekend. Antonius logged 126 hands last night including 66 of [...]
Selbst Goes Back-To-Back at NAPT Mohegan
Vanessa Selbst successfully defended her title at the North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun main event in Uncasville, Connecticut Wednesday. 2010 and 2011 NAPT Moehgan Sun champ Vanessa Selbst. The Yale arts grad and Law School student turned Team PokerStars Pro outlasted a field of 387 players to claim the $450k first-place prize and become [...]
Seidel Falls Heads-Up in WPT Hollywood Final
Cincinnati grinder Mike Scarborough beat the legendary Erik Seidel to win the World Poker Tour Hollywood Poker Open crown in Lawrenceburg, Indiana Wednesday, 40-minutes from his hometown. Erik Seidel. At a final table that included 2010 PCA High Roller champ William Reynolds holding the chip lead and Seidel, recent World Series of Poker Circuit winner [...]
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Red Hot Seidel Threatens in WPT Hollywood Final Nine
The legendary Erik Seidel is threatening with just nine players remaining at the World Poker Tour Hollywood Poker Open in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Erik Seidel. The $10k event began Saturday with just 97 players, well short of the 143 it drew last year. First place is worth $273,664. By Monday evening the field was down to [...]
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Cates Dominates, Wins $192k
The high stakes games on PokerStars were buzzing last night and Dan “jungleman12” Cates took advantage. Dan “jungleman12″ Cates Cates, who plays as w00ki3z on PokerStars, played 1,185 hands on the site, switching between heads-up $100/$200 Pot-Limit Omaha and heads-up $50/$100 No-Limit Hold’em. The majority of Cates’ hands were played against newcomer JayP-AA. Poker fans [...]
Cartwright Claims Third WSOPC Ring
It appears another budding superstar was born on the World Series of Poker Circuit in St. Louis Tuesday night. 2011 Harrah’s St. Louis WSOPC main event champ Kyle Cartwright. 23-year-old Tennessean Kyle Cartwright earned his third WSOPC gold ring in just the past three months taking down the 2011 Harrah’s St. Louis WSOPC main event. [...]
