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• Chad Roes 2nd Week Winner Free League

  by Poker Nations May 15, 2011
  The league has grown to 65 registered members and today 33 of them came out to play Week 2 of the PokerNations Free Poker League     Tess Tessier, aka PokerWitch4, took the chip lead early and maintained a status at the top of the chip counts throughout the tournament to the final table...
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• PokerNations League Inaugural Results

  by Poker Nations May 8, 2011
  Poker players aren't the type of people to let anything get in the way of their time on the felt.  So the inaugural event in the PokerNations free PokerStars monthly league saw 23 players fill out three tables during the Mothers Day tournament.   Players compete in weekly events each Sun...
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• Bankruptcy For Absolute and Ultimate Bet

  by Poker Nations May 5, 2011
    The incidents of Black Friday came as a shock to many poker players.  But the actions of both PokerStars and Full Tilt to return funds to US players helped to alleviate the fear that money would be tied up for a lengthy period of time similar to the issue with Neteller so many ye...
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• Annie Dukes Poker League Announces Season One Roster

  by Poker Nations May 3, 2011
    Federated Sports + Gaming (FS+G), a league with Annie Duke at the forefront, has recently announced it's roster of over 200 players for their inaguaral first season.   The league is designed to showcase some of the best poker talent on the planet through an extensive selection proce...
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• Blair Hinkle Bubble Play at WPT

  by Poker Nations May 1, 2011
    At the Seminole Hardrock World Poker Tour stop Blair Hinkle made an interesting play on the money bubble with 46 players remaining in the field.   Blinds had hit 4K/8K with a 1K ante.  One short-stacked opponent sitting on just 10K in chips got them all-in.  Another short-...
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• Online Poker Cashouts Coming

  by Poker Nations April 30, 2011
      US cashouts have begun.  On Tuesday PokerStars began allowing cashouts via mailed checks, eChecks and direct bank deposit, alieviating the fear that the cashout lockout might last as long as the Neteller fiasco a number of years back where players saw significant sums of money...
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• Improbable Back To Back Victories

  by Poker Nations April 26, 2011
      In 2010 PokerStars held their first ever North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun series of events.  Vanessa Selbst, a pro with training site DeucesCracked, bested a field of 716 entrants in the $5,000 buyin Main Event to take home the title and three quarters of a million dollar...
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• Jamie Gold Cuts Another Deal

  by Poker Nations April 25, 2011
    2006 WSOP Main Event Champion Jamie Gold is back with a new sponsorship deal.  Recently PPN Poker (Poker Pros Network) announced they had signed Jamie to lead their team of pros.  He joins a roster that includes T.J. Cloutier, Young Phan and Chris "Fox" Wallace.   Accordin...
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• Black Friday For Online Poker

  by Poker Nations April 23, 2011
    On April 15th, 2011, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued indictments against The Big Three of online poker.  PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker all faced seizure of their .com domains and charges of fraud, illegal gambling and money laundering.   When the UIGE...

• Pros To Attend New USO Poker Tour

  by Poker Nations April 23, 2011
    In a newly announced and secretly-held location, a number of well-known poker pros will be taking part in the USO Tour to visit troops stationed in the Middle East.   Pros announced for this tour include Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Howard Lederer, Tom Dwan and Huck Seed.  They w...
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