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Ivey Storms Back with $2 Million Victory
Less than 24 hours after busting out of the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event, Phil Ivey has won the $250k Challenge for $2 million. The Phil Ivey of Poker. Making a deep run in the Aussie Millions Main Event earlier in the day, Ivey eventually busted in 12th place just shy of the final table. [...]
Ivey Falls Short of Aussie Millions Final Table
Iconic poker pro Phil Ivey went on a glorious run at the 2012 Aussie Millions but ultimately finished 11 players short of the ultimate prize. Ivey entered Day 5 last in chips with 699,000 and was eliminated in the first level of play. In Ivey’s final hand online grinder Yann Dion opened from under the [...]
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Hometown Hero Smashes Aussie Millions Final
Oliver Speidel put in a dominant performance to win the 2012 Aussie Millions for $1.6 million on Sunday. “Words can’t describe it,” said an ecstatic Speidel. “It’s amazing to win it all. I don’t know what to say, to be honest.” Speidel finished the tournament in style picking up pocket aces in the final hand [...]
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Do MMA Stars Have a Fighting Chance in Poker?
Former MMA fighter Rami Boukai It’s not just poker players that have been crossing over into the MMA world. World-class fighters have been trying their hand at poker for years. Forrest Griffin, Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson are amongst the numerous MMA stars that have played in the World Series of Poker. [...]
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The Biggest MMA Fight in Poker History
Terrence Chan isn’t the only poker player who has taken an active interest in MMA. Team PokerStars Pros Lex Veldhuis and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier recently fought in an actual kickboxing match as part of one of the greatest prop bets in the history of poker. Back in 2009 Veldhuis and Grospellier got to talking about [...]
WSOP to UFC: The Rise of Poker and MMA
What strategic competition featuring marketable personalities, a large TV presence and big money busted onto the mainstream spotlight in the mid-2000s? Hint: we’re not talking about poker. We’re talking about Mixed Martial Arts and its most popular vehicle: the Ultimate Fighting Championship. In the last few years the UFC has skyrocketed in popularity and now [...]
New UB Complaint Claims $20M Stolen
Eight high-stakes online poker players including Brad Booth, Dan Smith and Dustin “Neverwin” Woolf have filed a Rico complaint against the former owners and management of Ultimate Bet. Brad Booth is one of the eight high-stakes pros seeking compensation from Ultimate Bet. The complaint names Excapsa Software, the company that controlled Ultimate Bet, and alleges [...]
Blackrain79: Building a Fortune a Few Cents at a Time
Nathan “Blackrain79” Williams has played six million hands of small-stakes No-Limit Hold’em online with some of the highest win-rates in history. Blackrain79 has earned more money at NL2 and NL5 than any other player on PokerStars. Experienced? Williams has played six million hands of online poker. Williams also coaches at DragTheBar.com. In his new book [...]
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$10m Turbo COOP Starts Thursday on PokerStars
The first-ever Turbo Championship of Online Poker is set to start on January 19 on PokerStars with 50 events and $10 million guaranteed to be awarded. Joining the world-renowned WCOOP and SCOOP series on the Stars schedule, the TCOOP series runs from January 19-29 with buy-ins ranging from $5.50-$2,100. Turbo and Hyper Turbo tournaments will [...]
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Poker’s In and Out List: Galfond Shopped, Shak Must be Stopped
It’s a brave new poker world as the first week of 2012 comes to an end, and as always PokerListings.com is ready with a brand new set of snap judgments. The first In and Out List of the New Year features a 5-star photoshop thread, Eugene Katchalov’s POY win, poker in Macau and Beth Shak. [...]
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