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2008-12-30
iPoker has just announced that they will no longer support Carlos Poker and NoiQ Poker as of January 24 2009. iPoker is the third largest poker network on the internet and it is so far unclear what is causing this separation. NoiQ Poker has though, sent a statement to their players saying there has been disagreement between them and the network.
Read more: iPoker Network Sacks NoiQ Poker and Carlos Poker . |
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2008-12-28
After new regulations in Italy regarding play of online poker, citizens have been engaged in a play money software run by Playtech. The trial period is now over and has now graduated to a real money Playtech Italian poker network.
Read more: Real Money Poker Launches in Italy by Playtech . |
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2008-12-26
CardPlayer.com has announced John Phan from California, as poker player of the year for 2008. He got a total of 6,704 points in the POY ranking that started with three WPT World Poker Open places in January. John’s totals for 2008 included eight final tables and two WSOP gold beacelets among other things, and his total POY winnings are now over $5.3 million.
Read more: John Phan Announced as 2008 Poker Player of the Year. |
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2008-12-23
Last weekend Phil Hellmuth was wrongfully winning a pot of almost $6000 while playing at Ultimate Bet. UB is now blaming it on an error in their software. This makes the second incident with Ultimate Bet, after the famous scandal in May when they admitted finally that former employees hacked into the accounts of a few players to see their hole cards.
Read more: Phil Hellmuth Was born lucky. |
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2008-12-22
Recently we have seen quite a few professional athletes taking on the game of poker and it seems like the poker rooms are eager to sponsor them. Michael Phelps at Doyles Room and Randy Couture at Full Tilt Poker is only two of them. Many people think that poker should not be considered an actual sport though, while Boris Becker claims tennis and poker has many similarities.
Read more: Professional Athletes Turn to Professional Poker. |
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2008-12-21
PokerStars has now aimed for a new record in the online poker community. On December 28 they are hosting the largest online tournament ever with a cap of 35,000 players. Poker Stars has even notifed the Guinness Book of World Records about the event.
Read more: PokerStars hosting the largest online poker tournament. |
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2008-12-16
Poker Pro William Gustafik’s career hardly started before he was found stabbed to death in his Las Vegas home. His wife Jill Rockcastle has now recently been sentenced to ten years in prison after her story didn’t hold up in court. Gustafik had, among other things, a 10th place in a World Poker Tour event and also cashed at the WSOP Main Event in 2006.
Read more: Poker Pro’s Wife Charged with Her Husband’s Death. |
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2008-12-15
EPT Prague chipleader is no other than a known hustler in Sweden that has scammed people out of more than $2.5 Million. Swedish player Fredrik Nygard has earlier gone to the newspaper with his story and even warned people about himself.
Read more: EPT Chipleader Is Well Known HUSTLER. |
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2008-12-12
The government of Norway has just passed a proposal that might lead to a ban of online poker and other gambling activity within Norway. The new laws will probably not be enforced until mid 2009 and advisors believe the bill will end up in the European Court of Justice before it can be finalized.
Read more: Norway Initiates Plan to Ban Online Gambling. |
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2008-12-10
Just before christmas, Bodog is introducing a special December promotion they call “12 Days of Poker”. This is basically a 45-event tournament series that can give players very generous winnings from quite low buy-ins. This special event runs from December 21st until the Grand Finale on 15th January.
Read more: Bodog December Promotion: 12 Days of Poker. |
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2008-12-07
Online poker player Tom Dwan has become a real record breaker apart from being a very successful poker player and making a lot of money online. He already got the title for biggest lost online by losing a $723,000 pot and this week he broke another record. So far “durrr” has won $5.37 million in online NL Hold em…
Read more: Tom Dwan is First Online Player to Break $5 Million. |
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2008-12-05
WSOP winner Peter Eastgate will have to tax $6.6 million of his $9.1 million cash prize. This is due to the tax laws in Denmark where any winnings over $4 million are taxed at the high rate of 75%. Eastgate failed to establish residency in England but might be able to register in Monaco to get away from the high taxes.
Read more: Peter Eastgate to Pay $6.6 Million in Taxes for WSOP win. |
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2008-12-02
Michael Phelps is taking on the game of poker after some serious training with poker legend Doyle Brunson. Phelps seems eager to master poker and if everything turns out well he might end up with Tram Brunson which is the team of professional players at DoylesRoom.
Read more: Will Michael Phelps Be as Good at Poker as He Is at Swimming?. |
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2008-12-01
One of the most exciting upcoming poker tours is definitely the Russian Poker Tour (RPT) that is being organized by PokerStars, starting January 2009. Russian players had great success in this years WSOP with Ivan Demidov taking 2nd place, and poker is a hot topic in Russia now. This tour is expected to attract a large amount of players and as usual you can qualify through PokerStars satellites.
Read more: PokerStars to Launch Russian Poker Tour. |
