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Bonkowski Booms, Negreanu Busts at EPT San Remo
Less than 24 hours after the 2011 WSOPE main event wrapped in Cannes, 359 players were back at it down the coast in San Remo, Italy today for Day 1a of the European Poker Tour San Remo main event. As expected a slew of pros made the trip and bought in for the first of [...]
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PokerStars Launches New Time-Limit Tourneys
PokerStars has figured out the perfect solution for players who love multl-table tournaments but hate the unpredictable time commitment: Timed Tourneys. Launched today, the new tournament format offers a set time for the tournament to play out with the prize pool divided by chip counts when the clock runs out. Under the new beta release [...]
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Hellmuth Leads Americas to 2011 Caesars Cup Victory
The 2011 Caesars Cup is over and Team America has redeemed itself with a win over Europe. Johnny Chan hoists the Caesars Cup for America. The 2011 edition of this made-for-television event saw Hellmuth lead a team that included Daniel Negreanu, Ben Lamb, Jason Mercier and Johnny Chan to victory over Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier’s roster [...]
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Elio Fox Wins 2011 WSOP Europe Main Event
New York-native Elio Fox has won the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, defeating Chris Moorman heads-up to take the title and €1.4 million first-place prize. 2011 WSOPE Champion Elio Fox. The 25-year-old Fox, a former student at Bard College who has won over $2.3 million online, boosts his career live poker tournament [...]
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Cody, Moorman, Buchanan Headline WSOPE Main Event Final
The final table of the 2011 WSOP Europe main event is set with American Elio Fox looking to take the title, and the €1.4 million first-place prize, back to US soil. Eight players now remain, the only survivors of the 593-strong field that has been whittled down day by day over almost a week at [...]
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Antonius Says $5 Million at Risk in Full Tilt Chaos
Patrik Antonius, poker icon and former member of Team Full Tilt, says that he’ll be one of the biggest losers if Full Tilt Poker goes bankrupt despite recent rumors in the poker media. “A lot of people owe me a lot of money and if Full Tilt goes down completely it’s going to be very [...]
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WSOP Europe Main Event Kicks Off Up 71% Over 2010
The first two days of the 2011 WSOP Europe main event played out this weekend in Cannes, attracting the biggest names in poker and smashing attendance records. 593 players piled into the 2011 WSOPE Main Event, overwhelming predictions and setting new records. Moved from London’s Empire Casino to the French Riviera for 2011, the World [...]
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Shak Suggests Innocent Full Tilt Owners Make Deal
Four of the owners of Full Tilt Poker have been added to the Department of Justice’s civil complaint but Dan Shak says the remaining 19 would be well-advised to step forward now and cut a deal with the US government. Dan Shak doesn’t have insider information, but he has the experience in both business and [...]
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The Metro Card Club’s Freeroll this 2012!
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Poker’s In and Out List: Funds Seizures Loom, FTP Deal Doomed
Bernard Tapie Group FTP Acquisition: Out While it’s too early to call an official time of death on this deal, chances look slim that it will get done anytime in the foreseeable future. Right now the deal only exists on paper and is subject to a number of conditions, the biggest of which being the [...]
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