Posted by Kashuskay -
Grrrrr....I had written my blog and then lost it so I'm going to post a real quick one instead.April started out poorly but managed to end up on the up side with a slight increase to my bankroll.With black Friday cash games are much harder to find now and I'm playing more short handed ones whe...
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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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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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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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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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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...
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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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In the Bluff Heard Around The World, way back at the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event, Chris Moneymaker managed to stave off elimination by forcing a fold from Sam Farha. His eventual win heads-up led to a poker boom that saw the rise of poker popularity across the globe. ...
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Back in July of 2010, Peter Eastgate, WSOP Champion and multi-millionaire, announced his retirement from the game of poker. In his official statement from PokerStars, he stated: When I started playing poker for a living, it was never my goal to spend the rest of my life as a...
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Phil Ivey, considered by many to be the worlds best all-around poker professional, recently launched a new website. Many wonder what the man with over $12 million in live tournament earnings (not counting online events, cash games or endorsement deals) will be doing with his websi...