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Jetten, Salsberg Lead Elite Field for WPT Paris Day 1b
An elite field packed the Aviation Club today for Day 1b of WPT Paris and, as might be expected, notable names pepper the leaderboard as they head to Day 2. Nobody managed to build the massive stack of Day 1a leader Jacques Enjoubalt (225k), but both Peter Jetten and Matt Salsberg built up stacks slightly [...]
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New DOJ Complaint Goes After $137m from Lederer, FTP Board
The US Department of Justice has filed a new amendment to the complaint against online poker’s three biggest operators, including forfeiture charges against Howard Lederer, Ray Bitar, Chris Ferguson and Rafe Furst. The Second Amended Complaint explains in detail the financial history of roughly $137 million in distributions paid to the four Full Tilt Poker [...]
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$10 Free for New Players on Winner.com for DUSOP
Want $10 free to play heads-up tournaments online? Sign up here for the Winner.com Double-Up Series of Poker. How it works: All new players that open an account at Winner.com via this link only will have $10 deposited in their account within three hours. The money can then only be used to play DUSOP Heads-Up [...]
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Mercier, Bonomo, Scott Start Strong at WPT Paris
Day 1a has wrapped at WPT Paris with several notable pros off to good starts including Jason Mercier, Justin Bonomo and Kara Scott. Mercier, still #1 on the Global Poker Index despite a run of #justbadluck in tournaments as of late, jumped up over 100k in chips after hitting quads against Will Failla’s full house [...]
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Schemion Wins Partouche Main Event, O’Brien 4th
After a mixed week of highs and lows on and off the felt, German Ole Schemion will go down in history as the final Partouche Poker Tour main event champion. Schemion, who moved to the top of the chip counts near the end of Day 3, outlasted a final table of six today in Cannes [...]
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Sam Trickett Hops On Board with ISPT
English pro Sam Trickett is the latest player to sign as an ambassador for the International Stadiums Poker Tour. The first ISPT event – the €20-million guaranteed tournament at Wembley Stadium – is set to take place May 31-June 6, 2013. “As a poker player, I have to be associated with such an enormous event,” [...]