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Bwin.Party Seal US Partnership Deal With MGM
Gibraltar-based gambling group bwin.Party has reached a deal with MGM Resorts International and Boyd Gaming to partner up when online poker is legalized and regulated in the United States. All three companies put out press releases today to publicize the partnership and follow-up interviews with several news agencies have outlined how the agreement would work. [...]
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Bitar Email Says Full Tilt Deal Almost Done
Full Tilt Poker CEO Ray Bitar has reportedly sent an email to Tiltware shareholders confirming the Department of Justice and Bernard Tapie Group are taking the final steps towards a deal. As reported by Subject Poker, Bitar informed shareholders that the DOJ and BTG reached an agreement in principle that would see BTG take responsibility [...]
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$10m Sunday Million to Mark PokerStars’ 10th Anniversary
One player will walk away with $2 million as the winner of the richest Sunday Million ever as part of PokerStars’ 10th Anniversary celebration next month. Set for December 18, the prize pool will be pushed to a record-breaking $10 million for PokerStars’ flagship online poker tournament but still offer the standard $215 buy-in. The [...]
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Sunday Scoop: No Cannes? No Problem
Even a WSOPE Cannes-sized hangover didn’t stop thousands of players from hitting the virtual felt on Sunday. Although many of the famous online pros were still wrapped up in the PokerStars EPT San Remo event there were some huge prize pools and if anything the fields were slightly softer than usual. Expect next Sunday to [...]
Paur, Cantu Lead After Day 1b at EPT San Remo
Another 478 players hit the felt on Day 1b at EPT San Remo today and when the chips were bagged at the end of the day Americans Taylor Paur and Brandon Cantu had seized the lead. Paur, the 2010 Card Player Online Player of the Year, finished with 188,200 in chips. Cantu, owner of both [...]
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Fox Hunting Massive Back-to-Back in San Remo
A short Day 3 has wrapped in Italy with just 64 players – including newly crowned 2011 WSOPE Champ Elio Fox – left in the hunt for the EPT San Remo title. The 25-year-old Fox is, to put it mildly, having a week any poker player would kill for. Winning the 2011 WSOPE Main Event [...]
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Cheong, Selbst Crush on Day 2 at EPT San Remo
Another twelve hours of poker is in the books from EPT San Remo with Joseph Cheong and Vanessa Selbst heading an elite pack going into Day 3. The 487 returning players powered through a full seven levels on Day 2 today, losing well over 300 runners and finishing with just 144 still in the hunt. [...]
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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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